While Andy Purdy called the auctions of the 4-letter .tv domains that use the call letters of U.S. TV stations “highly-prized”, it seems that his speculation was a bit of hype. On Friday of last week, Purdy posted a report on his website explaining that a Florida resident had let 285 4-letter .tv domain names [...]

According to numerous reports the landrush registrations for the .ME toplevel domain (operated by a partnership of GoDaddy & Afilias) is encountering problems. While several registrants are notified of their successful registrations of domains like “watch.me” and “hug.me”, it is not clear who will end up owning those domains. Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-824787221');el.params = {title: '.ME [...]

In an official statement posted on Slashdot.org Godaddy.com attorneys have stated that they found nothing improper with the bidding activities of Godaddy VP Adam Dicker at the companies TDNAM.com expiring domain name marketplace.  The official statement goes on to explain that in the future all Godaddy employees will be prohibited from participating in any future [...]

The GoDaddy Group Inc., which includes GoDaddy.com, Wild West Domains (its resale brand) and Blue Razor (its bulk domain brand) has reached a new milestone, registering its 30 millionth domain, RulesOfSaving.com. GoDaddy is either registering, renewing or transferring about one domain every second of every day, making it the most popular domain registrar around. Although GoDaddy [...]

There’s a bit of controversy swirling around the expiring domain name after-market as reports of “insider bidding” have been raised at NamePros and DomainNameWire.com. According to DomainNameWire the topic of NSI and Enom employees bidding at NameJet was discussed with an employee over the phone. Enom Sr. VP Taryn Naidu informed DomainNameNews.com that this is [...]

As reported by Andrew at DomainNameWire.com, reports have surfaced that Godaddy VP Adam Dicker has been bidding on domain auctions at TDNAM.com, the domain name after-market site he is charged with running. Network Solutions and Enom also allow employees to bid on domain names in auctions at Namejet.com. The practice of allowing employees to bid [...]

MacRumors.com is reporting a rumor that Apple is the new owner of the domain name Me.com. It’s unclear why the company purchased the domain name, but rumors center around it possibly being used as a rebranding of the popular .mac services. The speculation was first started by John Gruber at DaringFireball.net when he [...]

As Domain Name Wire reports, GoDaddy’s TDNAM marketplace has now introduced Buy It Now pricing on auctions above $20 starting price. The buy it now price is five times the opening bid. Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-638852070');el.params = {title: 'GoDaddy introduces Buy It Now price in TDNAM listings', link: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/up-to-the-minute/godaddy-introduces-buy-it-now-price-in-tdnam-listings/1587', skin: 'blue', content: 'http://www.domainnamenews.com/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=1587'};

Attorney John Berryhill addresses an important issue that seems to be ignored by some U.S. based registrars: Doing business with Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) and countries under US sanctions is against the law. Berryhill’s article points to several obvious violations of the law by registrars including Network Solutions, Godaddy and Enom who all appear to [...]

Two individuals have filed a complaint in US Federal Court in California accusing ICANN, Registerfly.com and Enom.com of anti-trust activities  [pdf document]. arome alimentare constructii interioare cost bilet tren cablu ecranat fotolii componente motor covoare belgia decodare gsm oferta excursii intocmire factura admitere farmacie bucuresti scaune frizerie gazduire poze excursie in grecia pensiune mamaia incarcator camera locuri de munca italia monitoare lcd wide vile la munte scumpire bilete servicii imobiliare realizare siteuri preturi telefoane calculatoare ieftine   Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-373443380');el.params [...]