Category Archives: Registrars

Here’s an image from Verisign’s BetweenTheDots.net website: And here’s GoDaddy’s $240K print ad in USA Today: Lame! It’s not like it is a reply ad in which they mock their competitor. It’s just a cheap copy. When a company is … Continue reading →

In part this will be due to GoDaddy agreeing with the Stop Online Piracy Act, while companies more in tune with their client base like NameCheap are opposing the Act. I suggest that GoDaddy sticks to having ads with pretty … Continue reading →

There’s an extensive article on this at domainarts.com, but in a nutshell: ICANN tried telling Verisign not to monetize unregistered domains, back in 2003 Verisign wasn’t happy, so they sued ICANN ICANN couldn’t afford to fight, because they are a … Continue reading →

Never a good thing – what is essentially a public service is sold to a business that wants to squeeze profitability out of it, and then perhaps sell it to someone else…  On June 24th, 2011, The Wall Street Journal … Continue reading →

Verisign have announced a small price rise: … prices for .com registrations are set to increase from $7.34 to $7.85 while price for every .net registration will increase from $4.65 to $5.11 Registrars will be passing on the rise, and … Continue reading →