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Hosting company will delay auto-updates until after Christmas as a precaution. Earlier this week I wrote about how GoDaddy auto-updated...

Domain Name Wire - Friday, December 14, 2018 - 11:58

Change will make it easier for registrars to onboard top level domain. The process for registering .law and .abogado (Spanish for attor...

Domain Name Wire - Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 11:46

Floral delivery company 1-800-Flowers.com purchased plants.com for $450K, topping several end user sales this week. I’ve already ...

Domain Name Wire - Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 10:28

Company chose to send breach notice from email-marriott.com, not marriott.com, leading to poor deliverability. A couple of weeks ago ho...

Domain Name Wire - Thursday, December 13, 2018 - 9:26

Files.com sold about a decade ago for about the same amount of money. Name Ninja Bill Sweetman and Sedo have helped broker the sale of ...

Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 13:29

Donuts launches .Fan top level domain. Remember when I used to write about the long list of top level domains launching each week? Thos...

Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 13:18

Escrow company popular in the domain industry hires compliance officer from HSBC. Escrow.com has hired a compliance offer to handle its...

Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 10:47

Submitters asked to park their domains and forward all inquiries before the names are accepted. Submissions for the NamesCon domain auc...

Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 10:30

Here are 8 things to do before the end of the year. I have my annual end-of-year meeting with my accountant today and it has me thinkin...

Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, December 12, 2018 - 10:1

Glenn Stokes registered Plants.com in 1995 for his tropical plants website. Glenn Stokes is an expert in tropical plants. He has travel...

Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 13:5

Customers should have more control over major updates. Managed WordPress hosting companies help their customers keep WordPress up-to-da...

Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 9:44

Stokes Tropicals cashes in on domain name. A Louisiana company has sold the domain name Plants.com to 1-800-Flowers(NASDAQ: FLWS) for $...

Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - 9:16

Here are four improvements GoDaddy should make for its aftermarket business. GoDaddy continues to grow its aftermarket business. It has...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, December 10, 2018 - 11:50

Who had the best crystal ball for 2018? In this special episode, we’ll listen to the predictions people made a year ago for 2018 in the...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, December 10, 2018 - 11:30

Some of the Complainant’s claims are easily disproven. I’m often amazed by cybersquatting claims under UDRP. This weekend I...

Domain Name Wire - Monday, December 10, 2018 - 10:16

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