GoDaddy’s no-hidden-reserve format offers insight into investor valuations. One of the advantages of an auction without hidden reserves is that you can get a good sense of the investor market value for each domain. It’s a “wisdom of the crowds” scenario. Consider the current GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) featured auction that ends on Tuesday. There are […]

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Whois privacy was implemented for all domain names today. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the registry that manages Nigeria’s .ng country code domain, implemented Whois privacy on all .ng domain names today. Previously, Whois for .ng domains included details about registrants, including names, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. Starting today, Whois lookups only […]

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Panel finds company filed complaint in bad faith after failed purchase attempt. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) Afianza Asesores, S.L. to have tried reverse domain name hijacking the domain name Afianza.com. The Spanish consulting company filed a cybersquatting complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) against the […]

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An update on Featured.com and why it acquired HARO. Featured founder Brett Farmiloe was my guest on the podcast in 2023 after his company rebranded from Terkel to Featured using the domain Featured.com. On today’s show, Brett returns to explain how the new domain and brand have helped his company since then. Featured also recently […]

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Could you turn $500 of domains into cash within one year? GoDaddy Domain Academy is running a contest in which six domain investors compete to see who can make the most money in a year. It’s a highly restricted contest meant to simulate what it would be like as a new domain investor. Each investor […]

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