Domain Name Ups and Downs

February 27th, 2007

Here are some of the latest hosting headlines to catch my attention and eyeballs.

GoDaddy Launches Domain Club

It looks like last week the folks over at GoDaddy launched a new domain club for folks that purchase a lot of domains. Now if you find yourself in this boat - good news for you, they are offering a ton of services with this deal. For around $90 a year or so - you get:

  • Cheap Domain Names! Yes, Very Cheap!
  • Free Domain Parking - With Ads! (so you can rake in some of the green stuff)
  • Free Membership to GoDaddy’s Domain Auction Service!
  • Discounted Domain Buy Service - Stalk the domains you really want cheaper!

So is this a deal or steal? Well, I would have to say if you find yourself buying a lot of GoDaddy domains through the year, this service is for you. For those of you who maybe purchase one or two and that is it? This might not be your cup of domain name tea.

RegisterFly About to Get Swatted Down

Speaking of domain names, the folks at RegisterFly are about to get swatted down themselves. Here is some inside information I found at the DomainTools.com Blog.

RegisterFly is in chaos right now. We are hearing reports that private registration in the whois, which consumers thought protected them, may do the opposite. Private registrations shields the identity of who owns the domain, which means the only company that can help you if something goes wrong is your registrar.

With this on top of their recent issues with ICANN - can RegisterFly survive? I have a feeling they are heading straight for that big bug zapper in the sky, but I guess time will tell with this one. I just feel sorry for their customers who are the ones being hit hardest with the proverbial fly swatter.

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2 Comments so far

    Kieren McCarthy @ March 5th, 2007

    Hi, I am ICANN’s general manager for public participation.

    In recognition of the fact that RegisterFly customers are having trouble getting access to information about their domains, ICANN has posted an update today (http://blog.icann.org/?p=32) on the RegisterFly situation on its blog at http://blog.icann.org.

    We will endeavour to provide regular updates on the situation, so please do keep checking the site. You can sign up to the blog’s RSS feed at http://blog.icann.org/?feed=rss2.

    Mitch @ March 6th, 2007

    Hi Kieren, thanks for the heads up on this. Always love to be able to point people in the direction to getting more information. :)