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DownPat.com Sold by NameFind in November, Expired in March

Elliot Silver

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August 18, 2020

Andrew Allemann wrote about the DownPat.com UDRP, which was decided in favor of the domain registrant who acquired the domain name via GoDaddy Auctions for $861. Although the domain registrant won the UDRP in a decision I agree with, I think what happened to the complainant really stinks.

In looking at the Whois History at DomainTools, I see DownPat.com was previously registered to NameFind, the domain name portfolio company owned and operated by GoDaddy. The domain name appears to have been acquired by GoDaddy when it acquired Michael Berkens’ portfolio several years ago.

Fanbase.com Sells for $151,000 on GoDaddy Auctions

Elliot Silver

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August 16, 2020

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The expiry auction for Fanbase.com ended today at GoDaddy Auctions, and the domain name sold for $151,000. There were 229 bids placed from 29 bidders in the three day expiry auction.

The sale of Fanbase.com is the largest expiry auction at GoDaddy Auctions that I can recall. In looking at NameBio, the next three highest value expiry auctions at GoDaddy in the last 5 years include:

GoDaddy Whois Contact Form

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Elliot Silver

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August 14, 2020

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Late last year, I discovered and shared that people are able to contact domain registrants directly via the GoDaddy Whois lookup page. This may be helpful because domain registrant contact information was recently removed from GoDaddy Whois lookup pages. Earlier this week, I discovered a change in the format of the GoDaddy Whois contact form – instead of a custom message field, I was given four contact options from which to choose:

I shared what I found on Twitter:

NamesCon Auction Now Live on GoDaddy Auctions

Elliot Silver

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August 11, 2020

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NamesCon is going to look much, much different this year. Not only is the event being held exclusively online, but it is also being held in September instead of January. One other major change is that the NamesCon domain name auction will be held on GoDaddy Auctions this year, and it appears that the auction is being run entirely in-house.

GoDaddy’s Joe Styler tweeted that the NamesCon auction is now live on GoDaddy Auctions. To access the auction, visit GoDaddy Auctions and choose the NamesCon Auction in the Popular Searches dropdown menu:

GoDaddy Launches First .GoDaddy Website

Elliot Silver

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August 4, 2020

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In April of this year, GoDaddy announced that it would be acquiring Neustar’s registry business. Neustar has operated and offers back-end services for more than 215 domain name extensions, including .US, .CO, .NYC, .Biz, and a number of other extensions. The acquisition closed yesterday, and the Neustar registry business is now owned by GoDaddy. The division is now known as GoDaddy Registry, and it is led by Nicolai Bezsonoff, who was formerly Senior Vice President and General Manager of Neustar’s Registry business.

Afternic Should Offer 2FA

Elliot Silver

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August 4, 2020

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Domain name theft is a big issue for domain investors. I strongly recommend that investors and other domain registrants enable 2 factor authentication (2FA) on their domain registrar accounts to help secure them. Most domain registrars offer at least one form of 2FA, and several offer multiple forms of 2FA, including text message, authentication app, key fob, Yubikey, among others.