For as long as I can recall, the minimum and opening bid for domain names in expiry auction at GoDaddy Auctions has been $12 + the renewal fee. The minimum bid amount has changed to $25 for domain names entering into auction at GoDaddy Auctions. The change was announced in a blog post on GoDaddy’s website on October 26.
Here’s what GoDaddy wrote about this change:
A UDRP was filed against the RedFig.com domain name at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). The complainant in the UDRP is a company called Redfig LLC, and the respondent is a domain investor who was represented by attorney John Berryhill. The decision was published this morning, and the registrant prevailed and will retain the domain name.
In its argument, the complainant tried to convince the panel the domain name was being used in bad faith because it was listed for sale for more than the registration cost of a domain name:
“Respondent registered and uses the domain name in bad faith. The Domain Name is listed for sale on a third-party site for a sum which is well in excess of the cost of purchasing a domain name from a registrar.”
That didn’t fly with the panel.
NamesCon Global emailed past attendees this afternoon to announce that registration is now open for next year’s conference. NamesCon Global will be held June 5-8, 2024 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in Austin, Texas. Tickets can be purchased via EventBrite.
NamesCon is currently offering a “Super Early Bird Special” for those who purchase a conference pass now. The Standard pass costs $349 and the Channel Pass costs $549. The email says that this will be the biggest discount on tickets. In general, though, if you’re not certain you can attend right now, there are usually special deals offered by conference organizers leading up to the conference.
Nearly two and a half years ago, WooCommerce acquired the Woo.com domain name for an undisclosed price. Since that time, the company has continued operating under the WooCommerce brand, and the shorter Woo.com domain name has been used as a forwarder. WooCommerce is owned by Automattic, the company that operates the WordPress platform.
As of yesterday, WooCommerce is now known more simply as Woo. The company introduced its truncated branding, updated logo, and new domain name in a blog post. Here’s what the company shared about its decision to officially rebrand as Woo:
I came across a domain name yesterday afternoon, and a change to its prior landing page caught my attention. It looks like domain names utilizing the MarkUpgrade domain brokerage landing page have added a Stand with Israel logo along with a link to the American Friends of Magen David Adom website. Magen David Adom is Israel’s national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service.
I think this is notable because of the extensive reach of the domain names utilizing the MarkUpgrade landing page. For instance, ten high profile domain names that I found that use this landing page include:
The New York Times published an article about a non-profit organization formerly known as The Brooklyn Community Foundation that acquired the Brooklyn.org domain name for $49,000 and rebranded itself. The new name of the organization is Brooklyn Org, matching is domain name. The NYT article can be read with a digital subscription.
Using the Whois History tool at DomainTools, it looks like the domain name was acquired in May of 2022 – likely around May 20th. The prior archived Whois record from May 12th shows the domain name was registered privately at the domain registrar formerly known as Uniregistry. Based on a few factors I can see, I am pretty certain the domain name had been owned by a domain investor prior to the acquisition.
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