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Domain Name Forwarding Doesn’t Mean Ownership

Elliot Silver
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When one domain name forwards to another website, people often assume the forwarded domain name is owned or controlled by the operator of the destination website. While this is often the case for companies and businesses, it is not necessarily so. It can also be used in a deceptive manner.

Nat Cohen drew my attention to a tweet about an alleged scam involving domain name forwarding. The legitimate website operated on a non-.com domain name, and someone allegedly purchased the .com domain name for nefarious purposes. The .com domain name forwarded to the proper website, while email for the .com domain name was used for some sort of nefarious purpose. This was clever.

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Paul Nicks Promoted at GoDaddy

Elliot Silver
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Paul Nicks, who has been a Vice President and GM of the Aftermarket at GoDaddy has been promoted. His new position is President of the Domain division at the publicly traded company. He will still oversee the groups that matter most to domain investors. It is unclear to me who has taken his role at the company.

Paul has been one of the main point people for all things impacting domain investors at GoDaddy. He has also been an advocate within the company for domain investors.

One noticeable change is Paul’s appearance on the GoDaddy corporate leadership page on the GoDaddy website.

Congratulations to Paul on the well-deserved promotion.

Wholesale .com Price to Increase Again in September

Elliot Silver
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It is going to get a little bit more expensive to register .com domain names later on this year. In a press release sharing Verisign’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 results, the company that operates the .com domain registry announced a 7% price increase in September. As you may recall, the wholesale price of .com registrations was increased in September of last year.

Here’s what Verisign shared about the upcoming wholesale price increase:

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Assume The Other Party Knows

Elliot Silver
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Whether you’re a child telling a parent you didn’t eat the bag of candy or a parent telling a child the bag of candy must have accidentally been thrown away, getting caught telling a lie is uncomfortable. In a business situation, such as a negotiation, being caught in a lie can create distrust and kill a deal.

While some people may feel like stretching the truth or outright lying during a domain name sales negotiation is acceptable, I always assume the counter party has more information than they may have. To me, this means I assume they know prior sale prices, listing prices, and other pertinent information about the domain name. Even though it’s not possible, I also assume the counter party knows about previous offers I received. With that in mind, I won’t say something the counter party knows to be untrue.

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Bird.com: “One of the Biggest Sales of Last Year and of All Time”

Elliot Silver
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I believe Andrew Allemann was the first to write about MessageBird’s private acquisition of the Bird.com domain name in an article on Domain Name Wire. The domain name sale came after a seven figure auction sale apparently fell through. Andrew did not mention the sale price of Bird.com, but he did mention the deal was brokered by Right of the Dot.

Last week, Robin Wauters of Tech.eu published an article about the domain name acquisition. In the article, he shared a tidbit about how much may have been paid to acquire the Bird.com domain name:

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Martha Stewart Fibbed About Martha.com

Elliot Silver
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To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Stephen Colbert hosted Martha Stewart on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. During the segment, Stephen asked Martha how she was able to secure Martha.com. Skip to the 5:30 minute mark to hear Martha Stewart talk about her domain names:

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