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‘I Wouldn’t Know Where to Send the Money’

Elliot Silver
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I have been aggressively trying to buy more great one word .com domain names to augment my portfolio. I have been kicking the tires at quite a few companies where I think domain names aren’t being optimally used or something else has led me to believe I could acquire a domain name for the right offer. Buying domain names from large companies is particularly difficult.

Case in point, I got in touch with the right contact at a very large company a few weeks ago. I made a few offers, and our discussion culminated with a $100,000 offer to buy one of their domain names. I also asked if a decision could be made this week since I am discussing many domain name purchases. She asked to speak on the phone and we discussed why we wouldn’t get a deal done.

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Uniregistry: “Change your Market Payout Profile”

Elliot Silver
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I received an “Action Required” email from Uniregistry this morning, and I want to pass the message along to people who might simply disregard it. According to the email, Uni (now a GoDaddy brand) has changed its payment processor in the Uniregistry Market. Uniregistry is now using Tipalti for its Market payments. As a result, customers are required to update their payment settings in order to get paid.

I have no idea how long a payment update takes to process, so this is something Uni Market customers will want to address before their next sale to avoid delays. I don’t really sell via Uni, so I don’t think I am going to touch anything. It’s unfortunate that GoDaddy / Afternic customers can’t simply select the current settings they have since it’s essentially the same parent company.

On a totally unrelated note, it’s a bit peculiar that the logo branding in the email and on-site is “Uni” but all of the messaging is “Uniregistry.” In my non-expert opinion, they should pick a brand name and stick to it.

Here’s the email I received this morning:

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Register.com “Stuffing” .Site Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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Rick Schwartz shared the content of an email he received from Register.com, in which he was given a .Site domain name. A Whois search reveals Rick owns LastLaughs.com, which is registered at Register.com. The email to Rick offered him LastLaughs.Site, under the guise of Register.com’s “Brand Protection Program.”

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Network Solutions Announces “Whole New Level of Security”

Elliot Silver
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I have an account at Network Solutions that has domain names I won at NameJet auctions. I periodically move my domain names to GoDaddy, and I typically keep fewer than 20 domain names in my NSI account.

There have been a number of times I have read about domain names that were stolen from Network Solutions accounts. DomainGang.com has done a good job of covering domain name theft, and a Google search for “site:domaingang.com Network Solutions stolen” shows quite a few articles that were published about domain names that were allegedly stolen from Network Solutions accounts over the years. In addition, I recently wrote about a security incident at Web.com registrars, including Network Solutions and Register.com.

When I logged into my NSI account a couple of days ago, I was prompted to make some security updates to my account. I created a pin code and went through a couple of additional steps to ensure my account is secure. This afternoon, I received an email from Network Solutions “introducing a whole new level of security.” Here’s what I was told:

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ROTD Online Auction Extended and More Names Added

Elliot Silver
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I received an email from Right of the Dot yesterday announcing the online portion of their domain name auction has been extended. The auction was originally supposed to conclude this week, but it was extended to March 11th.

In addition to the extension, some new domain names have been added to the auction and at least some of the unsold domain names from the live auction were reopened for bidding.

Below is an extract from the email I received yesterday evening announcing the news. If you have any questions about the auction, you should contact ROTD:

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Global Domain Report Webinar This Morning

Elliot Silver
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I want to share a tweet from Sedo about an upcoming webinar discussing the 2021 Global Domain Report that was recently published by InterNetX and Sedo:

The free webinar will be led by Christian Voss (Chief Marketing Officer at Sedo) and Marco Hoffmann (Head of Domain Services at InterNetX). The webinar is being held in a little over an hour from now – 11am Eastern time. The agenda for today’s webinar is below:

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