The holiday season slowed down domain name sales, but still, our top listed domain did not disappoint. Advance.com was sold to Advance Publications Inc, an American media company, for $300,000….
January 5, 2017
December 23, 2016
Christmas shopping for .shop domains has just become free! Two domain registrars, Moniker and Domaindiscount24 begin to offer them for free until 23 December 2016. The Christmas special applies to…
December 15, 2016
It’s that time of year: the phishing trends of 2016 have just been revealed. It turns out that 84% of observed phishing sites existed for less than 24 hours averaging…
December 9, 2016
On 6 December 2016 GoDaddy was confirmed to acquire Host Group Europe (HEG), the largest privately owned web services provider whose brands include well-known host providers and domain registrars 123Reg,…
December 7, 2016
Please note that you can read more about domain email scams in Part 1 of this post here: <Beware Email Scams Targeting Domain Owners Part 1>. 3. Domain slamming/Unauthorized domain…
December 5, 2016
What are email scams for domain owners? Domain name scams are generally confidence scams or less frequently, intellectual property scams. They involve sending authentic-looking emails to domain owners, allegedly from…
December 3, 2016
The amendments to ICANN’s (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) inter-registrar transfer policy have been literally years in the making. At last, they take effect on 1 December 2016….
December 2, 2016
In the biggest domain sale for the year so far, the price for the domain name HG.com hit $3,770,000. It was acquired by Chinese wine company WanJiahuan Gou in a…
November 30, 2016
The ABC of Ransomware Ransomware is a subcategory of malware that prevents access to your device, ie locks it, or kidnaps sensitive data until ransom is paid, usually in anonymous…
November 30, 2016