(Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060628/ap_on_hi_te/lassie_domain)

Sold for $500,000 at Sedo. It's a very brandable and short domain. I would say it's a bit overprices, but the real value is in the eye of the beholder, so congrats to both the seller and the buyer (and Sedo :P).

GoDaddy have launched a domain parking service, CashParking. GoDaddy domain parking system is different from other mainstream domain name parking providers in its revenue share structure. It offers 3 plans, with revenue share going from 60% to 80%, with a month fee from $3.99 to $19.99. None of the other domain name parking providers use a similar structure.

CashParking

.PK ccTLD opened their general public registration today. .PK domains can be registered in:

http://www.pknic.net.pk/
http://www.pakhost.com/

Malta.com has been sold on Sedo for $250,000. It's a great name, although I wouldn't value it at $250k, so congrats to the seller.

The Go Daddy Group Inc., web hosting and domain name registration provider has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to approve its listing on the NASDAQ market under the stock symbol DADY so it can offer for sale shares of public Class A common stock (as much as $200 million). The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined.

GoDaddy is the world's largest domain-name registrar, with about 13.6 million domain names under management and about 2.4 million customers. It's also North America's largest shared Web site hosting provider.

Although it's true that GoDaddy is growing very fast (from just $4.3M in revenue in 2001 to a whopping $140M in 2005), but the truth is GoDaddy loses money and its annual losses are increasing (<$774,000 in 2003, $1.8M in 2002, $3.6M in 2004, and $11.6M in 2005), maybe due to its huge spending on marketing (from $1.2M in 2003 to over $15M in 2005).

According to the filing, GoDaddy plans to use the money from the IPO for the repayment of about $7 million in debt, and for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including the expansion of the customer care and support, and research and development organizations.

(Source: msnbc.msn.com)

(Source: telnic)

(Source: ICANN)

Just received this in my email:

RegisterFly.com

(Source: eNom)

eNom is one of the largest registrars. I'm not sure what this acquisition will mean, but I hope eNom continues to be also one of the most respected registrars, I like eNom just the way they are.

(Source: United Press International)

An interesting post by Bob Parsons, GoDaddy's CEO, about how the Add Grace Period is being abused by certain registrars. Hope ICANN does something to stop the add/drop scheme. Maybe Parson's idea of requiring ICANN's 25-cent fee to be non-refundable would help.

(Source: Bob Parsons' Blog)

It's nice that I didn't register any .eu. I think is a smart move by Eurid registry, both for not allowing transfers, and also for not stating it clearly at the beginning. I'm sorry for the speculators who may be screwed if transfers are not allowed.

(Source: NamePros)

(Source: DNJournal)