In May I wrote about how GoDaddy continues to send unsolicited offers for domains that are listed for sale on other marketplaces, with a BIN. What's the catch? For $69 dollars, GoDaddy brokers reach out to anyone with a domain. If a GoDaddy customer is hoping that the brokers there will … [Read more...]
GoDaddy : Openly ignoring the BIN price and using the client as an excuse
July 1, 2019 by 3 Comments
GoDaddy continues to pester domain owners with “offers” that ignore the BIN
May 17, 2019 by 6 Comments
I wrote about this issue before, and it's obvious that GoDaddy and its team of brokers don't really care. At the very least, middle management at GoDaddy is not doing anything to address this issue, which they promote as a "Domain buy" service. GoDaddy's aggressive approach to relaying offers and … [Read more...]
Scammers using Bitcoin in an effort to steal domain names
April 22, 2019 by 5 Comments
During the past two weeks I experienced two attempts by scammers to steal domain names, by offering payments in cryptocurrency. These Bitcoin scammers offered to acquire premium domains by indicating they can only make payments in BTC. There is a reason why such a method of exchanging domains … [Read more...]
Domain offers : I can do $X,XXX tonight only
March 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
When receiving offers for domain names, the exchange can become progressively interesting as negotiations unfold. Domain offers are often mere "pings" on a domain, to gauge its owner's activity, but some times they are honest inquiries with a random number tagged to them. The task of issuing a … [Read more...]
Old domains : From hand-registration to sale, 17 years later
March 4, 2019 by 4 Comments
Between 2001 - 2003 I was perusing dropped domain lists provided by one of the best paid-for services at the time, DomainsBot. Hundreds of dictionary domains were available, in .com, .net and .org. I scanned through thousands of domains, looking for worthy registrations. I think I hurt my eyes … [Read more...]
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