Having just completed my first domain sale using Tipalti, the new payout processor for Uniregistry, I'm about to share my experience. When negotiations take a while to complete, the last thing one needs is some additional delay with the delivery of the final "check." Fortunately, that wasn't … [Read more...]
Blocked an entire TLD for the spam it produced
March 2, 2021 by 1 Comment
There is a tremendous amount of spam circulating 24/7 and domain investors often receive hundreds of emails daily. In recent years I've identified the two primary reasons unsolicited email has increased in volume: Cheap, throwaway domain names, and Spam servers hiding behind free proxy … [Read more...]
Don’t fall for this double offer domain trickery
March 1, 2021 by 2 Comments
Got an active inbound interest for one of your domains? That's great. Then again, unless your minimum asking price is met, that might not be a good sign. Assuming you're using a third party platform to sell your domains, such as the Uni Market, offers arrive with some information about the … [Read more...]
Prospective domain buyers (ab)using GoDaddy to circumvent asking price
February 22, 2021 by 3 Comments
When GoDaddy acquired Uniregistry and its Uni Market, I had high hopes. The promise for an improved, combined market with "millions of eyeballs" was shared exactly one year ago, in February 2020. Fast forward a year later, and from a personal standpoint the combined Uni Market / Afternic has not … [Read more...]
GoDaddy broke one great Uniregistry feature I liked
November 20, 2020 by 3 Comments
One of the many great features I liked at Uniregistry was its support system. The acquisition of Uniregistry by GoDaddy has broken that part, and it's a big loss in my opinion. For starters, the GoDaddy ticketing system is by email only. It creates an email chain that includes unnecessary … [Read more...]
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