Name.com shifts the customer support paradigm on weekends and holidays
Ahhh, it’s great having had an extended weekend! More relaxation time, more drinks with friends and family – and hopefully, more domain sales. What about the registrar people that make sure your domains are safe, and that the baddies are taken offline? Go no further than Name.com, one of the top 3 domain registrars in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.POLL: How secure do you feel at your Domain Registrar?
It doesn’t matter if you own one domain or 100,000 domain names: security is important. There are hundreds of ICANN accredited domain registrars, each one claiming to offer 100% security regarding unauthorized access. Several hacking incidents show a different picture, and apparently there is no such thing as an 100% secure domain registrar. Today’s poll […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Unplugged: Name.com puts ‘Syrian hacker’ domain on registrar hold
Domain registrar, Name.com has put the domain name syrianelectronicarmy.com on “registrar hold“, effectively locking its update and resolution. The domain cannot be transferred out to another registrar at this time. The domain was used to share information related to a number of attacks on the DNS of several web sites, including Twitter, NY Times and […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domain Registrars: How fast do they answer their Tech Support phones?
If you’re old school like we are, you probably want to talk to a human on the phone instead of chit-chatting in a pop-up window. Domain registrars that value their services provide fast and efficient phone support. Today, we took 9 US-based domain registrars to the ultimate phone test. 🙂 The testing process: after locating […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Cosmotown: Domain registrar celebrates International Women’s Day with specials
Cosmotown, an ICANN-accredited domain registrar affiliated with anti-virus giant, Symantec, celebrates International Women’s Day today. “What better way to promote the beauty of women in domaining and in general, than showing some pretty chicks and hot mamacitas on our homepage!” exclaimed company manager Arturo DiCaprio. “Most male domainers want to see some pretty faces when […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Starting in 2013: Registrars to take exam tests and other news
During a special late Friday night session, ICANN moved on with an interesting announcement regarding all ICANN-accredited domain registrars. The ICANN meeting involved the top tier key people of the agency, who shared ideas and pizza – a corporate move promoted by the Better Domains Through Better Work Environment coalition, sponsored by Verisign. “We had […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.How much money lies around in Moniker accounts?
It seems that Moniker has changed the manner in which domain accounts are funded. Up until recently, one could fund their account in $50 and $100 increments. The new system, however is scaled as follows: $50 $500 $1000 $1500 $2000 Which means that if one needs to add $300 to their account, they need to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Where is the Domain King moving 4,500 domains to?
Since the Moniker-gate broke out at the end of last year, Rick Schwartz has been warning about the imminent move out of the Oversee-owned registrar. As recently as April 3rd – apparently, to avoid an April 1st Fool’s Day confusion – the Domain King announced that the bird is about to fly away from the […]
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