Richard Lau is now a founding investor at DomainEasy; James Morfopoulos joins the company
Domain entrepreneur and investor, Richard Lau, has announced his immediate involvement with the DomainEasy project. The NamesCon founder stated that he’s a Founding Investor along with DomainEasy.com founder, Sam Dennis. The company has been in the works for a year, creating a platform for domain investors to transact domain sales on. In associated news, James […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.MagicWood.com: Frank Schilling domain’s latest drop
The domain name MagicWood.com was sold in a DropCatch auction today, after going through an inevitable deletion cycle. The auction closed at $1,313 dollars today, with the winner being DropCatch user Will4DC: The domain MagicWood.com was being held at Uniregistrar, Frank Schilling‘s own registrar before GoDaddy acquired Uniregistry. Registered in 2006, the domain was a […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Want to pay 25% fees to Afternic? Then do this!
GoDaddy’s acquisition of Uniregistry in 2020 was followed by a change in the now defunct platform’s fees. Raising the fee from 10% to 15% was only the beginning; the eventual acquisition of Dan.com in 2022 was also followed by a raise in fees to 15%. What GoDaddy gave back in exchange, was the lowering of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry made domain investors tear up with final Tweet
Long after Uniregistry was acquired by GoDaddy, the company continued to provide excellent services to domain investors as a registrar and brokerage. Eventually, Uniregistry (Uni) shut down both as a domain registrar and its Uni Marketplace team moved to GoDaddy, aiming at finishing the job on Afternic 2.0. The Uni app was discontinued, DomainNamesales.com was […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DomainNameSales.com: Frank Schilling’s ingenious project RIP
Domain Name Sales, operating from DomainNameSales.com, was Frank Schilling‘s in-house platform for monetizing & selling his extensive domain portfolio. Manned by a team of brokers that were given full reign on negotiating with potential buyers, the platform grew fast. By 2012, it was open to the general public, setting the foundation for the launch of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry.com now just a GoDaddy URL forward
Uniregistry no longer resolves to a page under its own domain name, Uniregistry.com. The phenomenal company built by Frank Schilling and operated by great engineers and brokers, is no more; it redirects to GoDaddy.com. Three years after its acquisition by GoDaddy, the company was dismantled, all while its capable engineers and domain brokers moved to […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.A domain backdoor at Uniregistry?
In 2020, GoDaddy acquired Uniregistry, taking over its IP, talent, and Frank Schilling‘s domain portfolio. Fast forward three years and both Uniregistry and the Uni Market are domain venues of the past. Domain investors that used Uni(registry) to manage their domains are now able to do so under the GoDaddy interface. These domains are still […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#GoDaddy takes over #Uniregistry domain accounts
The final countdown has begun: GoDaddy is taking over Uniregistry accounts containing portfolios of domain names. As expected “some time in May” the process started early on. An email sent from Uniregistry remind portfolio holders that their domains are already transitioned to GoDaddy. The email says in part: You’ve arrived here from Uniregistry, and we […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry sunset: Domains to move to GoDaddy by April 30th
Uniregistry, the domain registrar, is owned and operated by GoDaddy. The acquisition took place 3 years ago and the company is sunsetting its registrar services. By April 30th, all Uniregistry accounts are moving to GoDaddy, completing a process that began a year ago but which allowed “domainer” accounts to continue operating. Domain parking and selling […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Ready to move out of Uniregistry?
Uniregistry has had a great run spanning almost a decade. The company was acquired by GoDaddy three years ago, as a bridge to founder Frank Schilling’s portfolio of domain names. While GoDaddy kept Uniregistry and the Uni Market alive, the latter will shut down on April 18th, marking the end of an era for the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Uniregistry to close down by mid-year
GoDaddy-owned Uniregistry is set to end its operations and close down “mid-year.” Responses from Uniregistry Support sent to one of its users were confirmed independently. There is no set date currently but in the coming month or so there will be an official announcement from Uniregistry about the company’s close and full transition of existing […]
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