Absolutely Ridiculous: Registrar SpeedNames CHARGES for Account Info Changes

That's right. I've found a whole new level of ridiculous. I won a domain at Namejet recently and was awarded the name in a previously unheard of registrar named SpeedNames. It happens fairly regularly at Namejet. They represent quite a large group of registrars selling their expired names. It's what makes them great, and at the same time sucks when you have to deal with these small guys. Normally the first thing I do when I find out I'm at these small registrars is mark my calendar 60 days out so I immediately get it out and transferred to a registrar that isn't going to rip me off. I say rip me off bec... Read More »

NameJet Appeases Customers and List “Reserve Auction” Next to Price

You asked for it.  You received.  Looks like Namejet has put in a new feature this evening.  I've noticed for the first time that there are the words "Reserve Auction" next to the price letting everyone know that it's a reserve auction.  I also noticed that recently the Namejet feed for our programs to analyze the auctions no longer have the actual reserve.  A feature we used to enjoy that many people that used lesser quality drop analyzers didn't.   So now people have one less thing to complain about and Namejet proves again that they listen to their customers.... Read More »

Yolo.com Sold Recently for Over $29,000 This Month to Cupid PLC

Yolo has become a popular word in today's culture, especially for the young generation.  It has come to mean "You Live Only Once" and made popular by the Drake song "The Motto".  It's also made the domain YOLO.com ever more popular than it would be for just being a premium CVCV.com Back in January of this year, Eric Levitt and Neptune Ave (eventually changing name to Yolo Publishing) bought Yolo.com for $29,000.  He purchased the domain from Manoj Desai of Websoft Developer who had picked it up in 2004 in what appears to be a drop.  I thought it was a fair price at the time for one of the top CVC... Read More »

A Fellow Champaign Urbana Resident Shahid Khan Featured on 60 Minutes

As most of you know, I am a resident of Champaign Urbana Illinois (and owner of ChampaignUrbana.com) . My family settled near here 150 years ago and despite me leaving to pursue other dreams, I was drawn back to live, grow a business, and raise a family. When I first moved here I thought my goals would be contained by living in a small community but soon realized that was the opposite of true. A college town is a gate to the world. A gate of youth, new ideas, an endless pool of brilliant minds live in our city. So it's no coincidence we have several people that are some of the wealthiest people in t... Read More »