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Who Is Really Monitoring Your Domain Searches?
It's getting more and more difficult to do any kind of domain research without running the risk of losing your domain ideas to unscrupulous domain tasters. Back in February, we described the problem as follows: A perfect domain name pops into your mind. A quick check at your favorite domain registrar reveals that the domain [...]
RegisterFly's Implosion Nears Its Bizarre End
In the world of domainers, it seems one name is on everyone’s lips. The RegisterFly debacle has all the aspects of a front-page scandal: sex, CEO spending excesses, a class action lawsuit and a $6,000 Chihuahua. The company, founded in 2000, was managed by John Naruszewicz and Kevin Medina. From the outside, things were going [...]
RegisterFly Ordered To Hand Over Registrant Data
Troubled domain registrar RegisterFly has been ordered by a US Federal Court to hand over to ICANN current and accurate data for all of its domain names, and to immediately allow ICANN staff access to the company's records and books in order to perform an audit. "We ask RegisterFly and its management to co-operate fully [...]
Domainers Targeted By Credit Card Scammers
Telemarketers have been cold calling homes for years, trying to promote the greatest product, service or cause in the world that needs your money. Some are legitimate, some aren't. Credit card scammers and identity thieves are using the same technique but instead of targeting general audiences, domain owners like you and me have become the [...]
It's Over: ICANN Terminates RegisterFly's Domain Registrar Accreditation
The party is over for Kevin Medina. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a letter to Mr. Medina that RegisterFly will cease operating as an ICANN-Accredited Registrar on March 31, 2007. ICANN also terminated RegisterFly's right to use the ICANN Accredited Registrar logo on its website. The logo however is [...]
Kevin Medina Regains Control of RegisterFly
The mainstream media is beginning to take notice of the RegisterFly disaster. BusinessWeek reports that Kevin Medina has regained control of the company after he had been fired by his former partners several weeks ago: In a legal decision that stunned even the lawyers for the victor, a U.S. District Court judge on Mar. 8 [...]
RegisterFly Meltdown Continues
The meltdown of troubled domain registrar RegisterFly continues. Here's a quick review of what happened in the past two weeks. On 21 February 2007, ICANN issued a letter to RegisterFly (PDF file), indicating a Notice of Breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and demanding that RegisterFly act within 15 working days to cure the [...]