GoDaddy Was Scammed; New gTLD Renewal Rates; ICANN Slashes Revenue Budget…

Michael CygerMarch 25, 2015 | Updated: December 9, 2015 21

DomainSherpa Discussion with Michael Cyger, Andrew Allemann, Michael Berkens and Page Howe We’re joined by four Domain Sherpas: Andrew Allemann, Frank Schilling, Michael Berkens and Page Howe.

This is the show where we discuss industry and Internet news, what the news means to you, and questions from the audience.

In this DomainSherpa Discussion:

GoDaddy gets scammed by a social engineer and hands over domain
Page Howe goes to Washington to promote .LA domains for Los Angeles
The first new gTLD renewal rates are starting to come in from Donuts
ICANN slashes their revenue projections for this year and next year’s budget
Google Domains is ranked above all other registrars — is it anti-competitive?
Is GoDaddy’s IPO something domain investors should invest in?
Reader question: What’s the highest renewal rate the Sherpas have seen
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Companies: .LA • GoDaddy.com • Google.com • ICANN
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21 Responses to “GoDaddy Was Scammed; New gTLD Renewal Rates; ICANN Slashes Revenue Budget…”

Jay says:

April 5, 2015 at 7:55 PM

hey Mike GoDaddy.com has taken all TaylorSwift related domains off their auctions list. what is that all about and what about TaylorSwiftPorn.com and TaylorSwiftAdult.com which she doenst own. thanks

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Bradley says:

March 30, 2015 at 2:33 PM

Hi Mike

Another very informative show.

Based on the last 2 discussions pertaining to unauthorized domain account access and theft, aside from 2 factor authorization, and a strong password,

1.) How about if any and all domains were under Domain Privacy — wouldn’t that offer a very strong barrier of protection, since the criminal(s) who is trying to access and steal ones names, does not have a reference point of who you are as the Whois will not bear fruit as to an identity?

2.) And, which type of email is considered to be the “best” for security (maybe less hackable), hearing stories of gmail; and Hotmail not being so good, but is AOL okay, or is it better to use one of your own domain names i.e. abc.com; Joe@abc.com, and which Hosting company is best for that email?

Thank you very much

Bradley

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1. Michael Cyger says:
  
  April 1, 2015 at 8:08 AM
  
  Hi Bradley,
  
  Thanks for watching the show, and posting your feedback.
  
  Yes, you are correct. Having your domain name under privacy adds another layer of security. But it also reduces the ability of potential buyers to contact you.
  
  I have never heard of a study indicating one email service is more secure than another.
  
  Best regards,
  Michael
  
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  1. Bradley says:
    
    April 1, 2015 at 9:21 PM
    
    Hi Mike
    
    Good to hear about Privacy as an added layer of security!
    
    When I had seen Privacy on a Whois in the past, I felt it was a dead end in potential communication with an owner.
    
    But, I got tired of not even hearing a: “No, not for sale”
    
    So I starting doing reach outs, through others privacy email, and often, was emailed back from their middle person, a form to fill out i.e. who are you, state your business — and the usual statement — it will be passed along with no guarantee domain owner will responding.
    
    Surprisingly I have received responses, and negotiations rendered.
    
    But, Mike, this may not be for all Privacy companies, as I did not always receive responses.
    
    Thank you very much as always!
    
    PS having Shane and Andrew on the show has been a very good addition, along with Drew, Page, Berkins, and last but not least Adam! These guys are all heavyweights with experience and knowledge — and you are definately a well informed individual, I call it like it is!
    
    There’s always great takeaways, which so often shores up my points of view.
    
    Cheers
    
    Bradley
    
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albert says:

March 28, 2015 at 9:35 AM

Google is also starting to get into the lucrative insurance business as well.

They are signing up as brokers in different state and working with insurance companies to give price-comparison.

They basically have already started in California.

All I know is that if I was an insurance, travel or any agent where it is basically based on information, I would be extremely worried and probably getting out of the business.

Having said that, if google is not careful, you can bet that Microsoft and Company will be spending millions to do something about it as like what happened to the telephone companies in the 80’s.

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albert says:

March 28, 2015 at 9:24 AM

The biggest problem with the new GTLD’s is that you are not going to be able to piggy back off of another new GTLD.

Let’s face it, CellPhone.Club is going to have to spend as much as Coffee.club or no one will think to type it in.

I know the same goes for .Com’s, but it makes it a lot easier to make people remember a .com then any other GTLD

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Dahal says:

March 27, 2015 at 10:29 AM

Thanks Domain Sherpa.

I was watching your video and you guys was discussing about .la ext.One of you pronounced siliconValley.la but haven’t reg. from anyone.

I was lucky and registered 20 min ago. I love your show and will not miss ever,So beneficial for
investors like me.

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Acro says:

March 25, 2015 at 1:50 PM

Thank you Mike for pointing out the hard fact regarding domain theft at 9:20 onwards.

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Lori Pope says:

March 25, 2015 at 12:23 PM

What do you guys think about .Energy? As a domain name collector and in the Oil & Gas business, I just had to have at least one.

What about .World?

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1. albert says:
  
  March 30, 2015 at 8:09 AM
  
  Read my reply earlier.
  
  If you are going to get a .whatever, then you will need to advertise.
  
  Don’t assume people are going to know to type it green.energy or what ever else.
  
  People today can assume to type in whatever.com because there are so many .com’s out there and they actually do have websites. (Although that too is changing).
  
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Lori Pope says:

March 25, 2015 at 12:17 PM

Thank you all so much for your informative show. I own several .Guru gTLDs. They are registered with GoDaddy. What do you think the renewal rates should be? GoDaddy had several different renewal rates across my 27 .Guru names

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Noor Manji says:

March 25, 2015 at 9:22 AM

Great show, very informative.
Andrew – great podcast and super blog.
Mike Berkens – Thank you for your email response…can’t imagine how you stay so informed.
Frank – great to see you on the show, love the dns platform…..love the broker I am working with on an offer.
Page – Good to see you back after a short hiatus, can I please have my $25 coupon?
Mike – Thank you for a great show yet again.

Noor Manji

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Anunt says:

March 25, 2015 at 8:56 AM

i have a request: taryn, please stop scooping up all the dot com domains from namejet…stick to your new gTLDs…give the average joe a chance!!!

great show…thanks sherpas!!!

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Trev says:

March 25, 2015 at 6:36 AM

Loved the show.

Great to see all the regular Sherpas, as well as the incomparable Frank Schilling!

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BulkWHOis says:

March 25, 2015 at 3:58 AM

Thanks for the content
and watching a video is so comfortable than reading…..

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ada says:

March 25, 2015 at 3:27 AM

I would like to thanks 3 Sherpas (Michael, Andrew, Page) for their opinions.

If you ask Frank Schilling about his renewal prediction please be more specific, whether you mean registrations by other people or him – everyone knows that he registered a huge number of names with his on newTLDs e.g. .link

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Jay says:

March 25, 2015 at 2:09 AM

Great Show Mike and Sherpas. thanks for the time.

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1. Michael Cyger says:
  
  March 27, 2015 at 4:29 PM
  
  Thanks, Jay. I appreciate you watching and posting a comment.
  
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Shaun says:

March 25, 2015 at 2:01 AM

A rare Wednesday release! Thanks for the upload

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1. Michael Cyger says:
  
  March 25, 2015 at 6:09 AM
  
  You noticed. :)
  
  Due to scheduling, we taped and aired a day early this week.
  
  Thanks for watching and posting a comment, Shaun.
  
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  1. Albert says:
    
    March 25, 2015 at 10:57 AM
    
    I was kind of surprised my self.
    
    A good one guys.
    
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