Since I do a lot of research on domain names, it is often I start discovering patterns. These patterns layout after time of and become more clear simply seeing certain things. Well, I am about to share some of these patterns and who is using them.
Domain Buying Services
Mainly corporate domain buying services, I’m sure have been doing this for sometime but as far as I can tell, the activity has increased lately.
The hidden domain name purchase
Real … Read the rest
Paypal is in the process of rebranding its Bill Me Later® brand to Paypal Credit®. Makes sense to me, I like the Paypal Credit name because it sounds nice and it ties the service directly to the Paypal brand.
Paypal / eBay = HUGE company. Tech Company. Tons of employees. Smart people. They know what cName and A records are, most do not.
This brings up the valid question, did anybody from Paypal, its tech team etc. try to visit: … Read the rest
DotWeekly does a lot of deep digging and discovers a lot of different stuff related to domain names, so I thought I would share a recent tracking. Sometimes it leads to something really interesting, sometimes not so much. Here is a general, but real life example of how some of the domain tracing diggings take place and how its started.
Trigger!
There is always something that triggers me to LOOK into a specific domain. Today, I happened to notice the … Read the rest
Connecting the dots, tracing tracks! New Ventures Services Corp is one of those “who is that” kind of “services / companies” that “sells” domain names and nobody really knows who they are. Well, I traced the tracks and all roads lead to Network Solutions/ Register.com / aka Web.com!
Register.com is a dirty cherry picking company! Domains expire, they cherry pick them, keep some, offer them for sale at higher than normal expired auction prices etc.
When a Register.com registered domain … Read the rest
