.com is still the best choice
As part of the renewal agreement, Verisign requested the right to four price increases – up to 7 percent each – of .com over the six year contract term. … There are several vendors you can choose from: GoDaddy, Tucows, 1 & 1 Internet and Directi …
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GoDaddy Selling Domains in Stores via OfficeMax
In what may be considered one of the most puzzling moves ever done by an Internet company, GoDaddy has partnered up with OfficeMax to make domains purchasable in stores. The companies hope to target small businesses looking for website bundles for …
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SelectHealth Loses UDRP On Parked Domain SelectHealth.com
“Finally, the Panel does not agree with Complainant's contention that mere renewals of an existing domain name registration trigger bad faith registration arising as of the time of renewal.”" … only use of the Domain Name has been as a web address …
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