Register.com to be taken private

[unclewilco]

been posted?

$200 million in cash

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8BSBFG80.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down&chan=tc

and register's take on it

http://pressroom.register.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=170593

cheers

wilco

 

[URLCollection]

been posted?

$200 million in cash

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8BSBFG80.htm?campaign_id=apn_tech_down&chan=tc

and register's take on it

http://pressroom.register.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=170593

cheers

wilco

Hey Wilco - That was a great buy - Register had a boat load of cash on hand, they own tens of thousands of great domain names and have no parking program in place. At a little more than the price paid for Ult Search, it was the deal of the day I think. Steve

 

[ForumDomains]

What this article would not tell you is that Vector Capital were deeply engaged with Register.com for the last 2 years. They were actively trading Register.com's shares and are very afraid of these shares going downhill. I dont think it is an investment transaction. It is rather saving of what remained of the investment...

 

[DaddyHalbucks]

Hey Wilco - That was a great buy - Register had a boat load of cash on hand, they own tens of thousands of great domain names and have no parking program in place. At a little more than the price paid for Ult Search, it was the deal of the day I think. Steve

It worries me when I hear about registrars "owning" large numbers of domains, which may put them in conflict with their customers and their ICANN obligations.

 

[URLCollection]

It worries me when I hear about registrars "owning" large numbers of domains, which may put them in conflict with their customers and their ICANN obligations.

Hi Hal - Well you must have a great deal to worry about then as I can think of 20 or more Registrars that own thousands of domain names themselves. Enom owns 300K - 500K domains, I have been told. Dotster owns tens of thousands. Register owns thousands of great names. NSI owns tens of thousands of domains. DirectNic owns thousands of domains. GoDaddy owns thousands of domains. I would venture to guess that registrars own several million domain names at least. This has been going on for a long time now and every day they add to their holdings. PPC has been one of the driving forces behind this as well as just holding up their registration numbers in a highly competitive environment. Steve

 

[FreddyS]

It worries me when I hear about registrars "owning" large numbers of domains, which may put them in conflict with their customers and their ICANN obligations.

What happens with a good name when the Customer do not renew?
You can automize it. When it is on your nameserver you count the requests, if it is not renewed you keep it for you. And after a couple of years you have some good names.

Freddy

 

[Rubber Duck]

It worries me when I hear about registrars "owning" large numbers of domains, which may put them in conflict with their customers and their ICANN obligations.

I can see why it would, as means that the supply of drops is being artificially reduced and consequently the prices are going sky high.

It frankly amazes me the prices people are paying at Pool for drops. Are all the existing owners that stupid or are speculators over paying? I know of several speculators who do not visit this site that are now targeting domain before they drop, as they reckon they will get a much better deal with the existing owners.

I suppose it can work, if these guys know how to market them effectively, but generally they seem to be paying about 10 what you could normally expect to be offered at SEDO within a couple of years.

Best Regard
Dave Wrixon

What happens with a good name when the Customer do not renew?
You can automize it. When it is on your nameserver you count the requests, if it is not renewed you keep it for you. And after a couple of years you have some good names.

Freddy

I suspect it has actually gone way beyond that and the registrars are responsible for much of the trend in Data Mining, which now seems to be spreading to the dot net and dot org registries.

Best Regards
Dave Wrixon

 

[ForumDomains]

Hi Hal - Well you must have a great deal to worry about then as I can think of 20 or more Registrars that own thousands of domain names themselves. Enom owns 300K - 500K domains, I have been told. Dotster owns tens of thousands. Register owns thousands of great names. NSI owns tens of thousands of domains. DirectNic owns thousands of domains. GoDaddy owns thousands of domains. I would venture to guess that registrars own several million domain names at least. This has been going on for a long time now and every day they add to their holdings. PPC has been one of the driving forces behind this as well as just holding up their registration numbers in a highly competitive environment. Steve

Yep... but most of the domains they own are not meant to be part of their portfolios. Most of the original domain purchases or renewals were charged back by the credit card companies and registrars end up holding domain names they do not want to very often for the next 5 or 10 years. This is the prime source of these huge domain holdings...

 

[FreddyS]

Yep... but most of the domains they own are not meant to be part of their portfolios. Most of the original domain purchases or renewals were charged back by the credit card companies and registrars end up holding domain names they do not want to very often for the next 5 or 10 years. This is the prime source of these huge domain holdings...

I agree.

Freddy

 

[gogeorge]

Hey Wilco - That was a great buy - Register had a boat load of cash on hand, they own tens of thousands of great domain names and have no parking program in place. At a little more than the price paid for Ult Search, it was the deal of the day I think. Steve

I read the stockholders are fighting the sale of register.com