Directnic lost 100k domains in the third quarter
 

http://www.domaintools.com/internet-...stats-2006.php
13 1,250,369 290,646 16,520 -94,670 DirectNic.com

Is this a sinking ship ? and is this a move from directnic to get back into spotlights ?
it sure seems like it.

and they are going to lose alot more in the 4 th one if people are not stupid

probably, my guess is they'll go the route paypal and other companies went.
They grew out of adult and now they're trying to get rid of it.
They probably plan to pose as they have a stand against porn and try to
get all those anti porn fighters with them.

so what's your advise? to take off my domains to another registrant?

I think thats for everyone to chose, right ?
I dont advice anyone anything, everyone should do as they see fit.

People are jumping on conclusions way too early.

BTW about the 100k domains, that probably mean that they simply stoped registering domaisn for the 7 days trial period to see how the 404 do lol

They didn't stopped anything, those are 100k domains that were lost to other registrars or weren't renewed (unlikely).
And its actually more than 100k if you think that in that period they got other domains registered or transfered to them and yet they had 100k less than 2nd Q.

yes, i think, that Directnik's prices are so expensive. For what to pay much more?

Not that I have a lot of domains, but Ive either transferred my domains away from them or let some go, and not renew them...

I also wonder if its an after effect of the Katrina disaster... maybe people dont want to risk working with them anymore

Actually katrina had the opposide effect. They got quite a big boost after katrina because they were all over the news.

Yeah you're right.. they're too expensive

i doubt they'd drop adult completely, huge revenue loss.

Why bother with them godaddy kick ass

I let go alot of domains that i dont use.

well they're not making any friends with their actions.

sorry but, godaddy is a piece of shit.

are you sure it's not just domain tasting?

I use Dotster. Always have. They cost a bit more, but I have never had a problem in nearly 5 years with them. :thumbsup

get yourself a reseller account at dotster and you get domains for US$ 6.00 or US$ 6.50, that easy :pimp :thumbsup

They are going to lose some more later today as soon as I decide where to transfer them.

I use DomainDiscount24 nice to see they do pretty well

$15 per domain, meaning twice as valuable as GoDaddy and NameCheap registrars, etc.. They won't lower their pricing until they'd absolutely need to, but, they are still cheaper than Network Solutions (I believe), and there will be a market for $15 cost domains, and without all of the unbelievable upsells of GoDaddy, and NameCheap hopefully won't go down that route either.

Matt

Godaddy suck big time.... n00b!

http://www.bobparsons.com/DomainKiting.html