new gtlds GoDaddy to drop support for all Uniregistry strings (permanently)

[GeorgeK]

According to @DomainNameWire:

Schilling informed me that GoDaddy will stop offering Uniregistry top level domain names. This isn’t the first time GoDaddy has dropped Uniregistry names, but it seems they now have put a permanent transition in place.

GoDaddy stopped offering new registrations of Uniregistry TLDs in March due to Uniregistry’s planned price hikes, but then added them back in with high prices. While new registrations are available as of today, this will soon be switched off.

http://domainnamewire.com/2017/08/18/godaddy-drops-uniregistry/

@Uniregistry (aka "Punyregistry") new gTLDs will no longer be supported by GoDaddy.

 

[Dream Domains]

GoDaddy should have never offered these domain names to their customers, in the first place.

Now they dropped them, and we think other registrars should follow their lead.

We lost our respect for GoDaddy and eNom for offering these questionable domain names.

And they will probably not regain our respect anymore.

This is our opinion.

 

[Dream Domains]

There are so many weak new gTLDs at the moment, but it seems no one wants to be the first one to shut down (and use the EBERO mechanism). It'll be interesting to see if there's a domino effect once the first new gTLD registry operator capitulates.

Weak is an understatement, and is probably too politically correct.

They did not capitulate, they faced inadequacy, which was making them appear inadequate also.

We consider this as if they were forced out. Can you imagine Walmart's pancake supplier is rising prices way above market level? They just dropped an inadequate supplier because their business model could not afford inadequacy, their customers can not see an unknown brand on their shelves for a higher price than the popular brand sells. Otherwise, they would have continued selling this garbage.

This is our opinion.

 

[Dream Domains]

And one may ask, why GoDaddy's subsidiary NameFind did not buy these questionable domain names for their portfolio? It is very unfortunate, they resorted to this practice because they had an amazing brand.

 

[TheWatcher]

Will you buy a questionable domain name for your portfolios?

 

[Dream Domains]

Will you buy a questionable domain name for your portfolios?

We made some mistakes in the past, but we would not currently buy any questionable domain names.

 

[TheWatcher]

I guess that's the same reason, and good business decision.