May 22nd, 2007
ICANN just announced that a mysterious registrar that is yet to be identified may be buying RegisterFly’s customers. We are trying to put it all together and figure out the mystery company. I just don’t see how anyone would buy the company with the amount of liability it has so the deal would be for the assets rather then the whole company. We have talked to a few unnamed sources and they tell us the unnamed registrar is GoDaddy. When I asked GoDaddy for comment they said they could not comment at this time but confirmed anyone would be stupid to buy the whole company. However, four independent sources that all wished to remain confidential said they thought it was GoDaddy as well.
This would be good news for customers of RegisterFly. Customers have been very angry about the melt down and have been demanding action. This announcement brings us one step closer to resolution of this matter. RegisterFly customers may wake up next week to an email from Bob Parsons welcoming them to his customer base.
Perhaps Kevin Medina will have enough money to pay off the lawsuits if he strikes a deal to sell his customers. This is a much better deal for him than having his customers torn away from his company. Kevin has a lot of hosting customers as well, so I think this is one of the reasons I think ICANN finds it so hard to tear customers away. They are completely at the mercy of Kevin Medina.
Here is the offical ICANN announcement:
http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/05/registerfly-strikes-a-deal-with-godaddy/
ICANN just announced that a mysterious registrar that is yet to be identified may be buying RegisterFly’s customers. We are trying to put it all together and figure out the mystery company. I just don’t see how anyone would buy the company with the amount of liability it has so the deal would be for the assets rather then the whole company. We have talked to a few unnamed sources and they tell us the unnamed registrar is GoDaddy. When I asked GoDaddy for comment they said they could not comment at this time but confirmed anyone would be stupid to buy the whole company. However, four independent sources that all wished to remain confidential said they thought it was GoDaddy as well.
This would be good news for customers of RegisterFly. Customers have been very angry about the melt down and have been demanding action. This announcement brings us one step closer to resolution of this matter. RegisterFly customers may wake up next week to an email from Bob Parsons welcoming them to his customer base.
Perhaps Kevin Medina will have enough money to pay off the lawsuits if he strikes a deal to sell his customers. This is a much better deal for him than having his customers torn away from his company. Kevin has a lot of hosting customers as well, so I think this is one of the reasons I think ICANN finds it so hard to tear customers away. They are completely at the mercy of Kevin Medina.
Here is the offical ICANN announcement:
http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/05/registerfly-strikes-a-deal-with-godaddy/
