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WHOIS Privacy for Peace of Mind

April 3, 2015 by Victor Pitts

Identity theft is the fastest growing offense in the United States. It is estimated that each minute, nineteen people fall victim to the crime. …

Name Collision Release for .HOST, .WEBSITE, & .PRESS – Register at Above.com

November 26, 2014 by Victor Pitts

Some domain strings across .host, .website, and .press, which were unavailable to register previously, will be made available as they will now be removed from …

Find Hidden Revenue in Your Expiring Domains

November 21, 2014 by Victor Pitts

When you let one of your domains expire, there’s little or no benefit for you. Most registrars will attempt to sell your expired domain, and …

NEW Above Registrar API

July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 by nancy

The just released Above.com Registrar API can be integrated into custom applications or used as an alternative interface for developers and power users. Functions available via the …

Are You Profiting from Your Expired Domains?

October 17, 2013August 9, 2013 by Melissa Dafni

Normally when you let a domain expire, there’s very little benefit if any for you as most registrars will sell what expired inventory they can …

Who is Above.com?

October 17, 2013August 9, 2013 by Melissa Dafni

Not sure what Above.com does? Take a few minutes to watch our video which highlights our Domain Investor Platform.

Is the video not playing for you? You can also find it here.

Above.com at T.R.A.F.F.I.C 2012 October 6-10

October 17, 2013September 19, 2012 by nancy

Come join Above.com at the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C domain conference at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Fort Lauderdale Beach. On Sunday October 6 plan to meet the Above.com …

DNS-Luxembourg Announces The Opening of IDNS

October 17, 2013January 11, 2010 by nancy

As of February 1st 2010 registration of domain names with special characters in them, like for example a letter with an accent, called Internationalized Domain …

VeriSign to Raise .COM & .NET Prices

October 17, 2013December 21, 2009 by nicholas

VeriSign has recently announced that they will be raising .COM and .NET annual fees as of July 1st, 2010. ICANN has an agreement that VeriSign is allowed to raise their .COM fees by up to 7% per year. VeriSign took advantage of this in the first two years of its contract, raising .COM registration from $6.00 to $6.86. It was assumed that VeriSign would increase its prices every year to maximize profits, but it did not in 2009.