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The .CM registry has announced that the “Go Live” registrations for .cm domains opens at 8PM EST tonight. This means, you will be able to register any available .cm domain for registration fees. Many of the top domain registrars will start accepting live registrations for .cm domains. Moniker.com for example is charging $119 a year, for a live registration, with a one year minimum, while domains on pre-order were priced at NameJet.com/Enom for $350 for a 2 year minimum term. Enom.com

Man sues eNom after domain (not in his name) is transferred to someone else. One of the costs of doing business as a domain registrar is the inevitable lawsuits. Most of these are trademark suits where the plaintiff includes the registrar of a domain name as an defendant. But some of them are more interesting, such as a suit against eNom for allegedly failing to implement appropriate domain transfer safeguards. Plaintiff William Georgevich claims he bought the domain name Detox.org fr

A Google Custom Domain is an elegant and simple way to have a Blogger blog published to a non BlogSpot URL - if you get the DNS addresses setup properly. Setting up the addresses is very simple, using the "Buy A Domain" wizard. Some bloggers spurn the wizard, and roll their own, and that is where many custom domain problems start. If you use "Buy A Domain" in setting up your custom domain, you'll get a domain with DNS hosted by eNom or GoDaddy. We are somewhat familiar with the DNS wizards prov

Most people, when setting up a new custom domain, simply use the "Buy A Domain" wizard, and end up with eNom or GoDaddy as a registrar. Neither eNom nor GoDaddy are foolproof, and some folks find new and exciting ways to make their domains not work. Neither the Custom Domain Reset Form, nor the Blogger Help Group, will be retired within this lifetime. For all their flaws, both eNom and GoDaddy are predictable, within limits. Some folks like to "roll their own", and use third party registrars, a

Following on the heals of Tucows launch of YummyNames.com, to sell expired domains of its customers, Tucows elected to keep, today we notice that Enom has launched AcquireThisName.com. Enom is not taking credit for this site, at least not directly. If you click on the “about us” link you get this: Q: Do you own the domains you sell? A: No, we represent the domain owner and facilitate the sale of the domain. Q: Is AcquireThisName a domain registrar? A: No, AcquireThisName