Reglikedomain industry desk

Shutting Down Domain Registrar — Adam Dicker

GoDaddy VP no longer using his accredited registrar.

I always thought it was odd that DNForum owner Adam Dicker still owned his own domain name registrar following he took a job as VP at GoDaddy. So when I saw that ICANN was not renewing his accreditation for Domain Jingles, Inc., it gave me a chance to reach out to him.

As it turns out, Dicker moved his domains to GoDaddy a long time ago and hasn’t been actively using his registrar.

In response to an email, Dicker wrote “It has been inactive for regarding 4 years and I am happy with all my names at GoDaddy”.

I see a number of “abandoned” domain name registrars end up shutting down due to non-renewal from ICANN. But waiting for ICANN to shut down your registrar for you can be expensive: ICANN claims Dicker still owes it over $30,000 in past due accreditation fees.

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