Domain Name Analyzer for Mac OS X is now available for download. It is a free download just like the Windows version.
Download Domain Name Analyzer v2 for Mac OS X
August 22, 2011
June 28, 2011
Managing .Name Domain Names in Watch My Domains or Domain Punch Pro
Here is a quick tip…
The expiry date information is not part of the .name whois records if you do a standard whois lookup. To get the expiry date set the “command line” option in the “Whois Config” panel to
domain=
You should also set the date format to mmdd.
The above tip is valid for all our domain name management products including Watch My Domains and Domain Punch Pro.
Please note that there is also a Mac OS X version of Watch My Domains.
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April 23, 2011
Watch My Domains – Now Available from the Mac App Store
Watch My Domains for Mac OS X is now available from the Mac App Store.
Click here to see it in App Store
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April 2, 2010
Domain Punch Pro & Watch My Domains – Interval Between Lookups
Sometimes lookups on one or more domains in Domain Punch Pro or Watch My Domains ISP (or Watch My Domains Pro) will simply not occur even after repeated attempts. This could be due to any of the reasons mentioned in this support article or it could be because you are redoing the lookups too soon.
All our domain name management tools have a minimum interval before a lookup will be attempted again. You can set this from the “Config tab” > “App Settings” ribbon button. The “Lookup Interval” is specified in minutes.
The “Whois Check Selected” option in the context menu (that appears when you right click within the domain list) is not affected by this setting. This is so that you can quickly right click a domain and re-do a lookup.
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April 1, 2010
Registrar Alias Option in Domain Name Management Software
One of the common questions we get is about the registrar names that appear in our domain portfolio management software products.
The registrar names appear differently based on the registry and or TLD. For example, for COM and NET domains “Directi” shows up as “DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM”, but for INFO domains it is “Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. dba PublicDomainRegistry.com (R159-LRMS)”.
These long names are often a problem when creating reports and print outs.
There is a way to make the software just display “DIRECTI” instead of long full names as shown above. Right click on the domain and select “Edit Registrar Alias”. Then type in the short Alias name you want to use. This will make the software display the Alias wherever the long form name is present.
You will need to do these a few times for each registrar because of the slight differences in text between different TLDs.
This is a working tip and not an April Fool Joke 
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February 25, 2010
China – Photo ID for Registering Domain Names!
BBC reports that website owners in China will have to register their websites / domains and provide information about it’s contents to the government. ISPs have to meet each and every website owner in person and collect photo ids!
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January 7, 2010
No More CN Domain Registrations through Overseas Registrars
CNNIC, the official registry for .CN, has temporarily stopped overseas registrars from offering .CN domains. The ban is with effect from January 6, 2010.
This is supposedly because of difficulties with implementing the new registration application procedures.
Via Domain Name Wire
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September 30, 2009
ICANN Gains Independence From US Control
The US Commerce Department and ICANN have entered into an “affirmation of commitments” that will see ICANN gaining some independence from US control over it’s operations.
Here are some quotes…
“DOC affirms its commitment to a multi-stakeholder, private sector led, bottom-up policy development model for DNS technical coordination that acts for the benefit of global Internet users…”
“DOC recognizes the importance of global Internet users being able to use the Internet in their local languages and character sets, and endorses the rapid introduction of internationalized country code top level domain names (ccTLDs)…”
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August 27, 2009
Freeware Rewind: Filter Domain Names From Large Lists
Domain Name Filter is a free software we released many years ago. Don’t let it’s age fool you, it is an “ever-green” domain name tool.
You need Domain Name Filter if you work with large lists of domain names. You can use it to pick domain names that contain specific keywords at the start, end or in the middle, filter domain names based on the length (domains longer than 5 characters, shorter than 25 characters, etc.) and so on.
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August 20, 2009
Why is the Registrar Expiry Date Column Empty for Some Domains in Domain Punch Pro and Watch My Domains?
We often get this question from customers who use one of our domain name portfolio management software.
The reason is that the whois databases are operated based on a thick model or a thin model. In the thick model, one whois server provides all the data corresponding to the domains. This model is used by ORG, BIZ, INFO, etc.
In the thin model there are two whois servers. The first whois server (at the registry) provides only the basic details regarding a domain. It then points to the actual whois server that can provide full authoritative information. The second whois server (maintained by the registrar) has to be queried to get all the relevant data.
The thin model is used by “.com” and “.net” registries. So, for these domains there are two different whois queries there are two different expiry dates. In 99% of the cases these will be the same. However, in some cases this will be different and you may need to contact the registrar to fix any discrepancies.
For registries that use the thick model (org, biz, info, etc.) and for ccTLDs (country code TLDs), the software will only display the registry expiry dates. The registrar expiry column will be blank.
For registries that use the thin model, the software will display expiry dates corresponding to the two whois servers. These are labeled registry expiry and registrar expiry.
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