January 15, 2009 Posts

Oversee.net, the parent company of three of the best-known brands in the domain industry, DomainSponsor, Moniker and SnapNames, announced that they are laying off 18% of their workforce, including some at the management level. The cuts come on the heels of a previous 10% workforce reduction last August.

After two weeks that were shortened by major holidays, the domain aftermarket just logged its first full week of 2009. Ironically, while sales held up surprisingly well over the holiday season, a lot of buyers seem to have gone on vacation while everyone else was returning to work this week. We have all of the reported sales industry wide.

The old system of media gatekeepers deciding who can report the news and what news will be published is being washed away once and for all. With a domain name and hosting account anyone can operate a media platform that reaches every corner of the globe.

At a time where flat is the new up it seems hard to believe that anyone could expect to sell anything for - but in the domaining world, that't not all too hard. Domain names are relatively small investments -...

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Google's black box of ad pricing makes it impossible to understand if partners are getting a fair share. When Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) offered a "direct to consumer" domain parking option last month, many cheered. "Finally, we can cut out the middleman!" they exclaimed. But others worried about potential downsides. Specifically, domain owners reali...

Company lays off more employees. Domain Name Wire has confirmed that Los Angeles-based domain juggernaut Oversee.net is laying off employees today. From what we've been told it's in the DomainSponsor division, but the layoffs may be more widespread. We are waiting on comment from the company regarding the number of effected employees....

DomainReport.ca - This weeks TBR .ca domain drop was not as good as last week's, but there were still some decent domains worth mentioning. Below I've listed some of the names that caught my eye, in no particular order.jelly.caonlinechat.calmp.cajetlag.caidz.caticketstore.caonlinesa vings.caske.cagaysingles.capedometer.carabbis.cavvn.cadeserve.caap...

On a day that I really shouldn't be working I felt that I needed too! I need to keep my mind busy to keep it off our recent lose. So I was thinking, what are the best places to buy domain names right now? This depends on your budget for buying domains and what you need

I don't know the buyer or anything about the domain names, but it appears that WeddingPlanning.com, WeddingPlanning.net and WeddingPlanning.org are being offered for sale on Ebay with a Buy It Now price of $150,000 - which I think is great considering the keywords. There is also a "make offer" option as well, in the event

I am offering Bensalem.com for a reduced price of $9,500 - which is $3,000 less than the original asking price. Bensalem is the largest city in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and it sits just outside of the city of Philadelphia. Bensalem is home to the Philadelphia Park Racetrack, which has legal horse racing/gambling. More details

I've heard stories of people taking ridiculous exams and being asked some pretty "hard" questions during their Google interviews–but things just got a lot "harder" to make it into the good ‘ol Google Plex (rated #1 place to work in the world). Google made a blog post telling everyone that they would be hiring at...

Why does it matter that Carlos Slim Hel? saved $55,000,000? It's because some Indonessian dude threatened to forward his name with ".com" after it, (CarlosSlimHelu.com), to a hardcore porn site. What does the billionaire do instead? He sued the cyber-squatter (This is one of those times where I feel "WIPO" actually does something smart). Ahmad Rusl...

How 'What's our name?' became cry of the Ravens -- baltimoresun.comThe subject was one with which the Harbaughs were familiar. Jack Harbaugh would often use the story of Muhammad Ali as a teaching tool. He would tell his sons how Ali never quit against Joe Frazier, how he outsmarted George Foreman. And of course, how he repeatedly asked a heavyweig...

There was a rumour going round some time ago that Google takes the registration period of a domain name into account when ranking a new website. Basically a longer period of say 10 years tells your visitors (and Google) that you?re serious and in it for the long haul.

For a limited time, until I decide to stop, I'm offering extremely favorable terms to buyers of names from my newsletter. Here it is: Only 10% down is required and the interest is only 1.25% per month. That's right, I'm offering 90% financing and 15% APR. The payments are also interest only so your fixed expense will

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that that during her first company meeting yesterday, new CEO Carol Bartz told employees,? her "gut" was telling her not to sell Yahoo's search business to Microsoft. Moreover, according to the same report, Yahoo directors don't feel "there's any pressure at all," to get the Microsoft deal done soon. Yahoo's Sha...

The new Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo, Carol Bartz, will receive a compensation package of about $19 million in 2009, in addition to a bonus and stock options, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. Yahoo will pay Bartz an annual base salary of $1 million, as well as a $10 million equity-and-cash payment. She will also

SnapNames was recently awarded patent #7,742,160, as brought to light at Domain Name Wire. The primary points of the patent cover the ability to capture domain names dropped for non-renewal, ‘tagging' names and acquisition monitoring services. Primary competitors in the dropped names capturing mechanism include NameJet and Pool, both of which...