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I read the following statement on Success Click this morning:
DOMAIN BUYERS HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION THAN THE CREEPILY ADVERTISED GODADDY
Because we're all too invovled in the domain channel we know the alternatives (Moniker, Fabulous, others), we hear about them often, we met those who run those services, and we also have done business with few by ...
That is the improbable leap that Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wozniak is about to make. Fresh off his appearance as the keynote speaker at the big domain conference Jnauary 28th, Wozniak is joining the cast for ABC-TV's next season of their hit ball room dancing show that debuts March 9th.
Afilias has announced that it has expanded its technology with a new Managed DNS Service to help busy organizations manage their web traffic and increase their online presence.
"For most corporations, DNS is critical, but it is not their core competency," said John Kane, VP of Corporate Services for Afilias. "Afilias' Managed DNS Service allows org...
Tucows / OpenSRS has announced it will exclusively use NameJet to auction its large inventory of expired domain names and, as of yesterday, thousands of daily expired domain names from Tucows will be available for public auction on the NameJet website.
[via Tucows]
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Sedo had one of its best weeks in recent memory with nearly $700,000 worth of domain sales - which once again came on the back of .com domains.
Nine out of the top ten sales were .com names including Yog.com selling for $29,500 USD, Nihao.com for $23,000 USD, and StarShip.com for $22,500 USD. However, the only
Tucows; a provider of domain names, email, and other online services; released their Q4 2008 revenues in its quarterly earnings call yesterday while also agreeing to sell a portfolio of domain names for $1 million.
The company reported net revenues of $19.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to $18.2 million in Q4 2007.
AfternicDLS reported selling over $450,000 worth of domains this week including SecondCareer.com for $15,000, EmployeeInsurance for $5,188, and Carden.com for $4,750. Check out the entire list of 328 domains (including some IDNs) that sold this week, ranging from $60-$15,000 in value, after the jump…
Domain
Price
secondcareer.com
$15...
Microsoft Office Life Small Business has all sorts of freebies for people looking to start an online business. CNET News recently pointed out that Microsoft is giving away a free domain name, free web hosting, and free email accounts…but there's more!
Some of the other great offers available at the site include:
100 free professional designe...
Company sells big portfolio, enters into $1.8M expired domain name deal, and sees domain name parking revenue flatline.
Domain name wholesaler Tucows Inc (AMEX: TCX) has sold a portfolio of 2,553 domain names for $1 million, the company announced in its quarterly earnings call yesterday. That's an average of $392 per domain name. In
Recent sales at Sedo show scarcity is less important than potential use.
Domain names aren't like baseball cards. Just because something is scarce doesn't mean it's more valuable.
This week's completed sales of three letter domain names at Sedo show weakness in low quality three letter domain names:
MWX.com $4,000
FGZ.com $4,000
VZJ.com $3,499
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Domain name registrar signs deal to sell expired domain names to third party.
This is a follow-up to Domain Name Wire's report this morning about Tucows (AMEX: TCX) selling a $1 million portfolio of domain names and entering into an agreement to sell up to $1.8 million in domains to the same entity over the next
Median price drop not as severe as average.
Last week I wrote about Sedo's 2008 Market Study, which showed a 21% drop in the average sales price of domain names to $2,098. I explained that the "average" number doesn't matter, and that we should really pay attention to the median. The median is the
Domain auction ends with over 50 bids.
A dozen bidders placed over 50 bids in an auction at Sedo for 22.com. The end result was a sale for $100,000. Bidding rocketed up to $99,000 with two days to go, and then stalled until the final bid was place today. In order to bid
Domain owner wins arbitration case.
Not so sweet.
With the help of attorney John Berryhill, 24-7 Outdoors Inc. has successfully defended its domain name Peaches.com. Domain Name Wire first wrote about this case in December. The complainant, Peaches Uniforms, sells style-conscious scrubs and uniforms to medical practitioners.
The panel decided to ...
Americans For Prosperity are causing a stur with their domain name NoStimulus.com and having Americans sign a Petition to stop the latest Bailout Bill.
According to whois, Richard Myslinski registered the domain name in late December 08 and traffic (and searches) are flying high. The site is only 2 months old (not even) and it already
If you are a racing fan like I am, you may have noticed that a bright white race car numbered 96 and driven by a NASCAR great Bobby Labonte has the Primary Sponsor of Ask.com .
Ask.com has joined forces with NASCAR, NASCAR.com and Hall Of Fame Racing for the 2009 season which starts this Sunday
In the foreign exchange market, it is not uncommon for people to trade and make a tonne of money (or make huge losses) trading currencies (money) that either does literally does not exist, or change hands. It is like investing real money to play a virtual game with real life consequences. These virtual trades do
According to an 8-K Form filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission late yesterday, Tucows entered into an agreement to sell a small portfolio of 2,553 domain names for an aggregate price of $1,000,000.? Payment will be made in all cash, with $900,000 being paid at the close of the sale, $50,000 in August and
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I have too much work on my plate already to develop the domain names I am selling below.? Two of these names are greatly reduced in price, and the third is being offered for sale on my blog for the first time.? First to post "sold" will get the names.? I will also buy you
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I just did some searching on Snapnames, and I updated my Top Snapnames Drops page. I don't usually buy .org domain names, but there are a couple of nice ones that will be dropping.
Related posts:DomainInvesting.com a "Top Drop" I just updated my picks for "Top Drops" on Snapnames.?...Nice Legal Drops on SnapNames I noticed
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Namepros moderator Spade just made a post that will definitely help people that might want or need a new domain name and they don't have the cash to do it: a link to get a FREE domain from Register.com promo!
Disclaimer: "Limit one per business. Valid for new .com, .net, .biz, .org, .us and .info domains
I saw a very interesting interview in Barrons today by Ray Dalio, CIO of Bridgewater Associates, whose Long Term average returns (net of fees) average +15%. Throughout the difficult 2008 their pure Alpha fund returned +8.7%. Basically this is a person who knows what he's talking about, not a hack from the Daily Mail. I won't go into all the details...
I was out doing some nature photography this weekend and met another amateur while I was photographing some owls. He confided in me that he had just lost his job last week and asked me where I worked. From what I could gather he was a middle aged middle manager who transferred to a shaky
Morning Folks!!Which dirty little secret do you want to hear first? How many do you know first hand? Actually there are dozens of dirty little secrets. I don't have the time or inclination to go through all of them, but there are many and I see it growing. Trust is definitely going to be an issue going forward. The worst kinda scams are from the pe...
Good Afternoon folks!!At what point are you a serial trademark infringer? I think that is a fair question. I have heard every excuse in the world for owning trademarked domains. That is what they are, excuses. Now let me tell you how I view it. When you have thousands of domains there are going to be a small percentage that could eventually be chal...
I think we in the domain industry need to stop pitching domains as a marketing medium and start pitching it as an alternative asset class - as online real estate. If you approach a business and tell them that "?the right name is to a business what the right building or location is to an
I'm not the only one sick of GoDaddy. The ridiculous ads, the manipulations, the trickery, the failure to support the domain community at a level they're capable of doing, GoDaddy is the top money-maker suckering in the naive masses of consumers and businesses who believe a company that places a T&A Super Bowl ad would
In a post published today by a popular non-domaining blog, WinningTheWeb.com, discusses the value of a great domain to its Internet marketing strategies audience.
In the post the author accurate tells its readers:
"""A domain name is literally the face of every website. It represents your brand and your address, and it could mean the difference bet...
A couple of busy days at NameJet.com result in around $100K in sales for just the domains we followed.
Here are some of the top sales so far this week at NameJet.com
Again sales of formerly owned IREIT domain made up most of the sales, although it appears these domains are not currently owned by IREIT but
As you may know the Stimulus bill passed the Senate today with only 3 Republicans voting for the bill.
What you may not know if that 1 of the 3 Republicans voting for the bill, is our old friend Senator Olympia Snowe from the great state of Maine, whom was the? named sponsored the Snowe
Here is the complete, comprehensive history of the Internet from 1957 to 2009, in just 8 minutes.
According to Gizmodo, “It’s the best video you are going to see all day. OK, best video that doesn't involve purple tentacles, lubricant, and boobs.???
Brand Champion Blog writes:
A while back I recognized Zappos.com as the Brand Champion of the Day. In that post I admitted that I was doing so at the request by many of their brand champions. I also wrote that other than visiting their website, I had no previous direct contact with the Zappos.com brand.
This week that changed. As I was going throu...
Since returning from DomainFest I’ve been laid up in bed with the flu. For the past week I've felt like I had barely enough energy to lift my head of the pillow. While lying in bed I kept on smelling smoke and I couple of days ago I found out...
We're trimming the fat from our domaining budget. Part of "trimming the fat"includes letting domain names expire that no longer make sense in our portfolio. Like many newbies in the industry, when we first got our start we hand registered hundreds of names that did nothing but eat away at our wallet. Now that we've learned more through ou...
Sedo announced yesterday that they will be conducting their first No-Reserve themed auction. The auction begins on February 26th at 1:00 p.m. EST and ends March 5th at 1:00 p.m. EST. If you have some domains that you want to get rid of or if you want to find a bargain domain, this might be
The domain name BusinessJetAircraft.com is for sale at SnapNames.
Bidding is currently at $499 and the reserve has been met.
Google finds 40,800 websites for the exact quoted term "business jet aircraft". Business jets sell for millions of dollars apiece. There are also some big charter companies like NetJets and Bombardier Skyjet where you can cha...
John van den Berg is a respected and well-liked domainer who just sold RT.TV to Russia Today for $62,500. Russia Today?is a 24/7 English-language news channel. They broadcast over six continents and 100 countries, and are headquartered out of Moscow with bureaus in many other cities worldwide. John's sale evolved over a 5 month period?with...
I almost?don't believe what I'm seeing. ParisFrance.com is on Sedo with a current auction bid?of just $3998 (3100 EUR) and the reserve has been met. That's right … the .com.?
Paris, France is?one of the most popular tourist?destinations in the world with approximately 45 million visitors annually.
I try not to be skeptical, but with under two...
DotWeekly reported today that Tucows will no longer send its expiring domain names to Afternic. They will instead be sending them to NameJet, one of the newest but hottest Drop Auction sites. Many domainers have flocked to NameJet as they auction off Network Solutions and Enom domain names (which make up a sizeable bulk of
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