Several domain blogs & TechCrunch?reported last week that the premium domain name, RealEstate.com (with associated domains and online services), was sold by Lending Tree to Market Leader for $8.25 million dollars. RealEstate.com would classify as one of the all time best domain names right along with Business.com and Loans.com. Market Leader is...

DomainSherpa.com is a domain name information website which features interviews with domain name investors. I recently found this site,?which is authored & edited?by Michael Cyger, and was impressed with the quality of Michael's online interviews with well-known domain industry veterans. Most entertaining & informative are two interviews, o...

Geo domains are a niche within the larger domain name industry pertaining to domain names?containing?cities, states, countries, or other geographical names. A new organization for geo domain enthusiasts has sprung up at GeoPublishers.com. GeoPublishers is?staffed/led by some familiar names in the geodomain industry including the Castello Brothers (...

Rheumatoid Arthritis is one of those medical phrases that take an extra few seconds to type in order to make sure your spelling is correct. RheumatoidArthritis.com is certainly already registered. Indeed, to a biotechnology company called Genentech?… whose corporate website is actually located at Gene.com. They sure know how to zero in on hig...

Several notable .BIZ domain sales were picked up the other day by Domain Name Wire. Casinos.biz was purchased through Sedo's online brokerage for $19,000 as verified through their RSS feed of recent sales. And All.biz was sold for a very substantial $61,750. Neither site is developed yet although both domains lend themselves to good branding...

The old adage "There's only once chance to make a good first impression" can certainly apply to domain name brokerages. Customer service is apparently a low priority for some brokerages, namely Afternic. Not good. I recently sold a domain through Afternic that transferred into the buyer's account over a week ago. Afternic is still waiting...

Most people are aware of a search engine technology merger having begun?between Yahoo and Bing. Despite sharing and cross-referencing each other's?search engine results, I am seeing distinctly separate page rank for the same search?terms when examining Yahoo vs. Bing. Bing, in particular,?seems to give high priority to Yellowpage and/or Yellowbook ...

As an observer of domain name news and as a domain investor/developer, I check the number of total domain registrations over time to identify rates of adoption. One might predict that domain registrations would have decreased over the course of the economic recession during the last 2 years. But this is not the case. They

Ron Jackson of DNJournal wrote about a significant sale in the geo-targeted domain name category. Rob Grant, who owns a large portfolio of City+Real Estate domains, sold ParkCityRealEstate.com for $60,000 to a real estate firm in Park City, Utah. Ron explained in his DNJournal piece that Mr. Grant had used GoDaddy to broker the deal.

Menius Enterprises acquired the domain name Methadone.US some months ago. I have been developing the domain into a methadone?treatment information site?using the DevHub website builder. Chemical dependency is a prevalent?illness?in American society and many of us?have?encountered it in one form or another, either directly or indirectly. Methadone i...

The Neustar registry has created a new logo for the .US web address. The new logo contains a fitting new tagline too, "America's Address". The .US domain name space currently?enjoys just?over 1.76 million total registrations, most of which originated with U.S. businesses or U.S.?citizens due to?the necessity of meeting nexus requirements for United...

PremiumDomains.biz usually write about high demand generic domain names since these are the stock-in-trade of the domain industry, command the highest prices, and they?also fuel a good portion of internet commerce. However, there exist creative and fanciful domain names?which are so "catchy" that they can take on a unique life of their own, such as...

Hotel domain names are a specialty niche in the domain name market. There are generic super premiums like Hotels.com and there are other pure geo-targeted domain names like MiamiHotels.biz. Hotels.eu sold via Sedo in 2006 for $329,509 and exemplifies the high value attached to the "hotels" keyword in the domain name sales industry. SydneyHotels.com...

The culinary arts are of interest to many people. And this phenomenon seems to be catching on across the nation. Culinary art schools enjoy full enrollment as students, professionals, and everyday folks indulge their senses and learn the fine art of preparing delicious meals. Culinary is the general food industry term used for those things

The single best indicator of a top level domain's growth is the sheer number of domain registrations and the conversion of those registered domain names into developed websites. After widespread proliferation?of the?com/net/org domain extensions in the 1990′s came the market introduction of dotINFO, dotBIZ, and dotUS in the early 2000′s...

Like every other industry, the domain name market has its own unique words and phrases that carry a commonly understood meaning among its patrons. Some of the domain terms derive from other well known business sectors like finance and real estate. Recently addressed here was the frequent overuse of the term premium domains. Below are

Buying?premium domain names for a particular business purpose involves at least two parties, a number of decisions, and a?sequence of events. Party number 1 – the Seller: First, there is the registrant/owner, or seller,?of the domain name in question. He or she, at some earlier point in time, acquired the domain name most likely because

The domain name, MyRecovery.com, was just acquired by a Minnesota alcohol rehab facility known as The Retreat. They provide a 12 Step based 30-day recovery program for people seeking recovery from addiction. The Retreat was the dream?& vision of several local professionals and people interested in offering a program founded on the principles of...

BMW, the famous German auto manufacturer, have recently launched a new website showcasing their line of autos and motorcycles?on BMW.TV. dotTV has been around for about ten years and was for many of those years the most pricey of all available domain name extensions. However, the pricing structure for .TV has been changed in recent years

Rule number 1 when selecting a domain name for your company is to pick a web address with long term relevance. I have seen mistakes over the years?in which?companies?pick a?domain name that contains odd abbreviations, hyphens, or numbers. You have to shake your head. Often, these?ill-fitting domains are difficult to remember, and wind up being an...

Biltmore.US is now operational and serving a narrow niche in the luxury web address market. Most of the domain names featured there are one word generic domains or geo domains such as Manhattan.mobi. The site will publish its own short blog pieces related to premium domains for sale, and will incorporate the blog feed from this

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (aka UFC) are owned by Zuffa?LLC and have become a household name for sports enthusiasts. The organization established early on an internet presence with UFC.tv originally. They then migrated to UFC.com after purchasing that domain name some years ago. The company have taken an active stance against pirating of th...

Much is written about attracting visitors on the world wide web. Website visitors come from many different sources such as referral links from other websites, search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing), and the holy grail of all which is direct navigation. Direct navigation traffic is valuable, and occurs?when a user actually types a domain name directly...

The Neustar Registry recently developed a new, attractive logo for the .biz web address. PremiumDomains.biz wrote about?it since we have been long time fans of the internet's official business address. Noteworthy is the nicely designed, polished website at My.biz (partly pictured above) which showcases the .BIZ domain extension. The site provides a...

I was browsing some other domain blogs this morning and saw Michael Berkens' post of an article by a popular SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?publisher, SEOmoz. SEOmoz?examined a number of variables tied to achieving high search engine rankings, and they found that an exact match domain name carried more weight in high search engine placement than ...

A joint venture between financial news channel CNBC and Shell Energy has produced the media/video website EnergyOpportunities.TV. dotTV is a domain name product of VeriSign and is a perfect fit for online TV channels and sites that focus on delivering video. Most of the world are familiar with "TV" being synonymous with television. Think TV Guide. ...

Good quality?generic domain names in the .US web address are typically already registered. dotUS went "public" in 2002 when registration restrictions were relaxed such that any U.S. citizen or U.S. incorporated business could register available .US domain? names. As an investor and developer of the .US web space, PremiumDomains.US have assembled a ...

With a large domain name portfolio, domain investors have many choices … but limited time. High-quality domain names are like prime real estate waiting to be developed. And like real estate,?domains may sit dormant for some time before the developer is able to focus on utilizing that particular web address for a specific purpose. In the

.BIZ has a new logo just recently adopted by the Neustar Registry who oversee the net's official "business" web address. There is even a new catchy tagline "Better Name. Better Results." which is a great marketing decision. In a related story, found here, Neustar have announced?recent security enhancements to the .BIZ domain space. PremiumDomains.b...

.BIZ is?short for "Business" in America and international markets?as well. Most people's first introduction to the popular biz abbreviation was show biz. The entertainment industry has been?a high profile?"show business" in the?United States?for many decades. One now sees "biz" used everywhere including?global media, the world of finance, and?count...

Movies scheduled for?release usually are promoted?using a website that provides movie trailers, photos, and movie review quotes. As expected, the website address?almost always contains the actual name of the movie. A new political documentary by filmmaker Ray Griggs is out October 15, 2010 entitled "I Want Your Money." It is an examination of the d...

All companies want to successfully sell their products & services in the marketplace. Consequently, they brainstorm, strategize and eventually implement all kinds of approaches for?promoting themselves to local, regional, and global consumers. One question which seems?destined to be?asked from within a company's ranks is "How can we use the int...

Skip Hoagland is a well known geo domain developer and owner of such beauties as Atlanta.com and Portland.com. Today, Ron Jackson reported in DNJournal that Skip sold MyrtleBeach.com for $6.5 million to Intellistrand. Not only did the deal deliver a $6.5 million payout to Skip, but he also acquired the remaining 50% interest in a number

Oracle Corporation is the 18th largest company in America with a $122 billion market cap and 105,000 employees. Oracle specialize in database software. Their products fuel many of the world's most successful enterprises. Ron Jackson of DNJournal publishes a weekly domain name sales report, and I noticed that the last entry on his report was the...

Joe Miller is a candidate for an Alaskan senate seat and he is using a .US domain name (www.JoeMiller.US)?for his official campaign website. The website has been active for 2-3 months and is on an upward trajectory as is Joe's?public exposure?and popularity. The JoeMiller.US logo makes good use of the traditional red, white, and blue colors...

Recently, I wrote about the Charlotte, NC Bank of America financial center using a .info web address as their primary business?& information portal. Today, it became evident that general real estate firms are also turning to the .INFO space to market their services and properties for sale. Menius Enterprises, Inc. recently acquired the premium ...

The .US web address is the official country code of the United States. While .com became a popular mainstay during the internet's early growth period, the .US domain space became available to the general public in 2002 and is America's web address. Some .com investors are bothered by this and are concerned that the widespread

I was researching the Bank of America building in Charlotte, North Carolina and discovered that it is managed by Lincoln Harris. They are a full service commercial real estate firm in Charlotte?who oversee the BOA Corporate Center which?happens to be?the tallest?skyscraper (at 871 feet)?between Philadelphia and Atlanta. Of interest to domainers is ...

PremiumDomains.biz wrote about Quinstreet late last year when they acquired Insure.com for a reported $16?million.?Their strategic?purchase was?a bold news event that captured the attention of most internet and domain name blogs. In October of 2009, I had?proposed the question?for reader consideration?as to what Insurance.com might fetch given that...

The .BIZ web address was released in 2002 and has steadily risen in registration numbers since then. It is currently closing in on 2.15 million worldwide registrations and shown consistent year over year growth as a leading top level domain. "Biz" has long been a common abbreviation for business in the finance and?investment realms, and particularl...

DOMAINfest will be holding a 1-day networking event in New York City on Wednesday, August 18. The day's agenda will include case studies of successful domain name purchases. Other topics to be covered include utilizing affiliate marketing, recent views on internet advertising trends, and whether it is a good time to invest in geo domains. I...

There was an interesting post today by Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire. He wrote about having gone to visit a relative near St. Louis, Missouri and driving for some distance on I-70 away from St. Louis. Dotted along the highway were numerous billboards owned by Porlier Outdoor Advertising. Billboard advertising has become a mainstay in the advert...

I have written periodically about various?applications of the .biz (Business) web address having seen some impressive real life uses by different companies in North Carolina. From local florists to commercial real estate firms. From?medical service providers to global retailers. Here's a unique one. Several days ago I viewed on a major highway clos...

A recent check of Sedo showed some interesting domain name sales?which illustrate just how global the domain name market has become. Sound.ch for $7450 (.ch is the country code for Swtizerland) Cafe.de for $19,050 (.de is the country code for Germany) Pocketbook.eu for $11,993 (.eu is the county code for the European Union) BudgetAir.in for $20,00...

Another article is just out confirming that real estate sales are picking up in select markets. The New York Daily News reported that buyers have returned to New York City and are?snatching up prime Manhattan?apartments. In response to?price cuts, tax incentives, and great mortgage rates, buyers are going after high end?residential real estate. Pam...

Pockets of depressed real estate are beginning to pick up in some areas. Florida experienced an over-building of luxury condos in the last decade which created quite a surplus in the major Florida markets like Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and other famous hot spots. However, as prices have steadily come down, condo buying has increased considerably as...

There are several new articles (CBS news,?CNN) listing?metro areas?which appear to be "recession proof" and are continuing to experience substantial population growth. A study by MetroMonitor looked at several growth indicators such as employment, home prices,?and foreclosure rates. The researchers?ranked and listed the Top 21 cities that produced ...