Comments on: Communicate.com Reports Record Quarterly Profit

By: Domain Name Wire » News » Rejected: $6M Offer for Cricket.com - The Domain Industry's News Source

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:47:59 +0000

[...] May of 2007 I predicted that Cricket.com could sell for over $1M. Look for pay-per-click revenue to decline as Cricket.com [...]

By: chicago domainers

chicago domainers — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:07:04 +0000

Hey Andrew

Yea, I would guess more along the lines of about $50k/month

By: Editor

Editor — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:33:27 +0000

Adam, quite frankly I think they’re crazy for not offering a lot of money to buy Cricket.com. My thought on the trademark was that the ads I see are all for wireless phones. But the bottom line is the domain existed before the company, and you have a disclaimer, which is probably more than you *have* to do.

Given the popularity of the internationl sport of cricket, I really think this is one of your most valuable domains.

By: Adam Rabiner

Adam Rabiner — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:44:32 +0000

Andrew,

We expect to see the PPC revs at some of our other parking pages pick up in Q2.
As for cricket.com, about 50% of the type-in traffic is international, looking for cricket sport content. Also, we are not advertising the domain at all, and are doing nothing to infringe on the mobile phone company’s trademark. We recently applied to become an affiliate of their’s a few months back, and they said no — which in my opinion, is crazy.

By: Editor

Editor — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:16:58 +0000

Thanks Adam. Does it concern you that the #1 PPC site is coming from traffic confused about a trademarked term?

By: Adam Rabiner

Adam Rabiner — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:46:42 +0000

Andrew,

Thanks for the article about Communicate.com. Just a note that Cricket.com currently is our #1 PPC site by far, and does much more than $5K per month in revenues for us. I will see if I can provide you with the most recent figures.