Top Domain Name Stories of August 2007
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Here’s a review of the most popular stories this month on Domain Name Wire (ranked by page views).
#1: CreditCards.com files for IPO – you heard it on Domain Name Wire first. CreditCards.com, the company, is going public at a valuation hundreds that of the domain’s price just a couple years ago.
#2: Tucows Revenue Falls Short, Stock Tumbles – Tucows was one of several domain name related stocks to take a hit this month.
#3: DomainSponsor Dumps Paychex – Domain name parking company DomainSponsor announced that it was nixing its outsourced payments provider, Paychex, and bringing payments back in house.
#4: Communicate.com Stock Plummets, Joins Tucows, Marchex – remember that story about Tucows? Yeah, Communicate.com took a hit too.
#5 – $200,000 Sofa.com Domain May Have Been Stolen By Employee – here’s a warning to anyone buying a big ticket domain name.
Honorable mention goes to these articles, which received less traffic but many comments:
GoDaddy Files Patent for “Domain Name Expiration Protection” – discusses GoDaddy’s patent strategy. Will Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) buy GoDaddy?
Domain Name Panel Addresses Revenue Multiples, Potential Market Bubble – report on market views from Domain Roundtable in Seattle.
Why Is There No Transparency for Domain Parking Ads? – Google hides data about domain parking. This is bad for the industry.
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