Domain Name Wire Turns Four
Monday, March 9th, 2009
Happy birthday, Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire launched four years ago today. Looking back, it’s certainly a time capsule of the domain name industry. Articles in that first month included:
“Moniker Unveils Paid Parking Program” – Moniker’s now closed TrafficClub program got its start
“Yahoo to challenge Google Adsense” – we all know how that played out
“Registrars drop .us privacy protection this week” – privacy protection was nixed from .us domain names
There are many reasons for Domain Name Wire’s longevity and success. Of course it starts with readers. Equally as important are the many advertisers. Growth in advertising has allowed a site that started as a part time hobby to turn into a nearly full-time endeavor.
I’d like to call your attention to a handful of advertisers that have been with the site for a long time. I appreciate all advertisers; here are some of those that have helped send DNW to the next level:
National A-1 Advertising – these guys want to buy your premium domains. Don’t believe me? They just bid $5M on toys.com
Sedo – domain brokerage and parking services
Domain Capital – domain name financing
Rebel.com – domain registrar for domainers
TrafficZ – exceptional domain management and parking
Escrow.com – the #1 choice for domain name escrow
Parked.com – high payouts, twice a month
NetFirms.com – longest running text ad sponsor
Please visit these advertisers and thank them for their support, along with all of the other advertisers (including the text link advertisers on the right).
Over the coming months, you can expect a few changes. The basic formula won’t change, but it will be tweaked. Site Graduate is helping me with a minor site redesign. And we’ll be adding more subject matter experts as writers. DNW has always had multiple writers, with me as the lead. This will stay the same but we’ll be adding more in the future. So stay tuned.
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Happy birthday DNW, great job on the site, love the investigative journalism articles as well as the energy, flow.
Cheers
Sahar
Happy Birthday !
and Keep up the Great Work!
Ritz
I recognized the high value of your site in 2006 when I became one of your few advertisers (PremiumDomains.com).
Since this date your site have been growing tremendously in popularity and there is no secret, this is due to your dedication and journalistic talent.
Continue this way, you are a pro.
Happy birthday!
Congrats to a fellow domainer and Austinite!
Congrats Andrew!
I enjoyed reading your posts on a daily basis.
Keep up the excellent work!
Happy Birthday!
“these guys want to buy your premium domains. Don’t believe me? They just bid $5 on toys.com”
Of course you meant $5 million.
My day is not complete without checking this site. Congrats to you Andrew.
Cheers for now.
Emil
Happy Birthday and many more.
Hi Andrew,
Congratulations on the last four years. Here’s to lots more – alan
@ Patrick – perhaps I need to hire a copy editor
Fixed
Congratulations! I can say I started reading on about post number 5.
“perhaps I need to hire a copy editor”
Andrew,
Where do I apply?
And do I get paid in domains???
Congratulations Andrew.
I miss my DomainEditorial.com on occasion, it would have turned 4 in November of this year
Congrats Andrew!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t check in at least a few times.
Here’s to four more years!
Take Care!
Bruce.
Congrats Andrew.
You do an amazing job with this blog every day.
Happy 4th Andrew. We couldn’t do it without you.
So what does DNW want for its B-Day?
Congrats Andrew on 4 great years of contributions to the Domain Industry.
You truly are a great asset to domaining and I hope your dedication and passion continues to draw more readers to DNW in the coming years.
Tan
Great job, Andrew.; and a very happy birthday indeed.
Your reporting and information just keeps getting better, more valuable, and more useful all the time.
A day w/out DNW is like a day w/out…well; you know.
Congratulations Andrew! I’m continually impressed by the quality and insight of the reporting on DNW– to keep that level up for four years is nothing short of astounding. Looking forward to many more!
Thanks everyone for your support and comments!
A reference in this industry. Go for the 5th year.
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Andrew: Congrats! The new site looks great.
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