End of an era: TrafficZ to shut its doors on Wednesday. Thought Convergence sold off its primary operating businesses this year: it sold Agreed to Escrow.com and Aftermarket.com to Igloo. That left domain name parking company TrafficZ. Today, the ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Aftermarket.com to combine parking and selling
· Domain ParkingThought Convergence's domain marketplace will integrate domain parking and the company has switched ad feed providers. Aftermarket.com, the domain name sales platform by Thought Convergence, is getting ready to launch a combined parking and selling ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Google Kills URL Forwarding as Yahoo Caps Some Non-.Com Domains
· Domain ParkingDomain parking ad providers make changes. There have been two announcements from the big domain parking ad providers over the past 24 hours that may affect your domain parking company. According to an email from NameDrive, Google is banning URL ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Jonathan Boswell Leaves TrafficZ
· Domain ParkingBoswell parts ways with TrafficZ to focus on Boswell Investments. A familiar face in the domain name industry is making a move. Jonathan Boswell, one of the original members of TrafficZ, has parted ways with the company to focus on Boswell ... Continue Reading1 Comment
TrafficZ Lightens Up
· Domain ParkingTrafficZ changes background color, starts integration with DomainTools and LeaseThis. One suggestion I've made to TrafficZ is to change its background color in the administrative console from black to a lighter color. I know a lot of other people have ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Thought Convergence is Converging the Domain Ecosystem
· ServicesDomain company Thought Convergence putting together all the pieces of a domain name ecosystem. There are lots of companies playing one or two angles of the domain name business: sales, monetization, registration, etc. Thought Convergence, however, is ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Parked Pages Differ in Load Time
· Domain ParkingLoad times for parked domain names differ greatly. Most visitors to parked domain names hit the back button on their browser rather than clicking on a link. One way to ensure that visitors click the back button more often is to have parked pages that ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Rick Latona Auction to Be Simulcast on Web; Other Updates
· Domain SalesAuction at TRAFFIC conference will allow for remote bidding. Rick Latona announced that his auction at next month's TRAFFIC conference will be simulcast on the web. The auction will use Proxibid, which Latona calls the "biggest and best online auction ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Competition Works: Moniker Changes Auction Terms
· Domain SalesMoniker shortens length of exclusivity period and changes auto-renew clause. In an e-mail announcement sent to customers, Moniker announced it is changing the exclusivity period for domains submitted for its live and silent auctions. These changes are ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How to Edit Domain Submissions to TrafficZ Auction
· Domain SalesIf you submitted domains to the TrafficZ/Aftermarket.com auction at TRAFFIC, here's how to add descriptions to each of your domains. If you've already submitted domains to the TrafficZ auction taking place at TRAFFIC next month in New York, you should ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment