Company that owns Autos.com and Loan.com files for IPO. Internet Brands, Inc. has filed for a $100M initial public offering, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company started its life as CarsDirect, but ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Business 2.0 May Bite the Dust
· UncategorizedMagazine that has covered domain name industry may stop publishing. Few publications have done as good a good job covering the domain name boom as Business 2.0. But that magazine's future may be in jeopardy. According to a report in Tuesday's New ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Affiliate Summit Domain Auction Fizzles
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick reports on the Affiliate Summit auction. I picked up a bargain domain at the Affiliate Summit domain auction last night. A few others did also, but I imagine that more than a few sellers were disappointed. Affiliate Summit ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Tips for Domain Landing Pages – from NameMedia Research
· Services, UncategorizedLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick provides an update on domain name parking. NameMedia, the parent company of Active Audience and GoldKey, announced the results of some of their extensive landing page split-testing at the June TRAFFIC New York. These tests ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Should You Start a Business Without a Dot Com?
· UncategorizedStarting a business without the .com version of your name is a recipe for failure. I belong to an Austin business email list. It's a lively list as people ask for referrals for CPAs, which webhosting company is best, and for advice about growing a ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Communicate.com Stock Nearly Doubles in June
· UncategorizedDomain name company's stock jumps 85% from June 1 to June 22. Individual domain name prices aren't the only signs that the domain name market is white hot. Shares of domain name company Communicate.com (CMNN.ob) have soared from $1.14 at open on June ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Wednesday’s TRAFFIC Domain Conference in Review
· UncategorizedSeveral hundred domainers, investors, service providers, and other domain name industry professionals met in New York Wednesday for the first full day of the TRAFFIC conference. Wednesday was the first full day of the TRAFFIC conference in New York ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Domain Name Conference Coverage Next Week
· UncategorizedDomain Name Wire will cover both domain conferences next week. I'll be attending both the SedoPro Partner Forum and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. next week in New York and will provide continuous coverage on Domain Name Wire. The SedoPro Partner Forum kicks off ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domain Parking Sites Convert at Twice that of Search
· UncategorizedEfficient Frontier and Google provide the first decent stats about parked domain pages...and the news is good for the domain name industry. Efficient Frontier released a case study about conversion rates from parked domain names and the results were ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Google Flip-flops, Auction Ads Take off
· Services, UncategorizedLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick updates us on domain name parking. May was a very busy month for domain monetization. Google announced early in the month that that they would no longer monetize adult domains as of June 1st. Some of the major Google-based ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
