Company values retail value of portfolio at approximately $1,000 USD per domain. A Dark Blue Sea investor presentation (pdf) suggests that the retail value of its 570,000 domain portfolio is about $600 million. The presentation also provides a wealth ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Hey, Take a Chill Pill!
· UncategorizedThe domain industry isn't perfect, but you need not run for the hills. I got a kick out of a message posted on Rick Schwartz's blog after he announced he would stop blogging: I hope you all realize what is going on here. The message should be loud ... Continue Reading18 Comments
American Airlines Sticks to .Com for Mobile Site
· UncategorizedAirline chooses .com over .mobi. The world's largest airline has launched its mobile web site and opted to use .com instead of .mobi. The new mobile web site for American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) lets customers check in for flights via their mobile ... Continue Reading28 Comments
Domain Name Wire Turns Three (And a Gift)
· Uncategorized$100 gift available to readers. Yesterday Domain Name Wire turned 3. March 9, 2005 seems like a long time ago. Back then we were talking about Yahoo (YHOO) launching its answer to Google Adsense, GoDaddy fighting to keep whois privacy (I guess ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Domain Parking Company ParkingDots Closes its Doors
· Services, UncategorizedLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick reports on a domain company shutting down. A major domain parking company just announced that it is closing its doors. ParkingDots will be no more effective March 9th. In the last issue of Name Monetizer I reported that ... Continue Reading4 Comments
5 Ways Real Estate is Better Than Domain Names
· UncategorizedA look at the flip side of investing in domain names. Earlier this week I wrote about why domain names may be a better investment than traditional real estate. Of course there are two sides to the story, and here are reasons that traditional real ... Continue Reading14 Comments
5 Ways Domain Names Are Better Than Real Estate
· UncategorizedDomain names are often compared to real estate...but are they that similar? The comparisons between domain names and real estate are countless. But here are five ways that domain names make for a better investment than traditional real estate. 1. ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Survey Focus: Which Major Domain Conference is Best?
· UncategorizedSurvey asks domainers to pick the best domain conference. TRAFFIC, Domain Roundtable, DomainFEST, GeoDomain...which is best? That's just one of the new questions on this year's Domain Name Wire survey. (If you haven't participated yet, click ... Continue Reading8 Comments
www.ATT.jobs? Seriously.
· UncategorizedI've finally seen an ad with a .jobs domain. That's a mistake. Monday afternoon I made the return car trip from Houston to Austin. It's about a 3 hour drive without much to see. As I rolled into Austin I saw a billboard for AT&T (NYSE: T). The ad ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Threats to the Domain Name Industry
· UncategorizedDon't get complacent; all is not well in the domain name industry. What keeps you up at night? As a business owner, I have lots of worries. If you are sleeping comfortably at night, assuming everything in the domain industry is swell, you might be in ... Continue Reading23 Comments