Today's Wall Street Journal has a column about .com domain name registration data. It features Dennis Forbes, who has run extensive research on the list of 47M registered .com domains. Dennis Forbes was able to acquire the entire list of 47M ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Boston Globe article about direct navigation
· UncategorizedThe Boston Globe has profiled NameMedia (formerly BuyDomains) and the direct navigation market in general. The Boston Globe article is poorly titled "Internet Stealth Company Steps Out". But anyone in the domain industry knows NameMedia hasn't been a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Branson.com sells for $1.6M
· UncategorizedIn a sale sure to send shockwaves through the domain community, Branson.com has sold for $1.6M For those who don't know, Branson is a small Missouri town that's a big tourist attraction. It's kind of like Nashville for people that don't want to make ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Celebrities get smart about domain names
· UncategorizedAt 8:27AM Saturday morning, actress Angelina Jolie's lawyers were hard at work -- registering domain names. Having fought to get their names in cyberspace, celebrities are getting smarter about registering their kids' names. Angelina Jolie's team of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Nintendo goes on Wii registration spree
· UncategorizedNintendo has snapped up a number of Wii-domains for the upcoming launch of its newest video game system. Moments after announcing the name of its next generation video game system, speculators began snapping up any domain they could think of that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Typo.com
· UncategorizedForbes.com has an interesting story about the domain market that interviews iREIT. Sadly, the headline of the article, Typo.com, is grossly negligent. The article mentions typo domains for a sentence or two, but the rest is about acquiring great ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New USA Today and Wall Street Journal articles
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedAnother day, another series of domain name article is major publications. The front page of today's The Wall Street Journal covers the .xxx debate. It's a fascinating story discussing the US Department of Commerce role in influencing decisions about ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Jawpain.com – Small business, great domain
· UncategorizedA good domain name is critical for a small business--but you rarely see small businesses using good domains. Your local car wash might be austin-h20-carwash.com. Your dry cleaners might be mikesdrycleaning.net. These names aren't memorable and have ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Only speculate with what you can lose
· UncategorizedAn article about a student who blew his tuition money on domain speculation is an important reminder to people entering the domain industry. Recent articles in Business 2.0 and The Wall Street Journal make it seem easy to make a quick buck in the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
80% Payouts from Parking Dots, Matt Bentley Interview
· Services, UncategorizedThings have been a little slow in the lull between the Domain Roundtable conference and the TRAFFIC conference in Las Vegas. Changes are afoot in the domain industry, and some of the changes at Sedo and Parking Dots are highlighted in the latest issue of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
