Here's an update from the TRAFFIC conference in Florida, courtesy of David Kesmodel. To sell or not sell -- it's a question facing many owners of domain names amid the biggest boom the little-understood industry has ever seen. And it was a hot topic ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Premium Domains
· UncategorizedPremium domain marketplace separates the gems from the trash. Tired of sifting through listings on Sedo and Afternic trying to find good domains worthy of an offer? Then check out PremiumDomains.com. Premium Domains is the brainchild of Francois ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Forbes article mentions domain name companies
· UncategorizedThe October 16 issue of Forbes has an article that mentions several domain companies. The most recent edition of Forbes has an article titled "The Google Industrial Complex" that mentions several domain name companies: Firms such as Internet Real ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
EURid releases 74,000 disputed names
· UncategorizedEURid has unfrozen 74,000 domains that were part of a dispute against domain warehousers. In July, EURid relented to outside pressure as it suspended the registration of 74,000 domains. They claimed these domains were registered directly by three ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DomainSponsor 2.5, Money from Viral Videos
· Services, UncategorizedDomainSponsor is getting ready to roll out some of their biggest changes to date. It seems that the new landing pages that some people are seeing are just the beginning. They are ready to launch a new DomainSponsor 2.5 platform that will include full ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Chicago.com interview
· UncategorizedAssociated Cities asks Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick about his flagship domain and the domain business in general. Associated Cities is an owners group made up of people that own location-based domains. They recently interview the founder of ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Slow weekend for domainers
· UncategorizedA U.S. holiday slows the pace of domain traffic over the weekend. This past Friday to Monday was a U.S. holiday - Labor Day - and web traffic slowed as people travelled and cooked barbecue. If you count on U.S. web surfers at work, this Monday was ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Joomla! information, latest name monetization news
· Services, UncategorizedThis month in the Name Monetizer newsletter we will take a look at Joomla! - a content management system for full-scale sites that have a lot of content. Joomla! (officially spelled sorta like "Yahoo!") is free open source software. It runs on PHP and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Satire: Internet scientists demote .ORG to “dwarf domain”
· UncategorizedA satirical article about domain names jokes about demoting .org to a "dwarf domain". Need a break from your Thursday afternoon? Click on over to TheSpoof.com for a humorous article poking fun at the recent decision to demote Pluto from its major ... Continue Reading1 Comment
The future of domain parking plus Call.com $250,000
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedCommunicate.com filed its form 10QSB yesterday and it contains interesting information about parking pages plus the valuation of Call.com. The company, which owns a number of premium domains and e-commerce web sites, reacquired Call.com last month. It ... Continue Reading3 Comments