Austin company scores big investment. It's always nice when you see someone who "gets" domain names that also understands affiliate marketing and web site development. One of those people is Austinite Steve Schaffer, who created ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Del Monte Scores with Fruits.com
· We Get ItProduce company promotes Fruits.com on bananas. This past weekend I was at the grocery store and found myself taken aback while picking up some bananas: staring at me was a little fruit sticker with an advertisement for Fruits.com. "Buy a bunch, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
DNS.com Charges Ahead Thanks in Part to Great Domain Name
· We Get ItDNS company gets marketing kick with DNS.com. Last month at HostingCon I met with Cloud.com to learn how their great domain name has propelled their business. I also got to spend time with domain industry show regular Sean Stafford, who's latest ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Cloud.com Floats Higher with Good Domain Name
· We Get ItCloud computing company gets more marketing punch with good domain name. Cloud.com VP of Business Development Shannon Williams admits that he wasn't a huge believer in the power of a generic domain name for marketing. But when the opportunity for his ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Cardinals Best Off-Season Pick Up Was Domain Name
· We Get ItChecking in on MLB domain names. Major League Baseball is back, and that means I'm spending lots of time getting the latest scores and highlights online. While watching the Cardinals play on TV, I noticed they made a nice off-season pick up that I ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Two End Users Buy 3 Letter Domain Names
· We Get ItEnergy company and bank invest in better domain names. There's little better than owning a nice, short domain name for your company. It's part of the reason I sprung for DNW.com. Within the past couple weeks two different end users have purchased ... Continue Reading7 Comments
AP Buys Domain Before Launching News Registry Service
· Domain Sales, We Get ItNews cooperative buys domain for launch of initiative. I often times write about companies that announce a new product before securing rights to the corresponding domain name. So it's always nice to see when a company does secure a domain in ... Continue Reading7 Comments
eCoupons Locks In Country Code Domains for Success
· We Get IteCoupons.com cashes in with category-defining domain names -- in the U.S. and abroad. Matthew Cheng's launch into the eCoupons business got a big boost in 2001. He wanted to get the ideal domain name for an ecoupons site, and a once-in-a-dot.com-bubble ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Ambigram Company Finds Success with Domain Name Strategy
· We Get ItMark Hunter created a winning domain strategy. If you think domains are a niche industry, take a look at a true niche: ambigrams. Essentially, an ambigram is word art that can be read from two different view points. For example, the image below shows ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Internet Engine Upgrades Its Domain
· We Get ItInternet Engine finally gets the domain name it wants. When SEO firm Internet Engine started in 2000, it had a tough time acquiring the corresponding domain name. It ended up settling on Internet-Engine.net. But the hyphen and .net always bothered ... Continue Reading9 Comments