Next auction begins November 28 at Sedo.com. mTLD, the registry for .mobi domains, must be very happy with its relationship with domain aftermarket Sedo. Sedo is working with mTLD to auction off premium .mobi domains. By all accounts, Sedo is getting ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Sedo Releases List for Next .Mobi Auction
· Domain SalesTucows Relaunches Parking Services for Resellers
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar and software download site Tucows is relaunching its reseller parking programs. Will this help its sagging stock price? November has been a dissapointing month for shareholders in Tucows (AMEX: TCX). After opening November 1 at $.97 ... Continue Reading2 Comments
An Open Letter to Google
· UncategorizedI'm frustrated with Google. Google, I've had enough. I've been a customer since the beginning, when you sold search ads on an impression basis. I've spent tens of thousands of dollars with you. Sure, I don't spend as much as some of the big ... Continue Reading13 Comments
GeoDomains Auction Sells $480,000 Domains
· Domain SalesAuction sells 34 domains including Perth.com for $200,000. Moniker's first ever GeoDomain live auction sold $479,550 worth of domains. But this is an auction where the silent portion may out perform the live one. The live auction was at the ... Continue Reading6 Comments
SnapNames Opens Submissions for SnapNames Live Auction
· Domain SalesSubmission period for January 22-23 auction ends December 11. SnapNames has opened submissions for its first live auction to be held at DOMAINfest Global in Hollywood, California next January. Both SnapNames and DOMAINfest are operated by ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Domainer Profile: Stuart Wood
· UncategorizedA profile of a virtual (and real world) real estate investor. In an industry of self-promoters, Stuart Wood maintains a low profile. "I prefer not to toot my own horn," he claims. You may not have heard of him, nor his hometown of Racine, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Vista.com Sells for $1.25M
· Domain SalesBusiness card and printing company buys domain from software company. Vista.com has sold for $1.25M. So, did Microsoft buy it for its Vista operating system? No. The domain was purchased by VistaPrint Limited (Nasdaq: VPRT). VistaPrint is famous ... Continue Reading4 Comments
A Run on the (Domain Name) Bank
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawCould a domain registrar face a "run on the bank"? Shockwaves hits the financial world yesterday when an analyst said financial institution Etrade (NASDAQ: ETFC) may go bankrupt. This creates a so-called run on the bank, in which people pull their ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Qtags Pitch Shows How to Use .Mobi
· ServicesAn elevator pitch for qtags shows a good use of .mobi. I've already ranted about bad web 2.0 naming from the Rice Alliance Information Technology and Web 2.0 Venture Forum at Rice University last week. But I also saw a good use of the .mobi domain ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Bad Web Site Naming, Part XVI
· UncategorizedMore examples of bad web company names. It seems like I write about horrible web company domain names all the time. I have no idea how many times I've written about this, but I have a new crop to share with you. Yesterday I attended the Rice ... Continue Reading3 Comments