SnapNames auctions off a three word domain for $17,750. An auction for DirectMailMarketing.com has closed for $17,750 at SnapNames. Payment is pending. This is a high price for a three word domain, although "Direct Mail" has pay-per-click bids over ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DirectMailMarketing.com cashes in $17,750
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Yahoo ads to get an upgrade
· ServicesYahoo Search Marketing (also known as Overture to the domain community) is getting an upgrade. The upgrade is long overdue to compete with Google. Overture invented the pay-per-click search market but in this case being second to market was a benefit ... Continue Reading2 Comments
TRAFFIC auction nets $2M
· Domain SalesThe live domain name auction at the TRAFFIC conference in Las Vegas last week resulted in over $2M in doman name sales. Among the big winners was a groundbreaking .net sale of Sex.net for $450,000. CD.com sold for $275,000 and POS.com for $250,000. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
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
ValuableNames.com Review
· Expired Domains, ServicesThe ValuableNames.com domain service is expensive but worth the price. Yesterday I reviewed NameSpy, an expiring domain service that I don't think is worth the $39.95 monthly fee. So you might be surprised that today I'm going to recommend a domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Review of NameSpy
· Expired DomainsActive domainers are familiar with dozens of expired domain tools. In this entry I review NameSpy. We all know that expired domains are an important part of any domain portfolio. Many expired domains come with existing link popularity, have been ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Yahoo is wrong target for Typo-Squatting Critics
· ServicesYahoo has been sued for placing ads on typo-squatting ads, but Yahoo is the wrong target. The Washington Post is reporting about a lawsuit against Yahoo for placing text ads in adware and on typo domains. More than likely Yahoo is unaware that its ads ... Continue Reading2 Comments
TrafficClub RPM hits $58
· ServicesMy paid parking results with TrafficClub hit $58 per 1,000 views in April. I'm the first to point out that no one domain parking solution is perfect for a domain portfolio. ParkQuick.com, which writes an entry monthly at DomainNameWire, does an ... 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
Conversation with Dot VN
· Domain RegistrarsDot VN, registration provider of Viatnamese .vn domain names, is going public. I met Gary Thompson, Director at Dot VN, at Domain Roundtable a couple weeks ago in Seattle. Because relatively few are familiar with the company, I thought it worthwhile ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
