NameMedia, owners of BuyDomains, have purchased Afternic. NameMedia announced today that it is buying Afternic. This probably explains the recent Afternic push to eliminate adult domains from their system. NameMedia is a privately-held, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
NameMedia (BuyDomains, ActiveAudience) buys Afternic Domain Name Marketplace
· Domain Sales, ServicesGoDaddy Goes on Patent Filing Binge
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy, the world's largest domain registrar, has filed almost 50 patent applications in recent years. Yesterday I wrote about GoDaddy receiving a patent that covers many aspects of domain whois privacy. After digging a little further I discovered ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Do we need Title Insurance for Domain Names?
· ServicesTitle insurance would provide peace of mind when making a large domain purchase. Over the Thanksgiving holiday I read an article in Forbes (November 13, page 148) about real estate title insurance. The article was about how real estate title insurance ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Demand Media aims for 2007 IPO
· Domain SalesDemand Media, founded by former MySpace executive Richard Rosenblatt earlier this year, hopes to go public in 2007. When Business 2.0 published an article in December 2005 called "Masters of Their Domains", many in the domain industry sighed. They ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy Awarded Patent for Domain Privacy
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy has been been awarded United States patent 7,130,878, which covers many aspects of domain whois privacy services. In what could prove to be a major competitive coup for GoDaddy, the company was awarded a patent for so-called domain privacy ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domain Traffic Increasing for Holiday Shopping Season
· UncategorizedTraffic to consumer-related domain names will begin its seasonal spike this weekend. Thursday is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. Holidays usually mean a reduction in internet traffic to parked domains and web sites. But this coming ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Selling Domains 101: Part Two, Domain Aftermarkets
· Domain SalesThis is part two of Domain Name Wire's "Selling Domains" series. Domain aftermarkets, also called domain exchanges, are very active sites for buying and selling domain names. In this article I will discuss the largest aftermarkets and strategies for ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoDaddy “Cancellation Confirmations” Cause Alarm
· Domain RegistrarsDomain registrar GoDaddy is now sending out "cancellation confirmation" notices when users transfer their domains to other registrars. When a domain owner receives a message that one of his domains has been cancelled, he certainly takes notice. ... Continue Reading2 Comments
What Happens When Domain Registrars Merge?
· Domain RegistrarsThe recent acquisition of BulkRegister by eNom created headaches for some BulkRegister customers. Are more acquisitions on the horizon? Many years ago I used an online bank called CompuBank. It was a great internet-only bank that offered free free ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex tests domain parking service, full of trademark typos
· ServicesDomain company Marchex is testing a domain parking service for non-Marchex owned domains and it appears they are monetizing trademark typos and adult names. Domain company Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), famous for buying a $160M domain portfolio, is beta ... Continue Reading4 Comments