SiteParker has released aggregate stats about parked domains that reveal some interesting user behaviors. Domain parking company SiteParker has released data from over 1,000,000 visits to 15,000 domains in the first quarter of the year. I haven't seen ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Stats from parked domains
· Services.eu secondary release information
· Domain RegistrarsEURid has released details about the release of domains applied for (and rejected) during the sunrise period. After taking a lot of flack for the number of .eu domains that went to investors rather than individuals and businesses, .eu is training to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Vertigo.com sells for $50,000
· Domain SalesAfternic has sold Vertigo.com for $50,000. The domain had received previous bids of up to $10,500, but on May 19 Vertigo Software decided to seal a deal and bid $50k. Vertigo Software is a Microsoft-based development and consulting company. This is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Typo.com
· UncategorizedForbes.com has an interesting story about the domain market that interviews iREIT. Sadly, the headline of the article, Typo.com, is grossly negligent. The article mentions typo domains for a sentence or two, but the rest is about acquiring great ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Learning more about Parked.com domain parking
· ServicesParked.com is grabbing attention as a new alternative in the crowded field of domain parking. I recently asked Donny Simonton, CIO of Parked.com, a few questions about what makes the service different from the competition. (The parking service was ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WirelessPhone.com ends soon
· Domain SalesAn auction for WirelessPhone.com sits at $52,500 with under a day to go. Domain market Afternic has been marketing the domain in a special 30 day auction. The auction ends tomorrow afternoon. The domain scores a very nice 1,826 in Overture with its ... Continue Reading3 Comments
New York wants to regulate domain names
· Policy & LawIn a move that flies in the face of established international guidelines, the New York Senate is pushing through a bill that would forbid registering the name of a living person with the purpose of selling the domain to that person. The New York ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Pulling back the sheets on GoDaddy
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy's IPO filing shows us what's going on at the world's largest domain registrar. I speculated about GoDaddy's imminent IPO back in December of last year. Now we all know the company is going public. I just spent a good amount of my afternoon ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Give parking companies a chance to optimize
· ServicesDomainers should test domains with parking companies for at least a month to achieve valuable results. When I first started parking a couple dozen names at Parked.com a couple weeks ago I was dissapointed with the RPM. But my results have improved ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Diamond.com sells for $7.5M
· Domain SalesDiamond.com and related intellectual property was purchased by internet jeweler Ice.com for $7.5M. This major deal is unique because the price of the domain and intellectual property were separate from Ice.com's purchase of Diamond.com's inventory and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment