DNForum's new paid parking service, ParkingSite.com, should be out of beta testing my mid-July. This is according to Adam Dicker, who owns DNForum. I have high hopes for this service, given that Adam typically knocks projects out of the park. I'm a bit ... Continue Reading1 Comment
DNForum’s paid parking service ready to leave beta?
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2-word .biz domain sells for $5k
· Domain SalesDNJournal just posted its weekly sales list. Sales were somewhat slower given the US holiday on July 4, but I'm especially excited by activity on secondary top level domains. Last week saw a two word .biz domain, WhitePages.biz, sell for $4,995 at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Rags to Riches: A domain name story
· UncategorizedDNJournal has just posted a new article, Chris Chena Takes Charge: How the Whiz Kid from Paraguay Is Building A Spanish Domain Empire. Editor Ron Jackson has written another great piece--this article is one of my favorites. Who's Chris Chena? He's a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
US to retain key internet role
· Policy & LawThe U.S. government announced that it intends to continue playing a key role in the internet by not giving complete control over to ICANN. The U.S. government will continue to maintain the root master file that controls top level domains. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Pool.com to snag .EU domain names
· ServicesPool.com has just added a new feature for customers to order .EU domains. It will work much like Pool's existing dropping domains service. You can order any .EU domain you wish, and then when .EU domains are become available for registration Pool will ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sedo sells over 1,000 domains in May
· Domain SalesSedo, one of the biggest and best domain name aftermarkets, announced that its sold 1,020 domains in May for a total of $1.7M. The average price of domains sold was $1,661.18. Of course, the median sale is better information...but Sedo doesn't release ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Net domain sells for $29,000
· Domain SalesWith the risk of sounding a like a broken record, it was another great week for domain sales! Last week England.net sold for $29,000 on SnapNames. This means that someone let this incredible domain expire. Someday I'll contact one of these people that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Early bird admission price for TRAFFIC East ends June 30
· ServicesThe TRAFFIC East domain name conference will again be held in Delray Beach, Florida. This year's event will be Oct 18-22. If you want to take advantage of the lowest prices for admission, sign up by June 30. The price goes from $995 to $1295 after June ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
TrafficClub domain parking service continues to impress
· ServicesI've written about TrafficClub, the paid parking service from Moniker, in the past. Here's an update on how it's performing for me. As of June 21, I'm running an excellent RPM (revenue per thousand views) of $44.50. This is up sharply from $10-$20 in ... Continue Reading5 Comments
A Spanish week for domain name sales
· Domain SalesLast week was a big week for domain name sales. The crazy thing is that 6 out of the top 10 sales were Spanish words! That's thanks to a $500k spending spree by Chris Chena. Among the spanish-equivalent .com domains he bought were jobs, university, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
