Publicly traded domain name holding company Communicate.com just announced earnings. The company posted its 10th consecutive profitable quarter. Revenues jumped 43% over the same time last year to just over $1M. Communicate.com owns high profile ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain name company posts another profitable quarter
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ParkingSite.com gets off to a fast start
· ServicesParkingSite.com, launched by DNForum owner Adam Dicker, is off to a fast start. (See DNForum launches paid parking service.) Yesterday ParkingSite added new templates, automatic selection of DNS parking or forwarding, a payment withdrawal system, and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Chris Chena forks out another $150k
· Domain SalesChris Chena, known for some major domain name purchases, paid $150k last week to pick up Vuelos.com, according to DNJournal. Vuelos means "flights" in Spanish. Another big non-english sale was Medikamente.de, which sold for €50,000 at Sedo. It was ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DNForum launches paid parking service
· ServicesAfter a long wait (see DNForum's paid parking service ready to leave beta?), DNForum has launched its paid parking service at ParkingSite.com. Its features blow away most other parking services, and it has the potential to become #1 in short ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Niche domain name investing
· UncategorizedSedo has a good article about cornering niche categories of domain names. Read it here. I agree that focusing on niches for domain names can be a good approach. If you focus on a particular industry you can better understand the keywords and sales ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Property.com sells for $750,000
· Domain Sales"Domain Name King" Rick Schwartz ponied up $.75M for the domain Property.com. Rick already owns similar domains, like Properties.com. Another recent sale that will turn heads is ShoppingCart.com, which sold for $285,000 to MonsterCommerce. This domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex launches zip code sites – 90210.com
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedMarchex, famous for buying one of the largest domain name porfolios ever, has launched a beta of its zip code sites. Marchex has over 73,000 zip code .com and .net domains that cover 96% of all zip codes in the U.S. An example of their zip code sites is ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Register.com gets registered
· Domain RegistrarsThe rumors have been flying for months, and today it was announced: Register.com has been sold. (See previous Register.com posts). The deal values Register.com at about $200M. Hopefully the buyer will spruce up the ailing company. Read more here. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
iTunes.co.uk goes to Apple (for now)
· Policy & LawThe High Court of London has denied Benjamin Cohen's application for Judicial review on a domain name dispute over iTunes.co.uk. First you've heard about this? Check out the history: Previous iTunes.co.uk posts on DomainNameWire But is this the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Iraq gets its domain name extension back
· Policy & LawReady to register Iraq ccTLDs? ICANN has redelegated the .IQ extension, which was originally granted in 1997, to the National Communications and Media Commission of Iraq. Kazakhstan also had its ccTLD redelegated. It was originally created in 1994, and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
