The road to profits lies in an integrated approach to domain management. In the domain business there are low "switching costs". A switching cost is the time and money you incur to change service providers. Consider domain parking, where you can ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Analysis: Oversee.net Cutbacks a Sign of the Times
· ServicesOversee cuts 10%; domain companies need to tighten the ship. It's never fun when companies lay off staff. The first company I worked for out of college called a Saturday meeting to lay off 33% of the company. Worse, I was on the finance team that had ... Continue Reading5 Comments
5 Ways to Make More Money with Domain Parking
· Domain ParkingAs domain parking revenue drops, sitting around and complaining won't do you any good. Ask just about any domain owner and they'll tell you domain parking revenue is down this year. There are a number of factors contributing to this, including changes ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Update: Google Parking Changes and Arbitrage
· Domain ParkingWhat effect will Google's changes in domain parking have on domainers? Over the weekend Julia Mackenzie scooped that Google was planning changes to domain parking. I reached out to Sedo and DomainSponsor to find out when these changes will be ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Domain Parking’s Future: No More Long Tail
· Domain ParkingLook for Google and Yahoo to cut out low traffic domains. I'm at the Admirals Club in Dallas, en route to Orlando for TRAFFIC. On the short flight from Austin I read the latest Forbes, which includes a short article about domain names. Titled "Bo Knows ... Continue Reading27 Comments
Survey: Sedo Top Domain Name Parking Service
· ServicesFor the second year in a row, Sedo tops the Domain Name Wire survey. Sedo is the top choice for parking domain names, according to a survey of 841 domain name industry participants. 48% of those surveyed picked Sedo as the best domain name parking ... Continue Reading13 Comments
More Domain Name Parking Changes Coming
· ServicesAd providers continue to change rules. If you thought the death of Yahoo arbitrage and the Ask.com feed was the end of the upheaval in domain parking, think again. It appears ad providers are now changing rules for landing page formats and content. ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Leap Day News: DomainSponsor, Ask.com, Skenzo
· ServicesWar for parked domains escalates. Happy Leap Day! Here's some domain name news you can use... Adam Strong wonders "If I register domains today does that mean I don't have a renewal date for next year ? Do I get 4 years for the price of 1.†Good ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Survey Focus: Which Major Domain Conference is Best?
· UncategorizedSurvey asks domainers to pick the best domain conference. TRAFFIC, Domain Roundtable, DomainFEST, GeoDomain...which is best? That's just one of the new questions on this year's Domain Name Wire survey. (If you haven't participated yet, click ... Continue Reading8 Comments
TrafficClub Closing Its Doors
· ServicesParking aggregater to shut down service at end of month. Moniker's TrafficClub will shut its doors at the end of the month. TrafficClub allowed customers to maximize revenue from parked domains without moving domains between different parking ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment