NameMedia division uses marketing muscle promoting domain names to small and medium businesses. It seems like everywhere I look these days I see an ad for BuyDomains. I'm not talking about ads targeted to domain owners, but ads targeted to end users. ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Dark Blue Sea: Domain Portfolio Worth $600 Million Retail
· UncategorizedCompany values retail value of portfolio at approximately $1,000 USD per domain. A Dark Blue Sea investor presentation (pdf) suggests that the retail value of its 570,000 domain portfolio is about $600 million. The presentation also provides a wealth ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Afternic to Open Auctions to Individual Domainers
· Domain SalesDomain sales site to open up auction platform to individual domain owners. Afternic plans to open up its auction feature this year to allow individual domain owners to submit domains for auction, the company disclosed in an online web conference. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Yahoo Kills Domain Arbitrage: Fallout for Google, Others
· ServicesYahoo will stop allowing arbitrage as of this Friday, will affect other major companies as well. In a major move sure to have ramifications across the online advertising industry, Yahoo (YHOO) has told its advertising partners that it will no longer ... Continue Reading33 Comments
How to Buy Expired Domains at Afternic
· Expired DomainsAfternic's new expired domain service provides opportunity to get expired domains without much competition. Expired domain catchers that are tired of bidding wars at SnapNames and NameJet may want to check out Afternic's expired domain auctions. I ... Continue Reading3 Comments