Payment thresholds change for sales and parking platforms and rebate program ends. Afternic and domain name parking platform SmartName have changed their payment thresholds and options in the wake of GoDaddy's acquisition. Afternic has also quietly ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Breaking: GoDaddy acquires Afternic from NameMedia
· Domain SalesAcquisition will make it easier for customers to buy domain names that are already registered. GoDaddy has acquired domain name sales platform Afternic from NameMedia in a move that will make it easier for people to buy domain names that are already ... Continue Reading35 Comments
Domain parking: less is more?
· Domain ParkingSmartName drops most templates to focus on the best performing ones. It used to be that domain name parking companies bragged about how many templates they had. The templates had different ad locations, fonts, and most importantly, graphics related to ... Continue Reading2 Comments
5 Alternatives to Traditional Domain Name Parking
· Domain ParkingParking revenue got you down? Here are 5 alternatives to try. Here are five alternatives to traditional pay-per-click domain parking. RootOrange - RootOrange will lease your domain name on a local basis to multiple parties. In theory, this leasing ... Continue Reading31 Comments
GoldKey Domain Sold, Customers Need to Change DNS
· Domain ParkingNameMedia sells domain name from legacy domain parking service. NameMedia has been merging its domain parking platforms for a couple months, but a number of domain owners have yet to make necessary changes to their domains on the NameMedia ... Continue Reading2 Comments
SmartName Launches Content Site System, Upgrades Accounts
· Domain ParkingNameMedia launches SEO-friendly content system and upgrades domain name parking accounts. Domain name parking company SmartName has launched a new content parking system, and has upgraded GoldKey and ActiveAudience accounts to take advantage of the new ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Check NameMedia Parking Stats on iPhone App
· Domain ParkingApps let you check stats on all three NameMedia platforms. On Monday Cortnee Gunn, a NameMedia domain parking account manager based in Austin, stopped by my office to show me the company's latest parking innovations. If it seemed that NameMedia ... Continue Reading2 Comments
NameMedia Upgrades Parking Platform
· Domain ParkingNameMedia improves stats and landers for its three domain parking programs. NameMedia, parent company of BuyDomains and Afternic, has released several improvements to its three domain name parking platforms: GoldKey, ActiveAudience, and ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Fabulous Follows the 80/20 Rule
· Domain ParkingParking company moves to invite only model. Domain parking company and domain registrar Fabulous is no longer accepting web applications for its domain name parking services and wholesale registration accounts. It will only accept referrals going ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Reports: NameMedia Lays Off 30
· ServicesUnconfirmed reports suggest domain giant has laid off 30 people. [Updated]Xconomy is citing unconfirmed reports that NameMedia, parent company of Afternic and BuyDomains, has laid off 30 employees. Please note that Xconomy has been unable to confirm ... Continue Reading9 Comments