Monthly Archives: December 2006

Mon 11th December 2006
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Where do Country Code Domain Names Go to Die? - ICANN seeks to update policy on country codes no longer in use. Country code domain names are surging in popularity. .de, Germany’s domain name, is the second most popular domain behind .com. .UK is more popular than .org. Five country code domains saw double digit growth in the last quarter: at (Austria), .es (Spain), .fr (France), .ru (Russia), and .us (United States). Major companies, including Volvo, are advertising sites based on the .us domain. But what ... read more ...
Fri 8th December 2006
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Sedo Knocks Afternic off Dotster Search Results - Sedo has signed an agreement with Dotster to place its listings in domain search results. The agreement between Sedo and Dotster comes less than a year after Afternic signed a similar agreement with Dotster. Dotster likely receives a commission on any sales it refers to Sedo and it’s possible Dotster wasn’t satisfied with the results from its Afternic agreement. A press release from Sedo alludes to the company’s larger database of domains for sale compared ... read more ...
Thu 7th December 2006
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WorldofWatches.com sells for $410,000 - Odimo Incorporated has sold the domain WorldofWatches.com and associated trademarks for $410,000. According to an article on International Diamond Exchange, Odimo Incorporated has sold the domain name WorldofWatches.com and associated trademarks for $410,000. The price reflects the goodwill associated with this domain and existing web traffic. According to URLTrends, WorldofWatches.com has the following statistics: PageRank: 5/10 Alexa Rank: 36,312 Incoming Google ... read more ...
 
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Domain Capital recapitalizes SanDiego.com - Domain Capital has refinanced the SanDiego.com domain name, providing $1M of working capital to the site. Domain name financing company Domain Capital has refinanced SanDiego.com with a transaction value of over $1M. Based on the deal’s press release, it appears that this is a recapitalization. A recapitalization basically provides working capital to the asset owner based on the value of the underlying asset. In this case, SanDiego.com, which was registered back ... read more ...
Wed 6th December 2006
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain Registrar Moniker Gets a Facelift - Moniker has updated its web site for easier nagivation; the new version is more targeted to it core types of customers. Usability of most domain name registrars’ web sites is pitiful. Ordering a single domain takes a long time and a lot of clicks, and managing a portfolio of 1,000 domains gives many users a migraine. Perhaps registrars are getting the message. GoDaddy recently upgraded its account management interface, and now registrar Moniker has performed ... read more ...
 
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HotelDeals.com Sells for $171,250, .Mobi Domains Continue to Sell - An auction at SnapNames for HotelDeals.com closed for $171,250. The sale was one of the largest domain name sales of the year, according to the latest domain sales report from DNJournal. BuyDomains sold GatherRound.com for $40,000. I purchased a couple domain names from BuyDomains this past week as well. BuyDomains has a great portfolio of domains and is well worth checking out. There prices for most domains are reasonable and they have powerful search functionality ... read more ...
Tue 5th December 2006
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Aplus.Net (Abacus America, Names4Ever) Acquired - Webhosting company and domain name registrar Aplus.Net has been acquired. Aplus.net has been acquired by Catalyst Investors. Aplus.net is mostly known as a webhosting company, but the company is also an ICANN-accredited regsistrar through its parent company, Abacus America, d/b/a Names4Ever. According to the company’s web site, Aplus.net has registered over 500,000 domains since it was founded. It also has 200,000 customers and 4,000 dedicated server customers. ... read more ...
 
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E-Commerce Times Covers Afternic, Sedo - Four major issues are addressed below: 1. Is Escrow.com a competitor to Sedo? 2. How do we define price listing caps? 3. Traffic monetization issues at Afternic 4. The challenges facing Afternic’s new owners Is Escrow.com a competitor to Afternic and Sedo? I would argue yes, on the basis of observing how large portfolio owners frequently sidestep the 10% fees of those two marketplaces by taking transactions through Escrow.com. This contributes to three quarters of domain sales ... read more ...
Mon 4th December 2006
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Louis Vuitton loses box for LV.com - Designer Louis Vuitton has lost a UDRP case for the domain LV.com. In what can only be described as a case of reverse domain hijacking, French fashion designer Louis Vuitton has lost a UDRP case for LV.com. Louis Vuitton was clearly overstepping its bounds, trying to gain rights to a generic domain name registered over 10 years ago in 1995 by Manifest Information Services. The designer claimed to have rights to the trademark “LV”. Manifest Information Services ... read more ...
 
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Remit.com snags $81,000 bid on Sedo - An auction for Remit.com will end Monday. Remit.com has received an $81,000 bid on Sedo and an auction for the domain will end on Monday. This will be one of the biggest sales since Sedo added the auction format. The biggest Sedo auction sale to date was Tractors.com which sold for $153,500. The Tractors.com auction was a brokerage sale, meaning it was added to the auctions with a reserve. Remit.com appears to have been added to auction after receiving an initial ... read more ...
 
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Selling Domains 101: Part Three, Domain Forums - This is part three of Domain Name Wire’s “Selling Domains” series. In mymost recent article about selling domains I discussed domain name aftermarkets such as Sedo and Afternic. In this article I will discuss selling domains on domain name forums. Domain forums are active online communities where domainers talk about domains, offer appraisals, exchange tools, and discuss legal issues. These forums also offer a way to buy and sell domains. I’m going ... read more ...
 
Written by The MediaWizard's Blog in EN
What creates a Domain Name Valuable - There are a lot of factors that make a domain name really valuable. Generic / Dictionary words command the highest premium. But here is a list of 10 domain appraisal parameters which are really important : 10. Search Engine Friendly : Would a search throw up the domain intrinsically. For example – if the exact search term exists in the name. 9. Industry Strength : Is this targeted to a niche or a mass market? A niche market product might actually have a higher value than a mass market product. But ... read more ...
Sat 2nd December 2006
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DOMAINfest Global – by Domainers or by DomainSponsor? - There’s a new domain conference scheduled for early February in Los Angeles. DOMAINfest Global is using the slogan “The conference for domainers. By domainers.” The cost is $395 before January 1, $795 after January 1. DomainSponsor members may receive a rebate up to 100% of the cost if your account earns at least $1,000 during the period from December 1, 2006 to January 31 2007. So is the conference really “by domainers” or is it “by DomainSponsor“? ... read more ...
Fri 1st December 2006
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TrafficClub Domain Parking RPM tops $100 - TrafficClub, the domain parking aggregation service from Moniker, delivered an RPM over $100 in November. My results from TrafficClub in November were astonishing — an RPM (revenue per thousand views) of $123.72! This is by far the highest RPM I’ve ever earned. TrafficClub automatically optimizines your domain names across a number of domain parking services, including DomainSponsor, Skenzo, and Google Adsense for Domains. DomainSponsor optimized delivered an ... read more ...