Monthly Archives: May 2007

Tue 8th May 2007
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Survey: Sedo Top Domain Name Sales Venue - Domain name aftermarket Sedo selected as best sales venue in survey. The 2007 Domain Name Wire survey results are in and respondents selected Sedo as the best domain name sales venue with 36% of the vote. Here are the results for “best sales venue”: 1. Sedo 36% 2. Forums 32% 3. Afternic 9% 4. TDNAM (GoDaddy) 7% 5. eBay 6% Other: 10% Sedo introduced a new auction format this year which has been a hit with sellers. Previously Sedo offered only an offer-counteroffer ... read more ...
Mon 7th May 2007
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The Backlash opposite Domain Parking - Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick updates us on the latest in domain name parking. April saw signs all around that Yahoo and Google are pressuring parking services to delete the accounts of poorly performing domain owners. Parked took the lead deleting suspected click-fraud accounts some time back, and their numbers seem to be improving for accounts remaining there (so much so that we are now recommending them highly).  The general trend in PPC income seems lower for ... read more ...
Fri 4th May 2007
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Gin.com, HorseRacing.com Added to Moniker Auction - Moniker’s Casino Affiliate Convention 2007 silent domain name auction has added more domains with record-breaking potential. As if Poker.com and Slots.com were not enough to give Moniker’s casino domain name auction the potential to be the biggest auction ever, the company announced ten more high value domains: – Scores.com – Gin.com – HorseRacing.com – DailyDouble.com – eBet.com – BestOdds.com – Casinos.mobi – Lucky7.com Gin.com has a lot of potential ... read more ...
Thu 3rd May 2007
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Sedo Ranked as Top Domain Name Parking Service - Domain aftermarket and parking service Sedo took top honors for parking in the 2007 Domain Name Wire survey. Sedo is a pioneer in domain parking and recent enhancements have made it a favorite of domain name owners. 32% of respondents in the 2007 Domain Name Wire survey selected Sedo or SedoPro as the top domain name parking service. Last year the survey broke out Sedo and SedoPro. Both services combined for only 19% of the vote last year, so Sedo is clearly picking ... read more ...
Wed 2nd May 2007
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Survey: Price, Security Top Considerations When Registering Domains - Registration prices and security of domains are the top factors when choosing a domain registrar, according to the 2007 Domain Name Wire survey. If registrars want to earn your business, they need to offer low prices and ensure the safety of your domain names. For the second year in a row, price and security came out on top when domain owners were asked to rank the importance of various factors for choosing a domain registrar. Survey respondents were asked to rank ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Refunds ICANN Fee Overpayments - Domain registrar GoDaddy is refunding domain name registration and renewal fees due to a change in ICANN fees. ICANN-accredited domain registrars pay a number of fees to ICANN. Most of these are fixed fees that very only with large magnitudes of scale at registrars (very small registrars pay less than very large ones). However, one fee is directly tied to the number of domains under management. This fee is often referred to as the “ICANN fee” or “ICANN tax”. ... read more ...
Tue 1st May 2007
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GoDaddy Selected as Top Domain Name Registrar - The world’s biggest domain registrar is also the best, according to Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. GoDaddy is the world’s largest registrar with about 20M domains registered (including reseller sites). It was also voted as the best registrar in the 2007 Domain Name Wire survey, taking 33% of the vote. Last year GoDaddy was also tops but received only 28% of the vote. Although not without controversy, GoDaddy has grabbed market share by offering domain ... read more ...