Monthly Archives: April 2008

Wed 2nd April 2008
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Banks.com Reports Earnings - banks.com one of the companies in our Domain Parking Stock Index reported its earnings yesterday For the year ended December 31, 2007, Banks.com reported revenue of $27.8 million, an increase of 8% increase over fiscal year 2006 revenue. GAAP net income was $1.7 million or $0.06 per diluted share versus $3.4 million or $0.12 per diluted share for the year ended 2006. Adjusted EBITDA2 was $6.8 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $7.7 million for the year ended ... read more ...
 
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5 Ways You Can Still Make Money with Domain Names - Got in late? You can still make money. I recently read a forum post written by someone disappointed about Yahoo’s decision to nix arbitrage. This person complained “How am I supposed to make money with domains now? I got in late and all the good domains are gone. It’s not fair!” (Seriously, it sounded like a 5 year old.) Well, you can still make money with domains. But I’ve got to warn you, there’s work (or capital) involved. 1. Buy existing domains ... read more ...
Tue 1st April 2008
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Moniker Announces Final Live Auction List for CAC Show - Moniker will be holding a live domain auction from the  Casino Affiliate Convention in Amsterdam  This auction WILL allow for online remote bidding through snapnames.com interface. The auction will start on Friday morning 11:30 am EST. This is the list of domains to be auctioned in the live auction,  in order. As you know moniker posts a range of reserve prices. There are definitely some excellent names here. Bets.com, OTB.com (off track betting), are in the 1M+ reserve category, but their are ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft Will Not Increase Bid For Yahoo - In a report published by the Wall Street Journal today they report that Microsoft will not raise it’s $31 a share bid for Yahoo stating that the original bid is looking better given the downturn in the economy and a falling stock market, the sources say. “There’s no reason to bid against ourselves,” a source told the Journal. The newspaper is also reporting that “other people familiar with Microsoft’s thinking say the company has no immediate plans to nominate a slate of directors to ... read more ...
 
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Communicate.com (Live Current) Reports Record Earnings for a 4th Quarter - Live Current, the company formerly known as Communicate.com, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.  Total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2007 increased 17% to $9.1 million compared to $7.8 million for the same period in 2006. Moreover in 2006 revenue was boosted by the sale of two domain names, Vancover.com and Wrestling.com for $623,800. Gross profit for 2007 increased 24% to $2.1 million compared to $1.7 million for 2006. The ... read more ...
 
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We Drop a Note in GoDaddy’s Suggestion Box and TDNAM Changes - A couple of weeks ago I chatted with Tess Diaz, Domain Asset Advisor with Godaddy. She called asking if we had any suggestions for improving the TDNAM auction platform for expired domains. We suggested that TDNAM should not show any expired auction domains in the “most active” category if they only had one bid. Our argument was that a domain having one bidder, does not make it “most active” Actually you need two bidders to have an auction. We thought it was unfair that those who spent the ... read more ...
 
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Top Domain Name News Stories – Mar 2008 - March was another big month for domain name industry news. Here’s a recap of the top stories. March was a record traffic month at Domain Name Wire. The stats counter shows a total of 132,000 visits and 450,000 page views include RSS reads. Here’s a recap of what drew the most attention in March, ranked by page views: 1. Google Lets Advertisers Opt-Out of Domain Parking – we knew it was coming, but the shoe dropped in March. Google (GOOG) advertisers can ... read more ...
 
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Be Careful What You Believe Today… - Reminder: It’s April Fools’ Day. Leave it to domainers to go hog wild on April Fools’ Day. I promise not to pull any April Fools jokes at Domain Name Wire, but here are a few “stories” you may read about elsewhere… DomainTools announced a new tool that predicts which typosquatters will register certain domains before they do, allowing lawyers to sue them in advance. Isn’t there a Tom Cruise movie about seeing crimes before they happen? Rebel.com wants ... read more ...