ParkingCrew acquires NameDrive - Domain name parking consolidation continues as Team Internet nabs NameDrive.
ParkingCrew has acquired the NameDrive domain name parking business from KeyDrive. The acquisition includes the Overdrive service as well.
Starting tomorrow, NameDrive customers will access their parking accounts through ParkingCrew. There is a account claim procedure in place; NameDrive customers should have received an announcement about it today.
Last year KeyDrive divested SnapNames, which it acquired from Oversee.net ... read more ...
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Thu 16th July 2015
Wed 17th August 2011
Google Kills URL Forwarding as Yahoo Caps Some Non-.Com Domains -
Domain parking ad providers make changes.
There have been two announcements from the big domain parking ad providers over the past 24 hours that may affect your domain parking company.
According to an email from NameDrive, Google is banning URL forwarding as of October 1. The parking company says clients need to switch to DNS parking, although it says it’s also working on other solutions. [Update: DomainSponsor just sent a notice to its customers as well.]
Partners ... read more ...
Sat 19th February 2011
Major Domain Parking Shift? NameDrive Adding Site Links and Site Reviews. -
Google to start syndicating more ad data to parking companies.
In one what could prove to be a major move for Google Adsense for Domains partners, NameDrive will begin showing site links and site reviews with some of its parked page links.
These options have already been offered to Google Adwords advertisers on Google.com for a while.
Here’s an example of an ad including additional “site links”:
And an example that includes a site review:
You’ve probably ... read more ...
Fri 21st January 2011
NameDrive Releases Details on Investment and Reorganization -
Parking company confirms recent investment and restructuring.
Today I received information from domain name parking and sales company NameDrive about its recent investment from BIP Investment Partners and its company reorganization.
News of the investment and reorganization was first reported by Domain Name News on Tuesday. [Update: DNN’s source was DVmag.de.]
BIP Investment Partners S.A., a public investor listed on the Luxembourg stock exchange, made an undisclosed ... read more ...
Mon 9th August 2010
NameDrive’s NDX Market Gears Up for Auction of 3 Character ccTLDs -
Domain marketplace gets ready for another three character auction.
Fresh on the heels of a three character .eu domain name auction in which all 771 domain names sold, NameDrive’s NDX Market is getting ready for a follow on auction.
Starting tomorrow, NDX Market will run an auction for 300 three character country code domain names. The domain names will be in these country codes: .AT, .BE, .CH, .CO.UK, .DE, .ES, .FR, .NL, .PL, .SE.
The auction will run until approximately ... read more ...
Wed 9th June 2010
NameDrive to Auction 760 Three Letter .EU Domains Starting during 1 Euro -
Three letter domains starting at just 1 Euro.
NameDrive’s NDX market is running an auction for 760 three letter .eu domain names starting tomorrow. Each domain starts at 1 euro. That’s like a buck twenty starting price, although it might be cheaper by tomorrow if the Euro keeps sliding. The auction will run for seven days.
In order to bid you’ll need to open a NameDrive account before the auction starts, and will also need to fill out a “Certified Trader ... read more ...
Thu 18th February 2010
NameDrive Launches Japanese Language Parking Platform -
Domain parking company to launch Japanese parking platform.
Domain name parking company NameDrive will launch a Japanese-language parking platform tomorrow.
NameDrive has partnered with ICANN-accredited and .JP-accredited domain registrar WIXI to provide the parking program for the Japanese market. It is designed for owners of domain names in Japan or domains using the Japanese language.
Founded in 2005, NameDrive has been one of the major parking companies to ... read more ...
Fri 8th May 2009
Patent Filed for Domain Name Securitization -
Patent would allow for securitization and trading of domain name portfolios.
Gregory Manriquez and Stevan Lieberman of NameDrive have filed a patent for domain name securitization. The patent was filed in November 2008 and published yesterday.
The invention, titled “Method for Domain Trading”, would allow an entity to divide a domain portfolio into a levels of risk, issue bonds or loans on the portfolio, and trade the portfolio on an open exchange. If implemented ... read more ...
Wed 4th February 2009
NameDrive Breached, Less Than 1% of Accounts Affected -
Breach exposes e-mails and passwords.
E-mail addresses and passwords for a limited number of NameDrive customers were obtained and posted in a hacker forum this month. The security breach just came to light today. NameDrive has responded by instituting new security measures including password resets:
We were alerted of a possible security breach affecting less than 1% of our accounts, although we have no indication that any unauthorized access was gained, we have ... read more ...
Wed 5th November 2008
NameDrive Offers 20% Domain Parking Bonus in November -
Domain parking company offers bonuses in November.
Domain name parking company NameDrive has announced bonus payouts for November parking revenue. Various bonuses apply to both existing and new customers:
– Clients earning more than $20 with NameDrive in November gets an extra 10% parking payout as a bonus. The minimum bonus will be $10.
– Existing clients who increases their NameDrive revenue in November compared to October will get a 20% bonus on the earnings ... read more ...
Fri 1st August 2008
5 Ways to Make More Money with Domain Parking -
As domain parking revenue drops, sitting around and complaining won’t do you any good.
Ask just about any domain owner and they’ll tell you domain parking revenue is down this year. There are a number of factors contributing to this, including changes by ad providers Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO). There are more changes on the way, too.
So what can you do about it? Here are five ways you can reinvigorate your domain name parking earnings.
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