Tag Archives: Oversee.net

Fri 14th November 2008
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Ng Steps Down, Kupietzky Promoted to President of Oversee.net - Kupietzky promoted, Ng to leave CEO position and become Chairman of Board. Jeff Kupietzky Domain Name Wire has learned that later today Oversee.net will announce that Jeff Kupietzky has been named President of the company. Oversee.net is parent company of DomainSponsor, Moniker, and SnapNames. Kupietzky had been Executive Vice President as well as General Manager for DomainSponsor. Kupietzky will take over day-to-day operations as Oversee.net co-founder Lawrence ... read more ...
Wed 5th November 2008
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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 17th October 2008
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Overseeing a Domain Name World - A visit with domain giant Oversee.net in its L.A. headquarters shows how the domain world is growing up. View from Oversee.net’s lobby. When you get off the elevator at floor 44 of 515 S. Flower St, you see sweeping views of Los Angeles, trendy furniture, and glass-enclosed conference rooms. You might think you’re in the office of an advertising agency or prestigious consulting company. You certainly wouldn’t think you were at the headquarters of a company ... read more ...
 
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DomainSponsor Gears adult for DOMAINfest Global 2009 - DomainSponsor betting big on DOMAINfest Global conference. DomainSponsor is betting a million dollars on DOMAINfest Global 2009, the domain name parking company’s domain conference. It will take place in Hollywood, California January 28-30. I sat down with Oversee.net (parent company of DomainSponsor) marketing manager Vivian Tran and director of marketing Aaron Kvitek yesterday to discuss what’s in store for next year’s event. After putting on a number of ... read more ...
Fri 10th October 2008
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Strong Domain Registrars Will Win in Downturn - Cash-rich domain name registrars can take advantage of economic downturn. In any economic downturn, the strong companies come out ahead and the weak ones die. The same thing will happen in the domain registrar business over the next few years. Cash-rich domain registrars will be able to buy flailing registrars for pennies on the dollar. Even if domain registration rates remain strong, registrars that over leveraged themselves, created inefficient organizations, ... read more ...
Tue 2nd September 2008
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Domain Companies Need to Increase “Switching Costs” - The road to profits lies in an integrated approach to domain management. In the domain business there are low “switching costs”. A switching cost is the time and money you incur to change service providers. Consider domain parking, where you can move 1,000 domains from one parking company to another in about 15 minutes. Even switching registrars is relatively painless compared to many other service provider changes you do in the “offline” world. To see ... read more ...
Mon 18th August 2008
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Analysis: Oversee.net Cutbacks a Sign of a Times - Oversee cuts 10%; domain companies need to tighten the ship. It’s never fun when companies lay off staff. The first company I worked for out of college called a Saturday meeting to lay off 33% of the company. Worse, I was on the finance team that had to figure out how much fat to cut. The news today that Oversee.net cut 10% of its staff isn’t a big surprise to me for a number of reasons: 1. The company acquired Moniker and SnapNames. There are overlapping roles ... read more ...
Fri 8th August 2008
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BJ.com Sells for $200,000 - Domain sells at InterNext Auction this afternoon. Perhaps the adult entertainment industry is seeing an uptick in business as the economy heads the other way. Moniker’s live adult domain name auction at InterNext in Hollywood Florida is underway and it has already sold more money worth of domains than the company’s last auction through about 2/3 of the domains. BJ.com sold for $200,000, Shemales.net sold for $60,000, [redacted].net $90,000, and Sluts.net $58,000. ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2008
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Moniker Sends Silent Auctions to SnapNames - Move will increase audience for silent auction domains. Moniker announced that it will now use the SnapNames platform for auctioning domains in its silent auctions. Previously, silent auctions were held on Moniker’s online platform which required a separate login and access code. By moving to SnapNames, silent auction domains should get more attention and ultimately sell for more. Other benefits include: -SnapNames customers will no longer have to login to multiple ... read more ...
Tue 8th July 2008
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Monte Cahn Leads Aftermarket Business during Oversee.net - Moniker CEO expands role at new parent company. Oversee.net’s Monte Cahn speaks at a TRAFFIC conference. Photo courtesy DNJournal. Moniker CEO Monte Cahn has expanded his role after his company was acquired by Oversee.net. Cahn is now spearheading the Aftermarket Registrar business division at Oversee.net. I recently caught up with Cahn and Oversee.net to understand what this division entails and what’s in store for the future. Domain Name Wire: What does ... read more ...
Wed 21st May 2008
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Review: “The Domain Game” Book Released - Long-awaited book about the domain name industry released today. What do you get when you take current reporting about the domain name industry, put it into the hands of an accomplished journalist, and give him a year to research and write about it? You get The Domain Game, the most thoroughly researched and interesting coverage of the domain name industry ever printed. Author David Kesmodel was introduced to the domain name industry while writing a few articles ... read more ...
Wed 7th May 2008
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Survey: SnapNames Still King of Expired Domain Names - Despite a turbulent year, SnapNames is still #1 for expired domains. 37% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s third annual domain survey use SnapNames more often than other expired domain catching services. This is the third year in a row that SnapNames had led the charts, despite a very challenging year for the service. After being acquired by Oversee.net, SnapNames lost key registrars Network Solutions and eNom. The two registrars formed a competing drop catcher ... read more ...
Fri 22nd February 2008
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Survey Focus: Which Major Domain Conference is Best? - Survey asks domainers to pick the best domain conference. TRAFFIC, Domain Roundtable, DomainFEST, GeoDomain…which is best? That’s just one of the new questions on this year’s Domain Name Wire survey. (If you haven’t participated yet, click here.) Here’s a quick run down of the various domain conferences: TRAFFIC – It’s actually spelled T.R.A.F.F.I.C., but that’s one pain to type out. Seriously though, TRAFFIC can be credited with kicking off a wave ... read more ...
Tue 29th January 2008
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TrafficClub Closing Its Doors - Parking aggregater to shut down service at end of month. Moniker’s TrafficClub will shut its doors at the end of the month. TrafficClub allowed customers to maximize revenue from parked domains without moving domains between different parking companies. Traffic to domains was split tested across various parking services and eventually shown more on the feeds that had higher RPMs. The service was not without controversy. Last year DomainSponsor, citing a policy ... read more ...
Tue 15th January 2008
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Oversee.net Receives $150M Investment from Oak Hill Capital Partners - Domain company continues aggressive growth; receives $150M investment. Oversee.net, parent company of DomainSponsor, SnapNames, and Moniker, expects to close a $150M investment round with Oak Hill Capital Partners by the end of the month. Oversee.net has been on an aggressive growth trajectory over the past year. In January 2007, the company scored a $60M line of credit from Bank of America. This was partially used to purchase SnapNames this past summer. Earlier ... read more ...
Thu 10th January 2008
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Top Domain Name News Stories of 2007 - A look back at a watershed year for domains. It’s time again for Domain Name Wire’s annual roundup of the domain industry. In 2006, the top stories were surging domain values and major investors entering the market. This year includes some familiar stories, but also includes new trends in the industry. 7. Registries increase prices. We new it was going to happen, but it still hurts. This year VeriSign increased the wholesale price of .com domains by 7% and ... read more ...