Tag Archives: services

Thu 17th May 2012
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Oversee.net hires GM for $40M+ transport vertical - Oversee.net hires GM from online travel industry to run its travel network. Oversee.net has hired Raj Beri as General Manager of its travel vertical, the company announced today. Beri was previously Director and COO of IgoUgo, a travel site owned by Travelocity. The travel vertical is part of Oversee.net’s “vertical markets” business that includes fully developed web sites. Oversee.net is best known to domainers for its DomainSponsor domain parking service. Oversee.net’s ... read more ...
Tue 15th May 2012
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Review: Twitter self use promotion tool - A great way to boost your social presence, but light on analytics. I have a confession to make: I’ve been buying Twitter followers. 87 of them to date. It all started when I saw a promotional tweet from American Express offering $100 in Twitter advertising credits to small business owners that wanted to try out Twitter’s new self-serve tool. Never one to turn down free advertising, I followed Amex and responded to the offer. Twitter’s self serve advertising ... read more ...
Wed 28th March 2012
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Transpact drops escrow fees on U.S. dollar exchange (and it’s unequivocally cheap) - Escrow company’s already low fees drop for customers transacting in U.S. dollars. I know a couple things about Transpact: a handful of readers have used it for domain name escrow and its services are ridiculously inexpensive. Today I got an email from the company about a pricing change for U.S. dollar transactions. Transactions up to $2,500 are now $9.99 per party per transaction with a $15 payment fee for any U.S. dollar disbursement over $100. So basically any ... read more ...
Tue 20th March 2012
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Escrow.com taps in to DomainTools API - Escrow.com uses DomainTools’ API for faster and better escrow processing. Escrow.com has integrated DomainTools into its security and process systems using its API, the two companies announced today. DomainTools announced the formal release its API last July. Escrow.com’s integration, where it can tap into DomainTools database of whois records and other domain data, is a great example of how this can be leveraged: “Prior to partnering with DomainTools and leveraging ... read more ...
Tue 6th March 2012
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DomainTools is “most valuable” apparatus for investigate and domain management - Survey respondents vote for best domain tools…and choose the aptly named DomainTools. DomainTools is the most valuable tool in the domain business for research and management, according to a survey of over 1,000 people in this year’s Domain Name Wire survey. Survey takers were asked “Which software or hosted application is most valuable to your domain name business for research and management?” 28% of respondents selected DomainTools. That’s more than double ... read more ...
Mon 27th February 2012
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Escrow.com again ranked tip domain escrow service - Escrow.com is escrow service of choice for over half of domain investors. Escrow.com has once again been selected by domain investors as the top domain name escrow service. In the seventh annual Domain Name Wire Survey, 60% of the more than 1,000 survey respondents said Escrow.com was best. Here are the top 5 escrow services, as rated by survey respondents in January: 1. Escrow.com 60% 2. Sedo 11% 3. eCop 9% 4. Moniker 9% 5. EscrowDNS 6% Earlier this year Escrow.com ... read more ...
Fri 24th February 2012
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Survey: DNForum is tip domain forum - DNForum is rated “top domain forum”. DNForum once again finds itself on top of the Domain Name Wire annual survey for “best forum”. 54% of people who voted for a top forum selected DNForum as best, and then there was a big drop off from there. There’s a virtual three way tie for the second most popular forum. NamePros received the second highest vote total. Nipping at its heals is the private forum DomainBoardroom, and DomainState is just a couple votes ... read more ...
Thu 9th February 2012
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DOMAINfest assemblage was down, though still strong - Fewer people turn out to this year’s event but it remains the industry’s biggest conference. About 600 people attended last week’s DOMAINfest conference in Santa Monica. While down from previous years’ 700 attendees, it still makes it the largest conference in the domain name industry. Here’s why I think attendance was down by about a hundred… 1. Still sick from last year. Hey, the memories of last year’s sickness that afflicted 100+ people is still ... read more ...
Tue 7th February 2012
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6 questions about DOMAINfest answered - A look back at last week’s DOMAINfest conference. Before heading to DOMAINfest I posed six questions that would be answered by the end of the week. Here are the answers. 1. How will Oversee.net’s new leadership present itself? Just before the conference began, Oversee.net announced that co-presidents Debra Domeyer and Scott Morrow had been promoted to co-CEOs. I haven’t seen many “co-CEO” type situations end favorably, but they seem to be handling it well ... read more ...
Mon 30th January 2012
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6 questions to be answered during DOMAINFest this week - A preview of the week ahead in Santa Monica. The largest domain name conference, DOMAINfest, takes place in Santa Monica this week. There’s a lot to look for in the 2012 edition. Here are six questions that will be answered before the end of the week. 1. How will Oversee.net’s new leadership present itself? Oversee.net branded itself largely with former CEO Jeff Kupietzky. Now Oversee.net has new leadership with co-presidents Debra Domeyer and Scott Morrow. Domeyer ... read more ...
Fri 27th January 2012
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DOMAINfest “Dine with an expert” slots stuffing adult quickly - Opportunity to dine with DOMAINfest speakers quickly disappearing. Want some quality time with Brook Schaaf, John Morris, Lisa Box, Jay Weintraub, or Paul Nicks during DOMAINfest next week? Your easiest opportunity is no longer available. These are among the people who already have full tables for their “Dine with an Expert” session during the conference. Although I’m sure there will be other opportunities to chat with these experts, there are still a number ... read more ...
Thu 26th January 2012
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GoDaddy .Co Super Bowl blurb indication Natalia Velez to attend DOMAINfest - Colombian model to attend dinner party on February 1. DOMAINfest organizers have just announced that Columbian model Natalia Velez, who stars along with Danica Patrick and Jillian Michaels in a GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial this year, will attend the conference taking place in Santa Monica next week. Velez will be in person at the Petersen Automotive Museum for the conference’s SuperCars dinner party sponsored by .Co on February 1. Velez was recently unveiled as ... read more ...
Tue 24th January 2012
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UK-based Transpact offers domain escrow services - Another option for domain name escrow services. There are lots of options for domain name escrow services. One I just became aware of is Transpact.com based in the UK. Two things make Transpact interesting: its location and low fees. The company (Transpact is actually the trading name for Anpa Forward Ltd) is based in the UK and specializes in pound and euro transactions. It’s fees are also low and not based on a percentage of the transaction. The company charges ... read more ...
Mon 23rd January 2012
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Which domain forum is best? - Take this five minute survey. There’s been a bit of news in the domain name forum world recently, with NamePros selling to the owner of Bodis.com. Will that shake up the “ranking” of domain forums? You tell me… You have the opportunity to vote for the best domain name forum on the 7th annual Domain Name Wire Survey. Click here to take the survey. The survey has already received hundreds of responses, but I want to know your opinion. In addition to selecting ... read more ...
 
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New domain hunt to find accessible domains…fast - Lean Domain Search finds available domain names that include your search term. A couple years ago I wrote about domain finding tool Domain Pigeon. Creator Matt Mazur is back with a new tool to identify available domain names that include a specific keyword. Just type in a keyword and Lean Domain Search matches it with 1,000 words commonly used in domains. It then tells you which ones are available. I tried out multiple searches on the site and was impressed with ... read more ...
Fri 20th January 2012
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A demeanour during Escrow.com’s $1 billion miracle and new attorney tool - Escrow.com completes $1 billion in transactions and will soon release a tool for brokers. Escrow.com just hit a major milestone: $1 billion in completed transactions. I reached out to Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey to understand the path the company took to reach this milestone and the makeup of its current business. Abbey told me that Escrow.com started out with small transactions when it opened its doors in 1999. An actual example: 10 Garnet Ovals at $1.99 a ... read more ...
Thu 19th January 2012
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SOPA and PIPA web site protests memorialized on Screenshots.com - Screenshots.com captures yesterday’s web site blackouts. Screenshots.com has forever captured many of the web site “blackouts” put in place yesterday in opposition to the SOPA and PIPA bills. On one page you can see over 50 screenshots of protests. It includes sites you probably saw (Wikipedia) and ones you probably didn’t (PopCultureMadness.com). You can also click on each screenshot to see how the site looked before the protest. Screenshots.com is a standalone ... read more ...
Tue 17th January 2012
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Afilias buys .Pro registry (and some tentative TLD trademarks) - Afilias acquires RegistryPRO. Afilias has purchased Registry Services Corporation (d.b.a. RegistryPRO), which operates the .pro top level domain, from Hostway Corporation. .Pro has an interesting history. When .pro first launched the only way you could register a domain was at the third level. You were required to show credentials for each second level your domain was under, such as .law. In 2005 domain registrar Encirca started offering a controversial service ... read more ...
Thu 12th January 2012
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Octane360 founders start amicable media agency - After cashing out to Local.com, Octane360 founders return to agency roots. The founders of geo domain monetization platform Octane360 have returned to their agency roots with a new social media agency Next Step Social. Adam Rioux and Mark Roah founded Octane360 back in 2006 and sold it to publicly traded Local.com (NASDAQ: LOCM) in 2010. They left Local.com at the beginning of last summer and just recently hatched Next Step Social. The agency helps brands, athletes, ... read more ...
 
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DOMAINfest brings behind “Dine With an Expert” - A great opportunity for an hour of quality time with an expert. One of the more successful features of DOMAINfest is “Dine With an Expert”. It’s an opportunity to have breakfast or lunch with one of the conference speakers. A lot of the speakers at this year’s event aren’t from the domain industry, including SEO experts and lead gen pros. That means this is a great opportunity to basically get a free hour with these experts to pick their brains. You can ... read more ...
Wed 11th January 2012
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DomainIncite launches subscription service - DomainIncite Pro offers in-depth research on the domain name industry. DomainIncite has launched a subscription service called DomainIncite Pro. The service provides in-depth domain industry analysis and research. For example, current reports on the site include analysis of how .co was relaunched, Five thousand strings that could get your gTLD application rejected, and a domain name sales database. I think this is a smart move from DomainIncite’s founder, Kevin ... read more ...
Wed 4th January 2012
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DomainTools gets dual trademarks - Domain and web hosting data company gets trademarks for “DomainTools”. Remember when DomainTools was called (the much less desirable) whois.sc? It was shorter, but running a domain name business on a Seychelles ccTLD is no bueno. It changed its name in 2006 to DomainTools and today was awarded two trademarks on its brand. Trademark registration number 4,079,040 covers “DomainTools” for several uses, including “Downloadable computer software for providing ... read more ...
 
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Sedo ideally executes trade uncover marketing - Major props to Sedo for a cool promotion at AdTech. I’ve written several “Domain Dunce” posts over the past week. Perhaps a “domain accolades” in in order. In November Sedo attended AdTech in New York City and executed what I believe to be a perfect trade show promotion. At the same time it promoted the value of buying a good domain name to thousands of ad industry professionals. The basis of the promotion was a “guess the value” contest. People who ... read more ...
Wed 28th December 2011
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DOMAINfest bonus ends Saturday - Ticket price increases $100 on January 1. The price of admission to Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest conference next month increases on Sunday. Tickets are currently $1,195 and the price increases to $1,295 Sunday. DOMAINfest kicks off January 31, 2012 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel Bungalows in Santa Monica, California. Surprisingly, it appears there are still rooms available at the hotel, although it sells out every year for this event. Admission includes three meals ... read more ...
Tue 6th December 2011
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DomainTools gives spotlight to screenshots with Screenshots.com - Company launches dedicated site for historical screenshots. We all know that DomainTools is a domain name treasure trove. But few people know how extensive the data is. Sometimes the company highlights it with a dedicated site such as DailyChanges.com for nameserver changes. Today it launched Screenshots.com, a standalone site to highlight its historical screenshots of millions of domain names. Any domainer should give the company credit for the great domain name. ... read more ...