Tag Archives: services

Mon 20th October 2008
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Another Example of Why Mainstream Media Still Exists - Wholly inaccurate article on TechCrunch shows why we still trust the Wall Street Journal more than blogs. A lot of people think the days of print publications are limited. “Blogs are much more cost effective and citizen journalists are just as good as mainstream journalists”, the argument goes. I respectfully disagree. There’s a reason people pay more attention to the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal than the random musings of a blogger or some guy ... read more ...
Fri 17th October 2008
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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 ...
Thu 2nd October 2008
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DomainSponsor Speaks Common Sense - Domain parking company speaks out in favor of ad feed provider changes. In its latest newsletter to clients, DomainSponsor discusses changes at its ad provider (Google). As you may know, Google has been “cleaning up” the domain channel (Google’s words, not mine). This means focusing on quality traffic and cutting (or discounting) the rest. So far I’ve seen a lot of domain parking companies nod grudgingly about how this is necessary for the long term of ... read more ...
Wed 1st October 2008
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How’s a Financial Climate for Domains? - A domain parking update from ParkQuick’s Leonard Holmes. by Leonard Holmes, ParkQuick There has been some debate on how the current banking and financial crisis is affecting the domain industry.  Whether or not this specific crisis affects domains, the general economic slow-down is definitely having an effect.  While $2,000,000 $3,000,000 did change hands in Moniker’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York live domain auctions, this is down from $10,000,000 ... read more ...
Mon 29th September 2008
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Cricket.com Takes Shape; Live Current Announces New Deal - Live Current Media continues to grow cricket channel. Live Current Media (OTC: livc.ob), formerly Communicate.com, owns category killer domains such as Perfume.com, Boxing.com, and Brazil.com, but it’s looking more like a cricket media company than anything else. The company just announced a new cricket site in agreement with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (“BCCI”): bcci.tv. That is in addition to its existing Indian Premier League web site ... read more ...
Fri 19th September 2008
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CJU Affiliate Event Wraps Up in Santa Barbara - Commission Junction University, an affiliate event by CJ.com, was held this week in Santa Barbara, CA. [Editor’s note: the team at Zilker Ventures, an online marketing and affiliate company, are frequent readers of Domain Name Wire. Zilker creates web sites such as FaxCompare.com, which offers email fax reviews. The company was at CJ University, an affiliate even hosted by Commission Junction this week. Here’s a wrap-up of the event courtesy of Zilker COO Leo ... read more ...
Wed 17th September 2008
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TRAFFIC Comes to New York in Perilous Times - TRAFFIC hits New York next week during a rough time for the city. New York City is the center of the financial universe, and life isn’t grand right now. This September has been very rough for the financial markets and firms headquartered just across the Brooklyn Bridge from the Marriott where TRAFFIC will take place. What will the mood be at the show? The domain market isn’t as hot as last time the show rolled into New York, but will the stock market crash and ... read more ...
Thu 11th September 2008
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mobiSiteGalore Creates Mobile Web Sites Fast - Online site builder makes creating .mobi-compliant web sites easy. Any premium .mobi domain name owners worried about creating their .mobi web sites by the compliance deadline need not worry — they can make them in about 10 minutes with a free online tool. I initially didn’t pay much attention to mobiSiteGalore, an online web site builder that builds mobi compliant web sites. But this week I saw an announcement that it now lets you create mobile web sites by ... read more ...
Wed 10th September 2008
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Rick Latona Auctions Teams adult With Domain Capital - Latona inks agreement with Domain Capital to provide financing. Rick Latona has partnered with Domain Capital to provide financing for domains purchased through his newsletter and Rick Latona Auctions, LLC (which will be holding a live auction at this month’s TRAFFIC show). Additionally, Latona is paying 10% of the down payment on domains he sells when financed through Domain Capital. In a press release, Latona noted that Domain Capital typically requires a 40% ... read more ...
Wed 3rd September 2008
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DNForum and Domaining.com Launch e-Newsletters - Two popular domain name sites start e-mail newsletters. DNForum and Domaining.com are now e-mailing updates to registered users. DNForum is one of the oldest and largest online forums about domain names with over 60,000 registered members. Its first newsletter just arrived in my inbox yesterday. Future plans call for the newsletter to be delivered on the 1st and 16th of each month. The newsletter will include a profile of a DNForum member as well as suggested domain ... 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 ...
Wed 20th August 2008
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September Modern Domainer Ships Next Week - Latest issue tips scales at over 125 pages. The September issue of Modern Domainer magazine will start shipping Monday, and this issue is a monster at over 125 pages. The main feature is the second in the two-part series “Domainer’s Blog Bible”, which includes selected posts from Domain Name Wire. I’m happy with the selections Modern Domainer chose as it will re-introduce some topics that haven’t been discussed much lately. Please be sure to read the ... 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 ...
Thu 14th August 2008
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TRAFFIC, TrafficZ Offer Two Nights Hotel Free - Promo worth $600 in hotel fees. TrafficZ and TRAFFIC are offering 2 free nights at the Marriott for next month’s TRAFFIC conference if you register for the conference by August 20. To take advantage of this offer, register for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York by visiting TargetedTraffic.com and reserve your hotel room from the link provided on the site. Once you have received a hotel confirmation number, email the confirmation, along with your name, to RSVP@TrafficZ.com. ... read more ...
Tue 5th August 2008
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Domain Roundtable Goes to Washington - Hi Andrew, As always, I respect your opinion and I think your blog is at the top of the list in importance to any domain investor. Your news site is a MUST READ for all domainers, and I’ve been a reader and supporter of your blogsite since 2005. I feature your website in my blogroll at my blog, Successclick.com. (I noticed that you have yet to reciprocate *ahem*) However, your article has an unfair negative spin on it, and it needs to be addressed. Spending time on this commentary ... read more ...
Tue 29th July 2008
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Are You Going to TRAFFIC NYC? - TRAFFIC New York City is just a couple months away. The next TRAFFIC domain name conference takes place in New York City September 23-26. The show will feature 5 different domain auctioneers selling domains, a major change from previous events. If you’re thinking about going, the deadline for the reduced fee of $1795 is this Thursday, July 31. With that in mind, are you planning to attend the show? Please submit your answer in the poll below and add a comment ... read more ...
 
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Matt Bentley Leaving Sedo - Long time employee leaving, will retain consulting role. Sedo Chief Strategy Officer Matt Bentley is leaving the company, Sedo announced today. The move is effective the end of this month. Bentley joined Sedo in 2002 as Director of International Operations. He was one of the first dozen people at the company and was CEO of Sedo.com (the U.S. subsidiary) for two years. Bentley was a familiar face at domain conferences, and it will be interesting to see if he hangs ... read more ...
Mon 28th July 2008
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NameTumbler Helps with GeoDomain Mining - Tool makes it easy to find geo-related domains (and more). Every once in a while a new domain tool comes out and you don’t get around to using it. The buzz subsides and you never realize what you’ve missed. That’s what happened to me with NameTumbler, a free tool from WhyPark. You see, I’m a closet geo domainer. I’ve been buying city/state____.com domains for a couple years. To find available domains I created a spreadsheet of top cities and all 50 ... read more ...
Fri 25th July 2008
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Domain Developers Turn to Search Engine Optimization - Buy domain. Develop. Then what? As domainers turn to development to monetize their domains, they may be discouraged to find the revenue on their developed sites not meeting expectations. Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as developing mini-sites or full-fledged web sites, launching them, and letting the checks roll in. That’s when search engine optimization (SEO) comes into the picture. I’ve always been turned off by the SEO business because it seems so ... read more ...
Thu 24th July 2008
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Domain and Search Tools Integrate New Google Data - Popular software programs tap into new Google search count data. A couple weeks ago Google launched a new “Overture score” type of tool that lets you see estimated search counts for keywords. (See Google Releases “Overture Score”-Like Tool.) Tool providers that cater to the search and domain businesses have been working overtime to use the new data in their systems. One of the tools that now uses the Google data is Adword Analyzer. This software pulls ... read more ...
Mon 14th July 2008
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Wrap: 2008 GeoDomain Expo A Big Success - A look back at Associated Cities’ 2008 show. Sunday morning I woke up at the W Hotel in Chicago and wandered out to grab breakfast. It was a beautiful morning, about 70 degrees and sunny. As I walked the streets of Chicago it gave me time to reflect on the past couple days at the GeoDomain Conference. Overall, the show was a huge success. A tip of the hat to Patrick Carleton and Associated Cities for putting together a solid show in a short time frame. It was ... read more ...
Sat 12th July 2008
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Overheard during GeoDomain Expo: TrafficZ, Moniker Auction - A summary of news coming out of the GeoDomain Expo in Chicago so far. I’ve been at the GeoDomain Expo in Chicago for about 24 hours now and it’s been a fast-paced event. Here’s a summary of what’s been going on: There are about 200 people at the conference, far surpassing previous GeoDomain Expos. As one person commented to me on the trolley ride to the TrafficZ party last night, “The mood here is far more upbeat than at regular domain conferences.” ... read more ...
Wed 9th July 2008
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Free User Interface Advice for Domain Companies - Domain companies aren’t known for good user interfaces. Here are a few suggestions to help. A user interface designer charges a couple hundred bucks an hour to help companies improve user experience at their web sites. I’m not a UI designer, but I do have some free advice for a few domain companies. Disclaimer: advice is worth what you pay for it. Sedo – Sedo runs perhaps the most successful online auctions. But I get frustrated looking through the list ... read more ...
 
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Google Releases “Overture Score”-Like Tool - Enhancement to keyword tool provides domainers with more accurate tool to forecast domain traffic. “Three cheers for Google!” That’s not something you hear many domainers say these days. But Google has just released a new feature on its Keyword Tool that will bring a smile to domainers’ faces: search volumes. The tools is similar to the famed Overture inventory tool that showed you how many times someone searched for a particular keyword or domain. For example, ... 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 ...