Tag Archives: smartname

Sat 15th February 2014
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Afternic changes remuneration thresholds, ends Park & Sell remission program - Payment thresholds change for sales and parking platforms and rebate program ends. Afternic and domain name parking platform SmartName have changed their payment thresholds and options in the wake of GoDaddy’s acquisition. Afternic has also quietly shuttered its Park Sell rebate program. Payments For Afternic, the minimum domain sales payout for international wires is now $10,000 or more and comes with a $45 processing fee. Checks ($25 processing fee), PayPal, ... read more ...
Thu 19th September 2013
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Breaking: GoDaddy acquires Afternic from NameMedia - Acquisition will make it easier for customers to buy domain names that are already registered. GoDaddy has acquired domain name sales platform Afternic from NameMedia in a move that will make it easier for people to buy domain names that are already registered. The acquisition also includes NameMedia’s domain name parking platform SmartName. The BuyDomains.com site and NameMedia’s domain name portfolio are not part of the acquisition. A simpler domain name purchase ... read more ...
Fri 30th August 2013
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Domain parking: reduction is more? - SmartName drops most templates to focus on the best performing ones. It used to be that domain name parking companies bragged about how many templates they had. The templates had different ad locations, fonts, and most importantly, graphics related to the domain name’s topic. Which is why I find a recent move by SmartName/Afternic interesting. The company is dropping many of its templates and will stick with just five (see graphic). In a notice sent to clients, ... read more ...
Tue 7th September 2010
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DNW Certified Stats Now Compatible with SmartName - Another domain name parking service added to stats sharing system. This past year has been a big one for domain name parking service SmartName. It has combined all of its parking brands into one as well as rolled out (or enhanced) both SmartName Shops and a content parking solution. Apparently a lot of people are using SmartName these days, as I’ve received lots of requests to add the service to DNW Certified Stats. The day has arrived — now you can use DNW ... read more ...
Tue 13th April 2010
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5 Alternatives to Traditional Domain Name Parking - Parking revenue got you down? Here are 5 alternatives to try. Here are five alternatives to traditional pay-per-click domain parking. RootOrange – RootOrange will lease your domain name on a local basis to multiple parties. In theory, this leasing will provide you with a steady income stream that should top what you can achieve by using the domain at an international-only level. Check out DivorceLawyer.com for an example. Shopping Feeds – if you have a product ... read more ...
Wed 3rd February 2010
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GoldKey Domain Sold, Customers Need to Change DNS - NameMedia sells domain name from legacy domain parking service. NameMedia has been merging its domain parking platforms for a couple months, but a number of domain owners have yet to make necessary changes to their domains on the NameMedia platform. In particular, GoldKey and ActiveAudience accounts have been upgraded to SmartName. NameMedia sold the Goldkey.com domain name at the beginning of the year, meaning that domains parked on ns1.goldkey.com are no longer ... read more ...
Sun 24th January 2010
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SmartName Launches Content Site System, Upgrades Accounts - NameMedia launches SEO-friendly content system and upgrades domain name parking accounts. Domain name parking company SmartName has launched a new content parking system, and has upgraded GoldKey and ActiveAudience accounts to take advantage of the new system. The new content system enables domain owners to create content-filled web sites on their domain names with the click of a few buttons. The content web sites pull in external news and blog feeds and create a ... read more ...
Wed 10th June 2009
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Check NameMedia Parking Stats on iPhone App - Apps let you check stats on all three NameMedia platforms. On Monday Cortnee Gunn, a NameMedia domain parking account manager based in Austin, stopped by my office to show me the company’s latest parking innovations. If it seemed that NameMedia and its parking companies — GoldKey, ActiveAudience, and Smartname — fell off the earth for a while, that’s because the company was dealing with its initial public offering quiet period. With the IPO called off, ... read more ...
Tue 17th February 2009
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NameMedia Upgrades Parking Platform - NameMedia improves stats and landers for its three domain parking programs. NameMedia, parent company of BuyDomains and Afternic, has released several improvements to its three domain name parking platforms: GoldKey, ActiveAudience, and SmartName. The improvements span three areas: 1. Reporting – improvements to reduce timeout issues and site downtime and improvements to data discrepancy reporting. This includes a move to a new data center as well as database ... read more ...
Mon 9th February 2009
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Fabulous Follows a 80/20 Rule - Parking company moves to invite only model. Domain parking company and domain registrar Fabulous is no longer accepting web applications for its domain name parking services and wholesale registration accounts. It will only accept referrals going forward. In fact, the sign-up button at Fabulous.com has been removed. (Fabulous customers who wish to transfer domains to buyers can send them a link to open a retail account). You’re going to start seeing more of this ... read more ...
Sat 22nd November 2008
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Reports: NameMedia Lays Off 30 - Unconfirmed reports suggest domain giant has laid off 30 people. [Updated]Xconomy is citing unconfirmed reports that NameMedia, parent company of Afternic and BuyDomains, has laid off 30 employees. Please note that Xconomy has been unable to confirm the layoffs as of yet. I have reached out to multiple employees at NameMedia and will update this post as more information becomes available. As of September 2007 the company had 136 employees according to SEC filings. NameMedia ... read more ...
Mon 25th August 2008
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GoldKey Gets Phished - Domain parking service hit with phishing attack. Domain parking service GoldKey.com was hit with a phishing attack earlier today. The perpetrator apparently used the typo domain goldKay.com to capture customer logins. The domain GoldKay.com was registered at NameCheap yesterday and is no longer resolving to a web site. GoldKey is one of three domain parking services owned by Name Media. Its other parking services include Active Audience and SmartName. This isn’t ... read more ...