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New TLDs Shaking Up Domaining?
about 1 week ago - No comments
Don’t know if you’ve noticed but the quality of domains on auction at Domainfest, TRAFFIC and other online marketplaces has improved dramatically. On offer earlier this month were Stocks.com, Quotes.com, Alcohol.com XXX.com, Cable.com, Rate.com, Artist.com, Hamburgers.com, Koran.com, Patents.com and many more! Up at TRAFFIC are such blockbusters like UI.com, DA.com, BS.com, Lover.net, HomeSchooling.com, Mouse.com, Lifts.com
Sedo’s Q2 Sales Figures and the story they tell!
about 2 weeks ago - 1 comment
Sedo’s Q2 2010 Sales Figures are a factual take on the state of extensions in terms of sales. One of the most important metrics for domain name investors. Not many surprises in the gTLD scene, sales are almost directly proportional to the % of registrations. gTLD % Sales % Registrations Saleability Index .COM 74% 75.85%
The .TV Relaunch
about 5 months ago - No comments
As you must already be aware from the recent reports, Enom and Verisign have decided to remove premium annual renewal fees on unregistered domains which they had held back for the last ten years and make them available to investors for a flat one time fee and standard renewal thereafter. They re-classified a lot of
ccTLDs lead from the front!
about 7 months ago - No comments
Everyone seems to have woken up to ccTLD investments all of a sudden. The big ticket sales in 2009 – 2010 have really seem to peaked an interest in ccTLDs from all over the world. Specially since these chart breaking sales are seen in the Global contenders charts now, instead of just the ccTLD charts
Sedo’s New Fee Structure Explained
about 7 months ago - 4 comments
A lot of people seem to be asking about Sedo’s new fee structure. Specially now that they charge a flat fee if the domain is not parked with them AND not with a fixed fee. I did some digging on their new price list and though not comprehensive, here are the results. Parked and Fixed
The BIDO Update
about 8 months ago - 1 comment
I’m sure all of you must have received the updates from Bido about the latest updates that it has undergone. The whole site layout has been changed to make it easier for you to see what domains are in auction. I’ll try and explain what I understand from the updates. Voting Credits Think the most
Domain News Roundup
about 10 months ago - No comments
a. Funniest domain blog on the planet – Domain Gang – nothing is real, everything is funny and the writer seems to be on the good stuff. Hats off, good job. Nice racy style, lots of fun reading. b. Sedo’s $50 commission is the new minimum commission. The rules for selling at a flat 10%
In other news…
about 11 months ago - No comments
Bido finally got their validation system done the right way. Emails for validation. Still a little buggy, press ‘resend email’ once and the system sends it 3 times :p But at least you’re spared the pain of adding the bido code to each and every domain. Now if they can only figure out whois validation
Major changes to Bido
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
Just got an email today from Bido outlining major changes they’re making to the auction platform. It sure looks like that they have thought this out in totality and it certainly looks like it could be a good profit center. Here is the entire email followed by my comments: We’ve just released a few new
The .Pro Opportunity
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
One of the most under registered stlds out there with the maximum brand value is .Pro – only 40k or so names registered. Lots of top keywords available as well as some good geos. Plenty of opportunity there for people to invest in a global top level domain, even if it is sponsored. Though .Pro
