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Posts tagged Domain Name
Sedo’s Q2 Sales Figures and the story they tell!
Aug 16th
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% 0.97 .NET 12% 11.29% 1.06 .ORG 7% 7.21% 0.97 .INFO 5% 5.65% 0.88 .BIZ 2% 1.77% 1.13Ironic that .biz has the highest index considering how many domain investors consider it inferior to the other 4 top gTLDs.
The ccTLD sales were quite a revelation though, sales figures tell More >
Forget Domains, buy a TLD!
Jun 25th
ICANN’s Paris conference has thrown up some interesting ideas and questions, chief among them has been the possibility of introducing thousands of new TLDs on a pay and play basis. This BBC News Story has the crux of the issue.
What they’re essentially saying is that anyone willing to fork out between $39,000 – $390,000 for a TLD could possibly buy their own! What this means is that if I had the money and the inclination – I could buy and promote .mwzd (not really, merely an example ) and Coke could get .coke and Ebay could get .ebay, ad nauseam.
My first More >
Inside the mind of a Domain Seller
May 30th
Rick Latona has written a great series of articles on his site entitled “What makes a domain name sellable“. Its a very interesting, straightforward insight into the mind of one of the most successful domain sellers out there. His approach is hard core business minded which is perfect for this trade, which can lead people astray at times.
It’s a four part article that lays it out -
Part 1 -
I have one question that I ask myself that is more important to me than any other question. What sort of website would be put on the name? When buyers buy a name More >
