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Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest Enters the Post-Playboy Era
Next DOMAINfest Global conference just a few months away. For three years DOMAINfest has been defined by a single event: its party at the Playboy Mansion. Don’t get me wrong. The conferences were great and packed with excellent sessions. But wh...
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DOMAINfest Enters the Post-Playboy Era
Next DOMAINfest Global conference just a few months away. For three years DOMAINfest has been defined by a single event: its party at the Playboy Mansion. Don’t get me wrong. The conferences were great and packed with excellent sessions. But wh...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 1:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Retail CPCs Up, Finance Clicks Cost Less
How are your parking pages doing? If you’ve noticed your finance parked domains are hitting headwinds lately, you won’t be surprised by new data released today by Efficient Frontier. Efficient Frontier, which manages some of the biggest p...
Discussion
Retail CPCs Up, Finance Clicks Cost Less
How are your parking pages doing? If you’ve noticed your finance parked domains are hitting headwinds lately, you won’t be surprised by new data released today by Efficient Frontier. Efficient Frontier, which manages some of the biggest p...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 12:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Real o.co Lesson
Branding a new domain name — and especially a new top level domain — takes a long time. News that Overstock.com, err, o.co, is slowing down its efforts to rebrand to o.co, didn’t come as a big surprise to me. Too drastic. Too fast. ...
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The Real o.co Lesson
Branding a new domain name — and especially a new top level domain — takes a long time. News that Overstock.com, err, o.co, is slowing down its efforts to rebrand to o.co, didn’t come as a big surprise to me. Too drastic. Too fast. ...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 10:02 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions Now Autotransferring and Paying in 5 Days
Easier transfers and faster payments. I sold the domain name EnglishDesk.com on Go Daddy a week ago, and have benefited first hand from changes made to GoDaddy Auctions. Domain Name News first wrote about the changes a few weeks ago. For a domain nam...
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GoDaddy Auctions Now Autotransferring and Paying in 5 Days
Easier transfers and faster payments. I sold the domain name EnglishDesk.com on Go Daddy a week ago, and have benefited first hand from changes made to GoDaddy Auctions. Domain Name News first wrote about the changes a few weeks ago. For a domain nam...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 9:32 am
Elliot's Blog
VU.com Sells for $700,000
I read a press release this morning announcing that the VU.com domain name and website sold for $700,000 last week. Canada-based Virtual Universe Corporation reached a deal with US-based Mortgage Research Center, LLC on November 9, 2011. From my pers...
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VU.com Sells for $700,000
I read a press release this morning announcing that the VU.com domain name and website sold for $700,000 last week. Canada-based Virtual Universe Corporation reached a deal with US-based Mortgage Research Center, LLC on November 9, 2011. From my pers...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 9:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Why CRIDO Has No Cred
Lead organization knew about new TLDs but did nothing about it. Last week a large group formed to pressure the U.S. government for help in its opposition to new top level domain names. Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (CRIDO) inclu...
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Why CRIDO Has No Cred
Lead organization knew about new TLDs but did nothing about it. Last week a large group formed to pressure the U.S. government for help in its opposition to new top level domain names. Coalition for Responsible Internet Domain Oversight (CRIDO) inclu...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 9:09 am
Domain Shane
Monday’s Big List of Domains at Auction and Dropping 11/14/11
Anyone else already getting tired of all the Christmas ads? Black Friday, Turkey Thursday. I feel like an old man but this year we added another week to Christmas now making it 8 weeks long. Maybe I need a vacation which works...
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Monday’s Big List of Domains at Auction and Dropping 11/14/11
Anyone else already getting tired of all the Christmas ads? Black Friday, Turkey Thursday. I feel like an old man but this year we added another week to Christmas now making it 8 weeks long. Maybe I need a vacation which works...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 3:02 am
IDN Blog
The Biggest Threat to IDN.IDN gTLDs
I first learned about it by reading a Forbes article making the rounds (here) at the end of September. Bob Liodice, president and CEO of the Association of National Advertisers (“ANA”) authored the article, which is entitled “How to...
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The Biggest Threat to IDN.IDN gTLDs
I first learned about it by reading a Forbes article making the rounds (here) at the end of September. Bob Liodice, president and CEO of the Association of National Advertisers (“ANA”) authored the article, which is entitled “How to...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 1:07 am
DomainSherpa
Stop Parking Domains and Build a Real Business – With Adam Dicker
With domain parking revenue dying or dead, how can a domain name investor take their best asset and turn it into a lead-generation business?Listen in as Adam Dicker, a recent inductee into the Domain Hall of Fame, shares his tactics for spotting oppo...
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Stop Parking Domains and Build a Real Business – With Adam Dicker
With domain parking revenue dying or dead, how can a domain name investor take their best asset and turn it into a lead-generation business?Listen in as Adam Dicker, a recent inductee into the Domain Hall of Fame, shares his tactics for spotting oppo...
Discussion
November 14, 2011, 12:00 am
Domain Shane
A Little Less O dot co: Overstock Changing Back to Overstock.com
In a not so surprising move, retailer Overstock has decided that changing its name to O.co was not a good business move and that they “moved too fast”. According to Advertising Age, “The online retailer’s president, Jona...
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A Little Less O dot co: Overstock Changing Back to Overstock.com
In a not so surprising move, retailer Overstock has decided that changing its name to O.co was not a good business move and that they “moved too fast”. According to Advertising Age, “The online retailer’s president, Jona...
Discussion
November 13, 2011, 8:57 pm
