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Godaddy Drops Commission On Auction Sales From 15% to 10% A Month After Raising Them From 5%
Back on June 13th we wrote a post calling out Godaddy.com for tripling the commission they were charging their customers for auction sales from at that time 5% to 15% without first notifying their customers. Today Godaddy let us know that they were r...
Discussion
July 28, 2011, 11:38 am
The Domains
The Domains
Flippa.com Report On State of the Website Economy: Focus on Website Domains
Flippa.com put out this morning a new report called “State of the Website Economy: Focus On WebSite Domains“, and its pretty interesting. Flippa say’s they have sold $50 Million dollars worth of Websites and has the “largest s...
Discussion
July 28, 2011, 8:37 am
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The Domains
New Study: How Do Click Through Rates Vary On SEO Position: How Many More Clicks Does #1 Ranking Get You?
MediaPost.com is reporting on A study released Monday from Slingshot looks at how SEO position effects click through rates (CTR). According to a Press Release by the Company it is the biggest study on the subject in 5 years. The study found that havi...
Discussion
July 27, 2011, 10:06 pm
The Domains
The Domains
Afternic DLS Sales Up 94% This Year
Earlier today Sedo issued its 2nd Quarter report. This afternoon Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) issued its report for the 1st half of 2011 and announced a 94% jump in year-over-year sales volume for the first half of 2011, marking the ...
Discussion
July 27, 2011, 5:37 pm
The Domains
The Domains
4Square.com Goes For $32K On NameJet.com & Rex.com Pulls In $68K
The domain name 4Square.com sold on NameJet.com for $32,100. With three bidders of $10K or more the domain which is an alternative to the app Four Square went I believe to a frequent buyer Id on NameJet and probably not to the owner of the App. Rex.c...
Discussion
July 27, 2011, 5:20 pm
The Domains
The Domains
On the Date Restricted Shares of Demand Media Unlock & The Market Sinks, Demand Is Actually Up
Demand Media went public on January 26th, 2011. Shares that insiders receive typically have a 6 month lock up meaning none can be traded until the 6 month period is up. Meaning that today would be the 1st day that the insider shares can be sold. Well...
Discussion
July 27, 2011, 3:05 pm
The Domains
The Domains
Domain Theft Hits Startup & Forces Them Into a Name Change
CNet.com is reporting that a startup by the name of Lissn.com has been forced to change its name after its domain name was stolen last week. Lissen.com was the domain name the startup was using but after the domain theft it has switched to Lissen.in ...
Discussion
July 27, 2011, 9:15 am
The Domains
The Domains
IAC reports Earnings: Income up 65%
IAC reported earnings this morning.  IAC is one of the stocks we track in the Domain Stock Index since it owns some major Internet properties including Match.com, Dictionary.com Chemistry.com and Ask.com to name a few. IAC said that: Q2 revenue ...
Discussion
July 27, 2011, 8:56 am
The Domains
The Domains
Sedo Releases its Domain Market Study for Q2 2011: $25M In Sales; Up 13% From 1st Q
Sedo released its Q2 2011 Domain Market Study, which reveals domain industry trends based on its marketplace transactions. In Q2, Sedo’s Domain Marketplace saw close to $25,000,000 in global sales, revealing 13 percent growth compared to Q1 201...
Discussion
July 27, 2011, 7:44 am
The Domains
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $628K In Domain Names Led By FatChance.com at $26K
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday July 24th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $628,195. The top seller of the week was FatChance.com at $26,000 followed by JustGames.com at $15,000. Here is the complete ...
Discussion
July 26, 2011, 7:06 pm
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