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The Domains
What Is The Domain Market Worth? Ex-ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush Says Its “Worth $12 Billion”
Peter Dengate Thrush former Chairman of the Board of ICANN told reporters today that the “current domain name market is worth about $12 Billion Dollars”. “We think it will expand by some $3-4bn with the new gTLDs.” Mr. T...
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What Is The Domain Market Worth? Ex-ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush Says Its “Worth $12 Billion”
Peter Dengate Thrush former Chairman of the Board of ICANN told reporters today that the “current domain name market is worth about $12 Billion Dollars”. “We think it will expand by some $3-4bn with the new gTLDs.” Mr. T...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 11:57 pm
Elliot's Blog
TrafficZ Clarifies Yahoo “Revenue Cap” Notice
In light of yesterday’s article regarding the monetization change at Yahoo impacting .CO, .TV, .US, .INFO, and .BIZ domain names (referred to as a “revenue cap”), I want to share an update on that I received from TrafficZ this eveni...
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TrafficZ Clarifies Yahoo “Revenue Cap” Notice
In light of yesterday’s article regarding the monetization change at Yahoo impacting .CO, .TV, .US, .INFO, and .BIZ domain names (referred to as a “revenue cap”), I want to share an update on that I received from TrafficZ this eveni...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 10:48 pm
The Domains
Tasers.com Sells For $12K On NameJet and WoodFloor.com Sells For $11K
The domain name Tasers.com sold on NameJet.com for $12,900 Its a interesting domain as Taser is trademarked many times over including by the manufacturer of the device. WoodFloor.com sold for $11,300. It’s certainly a nice product name well wor...
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Tasers.com Sells For $12K On NameJet and WoodFloor.com Sells For $11K
The domain name Tasers.com sold on NameJet.com for $12,900 Its a interesting domain as Taser is trademarked many times over including by the manufacturer of the device. WoodFloor.com sold for $11,300. It’s certainly a nice product name well wor...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 9:34 pm
The Domains
VC Fund Buys 5.3% Of Verisign or More Than $250 Million Worth
According to Theflyonthewall.com, a Venture Capital firm has taken a 5.3% equity interest in Verisign. The company is ValueAct and at the closing price of VeriSign of around $30 a share Verisign has a $5 Billion dollar market cap the investment is wo...
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VC Fund Buys 5.3% Of Verisign or More Than $250 Million Worth
According to Theflyonthewall.com, a Venture Capital firm has taken a 5.3% equity interest in Verisign. The company is ValueAct and at the closing price of VeriSign of around $30 a share Verisign has a $5 Billion dollar market cap the investment is wo...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 6:10 pm
Elliot's Blog
Jesse Distad: WordPress Expert
I want to give a big “thank you” to Jesse Distad who helped me with my blog’s migration to a new server. Jesse also helped upgrade the blog to the newest version of WordPress, made sure all of the plugins were updated, and went thro...
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Jesse Distad: WordPress Expert
I want to give a big “thank you” to Jesse Distad who helped me with my blog’s migration to a new server. Jesse also helped upgrade the blog to the newest version of WordPress, made sure all of the plugins were updated, and went thro...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 3:21 pm
Domain Shane
Part 2: Monetizing a Domain Portfolio with Justin Gilchrist from FlipFilter
Here’s part 2 to yesterday’s guest post from Justin Gilchrist. Justin Gilchrist is from FlipFilter.com, an application that pulls data from various online sources of established websites for sale and aged domains for sale,...
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Part 2: Monetizing a Domain Portfolio with Justin Gilchrist from FlipFilter
Here’s part 2 to yesterday’s guest post from Justin Gilchrist. Justin Gilchrist is from FlipFilter.com, an application that pulls data from various online sources of established websites for sale and aged domains for sale,...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign Gets Mobile with MobileView
New service makes mobile-friendly web sites obtainable by small businesses. Last week at HostingCon I caught up with Patti Kelly, director of product management at Verisign, to discuss the launch of a new product that makes it easy for small business...
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VeriSign Gets Mobile with MobileView
New service makes mobile-friendly web sites obtainable by small businesses. Last week at HostingCon I caught up with Patti Kelly, director of product management at Verisign, to discuss the launch of a new product that makes it easy for small business...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 1:09 pm
Elliot's Blog
Enom No Longer Adding .CO Domain Names to Shopping Cart
Last month, I reported that Enom was adding .CO domain names to customers’ shopping carts without their checking off the box or requesting it (in addition to other products / free trial offers). Of course the buyer could pretty easily remove th...
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Enom No Longer Adding .CO Domain Names to Shopping Cart
Last month, I reported that Enom was adding .CO domain names to customers’ shopping carts without their checking off the box or requesting it (in addition to other products / free trial offers). Of course the buyer could pretty easily remove th...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 12:44 pm
Domain Shane
Kevin Rose Loves 5L dot coms and Here’s How He Finds Them
I’ve said it several times. I’ve made most of my money in 5 letter dot coms. They are perfect names for web companies and new apps. Kevin Rose agrees. I found this video on Accidental Domainer and it has Kevin Rose...
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Kevin Rose Loves 5L dot coms and Here’s How He Finds Them
I’ve said it several times. I’ve made most of my money in 5 letter dot coms. They are perfect names for web companies and new apps. Kevin Rose agrees. I found this video on Accidental Domainer and it has Kevin Rose...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 11:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Google Kills URL Forwarding as Yahoo Caps Some Non-.Com Domains
Domain parking ad providers make changes. There have been two announcements from the big domain parking ad providers over the past 24 hours that may affect your domain parking company. According to an email from NameDrive, Google is banning URL forwa...
Discussion
Google Kills URL Forwarding as Yahoo Caps Some Non-.Com Domains
Domain parking ad providers make changes. There have been two announcements from the big domain parking ad providers over the past 24 hours that may affect your domain parking company. According to an email from NameDrive, Google is banning URL forwa...
Discussion
August 17, 2011, 11:15 am
