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The Domains
Yahoo Revenue Down 6%; Earnings Down 28%; Search Advertising 19%: Stock Up 3%
Yahoo reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, after the market closed today. “Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (“revenue ex-TAC”) was $1,064 million for the first quarter of 2011, a 6% decrease from the fir...
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Yahoo Revenue Down 6%; Earnings Down 28%; Search Advertising 19%: Stock Up 3%
Yahoo reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, after the market closed today. “Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (“revenue ex-TAC”) was $1,064 million for the first quarter of 2011, a 6% decrease from the fir...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 8:52 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $635k In Domains Led By ringer.com For $40k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 17th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $635,000. The top seller of the week was ringer.com at $40,500 followed by videosonline.com at $18,000. Here is the f...
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Afternic.com Sells $635k In Domains Led By ringer.com For $40k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 17th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $635,000. The top seller of the week was ringer.com at $40,500 followed by videosonline.com at $18,000. Here is the f...
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April 19, 2011, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Navidad.com (Spanish for Christmas) Sells for $100,000
Domain broker completes six figure holiday domain sale. Sedo has brokered the sale of Navidad.com for $100,000 to an as-yet undisclosed buyer, capping off a week with about $1 million in sales. In second place was approvals.com for $60,000. The compa...
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Navidad.com (Spanish for Christmas) Sells for $100,000
Domain broker completes six figure holiday domain sale. Sedo has brokered the sale of Navidad.com for $100,000 to an as-yet undisclosed buyer, capping off a week with about $1 million in sales. In second place was approvals.com for $60,000. The compa...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 5:29 pm
Elliot's Blog
Afternic Records Over $550k in .com Sales
Last week, Afternic recorded about $564,000 in pubic .com domain sales of $1,000 or more. Two out of the three sales above $10,000 were Afternic DLS sales, not owned by NameMedia companies. I think the sale of Tagalog.com at $12,000 was a great...
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Afternic Records Over $550k in .com Sales
Last week, Afternic recorded about $564,000 in pubic .com domain sales of $1,000 or more. Two out of the three sales above $10,000 were Afternic DLS sales, not owned by NameMedia companies. I think the sale of Tagalog.com at $12,000 was a great...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
I Still Question the $10 Million Fund.com Sale
It just doesn’t add up. I’ve always questioned the 2008 sale of Fund.com for $10 million. It’s mostly in my gut: why did a new company that went public by buying another company pay a ridiculous price for this domain through a broke...
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I Still Question the $10 Million Fund.com Sale
It just doesn’t add up. I’ve always questioned the 2008 sale of Fund.com for $10 million. It’s mostly in my gut: why did a new company that went public by buying another company pay a ridiculous price for this domain through a broke...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Comparing the Toll Free Phone Numbers to Domain Names
AP sheds light on using toll free numbers to capture business. The Associated Press published a story this morning about companies that reserve mass quantities of toll free phone numbers, either to capture callers or sell them to businesses that migh...
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Comparing the Toll Free Phone Numbers to Domain Names
AP sheds light on using toll free numbers to capture business. The Associated Press published a story this morning about companies that reserve mass quantities of toll free phone numbers, either to capture callers or sell them to businesses that migh...
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April 19, 2011, 12:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Decide, Which Bought Domain Decide.com for $175,000, Raises Series B
Decide banks $6 million in series B. Stealth start up Decide has closed on a $6 million series B round led by Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Google founding board member Ram Shriram, and former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford, TechCrunch reports. The com...
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Decide, Which Bought Domain Decide.com for $175,000, Raises Series B
Decide banks $6 million in series B. Stealth start up Decide has closed on a $6 million series B round led by Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Google founding board member Ram Shriram, and former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford, TechCrunch reports. The com...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 12:14 pm
The Domains
MSNBC.com Covers National A-1 & PrimeTel: “Phone-Sex Company Is Amassing 1-800 Numbers” & Owns 20% Of All 800 Numbers
MSNBC.com just published a story on National A-1 a company known for owning buying and selling some of the best domain names on the planet. However this story was about a company associated with National A-1 known as Prime Tel Communications which ha...
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MSNBC.com Covers National A-1 & PrimeTel: “Phone-Sex Company Is Amassing 1-800 Numbers” & Owns 20% Of All 800 Numbers
MSNBC.com just published a story on National A-1 a company known for owning buying and selling some of the best domain names on the planet. However this story was about a company associated with National A-1 known as Prime Tel Communications which ha...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 10:10 am
The Domains
TechCrunch: Huge Gaming & Domain Buyer HallPass Media Bought By MindJolt.com Today
TechCrunch.com is reporting that HallPass Media was bought today by MindJolt. HallPass Media is a gaming company that has purchased quite a few nice domain names over the years including cookinggames.com last year for $350,000 HallPass Media an...
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TechCrunch: Huge Gaming & Domain Buyer HallPass Media Bought By MindJolt.com Today
TechCrunch.com is reporting that HallPass Media was bought today by MindJolt. HallPass Media is a gaming company that has purchased quite a few nice domain names over the years including cookinggames.com last year for $350,000 HallPass Media an...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 12:56 am
Domain Name Wire
TelChina and China Mobile to Build Mobile Payments System on .Tel
Mobile payments system coming to .tel. .Tel registry’s regional partner TelChina has inked a strategic partnership with China Mobile to build a mobile payment solution with .tel. It’s not entirely clear what this entails, but the first ph...
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TelChina and China Mobile to Build Mobile Payments System on .Tel
Mobile payments system coming to .tel. .Tel registry’s regional partner TelChina has inked a strategic partnership with China Mobile to build a mobile payment solution with .tel. It’s not entirely clear what this entails, but the first ph...
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April 18, 2011, 8:22 pm
