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Elliot's Blog
InternationalFlowers.com Leads the Way at Afternic This Week
Afternic just released their sales report from the past week, and the leading public domain sale was InternationalFlowers.com, which sold for $19,558.00. This domain name had been owned by NameMedia's BuyDomains. The second highest value domain...
Discussion
InternationalFlowers.com Leads the Way at Afternic This Week
Afternic just released their sales report from the past week, and the leading public domain sale was InternationalFlowers.com, which sold for $19,558.00. This domain name had been owned by NameMedia's BuyDomains. The second highest value domain...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
PodNova.com Finally Changes Hands for $90,000, OnlineKredit.net for EUR 100,000
Podnova.com and OnlineKredit.net make for strong sales week. The domain name PodNova.com has sold at Sedo for $90,000. This was an active web site until earlier this year. Compete.com shows it getting as many as 20,000 unique visitors in February 201...
Discussion
PodNova.com Finally Changes Hands for $90,000, OnlineKredit.net for EUR 100,000
Podnova.com and OnlineKredit.net make for strong sales week. The domain name PodNova.com has sold at Sedo for $90,000. This was an active web site until earlier this year. Compete.com shows it getting as many as 20,000 unique visitors in February 201...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 4:58 pm
Domain Shane
Everyone Else Has Them So Here Are My 10 Trends for 2011
Everyone has their opinions for trends for a given year so I might as well share mine. They are not all completely domain or technology rated. Some of them are where I think society is headed but when it comes to domaining it really doesn't m...
Discussion
Everyone Else Has Them So Here Are My 10 Trends for 2011
Everyone has their opinions for trends for a given year so I might as well share mine. They are not all completely domain or technology rated. Some of them are where I think society is headed but when it comes to domaining it really doesn't m...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:59 pm
Elliot's Blog
Why Content Aggregators Suck
The web is littered with websites that basically send out spiders to fetch content and post it on their own websites. There are also sites that repackage the RSS feed from other websites. The objective is generally to monetize the little search traff...
Discussion
Why Content Aggregators Suck
The web is littered with websites that basically send out spiders to fetch content and post it on their own websites. There are also sites that repackage the RSS feed from other websites. The objective is generally to monetize the little search traff...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
My Thoughts on the Moniker Whois Privacy Incident
It's an unfortunate incident. Not a scandal. I've waited a few days to write about the Moniker whois privacy flap. My first reaction was that this whole thing was being blown way out of proportion, so I wanted to wait and see how I felt i...
Discussion
My Thoughts on the Moniker Whois Privacy Incident
It's an unfortunate incident. Not a scandal. I've waited a few days to write about the Moniker whois privacy flap. My first reaction was that this whole thing was being blown way out of proportion, so I wanted to wait and see how I felt i...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:18 pm
Domain Name News
Gambling.com Reserve Price Set to $9 Million USD?
As reported in November, Media Corp is planning to sell their domain Gambling.com with the help of Sedo in order to fund further acquisitions. According to The Times (paid access) it appears that the reserve has now been set at $9 million USD, which ...
Discussion
Gambling.com Reserve Price Set to $9 Million USD?
As reported in November, Media Corp is planning to sell their domain Gambling.com with the help of Sedo in order to fund further acquisitions. According to The Times (paid access) it appears that the reserve has now been set at $9 million USD, which ...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
TechCrunch Interviews Sex.com Buyer: 125k Visits a Day
Robin Wauters tracks down Clover Holdings Limited. TechCrunch writer Robin Wauters has tracked down and interviewed the mystery buyer behind Clover Holdings Limited who paid $13 million for Sex.com last year. But we still don't know who the buy...
Discussion
TechCrunch Interviews Sex.com Buyer: 125k Visits a Day
Robin Wauters tracks down Clover Holdings Limited. TechCrunch writer Robin Wauters has tracked down and interviewed the mystery buyer behind Clover Holdings Limited who paid $13 million for Sex.com last year. But we still don't know who the buy...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 12:03 pm
Domain Shane
Great News For Business: Debit Card Fees May Drop 82% in June
One of the largest costs for me as a small business owner are my credit card fees. Over the last year our businesses received as much as 80% of all our revenues through credit cards. As consumers demand more points and freebies, the cost is passed ...
Discussion
Great News For Business: Debit Card Fees May Drop 82% in June
One of the largest costs for me as a small business owner are my credit card fees. Over the last year our businesses received as much as 80% of all our revenues through credit cards. As consumers demand more points and freebies, the cost is passed ...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 11:58 am
The Domains
If Gambling.com Sells For Reserve, It Will be Less Than 1/2 of What It Sold For Last Time: $20 Million In 2006
A bunch of stories are out today about Gambling.com hitting the auction market with a reserve price of $9 Million. What I find especially interesting about the story is that the domain appearently sold for more than twice the current reserve price in...
Discussion
If Gambling.com Sells For Reserve, It Will be Less Than 1/2 of What It Sold For Last Time: $20 Million In 2006
A bunch of stories are out today about Gambling.com hitting the auction market with a reserve price of $9 Million. What I find especially interesting about the story is that the domain appearently sold for more than twice the current reserve price in...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 11:49 am
The Domains
MediaPost: ?Long Tail? Advertisers Are Back
MediaPost.com just published a post entitled Long Tail Advertisers Are Back”. The blog post which cited a report by Kantar Media said: “”While much of the 2010 ad expansion has been coming from the biggest advertising categories ...
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MediaPost: ?Long Tail? Advertisers Are Back
MediaPost.com just published a post entitled Long Tail Advertisers Are Back”. The blog post which cited a report by Kantar Media said: “”While much of the 2010 ad expansion has been coming from the biggest advertising categories ...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 11:14 am
