According to several reports Ask.com maybe for sale. Barry Diller said today: "We've been asked a lot whether we're open to consolidating transactions in the area of search. The answer is yes, And, it is unlikely that we would be the consolidator." Mr. Diller said the competitive environment in search is "fierce" and he said the future of Ask.com is "speculative." In reporting its … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2009
RickLatona.com Live TRAFFIC Auction Nets $1.3 Million
The RickLatona.com live auction just closed at the TRAFFIC show in New York with a total of $1,295,000 in sales with Rio.com, as expected leading the way at $450,000. Here is the complete, unofficial list of the domains that sold: Rio.com $450,000 Whiskey.com $185,000 SchoolLoans.com $137,500 iAuction.com $50,000 Boy.com … [Read more...]
ProteinBars.com Sells For $42K On NameJet.com
The re-auction for ProteinBar.com and ProteinBars.com closed today at NameJet.com ProteinBars.com sold for $42,000 and ProteinBar.com sold for $16,042 Both to the same bidder, with the NameJet ID is "juggernaut" Back On September 5th, both domains sold on NameJet.com with the plural having a high bid of $57K and the singular getting a high bid of $20K. We were active in the … [Read more...]
Injury KO’s Monte Cahn From TRAFFIC Auction
As the TRAFFIC show sets to open tonight in New York there will be a very familiar face missing. Monte Cahn, for most the face of Moniker.com is sidelined rehabbing a very serious injury to his Achilles tendon which he has been struggling with for several months. Monte is certainly going to be missed and personally its hard for me to imagine a Moniker auction without him. Victor Pitts … [Read more...]
Well I’m Sure Going Be Busy The Next Couple Of Days
Off to TRAFFIC in NY this morning and looking at the schedule I''ll sure be busy. I'm on 2 panels, one each day. Tuesday at 10:30 I'll be joining several other domain investors who will pitch their ideas looking for funding in TRAFFIC version of the Shark Tank called TRAFFIC Test Track On Wednesday at 1pm, I will be joining some fellow bloggers including Ron Jackson, Elliot, Owen and The … [Read more...]
FaceBook Founder: If I Had To Do It All Over Again “I’d Get The Domain”
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, was interviewed by Tech Crunch and was asked the question if he had it all to do over again what "What would you do now different?" To which Mr. Zuckerberg answered: """A: I’d get the right domain name." ""The moral is that we could get the domain. We ended up “tens of thousands” for the domain. I think we used Register.com which was also a … [Read more...]
SnapNames Affiliate Program Changes To Pay You Less, Like 75% Less
Snapnames sent out a notice several days ago, announcing a fundamental change in its affiliate program which means only one thing, less money for affiliates. Under the current program, if a customer clicks on an affiliate link, a cookie is set on that customers computer, and the affiliate receives a 20% commission on every sold domain’s net proceeds (e.g. the margin) for 90 days, unless that … [Read more...]