I just ended the week long poll I was running on which domain you thought would sell at the The live domain name auction at Domainfest which will be held in New York on August 18th of those domain names with a reserve price range $100K-$250K . "None will Sell" got the most votes, about 31% of the voters, with the most voted on domain name being dating.net. We'll see how you did in a few … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
Facebook Hits 500 Million Users
According to USA Today, Facebook.com signed up its 500,000,000 member this week. I know its a lot of zeros but Facebook.com now has 500 Million members. For those keeping track that is up from about 100 million members just two years ago. Facebook added 100 million new members since just February 2010. On an average day 115 million “friendships” are confirmed, members post about … [Read more...]
Why Is Oversee.net Parking Some of Its Own Domains On Hitfarm?
Its been pointed out to me that Oversee.net, which owns its own parking platform at DomainSponsor.com, is parking at least some of its company owned domains at HitFarm.com. If you check out the following domains for example you will see they are all owned by "OS Portfolio Holdings, LLC Care of Oversee Domain Management, LLC", listing as admin contact of admin@overseedomainmanagement.com, with … [Read more...]
And So the .CO Aftermarket Begins, Already Over 100 Domains on Sale
Well just a few hours after the registrations for the .CO extension opened up there are already over 100 .co domains for sale on the aftermarket Over at Godaddy.com there are around 100 .co domains for sale. The prices range from Feline.co which has a "buy it now" price of $250 all the way up to Thegambing.co which has a buy it now of $50K. Of course as you would expect there are some … [Read more...]
Yahoo Profits Up But Revenue Falls Short Of Expectations & Stock Sinks
Yahoo Inc reported earnings after the market closed today for the second quarter ending June 30, 2010 (2Q). Yahoo said its revenue in 2Q rose to $1.60 billion, a 2% increase from the 2Q of 2009 Yahoo's net revenue, however was $1.13 billion, below the average analyst expectation of $1.16 billion. Yahoo's search business declined 8%year-over-year. Analysts had been expecting search to … [Read more...]
195,000 .Co Registrations
Just got an email from the .CO registry, claiming almost 195,000 registrations have been processed through today (194,576 to be exact). This number is being updated on the registry site from time to time, and includes prior registrations as well as domains applied for during Sunrise and Landrush. Apparently there were 90,000 registrations in the first 15 minutes. This would make the .Co … [Read more...]
What If You Held A Domain Auction & No One Showed Up: What Happened To The .ME Geo Auction?
An auction of some really good Geo .Me domains concluded yesterday on NameJet.com You probably didn't know about it. Don't feel bad, your not alone. Personally I saw no press releases, blog coverage, or even one story on the auction. There was a small box of domains on NameJet.com' home page about it, but there was no way to click on any link to find out about all the domains in the … [Read more...]