Back on June 13th we wrote a post calling out Godaddy.com for tripling the commission they were charging their customers for auction sales from at that time 5% to 15% without first notifying their customers. Today Godaddy let us know that they were rolling back auction commissions to 10% effective yesterday. In addition Godaddy informed thedomains.com that "Anyone who listed domains at 15% … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Flippa.com Report On State of the Website Economy: Focus on Website Domains: $50 Million In Sales
Flippa.com put out this morning a new report called "State of the Website Economy: Focus On WebSite Domains", and its pretty interesting. Flippa say's they have sold $50 Million dollars worth of Websites and has the "largest set of data about buying and selling websites anywhere in the world". So here you go: We find this data absolutely fascinating and thought it high time that we share it … [Read more...]
New Study: How Do Click Through Rates Vary On SEO Position: How Many More Clicks Does #1 Ranking Get You?
MediaPost.com is reporting on A study released Monday from Slingshot looks at how SEO position effects click through rates (CTR). According to a Press Release by the Company it is the biggest study on the subject in 5 years. The study found that having a No. 1 rankings in A search engine results on average in 18.20% CTRs Having the number 2 position, results in a CTR of almost half of the … [Read more...]
Afternic DLS Sales Up 94% This Year
Earlier today Sedo issued its 2nd Quarter report. This afternoon Afternic's Domain Listing Service (DLS) issued its report for the 1st half of 2011 and announced a 94% jump in year-over-year sales volume for the first half of 2011, marking the strongest growth in its history. Afternic DLS service works with registrars to allow customer to buy owned domain names through “Instant Transfer … [Read more...]
4Square.com Goes For $32K On NameJet.com & Rex.com Pulls In $68K
The domain name 4Square.com sold on NameJet.com for $32,100. With three bidders of $10K or more the domain which is an alternative to the app Four Square went I believe to a frequent buyer Id on NameJet and probably not to the owner of the App. Separately the domain Rex.com sold for a lofty $68K today on Namejet. The domain had 14 bidders of $10K or more, one of the most active auctions … [Read more...]
On the Date Restricted Shares of Demand Media Unlock & The Market Sinks, Demand Is Actually Up
Demand Media went public on January 26th, 2011. Shares that insiders receive typically have a 6 month lock up meaning none can be traded until the 6 month period is up. Meaning that today would be the 1st day that the insider shares can be sold. Well the stock market is having a horrible day down as of time of publication around 175 points on the Dow and a whopping 68 points on the NASDAQ … [Read more...]
Domain Theft Hits Startup & Forces Them Into a Name Change
CNet.com is reporting that a startup by the name of Lissn.com has been forced to change its name after its domain name was stolen last week. Lissn.com was the domain name the startup was using but after the domain theft it has switched to Lissn.in In a blog post written by the company's founder, Myke Armstrog he gives out some valuable tips for all domain holders on how to try to avoid a … [Read more...]