Pinky Brand just published some bold predictions for the number of domain names that will exist in 2016 including registrations from new gTLD's. For those that don't know, Pinky is one of the founders of .mobi, which is "today ranked in the top 30 off the roughly 268 existing TLDs worldwide with nearly 1.1 million active domains in the zone." "So what kind of market share can we expect by … [Read more...]
Yahoo Wants Out Of Its Bing Deal & Move To Google & Why That’s Bad News For Domainers
According several sources, Yahoo would like to get out of its deal with Microsoft and let Google Monetize their search results. Yahoo entered into a 10 year search deal in 2010 and uses Bing search engine to power search results on Yahoo sites. Microsoft just extended the revenue guarantee associated with the partnership, the second such extension since the 10-year pact took effect in … [Read more...]
Godaddy Formally Names Scott Wagner COO & CFO
According to a press release by GoDaddy, it is formally announcing as "its new Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Scott Wagner, effective immediately." "Wagner was a KKR Capstone Member and the leader of KKR's portfolio operations team in North America, who stepped in as GoDaddy's interim CEO last summer. " "Wagner began working with GoDaddy a short time after KKR, Silver … [Read more...]
MarketLeader Buyer Of RealEstate.com For $8.25M Gets Buyout From Trulia For $355 Million
Trulia, Inc. (NYSE: TRLA, “Trulia”),announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Market Leader, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEDR, “Market Leader”), for approximately $355 million, or an implied price of $11.33 per share (based on Trulia’s closing share price on Tuesday, May 7, 2013). MarketLeader.com you might remember bought the domain name RealEstate.com back just in 2011 for … [Read more...]
.XXX 1st Year Renewal Rate Tops 80%
According to figures released by ICANN tonight it looks like the .XXX registry had a renewal rate for its first year of over 80% The ICANN transaction report for January for the .XXX extension show the registry having 113,773 domain names registered by the end of January 2013. In the December report ICM Registry operator of the .XXX TLD filed with ICANN they reported 140,121 domain names … [Read more...]
Forbes Asks “Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?”
An article just published in Forbes asks the question, "Should a Startup Spend VC Funding on a Domain Name?". It's a must read article for all domainers. The article is written by David Teten who is "Partner with ff Venture Capital and Founder and Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York. I'm cofounder of the Venture Capital Access Program" The "ff Venture … [Read more...]
.XXX Drops Price To $8.99 For May
According to a Press Release ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, announced "that new .XXX domain registrations created from May 1 through May 31, 2013 will be available at .COM prices." "During this limited time only, registrants can lock in prices, as low as $ 8.99 for up to 10 years". Customers looking to take advantage of … [Read more...]