Escrow.com just launched its re-designed site. Its not only the design that has changed but more information and features are now available. Andee Hill of Escrow.com, shared some of the new features with us: ""The big upgrade to our services is our Milestone Transactions. These were previously named Professional Service Transactions and had limitations. The Milestone … [Read more...]
Afternic Opens Up Its Escrow Service To All Domain Transactions
Afternic Escrow Service has just opened up its service for sales that take place out outside of Afternic.com For transactions taking place outside the Platform the fee is 3% of the transaction with a $60 minimum. "" Afternic Escrow Service is available for any domain transaction, and it’s free for any domain purchased through the Afternic platform.* Our experienced escrow managers … [Read more...]
.EU Celebrates 7th Birthday & 3.74 Million Registration; 1.84 Million Eu Residents Own One
EURid the registry for the .Eu TLD released a study today ahead of its 7th Birthday. To date there are over 3.74 Million .Eu registrations. Over 1.84 million EU residents have registered at least one .eu domain name, with 25% of those having registered more than one. "The research also shows that the majority of .eu users are in business, ambitious, tech-savvy and aiming for expansion, … [Read more...]
VentureBurn Covers Successful Domain Investors Story & Its About Co.za Space, The ccTLD For South Africa
VentureBurn.com just highlighted a domain name investor success story and this time it wasn't about a .com but about a ccTLD, Co.Za the country code for South Africa. The investor is Stephen Gorman, Founder of digital marketing agency, Push Digital. "As Africa continues to come online, it is likely to follow the trends seen in the early 90s in the developed world. " "A quick look at Sedo … [Read more...]
Investors Business Daily Covers Mike Mann
Investor's Business Daily Just Covered Domainer Mike Mann the founder of DomainMarket.com "Among the best-known companies in domain names are Demand Media (DMD) and GoDaddy.com." "Among the largest holders of domain names is Mike Mann, the founder of DomainMarket.com. " ""He also is CEO of SEO.org and several other website companies, and he's involved in several charities, including his … [Read more...]
Adweek: As New gTLD’s Roll Out “Marketers & Media Outlets Will Spend Millions”
In a new post by AdWeek.com entitled: "Brands Facing Dot-Com Domain Identity Crisis. As ICANN readies roll out, marketers and media outlets will spend millions" " It all adds up to a 6,300% increase in web site domains." I actually have never seen the new gTLD program expressed in terms of a percentage of increase in web addresses but its a pretty dramatic number. The article talks to … [Read more...]
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley Buys MixBit.com For $2,088 On Afternic To Start New Video Site
The Co-founder of YouTube Chad Hurley just announced announced on Twitter that he was launching his new Video site, MixBit.com which he purchased on Afternic.com less than a month ago for just $2,088. "The future of video is launching soon!" Says Mixbit.com Interestingly the same week MixBit.com sold for $2,088 on Afternic.com another version of the domain, mixedbits.com also sold for … [Read more...]