Tess Diaz, one of Go Daddy's most tenured and trusted Executive Account Managers for the past 6 1/2 years, has accepted a new Coordinator of Business Development position with the Domain Name Brokerage Firm Media Options. Media Options CEO Andrew Rosener said, "I couldn't be happier to have the opportunity to work even more closely with Tess. For the past 6 years Tess has been a critical … [Read more...]
ConsumerBrands.com: “Developer of High Quality Domains & Brands” Gets Multimillion Dollar Financing with Black Diamond Ventures
According to a press release out today Consumer Brands, LLC announced the completion of a multimillion dollar financing with Black Diamond Ventures, a well-known and long established private investment group. "Consumer Brands is a highly innovative company, leading the development of premier high-quality internet domain assets and brands". Some of the domain names owned by Consumer Brands … [Read more...]
Domainindex.com Downgrades .Co.uk From AA To B: Introduction of .uk TLD “Would Massively Destroy the Value of Existing .co.uk Domains
Domainindex.com, downgraded its rating for .co.uk from AA to B. The step has been taken after the release on October 1, 2012 of a three-month consultation by Nominet, the not-for-profit manager of the .uk infrastructure, into a scheme that would introduce .uk as a top-level domain (TLD). After getting feedback from Nominet meetings held in London on Nov.7and 9 Domainindex.com decided to … [Read more...]
Domain Registrar 1and1 Running TV Commercials Promoting “Domain Days” Without Owning DomainDays.com
The domain name registrar, 1and1.com is is running televisions commercial in some heavy rotation today during NFL games touting its domain name registration sale its calling "Domain Days" for November. Not only doesn't 1and1.com own the domain name DomainDays.com, but to add insult to injury the domain is not even registered at 1and1.com its registered at Moniker.com You can watch the domain … [Read more...]
Sedo: 3 Co-Founders & The Chief Sales Officer Leaving & Simonetta Batteiger Becomes Head of Product Management
In a press release just out Sedo.com announced that three of its co-founders and the company’s chief sales officer will be leaving the company in the first quarter of 2013. Founders Ulrich Priesner, Marius Würzner and Ulrich Essmann along with Chief Sales Officer Liesbeth Mack-de Boer will depart the company. "Stepping up from within Sedo’s ranks, Dirk Ochotzki will now serve as Head of … [Read more...]
The Domain King Rick Schwartz Launches JointVentures.com
In a press release issued today Rick Schwartz announced the launch of JointVentures.com which allows "CEOs and marketing executives of small, medium and large companies with growth ambitions to get a to get a million dollar website domain name" without the high price tag or capital layout of category defining domain names frequently reported sold in today's secondary market. " Its actually a … [Read more...]
Escrow.com Joins The Internet Commerce Association (ICA)
Escrow.com, has just become a member of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Escrow.com is the world's leading Internet escrow company and in announcing it was the newest member of the ICA said that it "continues to take a stance on protecting Internet commerce and the domain name industry and marketplace by recently supporting leading Internet trade organizations such as the Internet … [Read more...]