A post about selling domain names on Noobworld.com, was brought to my attention today entitled "How to sell domain names to clueless end-users?" The article which goes on to chat about Frank Schilling, Mike Mann, Rich Schwartz, Kevin Ham, Richard Lau and Brian Wick starts with this: ""Have you ever visited TheDomains.com? " "The owner of the domain blog runs MostWantedDomains.com and … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines Raises Another $14 Million For New gTLD’s By Selling 110M New Shares
According to a press release today Minds + Machines raised an additional $14 Million dollars by selling shares of its parent company in what was described to me "as a oversubscribed funding round" Shares of the company are up 7%+ today on the news Here is the press release: "The Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), the only publicly traded company focused … [Read more...]
So When Is Oversee Going To Let Customers Of Moniker/SnapNames.com Know They Have Been Sold?
So its now a week since the 1st press release was issued announcing that Moniker.com and SnapNames.com were sold to Key Systems. In addition to being a blogger I'm a domainer that has multiple accounts at Moniker.com and an account at SnapNames.com where I spend six figures a year, but to date I haven't received a email from either Moniker.com or SnapNames.com telling me as a customer that the … [Read more...]
WealthInvestors.com Seeking To Bring Domaining To The Masses, Makes Its Pitch At Pitchfest
Wealth Investors, LLC, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., is trying to bring domain monetization to the general public. Its a concept I have had discsussion with other domainers through the years. What if you can teach John Q. Public about how they can make income from domain names. Those inside the domain world will quickly point out that revenue from domain parking has decreased … [Read more...]
Sedo Adds Godaddy to SedoMLS
According to a press release today Sedo.com, announced it was expanding its SedoMLS service by adding Go Daddy, the world's largest domain name registrar "Go Daddy wants to help small businesses grow larger, and finding the right domain name is the place to start," said Paul Nicks, Go Daddy's Director of Product Development for the Aftermarket. "Giving customers access to many premium domain … [Read more...]
Tucows Joins Afternic.com’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) Premium Promotion Network
According to a press release today, oronto-based Tucows, a top 3 ICANN- accredited registrar with over 11 million domains under management will join Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) Premium Promotion network. ""This exclusive agreement will allow registrants to sell their domains across the entire Afternic DLS reseller network—the largest domain reseller network in the world with the … [Read more...]
Honda Should Have Bought Leaplist.com Before Launching Its Huge Ad Campaign
If you have watched any NFL playoff football on TV this year you have undoubted seen ads for Honda using its Leap List Campaign. They have been running several commercials in heavy rotation no doubt spending into the tens of millions of dollars on TV ads all based on the term Leap List. The official site for the campaign is leaplist.honda.com Now comes word that the Honda has bought time … [Read more...]