MediaOptions.com just brokered the sale of the domain name Adventure.com for $200,000 The buyer of the domain is Eric Borgos who as we noted a few weeks ago is on a bit of a shopping spree. Eric has purchased Physical.com for $42,500, Humidifiers.com for $50K, Pastries.com for $12,500 and AdvertisingAgency.com for $33,000 all within the last month or so. The Seller was Knowledge Adventure … [Read more...]
On The Day Data.com Sells For Millions Latona Declares “Domains As Not Worth Much”: Let’s Call This A Market Bottom
Well RickLatona.com wrote on his site the other day that he was switching gears once again and moving into a new direction saying: "We feel that domains just aren't worth that much anymore" "The domain bubble burst in late 2008." "Various sites and reports will show you that sales are still strong on the low end of the market, $x,xxx and $xx,xxx sized deals. Occasionally, we'll even see … [Read more...]
Was SnapNames “Verisign High Traffic Score” Domain Name Auction Just A Big Domain Tasting Experiment?
A few days ago we posted about SnapNames.com Flash auction of over 600 domain names “recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word strength!” Today, courtesy of a reader, it appears that many of the unsold domains from this auction have now been deleted and are available again for registration. As we noted in our original post … [Read more...]
Hey Elliot Here Is Why We Should Be Critical of Parking Companies
Yesterday Elliotsblog.com had a post entitled "not overly critical of parking companies" In his post Elliot says in part: "Yes, there is a BIG issue of them working within a “black box,” not sharing how they calculate revenue share and other information with domain owners. Most are anything but transparent when it comes to their operations, and they likely take a very large cut of … [Read more...]
A Game Changer? Frank Schilling Launches InternetTraffic.com
Since the concept of parking domains started the holy grail was to have a Google Feed and a Yahoo Feed included in one parking system which would automatically place domains on the highest paying feed based on performance. It existed only for a short time many years ago through TrafficClub.com. Yesterday Frank Schilling rolled out InternetTraffic.com which incorporates a new Google feed, … [Read more...]
Mike Mann Launches AUX.com; He’s Got The Domains, If You Have The Idea
Mike Mann has just put up a site at AUX.com listing some of his huge inventory of domains on which he will consider development partners: ""Can you create a powerful next generation corporation or charity like our others linked at 1. http://MikeMann.com/ or those we anticipate at 2. http://BrightFuture.com/, leveraging a domain brand we own below (or from our company http://DomainMarket.com/), … [Read more...]
DomainSponsor Opens Up Its Network To Advertisers
According to a Press release, DomainSponsor has opened up its network of parked domains, to outside advertisers: "DomainSponsor’s® Precision Targeting EngineTM, (PTE), which made its beta debut at DOMAINfest Global, is officially launching and opening its service to qualified advertisers." "The service provides publishers with direct access to advertisers and offers advertisers … [Read more...]