Network Solutions has posted a "mockumentary"parody video of Godaddy.com, starting Cloris Leachman, as “Go Granny,the original poster girl who’s past her prime, but still believes she’s one smokin’ hot babe that can sell websites and domains." "Go Granny thinks she’s just one phone call away from taking the “sisters” back to the Super Bowl." The nearly 4 minute video is really funny and … [Read more...]
VeriSign Is Awarded The Contract To Run .Gov
VeriSign, Inc. has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to operate the domain name registry for .gov. "Following a competitive RFP and evaluation process, the GSA granted Verisign the authority to provide designated domain name registration services to federal, state and local governments operating sites under the .gov and fed.us domain names. The services include … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling Announces He Sold $7 Million Dollars In Domains Since July “Without Trying To Hard”
While moderating the opening session at DomainFest this morning Frank Schilling mentioned in passing that since July 2010 his company Name Administration sold just about $7 Million dollars in domain names "without trying too hard". The $7 Million dollars was generated from the sale of approximately 250 domains. Frank further explained that these were not the "greatest of domains" certainly … [Read more...]
WorldWide Media, Inc. Launches Its Corporate Site At wwmi.com
I know your all familiar with this blog, Thedomains.com and our retail site, MostWantedDomains.com, but many of you may not know that they are both owned by a Florida company, Worldwide Media, Inc.. Today my company is finally officially launched it corporate site at wwmi.com (WorldWide Media, Inc.) We actually have some pretty big plans for 2011, some of which you will hear as early as … [Read more...]
Demand Media Shares Jump Up A High As 47% As It Begins Trading
Shares in Demand Media which started trading today on the NYSE under the symbol DMD which were priced at $17 a share started trading at $23.50 In the first half our of trading the stock has already hit a high of $25 a share, which represents a 47% gain over the issue price. The shares are currently trading as of time of publication at $22.24 an increase of about 33% from its offer … [Read more...]
Jeff Gabriel Named President Of DomainAdvisors.com
PPX International just announced that Jeffrey Gabriel is the new President of its domain consultancy service, DomainAdvisors.com Here is the Press Release: "Jeffrey will be responsible for overall business operations including building and maintaining strategic relationships, driving revenue and general management responsibilities. He joins the PPX team from a successful tenure at Sedo.com … [Read more...]
BusinessInsider.com Asks: Will Dot.Com’s Become The Dinosaurs Of The Internet?
BusinessInsider.com just published an article entitled "Will Dot.com's Eventually become the Dinosaurs of the Internet? "During the Internet bubble, you were an automatic millionaire if you owned a one-word domain name that matched your business (example: Car.com, Hotel.com and Sex.com etc). Now that all the good ones are taken, it seems to be more than popular to snatch up a domain name … [Read more...]