Here is what maybe a huge step for Domains to become a real world asset in the wider investment community. In a press release today, a company called the The Domain Developers Fund says they will officially launch on August 1. "The DDF offers institutional and private investors equity investments in Internet Domain Names." "Its the first fund to invest in domain names … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Award Nominations Are Opened & Here Are Our Picks For Domain Hall Of Fame & Domainer of The Year
Well as Mr. Schwartz announced earlier today Nominations For TRAFFIC awards including the Domain Hall Of Fame & Domainer of The Year are now opened. (Copy of the notice is below), and will be handed out at the TRAFFIC South Beach show in a couple of months. The Nomination period is short, closing at Tuesday August 17, 2010 at 5PM EST. Last year I was doubly blessed when I was elected to … [Read more...]
Is This The Future Of PPC? DomainAdvertising.com Rolls Out Its New “Image Based Technology” PPC Program & Doubles Revenue On 20% Of Domains
Domain Advertising has launched a new product which may well be the future of PPC. The new product rolled out by DomainAdvertising.com, for domain parking, uses new contextual algorithms and image based technology. The product combines a premium tier 1 advertising network, thousands of hand-mapped images, along with hundreds of people responsible for optimizing site. The results: 20% … [Read more...]
A New Domain Name Record? Quinstreet Acquisition of Insurance.com: $36.5 Million Dollars
Quinstreet (QNST) just announced today during its conference call that total consideration it paid for acquiring the domain name Insurance.com was $36.5 Million dollars. $36.5 MILLION Dollars. It does not appear from the conference call that Quinstreet acquired or even wanted to acquire the business that was formerly under Insurance.com, making this sound like pretty much a straight domain … [Read more...]
Demand Media: We Were Founded In 2006 & We Have Had A Net Loss In Every Year: Total Loss To Date $52 Million
From the S-1 application Demand Media filed today is this little gem, that none of us would be too proud of saying if it was our own business: ""We were founded in 2006 and have a limited operating history." "We have had a net loss in every year since inception." "As of June 30, 2010, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $52 million and we may incur net operating losses in the … [Read more...]
A Look Inside Superstar Domainer Andrew Miller’s Portfolio For Sale At SimpleDomains.com
Andrew Miller should be well know to all domainers as Founder & President of InternetRealEstate.com Over the years he has owned some gems of gems such as CreditCards.com, InsuranceQuotes.com, Luggage.com, Diamond.com, and beer.com, and still owns some of the best web properties like chocolate.com, Jeans.com, Patents.com, and Sweepstakes.com just to name a few. I had a chat with Andrew … [Read more...]
Oversee.net Share Price Is Falling Like A Rock
We wrote about some insiders at Oversee.net were offering shares in the company for sale on SharesPost.com back in may of this year for $7.35 a share. Today a new seller hit the Sharespost site, offering 5,500-20,000 shares for sale for only $4.97 a share. For Oversee a sale of a block at shares at its former asking price of $7.35 would have meant according to Sharespost a valuation of over … [Read more...]