According to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief published by VeriSign, Inc. (pdf) the Domain Name Industry ended the first quarter of 2010 with more than 193 million domain name registrations across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs), an increase of 11 million domain name registrations, or 6 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2009. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2009, domain … [Read more...]
Domainer Xavier Buck’s Company, Domain Invest S.A. Gets Another 6 Million Euros From Venture Capital Firm
According to a Press Release today the Media development fund Iris Capital, increased its investment to the domain names acquisition company Domain Invest SA, by 6 million Euros. Iris Capital, as well as two private investors decided to increase their investment by respectively 6 million Euros, and another 182,000 Euros, in a move to show their continuing support to DI SA. They will join … [Read more...]
Poker.Ca Sells For $400K: Making It Over $10 Million In Domain Sales In The Last 60 Days For Moniker
The domain name Poker.ca sold yesterday at the SnapNames.com iGambling auction for $400K. I marks another huge sale for Moniker.com who seems to be on fire. Moniker has sold Slots.com, Photo.com, Guns.com, BoardGames.com and Dating.com in just the last 60 days. That over $10 Million dollars in sales. Wow I'm not sure but I think Poker.ca is a record sale for a .CA … [Read more...]
55,000 People A Month Go To A Domain That Doesn’t Exist
As you know most the single charter .com are reserved by the registry and do not or have ever resolved. However that doesn't stop a lot of people from typing in those address into their broswer every month. Take for example e.com. According to Compete.com 55K people a month visit the non-existant domain. Alexa ranks the site as 111,000 on the net. F.com is not far behind with 33,000 … [Read more...]
WSJ: Microsoft Files “Click Laundering” Suits Against “Shady Sites Known As Parked Domains”
Well we have all heard of click fraud but we have a new term to deal with as of today. According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft filed two lawsuits for "Click Laundering", on Monday in federal court in Seattle against Eric C. Ralls and the company he founded, RedOrbit Inc., a Dallas science news and shopping site, plus 20 unnamed defendants (Johe Doe's). Microsoft claims RedOrbit … [Read more...]
For Sale: One Slighly Used Auction Platform & The Domain Bido.com: Deadline Tuesday
As you know the auction platform Bido.com closed down a couple of weeks ago and the assets of the platform including the domain name Bido.com (plus 82 other related domains), the software code, the user list, the website, the vanity toll free number 1-800-611Bido, and twitter account@Bido all comes with. I've been told that they currently have an offer in "the mid-six figures" and will be … [Read more...]
The Miami Herald Covers The Live DomainFest Auction
In what I consider to be a pretty positive artcile on the industry, the Miami Herald Published a story covering the Domainfest auction. Always good to see the mainstream media covering the domain industry. … [Read more...]