NameMedia’s announced today that Register.com, has joined the AfternicDLS (Domain Listing Service), as a premium promotion partner. The AfternicDLS Premium Promotion Service is Afternic’s most expansive distribution network. The Domain Listing Service will list exact matches of owned domains and suggestions of other owned domains when someone seeks to register a domain at one of the partner … [Read more...]
The Perfect Marriage Of Online & Offline Business: The Domainer Profile You Have To Read
There are not too many people I have met in the domain business who have managed to put together an online and offline business that is so perfectly integrated, as Braden Pollock, whom I met at the Domainer Mardi Gras show. Braden's company, Legal Brand Marketing, LLC (LBM) began in 2004 with the launch of 1800DUILAWS.com, as a DUI lead generation site and the matching 800 phone number. All … [Read more...]
Former Oversee Employees and Executive Starts SecondPorch.com & Get $1M In Funding
Several former Oversee employees, including its Co-founder are involved in a startup which announced they secured $1,000,000 in funding this week. The site SecondPorch.com, offers vacation homeowners an easier way to generate and manage high-value rental inquiries. Investors include the former CO-founder of Oversee.net, Fred Hsu and the Oregon Angel Fund. Another former Snapnames … [Read more...]
MediaPost.com Covers Root Orange
Mediapost.com just published a story on one of the new companies in our space, Root Orange. The story give you some back ground on how it got started and its location splitting technology and the roll out of attorney.com. Basically as we discussed a couple of weeks ago the technology allows for many different, in the case of attorney.com, lawyers around the country to use and market the same … [Read more...]
Our Prediction: Who Will Make The Most Money Off The New Extensions? Hands Down, Godaddy.com
After the developments this week we are ready to make an early prediction on which company is going to make the most off the new extensions. By a mile its going to be Godaddy. Godaddy announced this week that the have a market share of 50% of every new domain registration. That's huge. Think about Google and search. What is your perception? Google owns the market, … [Read more...]
Sedo Fined 95,000 Euro’s By A French Court For A Parked Page & Ordered To Post The Verdict
If you think the trademark laws are tough in the United States, you should check out the french laws. If you visit Sedo's home page for France, you will see on the bottom of the front page a judgment of a French court entered against Sedo for a total of 95,000 Euro's for apparently just parking a domain its didn't own. The case involved the domain Euridile.fr, which the court found infringed … [Read more...]
I’m A Guru?: Wait Until You See Who Owns The Newest Blog Aggregator Gurus.com
I just literally stumbled across a new blog aggregation service called Gurus.com which is covering the domain industry along with blogs of some other industries. The site is using the Slogan; "one site, all the gurus" Of course most of you are familiar with Domaining.com and NameBee.com which have been serving the domain community quite well as blog aggregators. Gurus.com is categorizing … [Read more...]