NameJet.com sent out an e-mail tonight reminding everyone that the .cm Landrush ends next week on July 30 at 5pm EST. In the e-mail it lists the "Most Popular .cm Pre-orders" and for me there are quite a few surprises on the list. While some of the domains I expected like: … [Read more...]
Online Porn Covered By Search Engine Journal: “Porn Pushes The Boundaries On Technology”
A pretty interesting post this morning on the online porn industry, searches and user behaviors appeared in the Search Engine Journal. Anyone in the industry or any one owing adult domains should check it out. Some of the more interesting points is although more people are searching using the term "porn", there are only 4 adult sites in the alexa.org top 100. "The proportion of people … [Read more...]
Jets.com For Sale On Sedo After Sale Of The Company That Owns It.
Jets.com, a truly premium domain for the travel industry is now listed on Sedo.com with a "make offer" page. Jets.com was formerly used by a company brokering private jet charters. OneSky Jets recently acquired "the business interests of Jets.com" (price and terms were not disclosed) Included in the sale were: "Jets.com technology platform including its servers and all the data … [Read more...]
Your May Not To Get To Use Your .CM Domains Until 2010
Just a word of caution for those interested in going to .CM domains, it looks like you may not be able to start using the domains until sometime in 2010. I noticed on Moniker.com site on the FAQ, where they are accepting pre-orders for .CM domains: """How will I set name servers? ""Due to registry restrictions, you will not be able to freely change the name servers until early 2010 as … [Read more...]
BusinessWeek Covers Domains: “The Domain Name Business”
BusinessWeek just published a story on domain names, entitled "The Domain Name Business" Nothing revolutionary here but always good to see domains discussed in a positive light as an investment vehicle by the mainstream media, and it doesn't get much more mainstream than BusinessWeek. Congrats to Jeremiah Johnston CEO of Sedo.com for again being widely quoted and actually serving as the … [Read more...]
Our Take On Dark Blue Sea: The Stock Tells The Tale & It’s Not Trading
Yesterday DomainNameNews.com, reported on Godaddy dropping DBS Domain Distribution Network from its system. Domainnamewire.com just published a blog raising some excellent points how Godaddy's action is going to effect DBS, very negatively Here is another subtainial problem for DBS, there shares aren't trading. No the stock is still listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, but there are … [Read more...]
New Way To Catch Dropping Domains For Only $18.95 A Pop
Name.com announced today its new "Domain Nabber Service" Domain Nabber is the beta version of Name.com’s back order service which includes a searchable database using Verisign and Yahoo data. Domain Nabber is currently limited to .com and .net domain names which are set to drop from the registry. All domain backorders are priced at $18.95 per substantially lower than current rates at … [Read more...]