The Boston Herald published a very positive article this morning about domains highlighting the recent sale of Candy.com, and other category killer domains The article goes on to talk about Furniture.com which apparently sold for $1M in 2001, which I think has not been reported until now (maybe Ron Jackson can confirm this). "We bought the domain for $1 million,” said Carl Prindle, president … [Read more...]
.CM Auction Domains Are All Resolving, So Who Is Tracking & Making Money Off Them?
In preparing for the Rick Latona Auction of .CM domains, I found some very interesting things. Some of the domains in the auction are resolving to the .com owner's site. Bodybuilding.cm goes to bodybuilding.com through an affiliate program. Date.cm is going to Date.com through an affiliate program. DrugStore.cm is redirected to DrugStore.com through an affiliate program. Most of the … [Read more...]
Now We Know How Much NBC Paid For SyFy.com: $250K & The Story Behind It
In a new article published by the former owner of SYFY.com, the domain and brand NBC chose to replace the Sci Fi Network and Scifi.com, he tells the story of the negotiations between himself and NBC and confirms that the sales price was $250K. And for all your domainers out there that think $250K was a pretty good price for a LLLL.com, the former owner, Michael Hinman, is not a happy … [Read more...]
What’s Wrong With Y4.com? It’s Not Registered & Blocked By The Registry
So I was checking around for some domains and found Y4.com is unregistered, and seems to be blocked by the registry for registration. It's the first domain I have seen come back with such a whois result in a long time. Back when NSI was the only registry they blocked the registration of any domain containing one of the 7 dirty words made famous by George Carlin. (although some slipped … [Read more...]
Forbes.com Covers Domains: “Get Your Domain Now”
Forbes.com just posted an article entitled: "Get Your Internet Domain Now". The article citing a Sedo.com report, saying that the average cost of a domain on Sedo's reseller platform is up to $2,808 up from $2,049 a year ago. The article widely quotes Nora Nanayakkara, Director of Business Development at Sedo, who says in part: "Companies are rushing to buy generic domains to capitalize … [Read more...]
TechCrunch: “Pre-Order Your .CM Domain Now, Start Making Money Off Domain Typos Soon”
In a brutal article, entitled "Pre-order your .cm domain now, start making money off Domain Typos Soon",TechCrunch talks about the Namejet.com/Enom exclusive .CM registry arrangement we told you about last week, for the .cm domain landrush. The article discusses the Business 2.0 article on Kevin Ham, as well as that several trademarked terms appeared on NameJet site when they checked out the … [Read more...]
PPC Advertising Will Grow by 20% This Year: Better Than Any Other Media
Publicis' ZenithOptimedia Group, issued a forecast today saying that they expect Internet ad spending will expand 10.1% in 2009. The agency projects Internet ad spending will rise to $56.8 billion this year, or 12.6% of the global advertising economy. That means the Internet will pick up more than two points of worldwide advertising share, this year, and its momentum is only expected to … [Read more...]