According to AVN.com the company that owns the domain Swingers.com is looking for investors who has a minimum of $100,000 to invest. The managing partner of Swingers.com is quoted by AVN saying that the company is "offering excellent terms to investors, who have working knowledge of dating traffic, in an effort to raise about $1 million dollars to build and brand Swingers.com as a legitimate … [Read more...]
VeriSign: Domain Registrations Continue to Rise
According to a report today by VeriSign domain name registrations rose 6 percent in the first quarter of 2008, continuing a trend of steady growth, said VeriSign. At the end of the first quarter, there were 162 million domain name registrations across all of the top-level domains, or TLDs, VeriSign said Monday in its newest Domain Name Industry Brief. That marks a 26 percent increase over … [Read more...]
.COM.AU GOLD RUSH JUNE 2008 – Major corporates start buying up generic aftermarket domains
This is a guest post by DomainNewsReports: The .com.au domain industry in Australia has started going crazy with many major corporates starting to buy up premium generic names for use in addition to their own brand websites. Here are some recently registered and traded names in the .com.au market. The gold rush is obviously here! Many have been bought for 5 figure sums some even six … [Read more...]
Google-Yahoo Deal would kill Domaining (and it’s not so great for advertisers either)
There have been many articles written about the Google-Yahoo deal since it was announced. All basically come to the same conclusion. The deal basically give Google a monopoly on the Pay Per Click industry. Bad for advertisers, Horrible for domainers. Not since "Ma Bell" the old AT&T, was adjudicated to be a monopoly in the telephone business and ordered to be broken up into regional … [Read more...]
Bido.com Blasts off on June 18.
After months of anticipation, we are happy to report that on June 18, 1:00 PM, Bido.com is launching its one domain, per day auction format. With one daily domain auction, guaranteed minimum sale price to Sellers , a low 8% commission rate, and daily analysis from industry experts for each domain to be auctioned, Bido.com is truly taking a fresh approach to the exciting world of domain name … [Read more...]
IDC Report: The Internet to be the #2 Ad Medium in Five Years
According to a recently released study by IDC, , Internet advertising revenue will double from $25.5 billion in 2007 to $51.1 billion in 2012. During this period Internet advertising will grow about eight times as fast as advertising at large. In this five year period the report says that The Internet will go in the next 5 years from the number 5 advertising medium all the way to the number 2, … [Read more...]
UK Domain Backordering/DropCatching System Announced
Enter Hubbard Media, a UK tech company announced today a new program for Backordering and Drop Catching expiring .uk domain names. However the system they announced is completely different from the auction systems we're used to here. "There are no difficult APIs to follow; no auctions, and no third-party intermediaries to worry about as there are in the .com space. You become your own … [Read more...]