Our "friends" Verisign.com put out a press release today (don't worry they didn't anounce another price increase, this time) touting their .tv extension and how it is being used by Political Blogs and sites. Here is the release (the part that got me to gag I put in bold): Internet-savvy voters are turning off their TV sets and heading online for video content that is increasingly shaping … [Read more...]
New .mobi Auction and Parking Site Launched
A new site, Dedicated exclusively to dot mobi names, MobiSiteTrader.com It's free to list an unlimited number of sites however there is an additional charge to have your domains listed as a "showcase" name. The site is also offering to appraise your .mobi domains for at a charge. According to the press release, Domainers who list their .mobi sites on MobiSiteTrader.com may also park their … [Read more...]
Domain Industry: It’s a Horse Race
Watching Big Brown win the Preakness yesterday reminded me how many similarities there is between the horse industry and the domain industry. Like the domain industry, where we acquire our portfolio’s basically within the industry, be it at domain auctions, the daily drop auctions, major domain auctions like TRAFFIC, and private sales and purchase with others in the industry, the horse racing … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Auction makes headlines in JERUSALEM
The moniker.com live TRAFFIC auction now has made news half way across the world in the THE JERUSALEM POST, whcih reported on the auciton of israel.com. Its good to see that the domain market getting press overseas. Here is a reprint of the article: """""""You would think Israel.com would be an exciting, detailed Web site on the Jewish state, designed to attract tourists from abroad. But when … [Read more...]
What Should Microsoft Do With That $46 Billion?: How About Buy Domains
So now that Microsoft's attempt to buy Yahoo has failed (at least for now) what can Microsoft do to take traffic away from Yahoo and Google and move it to MSN? How about buy domains. More specifically buy large domain portfolios and redirect the traffic to MSN. Microsoft was willing to spend $46 Billion for Yahoo. By all accounts it would take well over a year to get regulatory … [Read more...]
Selling & Buying Domain Interests on FUSU.com: Is it Legal????
Fusu.com billed as the world's first and only domain stock exchange seems to be getting a lot of buzz in the industry. However is it legal???? I started looking at this a couple of weeks ago, as I was considering listing one of my domains for sale. It looks like a great idea, sell part of a domain, raise some cash, and allow other to participate in the current income and upside … [Read more...]
Using Estibot.com, what are the best and worst buys of the Live TRAFFIC auction
I have seen a lot of people in the domain community discussing, Estibot.com lately. Estibot.com is an automated domain appraisal tool. Type a domain into it and it will give you back an appraisal for a domain. I thought is would be interesting to see what appraisal Esibot.com gave to the Live TRAFFIC names. Here the top ten domains in the live TRAFFIC auction with a reserve price of … [Read more...]