Forbes just published an article on the new gTLD"s and its less than glowing. Here are some of the highlights of the piece written by Roger Kay: "It’s been nearly a year since a whole set of spanking new Internet domain names first came to market. These names —which in technical circles are called “generic top-level domains” or gTLDs — were just becoming available in January 2014...fresh … [Read more...]
22 Year Old Makes $85,000 in 9 Days Selling ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com
The auction for ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com ended last night on Flippafor USD $85,000 - a mere 9 days after the site was launched on January 12th. Today there is a press release out on it already "ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, a mere 9 days after the site was launched on January 12th. The site managed to secure over $20,000 in sales and 2.5 million visits in its first 24 hours of operation … [Read more...]
Backend Provider Open Registry Acquired For Up To $22.6 Million
According to rttnews.com, NCC Group plc (NCC.L), a provider of Escrow, Assurance and Domain Services, Tuesday said it has acquired the Belgium and Luxembourg based Open Registry group of companies for a maximum consideration of 14.9 million pounds or 19.5 million euros in cash. The company will make an initial payment of 7.9 million pounds or 10.3 million euros. Two further payments of up to … [Read more...]
Breaking: Domaining.com Is NOT Sold, Yet
On Friday the daily newsletter of Domaining carried this simple message: ""Game is over. Next week I will announce the new owner of Domaining.com" That one sentence that appeared on the top of the Domaining.com newsletter caused the domain blogosphere to blow up all weekend with posts about the "sale" of Domaining.com even leading to many bloggers and commentator guessing as to whom the … [Read more...]
Beware: DefendNames.com Spamming, Trying To Sell Unregistered Domains For $39.95
Over the last several days I have been receiving over 20 emails a day offering me domains for sale for $39.95 each. Until tonight I didn't pay too much attention but the sheer volume of the emails I have received today led to me to check it out. So the emails are coming from support@rosegardenestates.com Here is the email including just one of the many domain names I … [Read more...]
Domain Diction joins forces with UK agency C8 Consulting
According to a press release we revived, DomainDiction, "a marketing agency dedicated to the domain industry, announce that it is merging with UK based PR and marketing consultancy C8 Consulting, significantly strengthening its capability to service more clients in the domain space. Over the past three years DomainDiction has worked with a great number of the industry’s players from Neustar, … [Read more...]
B2B Digital Marketing Trends for 2015
In a post on BDB.co.uk the author Rachael took a look at digital marketing trends for the upcoming year, the changing or possible extinction of the homepage was number two on that list. The premise behind the end of the homepage stems from our mulit device universe. How sites act and react with smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc... Personally I think the homepage will stay in tact, I do agree … [Read more...]