Many of the new gTLD registries are planning on the old .TV pricing model to sell their premium domain names. Two large applicants Donuts and Minds +Machines who between the two applied for 400 new gTLD strings, have both stated they indent to use the .TV pricing model which sells premium domains instead one for a one time payment in the four, five and even six figures and breaks them down by … [Read more...]
Has Google Made Domain Migration Harder ?
Patrick Altoft is the Director of Search at Branded3 and he wrote an article today about Google making it harder to migrate to a new domain. From the article: Changing domains has never been something to be taken lightly but in the past year, Google appears to have made it tougher for brands to carry out a legitimate re-brand, or domain change for other reasons, without suffering catastrophic SEO … [Read more...]
EU,US and Hong Kong authorities work together to take down 690 counterfeit websites
Time Magazine is reporting that European and U.S. authorities have cracked down on another group of websites that traffic in counterfeit goods. This continues to be an ongoing battle between authorities and the counterfeiters who have networks all throughout the world. From the article: “These websites were set up to dupe consumers into unknowingly buying counterfeit products,” Europol said in … [Read more...]
Hosting Company XBT.com Is The Buyer Of Servers.com For $300,000
The buyer of the domain name Servers.com has issued a press release about its $300,000 acquisition of the domain. XBT, whose website is XBT.com "one of the largest dedicated hosting, IP Transit and co-location provider of the European Union" acquired the domain name servers.com for 300.000 US dollars "as a highest bid in an auction, which took place in Dallas." "Through ROOT S.A., XBT has … [Read more...]
From An $11K Sale In 2004 Curious.com Sold Launched in May Gets $7.5 Million In Funding & Is Covered By Forbes
Curious.com was which just been covered by Forbes.com, as after launching in May and now having raised $7.5 Million, has a pretty Curious past of its own. On the business front Curious.com was cofounded by Justin Kitch, Chief Technology Officer Thai Bui, and engineering chief John Tokash. Kitch and Bui were cofounders and Tokash an early employee of the small-business website platform … [Read more...]
Here’s a Mainstream Publication That Gets The Value Of Domains: Hope.com, Alert.com, Usher.com, Wisdom.com. Mike.com, DNA.com; Alarm.com
bizjournals.com, covered what they considered to be very successful companies located in DC that own great domains in a post entitled "The golden domain names of D.C. Tech" I quite an opposite approach to the Forbes article which portrayed those that acquired great domain names in the 1990's as less than great businessman. The article covers MicroStrategy Inc. and its CEO Michael Saylor, … [Read more...]
Bought in 2007, Care.com To Go Public In 2014
Care.com Inc., is planning to go public, in 2014 according to WSJ.com. According to the WSJ.com store, Care.com is an online service for hiring nannies and other at-home caregivers, and hired Morgan Stanley to lead the IPO, which is expected to raise around $100 million next year. Care.com operates a marketplace for baby sitters, dog walkers, housecleaners and other household caregivers. It … [Read more...]