The first day of the two day SnapNames.com auction at DomainFest, netted 800K. Today, all of the domains had "lower" reserves of the two day auction. Tomorrow the higher priced names will be auctioned. Here are the … [Read more...]
SnapNames Auction: Our Take
SnapNames.com has Published there list of live domains for its auction to be held this Tuesday and Wed. These are our top picks out of the list, (in no particular order) as the most interesting and most lightly to sell: Porn.net $400,000 (sex.net sold for $450K at a traffic auction in 2006) Fishing.net $25,000 Cakes.net $59 SoapOperas.com $100,000 (purchased at a traffic … [Read more...]
How will Domain’s Fare in the Recession?
Ok, I know we are not officially in a recession. A recession is defined technically as a decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two or more consecutive quarters. We do not have that. Yet However there is no doubt that the overall economy is in trouble. And (as they said in the show the Music Man) that's with a capital "T". Citibank wrote down 18 Billion dollars related to mortgage … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Adult Auction Nets $1,200,000
The Live adult domain auction just concluded at the Internext show in Las Vegas and the sales totaled approximately $1,200,000 The silent auction continues on moniker.com and closes next week. Here are the results as best as I could tell on the … [Read more...]
Blog vs. Manningsmind.com: Lesson in Old Media / New Media
If you have watched any pro football over the last 18 weeks, you will have seen the Sprint commercial for ManningsMind.com. The commercial features Peyton Manning, the quarterback for the Super Bowl champions, Indianapolis Colts, deciding whom to throw the football too. If you watch Pro football every Sunday like myself, you have seen the commercial, or at least changed channels on it, well … [Read more...]
How to Make Money in 2008
To make money in 2008, you need to start like any other year, concentrate on products and services that appeal to people's basic needs. Especially when the economy starts to soften you got to start by looking at what people really need to make them happy, or what they need to live their lives When we grew up, we were told that people had two basic needs, food and shelter. So now you're sitting … [Read more...]
Wall Street’s Outlook for 2008
Piper Jaffray, a Wall Street firm, predicted that internet stocks will outperform the market in 2008 and named Google as one of its top picks. Needham & Co. another Wall Street firm, predicted e-commerce growth of more than 20%, for 2008 and similar growth rate for online advertising and retail sales. They also predicted that the growth rate of the Chinese internet market will continue to to … [Read more...]