It's no secret to anyone active in the expired auction scene that Huge Domains and their bot are a big deal on GoDaddy auctions. A thread titled, HUGE DOMAINS SNIPING GODADDY CLOSEOUTS got things going on Namepros. The thread has 21,000 views and 430 replies. It's a long read and an informative read, if you have not read it you should bookmark it. Today Namepros member Dave put forth an … [Read more...]
GoDaddy to do a share buyback of $500 million
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) is up 16% today, the company announced strong earnings yesterday and a share buyback. CNBC broke it down Key Points GoDaddy on Wednesday announced its biggest ever share buyback of $500 million.The company reported a 12% rise in quarterly revenue as the web hosting company earned more per user, sending its shares up 10% in extended trading.Average revenue per … [Read more...]
Berkens Bits – Mike on domain offers circa November 2009
Here is another look back at a post from Mike a decade ago. This was published in November of 2009. The post generated a lot of traffic and 65 comments. 1st Rule Of Dealing With Domain Offers Is: People Lie We generally receive 10-15 offers a day, everyday so several thousand a year, and here is the 1st general rule of thumb. Buyer’s lie. Yes people on the Internet often lie. Yes … [Read more...]
Mobile ad spending will surpass desktop by 2022
Desktop currently outpaces mobile advertising by a few percentage points. But Statista published a piece that by 2022 mobile will outpace desktop for the first time ever. According to Statista's Digital Market Outlook, mobile will account for 50 percent of ad spending by 2021 and finally surpass desktop in 2022. Earlier this year, the Interactive Advertising Bureau reported that internet … [Read more...]
Flippa changing pricing again
In May I wrote about Flippa changing their pricing and it looks like they have done it again. It looks like a better deal to list a domain which was $15 and now 10. Last time all listings, regardless of type, size or location, are charged at a $15 per month listing fee. So starter sites and apps are unchanged and established websites are now $49 to list. The changes make sense they raised the … [Read more...]
Who is your number 2?
Second favorite domain extension Looking around the industry it seems some are bullish on one word .co, others .io, Rob Monster has a big thread on Namepros about being bullish on .org. Who is your number 2? After .com what is your second favorite extension? … [Read more...]
“he can only talk his crap to the dumb poor and deluded”
Do you follow and read Rick Schwartz? One Namepros member believes you are dumb, poor and deluded. So yesterday Donuts started tweeting at Rick Schwartz and promoting their premium new gtld inventory. Donuts tweets Rick tweeted this morning Elliot Silver covered the tweets on his blog and the discussion has spilled over to Namepros with one poster blasting Rick. MSN-Domains … [Read more...]