Business Insider has put out a detailed report on the Internet of Things. From the article detailing the report: Estimates for Internet of Things or IoT market value are massive, since by definition the IoT will be a diffuse layer of devices, sensors, and computing power that overlays entire consumer, business-to-business, and government industries. The IoT will account for an increasingly … [Read more...]
DomainNameSales.com Average Sale $15K; Set Min Commission at $175
In an announcement today on DomainNameSales.com, they are setting a $175 minium commission on all domain sales starting on February 15th. However since the average sale is $15,000 according to the release the minimum commission shouldn't be a big deal. Here is the announcement: ""Firstly, in regard to DNS, The DNS platform is unique because it lets you self-broker your sales, and … [Read more...]
Go Daddy Tightens Security After @N Debacle
In another move related to the social engineering that took place at Go Daddy and allegedly Paypal (Paypal stands by the position they did not give the hijacker anything and that it was a failed attempt) Go Daddy is now changing their security practices. In a tweet on Saturday there was an exchage from the former owner of @N and Go Daddy, he is also a former Go Daddy client as he tweeted … [Read more...]
2013 Turkish Domain Name Market Study
AlanAdlari.com put out their 2013 Turkish Domain Report Top 3 keywords for sales were Game,News and Ticket. The most popular lengths for domains that sold were in the 7 to 11 character range. (click to enlarge) … [Read more...]
Coupons.com files for $100million IPO
Last week it was Care.com going public and soaring in its first day of trading and now another category killer .com, Coupons.com has filed to go public. When looking at both of these companies ".COM" is a part of the name, they are not Care Inc or Coupons Inc and use the .com extension. With all the talk lately of new gtlds and branding themselves it is important to note that .com started this … [Read more...]
Facebook’s Game of The Year Bought Its Domain For $2,500 on Sedo & Isn’t Using It
Facebook published its 2013 Games of the Year list in the 1st week of December. The game gets 100 million active monthly users. The company that makes the game, Pretty Simple SA out of Paris France, bought the matching domain name of the Game of the Year CriminalCase.com for $2,500 on Sedo a year ago. The domain name CriminalCase.com however remains parked today and has an Alexa rank of 9 … [Read more...]
Tnooz “Travel domains going for (not exactly) a song”
Linda Fox wrote a piece today on Tnooz.com about Tour.com being put up for sale for $3million. Tnooz is a global provider of news, analysis, commentary, education, data and business services to the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. It is the leading voice to the industry for all areas related to travel technology. So travel related domains are something they might like to write about … [Read more...]