Archive for May, 2007
The Top 4 Lies Domainers Tell Themselves
tropicalseo.com has an interesting article regarding the top lies domainers tell themselves in justifying enormous domain name portfolios. It is an interesting list and one the newbie domainers should go through. I am also going to add a few:
Type-in traffic numbers are higher than you think, and growing
Type-in traffic converts better than search
Dot-mobi is the […]
Porn.com sells for $9.5 million
It seems Moniker is at the forefront of a lot of high profile deals lately, just closing the $9.5 million deal for porn.com. It represents the largest all cash transaction in domain history.
“The sale of Porn.com further reinforces the growing trend of businesses that place a high strategic value on generic domains related to […]
Casino Domain Names Sell for $1.3 Million
Gambling911.com reported that Moniker’s silent auction of online gambling domain names brought in $1.3 million.
From that figure, Scores.com took the largest percentage securing a hefty $1.2 million. Slots.com and other online casino related domains each sold for no more than $100,000 each.One of the most sought after names, Poker.com, is not included in the above […]
GoDaddy - Every 1.3 seconds
That is how often GoDaddy adds a new domain name to its registered database. That is five times faster than five years ago!
“I’ve heard people say all the good dot-com names are taken — that’s just not the case,” he said. “The Web is just getting going. We’ve only scratched the surface.”
Pushing site signups has […]
Instant Domain Search
There is a real nice tool over at instantdomainsearch.com which lets you search for potential domain names using ajax. No more having to refresh, wait for the registrar, or try different varations just to come up with a winning combination.
All you do is start typing the first letter of your domain name, and it starts […]
$1.2 Million Sold During Moniker’s Silent Auction
Moniker’s Silent Auction of premium domain names at the Casino Affiliate Convention Amsterdam 2007 closed yesterday with more than U.S. $1.2 million worth of gaming and casico industry domain names sold during the week long online auction.
Scores.com was purchased for $1.18 million, making it one of the top […]
Register Your Domains At The Domainfest Auction
DomainFest 2007 is running an official NICIT Domainfest Amsterdam auction website where you can add up to 20 of your own domain names.
The account is free to create. You have to fill out some paperwork in case one of your domain names gets sold and prove that you own the domain name itself. Other than […]
Don’t Buy The Keyword - Buy The Domain Name
Ecommerce Times has a fantastic article concerning the use of domain names to redirect traffic to your site.
In essence, the thought is that users are bypassing search results more and more, because of the increased complexity and paid ads, so visitors are simply typing what they want into a browser, adding .com, and seeing what […]
Moniker Adds Premium Domain Names To Silent Auction
On May 4th, Moniker announced the addition of premium domain names that will be up at the silent auction of gaming and casino industry domain names.
These new domain names include:
scores.com
gin.com
horseracing.com
dailydouble.com
ebet.com
bestodds.com
casinos.mobi
lucky7.com
This auction is taking place at the Casino Affiliate Convention 2007, in Amsterdam through May 5, at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel. Then the […]
Digital Photography Site For Sale
I just wanted to let you know that I have a digital photography site for sale on sitepoint if anyone is interested.
Just click on the listing below and it will take you to the details.