Jan 2 2009

Domaining Revolution Vs Mystery Domain Auction : Where is the Revolution?

Well, you already know what I am about to write about, right?
There is a great deal of controversy brewing regarding yesterday’s launch of  Mystery Domain Auction.
It appears that John Motson had hyped his “Domaining Revolution” project way too much and never really pointed out that the so called domaining revolution project was hardly any [...]

Oct 20 2008

Are Domain Conferences worth the Time and Money?

Domain industry has a lot of different domain conferences these days.
So far together we have already seen a couple dozen shows successfully staged by these various conferences.
The single biggest challenge facing the domainers in the past few years is the proper monetization and development of their assets to make profitable the domains that do not have much natural traffic. [...]

Oct 2 2008

Who wants to be “Domain Name Blogger”?

I guess we have a perfect generic domain in our portfolio that can be used nicely by other aspiring domain name bloggers.
The domain name is:
 
DomainNameBlogger.com i.e. Domain Name Blogger
 
I would like to see this domain used by a domainer who is passionate about sharing his knowledge for the benefit of the domain industry.
We will consider the following kind [...]

Sep 4 2008

Domain Convergence - A new domain conference in Canada

Just came across this new entrant to the domain conference scene called: Domain-Convergence.
http://www.dnjournal.com
This will take place in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada from Oct.6-8, 2008.
The conference is staged by Frank Michlick who is also the co-founder of the DomainNameNews.com and SharedReviews.com
I always welcome more competition. This will lead to more opportunities for domainers.
The conference seems to [...]

Aug 18 2008

Downsizing at Oversee.net - Sign of times or something else?

You probably already read many headlines at various domain blog sites about lay-offs at Oversee.net which is the parent company of DomainSponsor.com, SnapNames.com, and Moniker.com
Apart from its famous domain parking monetization division DomainSponsor.com, Oversee.net is a diversified full service company in the domain industry.
Here are some of the headlines from various domaining blogs and other [...]

Aug 13 2008

Future of the Domain Industry - Will you bet the house?

Domain Industry is enjoying some good domain sales this year but parking income has declined significantly over the last one and half year. Many people have seen their revenues decline almost 50% from the old highs.
I have just finished reading this nice article by Sahar:
All in all, things are good, could be better, will be [...]

Jul 23 2008

Domain King strikes again - Property.com SOLD to Foreclosure.com

Property.com SOLD to Foreclosure.com - Rick Schwartz sells another domain for mega dollars! The deal is rumored to be one of the best ever or perhaps the biggest ever.
The specific terms of the deal to acquire Property.com were not disclosed. However, Geisen indicated that the value of the deal is one of the largest URL [...]

Jul 22 2008

Google to shake up domain parking?

Domain Parking shake-up: Just came across this news at Julia Mackenzie’s blog:
This new algo will assess all domains calling their parking feed and immediately give domains either a “pass” or a “fail” score. Meaning that if Google decide your domain has little chance of type-in traffic or if it scores low on conversions, it wont [...]

Jul 22 2008

Will Domain Parking survive?

Will Domain Parking survive?
 
Will domain parking survive long-term?  
Well that’s the question I am asking myself over and over these days.
Why so?  
Because I have seen parking revenues, especially RPM tumble across almost all categories of domains since April of 2007. In addition, I read domainers across all forums and blogs complaining about declining parking [...]

Jul 22 2008

Domainer Mardi Gras - Now that’s something to think about:)

Well, I have to admit that I never saw this one coming.
Just read at Ron’s DNJournal.com that a new domain industry conference is entering the domain space. This one promises to be a lot more fun….at least it appears so:)
I must say that Parked.com and Modern Domainer Magazine are good marketers. Well, who would have thought of [...]

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