Kieren McCarthy was interviewed by Monte Cahn on Webmasterradio a couple of weeks ago. It’s well worth listening to (mp3) Kieren talks about his book on the sex.com battle, his role in ICANN and gives some very interesting insights into the domain industry. You may not agree with everything he says, but you can’t deny… Continue reading Kieren McCarthy on Sex.com, ICANN and the domain industry
Category: domain aftermarket
Apple Pays Over The Odds For Iphone.com
Before you launch a new product or service it makes sense to check the domains. If you don’t own them, then maybe you can acquire them before your product launch. Apple obviously didn’t think that one through …. Iphone.com has been registered for over a decade, but they didn’t think to contact its owner prior… Continue reading Apple Pays Over The Odds For Iphone.com
TRAFFIC Auction
Frank is covering the auction at TRAFFIC today. You can also listen in on WebmasterRadio.fm A couple of sales I noticed: blogging.com – $35k IrishWhiskey.com – $8k
Domain Portfolio Management Made Easy – DNZoom
I was sworn to secrecy about DNZoom a few weeks ago, but as they’re about to launch they’ve finally given me permission to talk about it! If you have a reasonably sized domain portfolio then you’ve probably got domains spread across multiple registrars, parking services, hosting companies and marketplaces. You buy domains off Sedo, monetise… Continue reading Domain Portfolio Management Made Easy – DNZoom
Reactions to Oversee.net’s Acquisition of SnapNames
The acquistion of SnapNames has provoked some interest in the domain related blogspace. Michael Gilmour points to Frank Schilling, who brings a very different view to the deal and draws parallels with the traditional auction houses. Jay Westerdal follows up his original post with the email that I had mentioned the other day. Of course… Continue reading Reactions to Oversee.net’s Acquisition of SnapNames
SnapNames Acquisition – Sudhir Bhagwan’s Comments
In a digital world news travels fast. SnapNames CEO, Sudhir Bhagwan, has already sent out an email to all their clients to notify them of the acquisition and to assure them that it is “business as usual”: It’s important that you understand there will be no changes to the way SnapNames provides its services. This… Continue reading SnapNames Acquisition – Sudhir Bhagwan’s Comments
Oversee.net Acquires SnapNames.com
As the year progresses the number of mergers and acquistions in the domain industry is increasing at an impressive rate. Hot on the heels of GoDaddy’s acquisition (saving?) of RegisterFly another media company acquires a domain company. Is anyone beginning to see a pattern emerging? Oversee.net has acquired SnapNames according to a post on Jay… Continue reading Oversee.net Acquires SnapNames.com
EU Domain Release Dates
Unlike with .com domains .eu actually lets you know when a domain is due for release ie. when it will be available for registration again. For example: % % WHOIS xxxxxxxxxx Domain: xxxxxxxxxxx Status: SUSPENDED(QUARANTINE) Registered: Sat Apr 22 2006 Available: Sat Jun 9 2007 I’ve removed the actual domain name from the whois output… Continue reading EU Domain Release Dates
Where are all the domains?
If you were to give a cursory glance at the top list on WebHosting.info you would have to be forgiven for not thinking that there are some very odd patterns: A disproportionate number of the nameservers listed would appear to belong to domain parking companies, while the remainder would probably have a large percentage of… Continue reading Where are all the domains?
Eu – One year on – Dangerous Predictions
The .eu namespace has been operational for almost a year at this point. In the intervening period we’ve seen a lot of very upset people, as Eurid’s management of both Sunrise and Landrush led to thousands of domains being warehoused. During the same year we also saw the launch of .mobi, which is aimed at… Continue reading Eu – One year on – Dangerous Predictions