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Sedo doubles domain name sales revenues in 2007

May 26, 2023 By Cristina Ledesma Leave a Comment

Demand for aftermarket domain names grew substantially in 2007, setting yet a new record-setting benchmark for the market, according to an annual report conducted by Sedo. The continued increase in domain name value was spurred by the necessity for organizations and businesses to secure quality domain names that are no longer available through traditional registrars, as well as the greater ability to generate search engine optimization through targeted domain names.

Sedo, whose leading secondary domain name marketplace has long served as an index for industry performance, topped the $70 million mark in domain sales brokered for the first time in its history, twice the amount in 2006.

The Sedo report also found that advertising revenue generated from domain name parking, or matching pay-per-click advertisements with relevant domain names, also increased substantially on a per site basis as parked sites offered visitors more compelling content. In 2007, Sedo paid out more than $50 million to its community of domain owners using the company’s award winning parking program to monetize their unused domains.

Originally posted on January 23, 2008 @ 7:59 am

Filed Under: Domains, Web

Register.com partners with Fabulous.com to expand availability of premium domain names

May 12, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand

fabulous.jpgRegister.com announced that it has expanded its domain name search capabilities to include over 1.5 million premium domains. Through this expansion, Register.com gives small business customers access to both new domains and names that are currently registered but are available for resale.

One of Register.com’s key partners in building this expanded search capability is the Domain Distribution Network (Fabulous.com). Leveraging Fabulous.com’s expertise and extensive inventory of previously registered domains, Register.com has expanded its ability to help customers create memorable online brands that are easy to market and remember.

Originally posted on September 14, 2007 @ 10:11 am

Filed Under: Domains, Internet, Web

No to Hillary for President domain to be auctioned

May 8, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand

hillary.jpgNew Dimensions Media Group (NDMG) announced today that it will sell the Internet domain No to Hillary for President.com via eBay auction at 2pm (PST) on August 15, 2007.

“The domain name speaks for itself,” says John Nuccio, President of New Dimensions Media Group. “We are not trying to may a political statement here. We’ve chosen the auction method to sell our domains because of the worldwide success of this proven sales method. The Internet has become the information superhighway for the buying public. Most persons prefer the hassle free transactions that Internet auctions can offer. As a result, the Internet has become our most powerful selling tool.”

The domain has a “Buy It Now” price placed at $50,000.

Originally posted on August 10, 2007 @ 2:30 pm

Filed Under: Domains, Politics

ItsYourDomain.com acquired for $10.35 million

May 8, 2023 By Leo Blanco

iyd.jpgTucows Inc., the largest Internet services provider for hosting companies and ISPs, has acquired ItsYourDomain.com (IYD), a
privately held, profitable ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain services through a worldwide wholesale network of over 2,500 affiliates for US$10.35 million in cash plus the opportunity to realize a further US$1.05 million based on specific targets.

“From our perspective IYD was perhaps the only substantial wholesale domain registration base that might be available over the next few years, and it’s a compatible business that we’ll be able to fold in to our existing operations,” said Elliot Noss, President and CEO, Tucows Inc. “Additionally, this acquisition gives us some very interesting underlying technology that we were favorably impressed with that will allow us to more completely service our customer base.”

Originally posted on July 29, 2007 @ 3:46 am

Filed Under: Domains

£.com domain up for sale

May 5, 2023 By Nino Marchetti

pound-domain1.jpgFor sale: a domain name representing one of the most well known currencies in the world. If you’ve got the cash lying around to burn and desire a potentially lucrative domain to own then bust out your checkbooks and get ready to bid for £.com.

£.com, representing the British pound, is a symbol-based domain. The sale of this domain, part of a two domain deal (the other being poundsymbol.com), is being offered by Moneyedge, a small British Internet investments firm. £.com makes use of IDN (International Domain Name) technology and to access the domain visitors need to use a recent Web browser like Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 2 and be in one of the 18 countries that have the £ symbol on their keyboards. IDN-enabled browsers are estimated now at around 45% market share world-wide.

Bids on the £.com two domain package are being taken through August 30. Moneyedge provided no estimation on how much it might fetch in the auction.

Originally posted on July 20, 2007 @ 1:59 pm

Filed Under: Business, Domains, Web

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