Posted June 23rd, 2009
From smartcompany
Australia’s fledgling domain name trading sector has scored its highest ever sale, with sextoys.com.au sold for $25,500 on exchange site Netfleet.com.au.
The domain name trading market has been in existence for just over a year, since the Australian Domain Name Administrator allowed the buying and selling of domain names. There are two main companies providing an exchange for domain names: Netfleet and Domain Market Place.
See the full skinny HERE.
Tags: Australia, domain aftermarket, Netfleet, sextoys
Posted in Domain Sales and Auctions, Resale by Ken Taylor
Posted April 14th, 2009
It’s been a heck of a year for domains given the ups and downs we’ve been seeing since the start of 2009. We sat down with Mason Cole, a nine year veteran of the domain business and Vice President of Communications and Industry Relations for Oversee.net, to get the registrar perspective on the place of domain names in Internet commerce, the value of .com names and registrar concerns about the new gTLD initiative.
NameSmash: Can you give us a little background on Oversee.net?
Mason Cole: Oversee was started in 2000 by Lawrence Ng and Fred Hsu. The company’s first product was Domain Sponsor, which grew into the industry’s best-known monetization service and now is known for its optimization technology and superior payouts. Oversee acquired SnapNames, the world’s most active domain name aftermarket platform, in June 2007, and Moniker, a top-ten registrar, in December, 2007. The company also maintains operations in selected vertical lead-generation markets – the best known is travel, with its LowFares.com platform.
NameSmash: How did DOMAINfest get started?
Mason Cole: Oversee saw a need to bridge the gap between the heavy policy focus of ICANN meetings and the full focus on domaining at other shows. It’s important to show the rest of the business world that our industry plays a very important role in Internet commerce, and we started DOMAINfest to bring everyone with a stake in the industry together to talk about all the issues important to us, not just a select few. We want to make this a sustainable, reputable industry where people continue to invest and deliver consistent profitability. We just produced our third US-based show in late January and the feedback has been very gratifying.
NameSmash: We loved the conference this year. Unlimited churros are the way to our hearts (Oversee hosted a party at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park). How did you find the mood of the conference this year in comparison to years past?
Mason Cole: A little more subdued thanks to the broader economy, but overall very good. And our attendance – more than 600 – says there’s plenty to be optimistic about in the industry. We tackled some of the more difficult economic issues head on and demonstrated the potential of our industry. So people feeling pretty bullish about opportunities.
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Tags: .com value, DOMAINfest, gTLDS, Mason Cole, Oversee.net, registrar perspective. ICANN
Posted in Auctions, gTLDS, ICANN, Know Your Domains, Resale, Web 2.0 by Kelly Hardy
Posted December 12th, 2008
Folks, if you remember nothing else we tell you, please for the love of all that is holy, don’t forget to renew your domain names.
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Tags: georgewbushlibrary, Illuminati Karate, Yuma Solutions
Posted in Domain Sales and Auctions, Know Your Domains, Resale by Kelly Hardy
Posted August 15th, 2008
Tucows who on their website claim to be “reseller friendly since 1999″ have expanded their Open SRS Service in what is being referred to by Domain Name Wire as the “reseller in a box program”. The new program will allow re-sellers to open a “domain registration store” and is competing head to head with GODADDY.COM’s Wild West Domain Service.
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Tags: Open SRS, Tucows
Posted in Resale by Kelly Hardy
