Another domain parking company bites the dust. Times are tough for domain parking companies, and the consolidation continues. Sedo announced today that they have taken over ParkingPanel, a domain parking company originally started by StormWest. Earlier this year Sedo bought RevenueDirect and integrated their customers and some of their technology. They plan to do the... Continue Reading →
How Much to Develop a Mini-Site?
Domain Mass Development is having a September sale. If you order 10 domains for mass development $999 you get an additional 10 domains for free. According to the site, you get "a dedicated project manager to oversee all aspects of web design and development. turnaround time of 7 days or less...All design, research and copywriting... Continue Reading →
TrafficZ and Boswell Part Ways
Jonathan Boswell has left TrafficZ to focus on his private equity company Boswell Investments. Jonathan was one of the founders of LeaseThis.com, which was bought by Thought Convergence and integrated with TrafficZ to some extent. He was General Manager of TrafficZ for the last year.Andrew Allemann reported that "he and the TrafficZ co-founders have decided... Continue Reading →
Donny Simonton is On Strike (at NamePros)
According to a recent post, Donny Simonton of Parked and WhyPark is backing off from his participation in the popular NamePros Forum after being criticised by a moderator. According to Donny: Do to reasons beyond my control, I will not be responding to questions on namepros for the next few weeks/months. It was brought to... Continue Reading →
DOMAINfest Global Announces Schedule, Early Bird Registration
Oversee.net just announced the schedule for the January 2009 DOMAINfest GLobal. Sort of. They did announce the structure of the conference, the beach location, and the title of some of the keynote presentations. These are: Session 1 - PITCHfest: Vote for the Best Session 2 - New gTLDs: Bonanza or Bust? Session 3 - Turning... Continue Reading →
Sedo Tweaks its Parking Pages
The domain giant Sedo has made some changes to its domain parking platform that should result in more revenue for domain owners who park with their service. Some of these changes were already available to their invitation-only Sedo Pro service. The changes: The ability to choose between one-click and two-click landing pages. Most domainers... Continue Reading →
Wikipedia “Domaining” article Returns
The definition of "domainer" on Wikipedia redirected to "cybersquatter" for a long time. Recently an article has shown up in for review (and has also been proposed for deletion). You can see the article at Wikipedia.org and you can discuss the article (and vote on whether to delete it) here. The article is spammy in places. There is a link to PremiumDomains.biz that appears to be self-serving (and may be counter-prodictive). Please consider editing and improving this article, but please refrain from spammy links to your own sites if you do this.
Because the article may be deleted I am excerpting below muchof the content that appeared on 8/10/09 at 8:30 pm:
Domaining is the practice of monetizing Internet domain names using a variety of methods and strategies. These approaches may include website development, minisite creation, affiliate marketing partnerships, domain forwarding services, domain name sales and leasing, the selling of direct sales lead via customer opt-in, the inclusion of paid business directory listings. A popular strategy to monetize domain name involves creation of websites displaying pay per click advertising. These practices often lead to domain name speculation, but the latter is also a preferred activity in itself for the majority of domaining practitioners.[citation needed] An individual who engages in domaining is referred to as a domainer.
The underlying opportunity for profiting from domaining lies in the limited supply of simple, memorable names within the most popular top-level domains (TLDs), most notably the TLD COM.[1] Major Internet service providers have been known to practice domaining by benefiting from mistyped domain names in web browsers, and redirecting the invalid domain names to advertising sites created for this purpose.[2]
What’s up at Stompernet?
Andy Jenkins has left Stompernet. He recently announced that he will not be at the Live 8 event in Atlanta. Co-founder Brad Fallon is planning a bit announcement on September 9th. Look for the price to drop, or at least the introduction of tiered pricing. Stompernet is one of the world's most expensive membership sites. ... Continue Reading →
How will the Microsoft/Yahoo Deal affect Domain Parking?
Microsoft and Yahoo came to terms this week on a deal to share search and paid search technology. How will this affect domain parking and income? There are a lot of opinions out there. Andrew Allemann thinks it is a good thing for domainers. His point-of-view is that an allied Microsoft-Yahoo will be a stronger... Continue Reading →
Oversee Announces the Next DomainFest Global
The people at Oversee.net had a problem. They held the best domain conference to date in January this year, topped-off by a benefit at the Playboy Mansion, Over 600 attended, double the size of most recent domain conferences. What could they possibly do for an encore? A recent press release stated underscored the dilemma Last... Continue Reading →
