http://blip.tv/play/g9tTgYyNbAA Simonetta Batteiger is the head of Finance and Sales for North America for Sedo. She's also the head of parking, but they took that out of the title when she succeeded Eben Smith. (Eben continues to work for Sedo.) You'll see in this interview that Simonetta is more than just a pretty face. She... Continue Reading →
Donny Simonton and Craig Rowe on Parked and Whypark’s Future Together
http://blip.tv/play/g9tTgYvuAgA Donny Simonton and Craig Rowe talk about the reasons that Parked bought WhyPark and the synergies that they see going forward. There's not a lot new here, but it interesting to hear them talk about this together. I get the sense that they actually get along. Background on the merger is here.
Brian Carr of NameMedia on Domain Monetization in late 2009 and Beyond
http://blip.tv/play/g9tTgYqtUgA Brian Carr is Senior VP of Domain Publishing at NameMedia. He shares his thoughts about NameMedia's domain publishing (parking)services and the future of domain monetization. In this interview he talks about the new iPhone apps for GoldKey, ActiveAudience and GoldKey; and reveals that GoldKey and ActiveAudience domainers can get the SmartName Shopping.com feed that... Continue Reading →
Google Cash Detective Free Trial
This is a pretty amazing opportunity. Google Cash Detective is the highest rated of the internet marketing "spy tools." It contains weeks of fresh data on the successful ad campaigns being run by people in different Online niches. You can immediately find out what keywords your competitors are bidding on, which ones they keep bidding... Continue Reading →
The Latest Domain Parking Trends by Sector
by Howard Hoffman In my last column, I reviewed some of the reasons that domain parking revenues have fallen. As previously reported, my overall average revenue dropped about 45% between January 2007 and January 2009. First the good news: it appears that domain parking revenue may be stabilizing. Revenue has been fairly flat since December... Continue Reading →
Stealing Ad Campaigns – Is this Ethical?
Chris Carpenter caused quite a stir with Google Cash Detective 2. After the first version tanked, he came back with a hosted version that has several months of very up-to-date data on PPC AdWords campaigns in every conceivable keyword. Think of this as SpyFu on steroids. If you've ever tried SpyFu on your own ad... Continue Reading →
The Jay Westerdal Flap
Most of the domain blogs have covered the dispute between Thought Convergence, parent company of Trafficz and Jay Westerdal the founder of DomainTools. I'm not sure how Andrew Allemann finds the time to cover this stuff, but I thought he did a good job of covering all angles (once he got all the info). You... Continue Reading →
Sedo adds RevenueDirect Template
Sedo announced last week that it has added the first template that they have taken over from the defunct RevenueDirect service that they acquired. They characterize the "Direct Blue" template as a "visually simple template with a high performance rate." The template does have a clean look and feel. The graphic adds to the attractiveness... Continue Reading →
Revenue Direct gets Swallowed by Sedo
The writing is now on the wall. RevenueDirect is closing down and all of their domains will be consolidated at Sedo. This makes sense from a business point-of-view. Why operate two competing platforms? Here's an excerpt of the email I received today: As a valued RevenueDirect client, we´d like to welcome you into Sedo´s family... Continue Reading →
NameDrive Opens NDX Domain Market
NameDrive has opened their new NDX domain market first announced in January. NameDrive's service will charge a 7% fee, compared to the standard 10% charged by Afternic and Sedo. All fees are waived for the first month, as a way of encouraging people to sign-up. If you park your domains with NameDrive have can get... Continue Reading →
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