http://blip.tv/play/gcAb7ekOAA Daniel Law is the COO of domain monetization company NameDrive. They recently announced their new NDX domain marketplace that complements their current "park and sell" platform. Daniel discusses trends in domain parking and monetization in 2009 and beyond.
NameMedia Upgrades their Parking Platforms
NameMedia announced today that they have upgraded several aspects of their parking platforms, and that additional improvements are planned. The improvements apply across the board to their SmartName, ActiveAudience, and GoldKey services. When you first log-in to your account you will be greeted by a new dashboard that replaces the old control panel. The interface... Continue Reading →
Yahoo Stats Delayed
Several parking services are reporting delays in stats from Yahoo for the period of 2/15-2/17. This problem has delayed the semi-monthly report calculation for Parked (which pays twice a month). NameMedia's Yahoo-based SmartName, ActiveAudience, and GoldKey report similar stats delays.
By the Numbers (February 2009)
Name Monetizer welcomes Howard Hoffman, who will be regularly reporting on the trends he is seeing in the nubers based on his extensive domain portfolio.As most domain owners know, there has been a long-term trend of declining Revenue Per Click (RPC) from Google- and Yahoo-fed parking providers (DomainSponsor, Sedo, Fabulous, SmartName, TrafficZ, etc). RPC is... Continue Reading →
DOMAINfest Global Raises the Bar
Bear with me. I usually hate reading posts about conferences or trade shows that I didn't attend. Over 600 people did attend DOMAINfest Global in Hollywood, California, making this the largest domain conference in some time. Most of them left happy. The panels were first rate, with speakers such as Danny Sullivan and Bruce Clay... Continue Reading →
New Templates at NameDrive
NameDrive has added some new templates this past month that may improve your income. Studies suggest that internet users get accustomed to a template over time and immediately recognize that they are on a parked page. Refreshing your site with a new template may help this situation. NameDrive is a full service company that allows you to... Continue Reading →
Oversee.net Cuts More Staff
Oversee.net, the parent company of DomainSponsor, announced yesterday that it has laid off 38 employees – close to 20% of its workforce. The company cited a difficult economic environment expected in 2009 for the layoffs.There was speculation that was one of the hardest ht divisions, but the company did not break the numbers down. They... Continue Reading →
Sedo Deleting Active Domains
One of Sedo's automated systems seems to be going a little crazy and it is deleting active domains from Sedo's system. I received the tollowing email today Dear Customer,During a routine Account Maintenance Check, we noticed that you have one or more domains listed with Sedo that are not currently registered.Since the domain(s) in... Continue Reading →
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