Namebio recently posted an article about iReit’s decision to sell a large chunk of their portfolio and Dark Blue Seas deal with Godaddy. One of the interesting quotes was: “it may suggest that both companies are seeing major drops in revenue and are cleaning house and changing monetization strategies” I really like Namebio so proper credit is given [...]

We consistently receive offers to purchase “generic” domain names and its surprising by what some perceive to be generic names.  Everybody has their own definition (to a certain extent) but ours is rather specific. A generic domain name should be one that defines an industry, product, social event, profession, name or procedure. I’m sure there are more [...]

Last night we mentioned SnapNames upgraded their auction platform to include the number of bidders. It seems this wasn’t the only announcement. DotWeekly announced the Snap team will now allow private sellers to auction off names held at Moniker. The acquisition of Moniker by Oversee was one of the best deals for this industry (in our opinion).  [...]

Looks like SnapNames just upgraded their auction platform so you can view the number of bidders for each domain. Have to look in to this further but here’s a neat trick to get you started… (a) leave search box empty – hit go (b) double click bidders so it’s sorted from high to low..   All most active auctions [...]

Someone famous once said “If everybody is selling, it’s time to buy”. This quote is true in so many way unless the investments are in a market which is going to end – and the internet is not ending.  In fact, it’s still only beginning. In recent months we have witnessed the introduction of the [...]

We have sold quite a few developed websites over the years and its always interesting to view the offers.  From the insane offers (not in a good way) - to the somewhat fair market ones – to the ones that seem very, very good but a bit of a longer payday. It’s pretty easy to scratch [...]

It’s interesting to watch price action on dropped names.  The logic behind many of the end prices defy any domainers valuation method. Some are steals – (like dmvrecords.com a few days ago at NameJet). I was jet-skiing with some friends and forgot to raise our maximum bid before leaving the crib.  Anything under $25k was [...]

Do you have one? New Year resolutions are made to be broken and they generally get shorter as we get older but what about your bucket list.  For most people (I will guess) this list gets longer with age.  We become wrapped up with work, incur greater responsibilities as our families grow and plan on [...]

Congratulations.  You have developed a website and are finally moving in the direction of domain development. Hold up.  Let’s not get carried away. You have spent time and money for some kind of development yet the first thing people see when they visit your site are 4 groups of Adsense ads scattered all over the [...]

Just received this email … “The 21st Century has been touted by media and businesses as the Asia century. Over 510 million Internet users live in Asia and people are actively searching for information on one of the most fascinating places emerging in the world today…..Now is the time to invest in the future. Make [...]