Elliot blogs about the 3 letter .com realm.
http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/12/10/b-king-on-three-letter-com-sales/
***FS*** There are only 17,576 3 letters in .com .. This piece probably explains which a have gotten scores of spam sales offers for my three letter and 3 number domains over the past few days.
Google reduces the importance of sub domains in it’s ranking system.
Excerpt: “As eBay [...]
Andy sends link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_microsoft_domain_fraud.html
***FS*** So much loose money and price swings in the domain business… a perfect opportunity for ne’er-do-wells to profit.. Only one problem.. it’s hard to keep a secret on the Internet. Crime doesn’t pay.. especially online.
Everyone is Doing It
http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/12/07/everybodys-doing-it/
***FS*** Investing in domain names that is
Domain Valuations : Chris Stewart
Domain Value (DV)=Traffic Value (TV)+Brand Value
(BV)+Utility Value (UV)+Discretionary Value (DiV) : Part 1
http://marketforlemons.com/?p=5
Via.com sells for 157,000.
(scroll down.) http://www.domainstate.com/showthread.php3?s=bf857a50211d7889c72645f54b38beb6&threadid=84867 Great name to build on. Good price for buyer (fully valued for name-investor), esp if they are going to develop. Via [...]
Invest.com bid up to 431k at Auction
auction is still live. 4 hours to go, as of 10 a.m. EST. Friday, Dec 6, 07 Reserve is 200,000 – 499,999. http://www.greatdomains.com/auction/auction_detail.php?language=us&auction_id=21998&tracked=&partnerid=32392
***FS*** Great name.. This is fully valued from a wildcat-return investor’s perspective.
Which domain extensions have increased in value the fastest.
Between 2004 – 2007. http://www.domainbits.com/increase-value All the data: [...]
Nice list.. missing the founders of Domainstate.com and also I think Paul Sloan/ Josh Quitner (writer and former editor) of Business 2.0 should have made this list.. Their coverage of the disruptive technology embodied in the name-biz helped to shine the light on the industry for other ”legitimate web” participants to see – and their stories provided the [...]
Domains Down Under
Melbourne.com sells for 700k.
Brisbane.com sells for 100k.
http://dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm
These are excellent geographical names.. I like cities with “i” in front of them too. Less organic traffic but cheaper and more brandable
Other notable sales:
TheNightBeforeChristmas.com $2,600
BabyBoomers.net $5,000
LuxuryHomes.org $1,775
Cannabis.co.uk $9,743
Dun and Bradstreet buy AllBusiness.com website for 55 million.
http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/4974051-1.html
***FS*** Everyone’s moving to a greater online presence… rating agencies included. [...]
Police the Minority, Ignore Bigger Problem
http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=8738
***FS*** Out-law.com means well but can’t see the forest for the trees here. An IP “expert” proposes a “Domain police force” to tackle cybersquatting. Yeah.. that will stop all that stolen traffic.. sure it will bub. Most “traffic” that gets incorrectly plumbed or stolen on the internet, does so at [...]
Which tld should bite the dust?
http://www.domainersgazette.com/the-dot-what-tld-deathmatch/
***FS*** Domainer’s Gazette runs a refreshing poll .. Should serve as excellent guidance to newbies.
Parking Transparency
Whizzbang sets out a roadmap for Standards and Transparency for parking companies.
***FS*** I think true transparency is a pipedream absent some kind of leverage on the upstreams. Nothing begets nothing tho, so kudos to MG [...]
Half the planet has cell phone plans.
3.3 billion of them. How long before half of those people have full browsing on their phones? Pretty quick, i imagine. http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=media&storyID=nL29172095
***FS*** edge, bluetooth, .mobi, gsm123.. this all bullshit. I’m an early adopter of almost all useful things tech and I predict mobile browsing (in the lean forward shopping [...]
New Logo Suggested
Domainer’s Gazette kindly offers so possible alternative logos for me http://www.domainersgazette.com/an-alternative-logo-font-for-frank-schillings-blog/ .
***FS*** I’m sincerely flattered .. kind of like my folksy craigs-list style font. But change is good.
Typo Partnerships
Whizzbang hypothetically plays with fire around TM infringing domain names. http://www.whizzbangsblog.com/content/view/329/1/
***FS*** Many trademark holders are terrible domain managers, suing or UDRPing for a name [...]