You may be thinking “What better time to sell Ballot.com than during presidential election year in the U.S.?!” Interesting timing, but I don’t necessarily think that it will spark a bidding war resulting in a huge sale.  If buying to develop, is there really enough time left to do something with the name in time [...] Continua a leggere →

È un bel, sunny Sunday morning here in Denver, Colorado.  Hoping you’re having a great weekend!  It was a busy week in the domain name industry!  Recapping some of the top stories: Michael Berken’s announced last week that Most Wanted Domains will be publishing domain sales in realtime on its @MWD Twitter handle and corresponding [...] Continua a leggere →

Appraiso, the unique website appraisal tool developed by domain investor Morgan Linton announced its first partnership today.  The website appraisal system is now available to Protrada.com customers who can immediately begin tracking the value of their sites as traffic and revenue continue to grow. This is a fantastic partnership for both parties! This first strategic [...] Continua a leggere →

Later this month the .ME Registry will be auctioning off 188 more previously held back premium .ME domain names through Sedo.com. The first premium .ME auction this year tallied approx $340k in sales, led by hotel.me at $25k. This months auction will kick off on May 24th and run through the 31st. This batch is [...] Continua a leggere →

An article titled When Should Domain Names Match Company Names? was published this morning by Karen E. Klein on Bloomberg BusinessWeek Small Business Advice Section.   The post was a response to this question asked by a BusinessWeek reader: When is it necessary or advisable for a startup to have a matching dot-com domain name? What should [...] Continua a leggere →

Domain Holdings announced yesterday that they have come to an agreement to exclusively broker Attorney.com.  Registered since 1994, Attorney.com is held by Vertical Axis Inc.  The sale is only for the domain name and is priced at $2.25 million.  The domain currently serves up a hitfarm parked page.  According to Alexa it gets some natural [...] Continua a leggere →

Mike Awada, a good friend of mine and contributing editor here on NameTalent just released this article on Astounde.com.  If you haven’t yet visited Astounde, it’s definitely worth checking out.  Mike writes about a variety of interesting topics including domain names.  His most recent article titled Why It’s Important To Own Your Name .Com may [...] Continua a leggere →