I came across a keyword .com domain name that was being used by a publicly traded company as a mini portal to sell one of its products. The product did what the keyword domain name is, but neither the product nor the website were branded as the domain name. I thought it was neat to [...] Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon, a press release published in the Wall Street Journal announced that a company called VIRURL, Inc. has smartly rebranded itself as Revenue.com. In the video I embedded below, company CO-Founder and CEO Francisco Diaz-Mitoma explains what the company does. The video hasn’t been updated to reflect the name change, and you can hear [...] Continue reading →

The new brokered domain listings for the week are listed below. If you have an interest in purchasing one of the domain names below, contact the broker directly. I am not involved in (nor do I benefit from) transactions. You may post one name for sale in the comment section. As always, the name must [...] Continue reading →

Go Daddy CEO Blake Irving appeared on the CNBC show Squawk on the Street this morning. On the show, Irving spoke about Go Daddy’s recent acquisitions (including Godaddy’s acquisition of Afternic), Go Daddy’s re-branding (helping small businesses “kick ass”), and briefly about what’s been happening at Microsoft lately. The video of his appearance is embedded [...] Continue reading →

As you are probably aware due to my previous articles about the Bouquet.com auction and subsequent website launch, Bill McClure is kicking it into high gear with Bouquet.com. One way he is able to grow this business is to have an affiliate program, and I want to let you know about the new Bouquet.com affiliate [...] Continue reading →

Sedo’s monthly Great Domains auction ended last week, and the results are posted below. In total, the auction netted $113,157.18 in sales (including sales in non USD currency) with 45 domain names sold. A number of other domain names were close to, but did not meet, the reserve prices. Listed below are the sales from [...] Continue reading →

Earlier this month, I wrote about the upcoming domain name auctions for DL.com, Row.com, and Tweeter.com that are being managed by Hilco Streambank. Bidder registration for these (and other) auctions is now opened. The online auction will run on the Hilco website from October 14 – 17, 2013. The reserve prices for these and other domain [...] Continue reading →