Jodi's Mane Goes Down the Drain in Spain and the Man Responsible For It Gets a Special Honor! In one of the most highly anticipated events at the 2013 Domaining Spain conference that ended over the weekend, show co-promoter Jodi Chamberlain had her head shaved Friday nght in a fund raising effort for the Water School. We have some photos from that as well as details on a special award that was presented the same night to the ...
DNJournal - Monday, April 29, 2013 - 10:11
How a 10-Year Journey Helped 2-Year-Old Rook Media Become a Domain Monetization Darling New DNJournal Cover Story: Every now and then someone seems to come out of nowhere and capture people's attention - the proverbial overnight sensation. It happens in the domain business too - most recently with a new wave of domain monetization companies. However, a lot more went into the success of Rook Media than meets the eye - it...
DNJournal - Monday, April 29, 2013 - 9:1
More Opening Day Photos & Highlights from the Domaining Spain 2013 Conference in Valencia The 2013 Domaining Spain conference got underway Thursday in Valencia. We had some more opening day photos come in overnight featuring everything from paella to a Domaining Spain 2013 Family Photo shot this morning on the front steps of the hotel where the show is being held.
DNJournal - Friday, April 26, 2013 - 11:17
Domaining Spain 2013 Got Underway Today With New gTLDs Leading the Agenda The 2013 Domaining Spain conference got underway today with a good crowd on hand for the start of the three day event at the Hotel Sorolla Palace in Valencia. Almost all of the day's six business sessions were centered on the impending arrival of hundreds of new gTLDs,
DNJournal - Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 19:11
Twin $200,000 Sales at HuntingMoon Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart HuntingMoon.com racked up TWO $200,000 sales this week to claim the first two positions on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Those sales also rank among the five biggest transactions reported so far this year. The .coms swept all but two chart entries with those two going to ccTLDs.
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Announces Plans Through 2015 - Florida Show Will Move to New Venue Next Year The next T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is coming up just 5 weeks from now in Las Vegas. In addition to that show, co-founders Rick Schwartz & Howard Neu have revealed plans for their 2014 & 2015 shows, including a new Florida venue. Meanwhile Domaining Spain is set to open Thursday.
DNJournal - Monday, April 22, 2013 - 11:22
People & Companies in the News: Chicago.com, Oversee.net, Bill Sweetman & VentureCamp.com. Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Josh Metnick's Chicago.com forms a major new partnership, Oversee.net announced improvements to one of their key sites, Bill Sweetman has decided to leave Tucows to open his own shop and we take you inside Chad Folkening's new VentureCamp.
DNJournal - Friday, April 19, 2013 - 18:3
VentureCamp: Ambitious New Reality Series Features Domains, Start Ups, Mentors & Mansions! Chad Folkening is shooting for the stars in his latest enterprise - VentureCamp. It is a business start up incubator/web-based reality docu-series in which 3 teams of 12 entrepreneurs each compete to build the best online business while living in a mansion with world class mentors!
This Week's Domain Sales Included One of Year's 10 Best + Top 10 ccTLD & Non .com gTLD Sales The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The past week was a good one for domain sales with a 6-figure .com sale that ranks among the 10 biggest deals reported so far this year, along with one of 2013's 10 biggest ccTLD sales and one its 10 best non .com gTLD sales.
1Q-2013 Domain Sales Results Broken Down in New DNJournal.com Newsletter DN Journal's latest newsletter is going out to opt-in subscribers today and is also available on the web. In it we break down our domain sales data from the first quarter of 2013. While total $ volume slipped in 1Q-2013 .COM Managed to beat both volume & median price numbers from a year ago.
DNJournal - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 17:39
Boston Marathon Bombing Brings Out Vultures Looking to Profit From Tragedy It never fails. Whenever disaster strikes, vultures come out of the woodwork to register domain names related to the tragedy. Dozens of such domains were registered immediately after the bombing at the Boston Marathon today creating an ugly mess we all need to combat.
DNJournal - Monday, April 15, 2013 - 19:34
Facebook Founder and Top Tech Leaders Launch New Political Action Site on .US Domain Facebook Founder Marc Zuckerberg and some of the world's top tech leaders, representing companies including Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, PayPal and Cisco and many others, has launched a new political advocacy group at FWD.US, giving America's ccTLD a nice boost.
DNJournal - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 12:39
Two-Word .Com Clicks for 6 Figures at Sedo and They Go on to Post 12 of the Week's Top 20 Sales The first week of April was a particularly good one at Sedo.com. They closed a $120,000 sale (one of the year's 10 biggest sales to date) to take the top spot on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart and went on to pile up 12 of 20 chart entries overall including 5 of the first 6.
DNJournal - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 18:2
Why Brandroot.com's Michael Rader is Banking on Brandable Domains Generic domains tend to get most of the attention in this business but many of the most successful sites on the web were built on brandable domains - names that may not mean anything at all. Michael Rader sees a profitable niche there and built Brandroot.com to mine it.
Escrow.com to Unveil New Website This Weekend - Here is a Sneak Peak Starting tomorrow Escrow.com visitors will be greeted by a sleek new look featuring a completely revamped format and color combination. To see what is in store at the popular financial security service check out the screenshot from a sneak peak we obtained for you.
DNJournal - Friday, April 5, 2013 - 11:7
Friction Over New gTLD Program May Produce Fireworks at ICANN Meeting Opening Sunday We may see some fireworks at the ICANN meeting that opens Sunday in Beijing, China. ICANN heads into the meeting playing defense after Verisign, PayPal and the Association of National Advertisers all said the new gTLD program has big problems and should be delayed.
