Making Money With Domains

GoDaddy’s X.co URL Shortener Launches

domainnamewire — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:00:13 +0000

X.co officially launches. A couple months ago I wrote about how GoDaddy had snagged x.co with plans to use it as a URL shortener. Late last week I noticed that @Godaddy was using x.co in its tweets; and now the service is officially open to all. x.co has a lot of the features you’ll find in [...]

DNW Certified Stats Now Compatible with SmartName

domainnamewire — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:21 +0000

Another domain name parking service added to stats sharing system. This past year has been a big one for domain name parking service SmartName. It has combined all of its parking brands into one as well as rolled out (or enhanced) both SmartName Shops and a content parking solution. Apparently a lot of people are using [...]

Epik Takes Innovative Approach to Domain Trading

domainnamewire — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:14:16 +0000

Epik pushes the envelop at next week’s Domain Swap. Domain lifecycle platform Epik likes to try new and innovative things. Next week’s Domain Swap event at Epik DevCon in Seattle is another example. The Domain Swap brings in much needed liquidity and a common currency to domain trading, something that has been absent from [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-05

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:56:00 +0000

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-29: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-22: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-08-1… http://bit.ly/bsos3l # DomainName.com To Be Auctioned Tuesday: Generic domain name for domain industry goes on the block Tuesday. DomainC… http://bit.ly/bKZdog # German Domain Conference Kicks Off Thursday: German domain conference and auction takes place this week. Germany’s… http://bit.ly/bbGyxg # Powered by Twitter Tools.

Sedo Revenue Down But Earnings Up

domainnamewire — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:51:38 +0000

Revenue slides but bottom line improves in first half of year. Revenue at domain name brokerage and parking company Sedo for the first half of 2010 was down compared to the same period last year, but earnings were up. Sedo Holding reported (pdf) revenue of 21.9M EUR for its Sedo division in H1 2010, compared [...]