Pooling New Names…

Here’s the pick of the lister at Pool for Monday September 28. The top of the trees for the latest Pool list is TahoeTrails.net, a great travel and geo name. A new name is DevilTube.com could be a satanic take on youtube.com. LawsuitFunding.net could be an amazing directory or startup enterprise. 2q2.com leads the small character names derby.

Inflatable Values in the Pool…

Floating around in the Pool.com list for Saturday September 26, 2009 are some great end of summer values. Faitharticles.com could make a fantastic article directory supersite, like an About.com for religion. 2q2.com is the star three character dotcom for sale.

Canada Domains Eh?

Canada domains are taking off, enjoying a growth offshoot from two parallell business development tracks. As one of the few nations to weather the worldwide recession with a head held high, the Canadian real estate market is logarhythmically multiplying in potential.

Says Dmitry Amdeev, project manager for a Canadian website enterprise developing high end Canadian real estate websites, “We are confident optimum return from development in the Canadian online real estate space will occur”.

Online Advertising Services Corp. works with Canadian domain owners to develop Canadian and global targeted sites. Say Amdeev, “Together with the Vancouver 2010 Olympics preparations and geo name interest, Canada is the next popping name space”.

Hotel-Reservation books record stay

Hotel-Reservation.com sold at the Sedo auction platform for $208,000. This signs into the register as an extended stay in the domain sales record books. The super-sale makes the hyphenate name a record booking sale as one of the most expensive hyphenated domain name purchases of all time.

Olympics Names Keep medaling…

Vancouver domain names went through the roof when Vancouver was announced the host of the Olympics in Winter for 2010. Will the next international stage for a Summer Olympics be President Obama’s (and Oprah’s) hometown of Chicago?

Movie Names on the Bounce

Movie names continue to ride a fine line between copyright infringements and attractive fansite traffic magnets. Says Mike Schug, CEO of Wicked Media, “We are seeing a bright upswing in user traffic as the movies roll out”. Schug maintains Twifanatics.com, a fansite for the ‘Twilight” book and movie franchise. Participation options at the site remain a key strategy, notes the developer, who recently added a forum to the popular teen film fan site. “Content is key, as is allowing fans feedback and constant new ideas and features to enjoy”.

Triple two dot com earns big…

Sedo.com has sold the 3 number domain name 222.com for $49,000 USD . According to Whois history records, the web hosting communications company Blue Gravity was the past owner and the new owner is Lei Shengqiang.

Secondly, 222.com is not just any old 3 number domain. Area codes and numerology issue new meanings to such names. A Chinese buyer makes sense, especially in China’s emerging internet landscape. As China discovers its inner websurfer, new domain destinations with strong numerical associations will be in demand.

According to NameBio.com, they report 4 other NNN .com domain sales in 2009. All of those are 5 figures.

434.com $18,500 (Sedo)
414.com $11,480 (Disemails)
659.com $10,600 (Sedo)
401.com $65,100 (NameJet)

Mint.com makes a mint at market

Four letter dot com Mint.com speared the minty market of domains. Money doesn’t grow on trees, but Intuit, Inc agreed to purchase personal finance websiteMint.com and the domain name Mint.com for $170 million. Intuit, Inc. products include QuickBooks, TurboTax and Quicken. An intuitive choice?

TLD’s in motion

Top Level Domain development continues apace. For those naysayers who pitched up that all top level domains and their most preferable names had been snapped up, this is a bit of a comedown. Developing TLD launchpads names continue to be promoted and articulated worldwide.

Casino.Mobi Breaks the bank at $135K

The Monte Kahn brokered bank breaker headed to gamester domain paradise, the dot-mobi platform this week. Already developed, Casino.Mobi is a smart app ready to bring the Casino mobilized anywhere!

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