VBulletin Upgrade Sparks Domain Activity

 

Russia.com sells for $US 1.5 Million

The domain named Russia.com was sold for $1.5 million through domain name marketplace Sedo. It’s one of the largest prices paid in 2009 for domain name. The buyer was not disclosed. The sale follows closely on the news release concerning Cyrillic spellings to be used for the Russian internet.

Launched in May 1995, Russia.com’ was owned by NewMedia Holdings, Inc. and operated under a license from web consultancy Paley Media, Inc. since 2004. Russia.com currently offers information about Russian travel, and claims more than 8,000 monthly unique visitors (according to Compete).

NewMedia Holdings and Paley Media also operate the media properties on the following domain names as country channels: Algeria.com, Morocco.com, PuertoRico.com, SouthAfrica.com, Scotland.com, Ukraine.com, etc. Those web-sites, which have similar designs, are monetized with Google contextual, search and banner ads.

The .ru domain name Russia.ru is operated by NewMedia Stars. Russia.ru is leading Russian internet TV channel with a monthly reach of $2 million in Russia in September 2009, according to TNS Web Index.

Foreign Generics Ramping Up

 

Tube Domains Hot

 

Super-Premium Domain Lock Feature

The news among domainers of the stolen p2p.com name from Godaddy (and the subsequent resale on Ebay to an NBA player) has spurred industry debate about the relative security of registrar domains. Obviously, there needs to be a premium service for those premium value domains that required voice print technology approving the transfer. The recording of vocal digital signature and source IP, home phone and/or webcam requirement should be a basic feature for domains in the $160,000 and $200,000 range.

Geo TLD Flood Garners Industry Scrutiny

 

 

Mexico based .Mx domains take off

The market for Mexican domain names has exploded due to changing telephony coverage and expanded wireless internet access throughout Mexico. Buyers of .Mx names had created even one more geographical domain name market. Says Vincent Uy, a domainer with a portfolio of .Mx names, “I like  the open-ended possibilities so many of my .Mx domains have. They can be Spanish, Spanish/English, parked at Spanish resource sites or leased for Spanish type in traffic. It’s really the best of all worlds”.  Vincent won’t discuss numbers, but his new sites Makeup.Mx and Fruit.Mx take advantage of the sound of the tld, while other Spanish language based names like “hybrid” in Spanish tap the Spanish language and green markets tangentially. Uy comments, my websites www.Workout.mx is more developed than the workout.com, significantly up the tld food chain.

Domains for .ca Hot Hot Hot

 

Make Money with Video Streaming

 

Whiskey.com sours into 6 figure deal

The new weekly domain sales report features Ricklatona organizing the sale of  Whiskey.com, which “washed down” $185,000 to sour competing bidders. The past seven days previous to this included 41 other five-figure sales completed. Make it a double, mine hosting company!

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