Afternic Webinar – How to Maximize Revenue With Your Domain Portfolio

December 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Afternic is offering another free webinar tomorrow December 17th, 2009 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST. This one is about monetizing your domain portfolio while your domains are listed for sale. These sessions are normally very informative for new users and even those who have been around the domain industry for some time. The details are below:

Did you know your unsold domain names can make money for you while you wait for bids?

Buying and selling domain names are only two pieces to maximizing your domain portfolio. SmartName.com, the sister site to Afternic, provides you with the industry’s leading parking platform so your domain names produce revenue for you.

In this complimentary, live one-hour webinar, you’ll learn:

* Why Afternic is the industry’s leading one-stop destination for buying, monetizing, and selling domain names.
* Why listing your name with Afternic and parking it with SmartName will increase the chances of your name being sold by 225%.
* How to easily set-up your account and choose from SmartName’s highly optimized, customizable templates.
* How to work with our optimization team to determine the layout that yields the best click-through rate.
* How to effortlessly earn ad payouts on your domain name landing pages.

You’ll also have the chance to ask your questions in our Q&A session. So if you haven’t signed up yet — do so now!

Space is limited, reserve your spot here

Tagged: afternic, domain portfolio, revenue, smartname, webinar

A Look At The Domains On Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Retail Web Sites

December 11, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Internet Retailer lists the Top 500 Retail Web Sites every year and I thought it was worth a look to see what e-commerce web sites have built million dollar businesses on exact match product domains. See the list of domains below:

Art.com
Artbeads.com
Batteries.com
Blinds.com
Bulbs.com
CableOrganizer.com
Calendars.com
CustomInk.com
Diapers.com
Furniture.com
Golfballs.com
GourmetGiftBaskets.com
Perfume.com
Shoes.com
Wine.com

Out of the 500 e-commerce stores only 15 have exact match domains that match the products they sell. The majority of the other domains on the list are either brands (established or created with a made up word such as Zappos.com) or a derivative of a keyword or category such as eBags.com, DrugStore.com or PartStore.com.

Tagged: ecommerce, exact match domains, internet retailer, online shopping

Sedo Redesigns Most Of Its Current Site

December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Sedo has redesigned most its website, check it out for yourself. Seems kind of ‘blocky’ to me and the auction listings look forced into the new design. The new Market Activity page looks most interesting as it lists the following topics: Featured Domains, Recent Activity, Featured Auction, Top domains, Bargain Domains, Recent Sales.

Tagged: development, domain auctions, redesign, sedo

GreatDomains December 2009 Auction – Product Domains To Watch

December 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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GreatDomains (powered by Sedo) December 2009 online auction has started and runs until 12/10/2009 Noon EST. Listed below are a few product domain names from the current auction list.

chocolatebars.com 25,000 – 49,999 $US

digitalvideos.com 1,000 – 4,999 $US

galoshes.com 1,000 – 4,999 $US

dvddrive.com – 5,000 – 9,999 $US
dvddrives.com – 5,000 – 9,999 $US
storagedrive.com – 1,000 – 4,999 $US
hemorrhoidcream.com – no reserve
infantbed.com – no reserve
modernpaintings.com – no reserve

View the complete auction inventory

Tagged: domain auctions, great domains, sedo

The Riskiest Domain Extensions For 2009 Revealed By McAfee

December 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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McAfee has released (.pdf) its third annual review of Mapping the Mal Web – The Worlds Riskiest Domains. The number one most riskiest domain extension goes to .CM representing the country of Cameroon and infamous typo of .COM domains. The chart below outlines the top 10 most riskiest and least riskiest domain extensions. View the full report for a more detail analysis.