CreditNow.com - Posted August 2, 2010
Great use of a domain by a local business
I was driving in Maine last week and saw a few of these free standing auto financing businesses around the state, with strong signage for their intuitive domain name and address, CREDITNOW.com. It was a fabulous well done use of a domain by a growing local business [...]
Key Points on the Evolving Value and Strategic Advantage of Category Domain Names - Posted July 30, 2010
I wrote this piece about a year ago, and thought it was a good time to re-share…
Domain names are appreciating, hard assets just like land or traditional real estate. The difference is, that domain names (like the Internet) are still in the 2nd inning, with a “Wild-Wild West” element which often leads to returns when [...]
Groupon Makes It Official - Posted July 28, 2010
Very interesting news from Groupon. For those of you who don’t know Groupon, they have emerged as a leading coupon site, the “Gilt Group” of coupons. Well, they didn’t own their domain name until they just paid $250,000 for it (see story below). Its good to see a deal like this get done, a win [...]
A Brilliant Move - Posted July 23, 2010
I get very excited when I see a new company “get it” with regards to the power of a generic dotcom domain name as a primary brand. My friend Bob Diener got it when he acquired Hotels.com and changed the company name to it; Dealtime got it when they switched to Shopping.com. This week, my [...]
Pepsi getting into the Prime Time Domain Know-How - Posted July 14, 2010
Great job Pepsi. Happy to see another brand that understands the power of a domain name. Last night, during the ho hum MLB All Star Game, Pepsi ran ads for a community giving back program, RefreshEverything.com. As you all know, every time a “Pepsi” type uses a domain name like this in prime time, on [...]
Domains Here on SimpleDomains.com - Posted July 12, 2010
As all the many dedicated, awesome readers of this blog know, we have never posted about our own domain names. But, with a recent flurry of activity around our names, I believed it was time to shed some light. At SimpleDomains.com, I have handpicked, dotcom only, generic domains that I believe are of incredible value. [...]
State Farm at it again - Posted June 14, 2010
Last night, while watching my Celtics take the all important game 5 (BEAT LA), I saw a prime time commercial on ABC for State Farm with the Domain Name WhyAgent.com. I had 2 reactions. The first was , yah, another generic domain name in prime time by a major brand, something as you all know, I [...]
Milken Global Conference 2010 - Posted May 11, 2010
I have had a prolonged blog absence. I only want to say something when there is something very relevant to say about domains. SimpleDomains.com’s sales continue to be solid, and we have a couple marquee names in the Moniker auction today in FL (Approvals.com being a highlight marquee name). I really see domain assets continuing [...]
SimpleDomains.com sales and brokerage - Posted March 22, 2010
We are excited that SimpleDomains.com is generating so many domain sales to Domainers via the website and the newsletter. It goes to show that we are selling six figure brands at below fair market prices. We are excited about our new brokerage or listing option that we are about to go live with at SimpleDomains.com. [...]
Friendcasting and other Monday thoughts - Posted
What a weekend. My Cornell Big Red is somehow looking like a potential Final Four team, making the Sweet Sixteen, running roughshod over 4th and 5th seeds, and putting on an offensive clinic. Hockey,Lacrosse, sure but this is a once in a 100 year event. Speaking of March Madness, State Farm ran a bunch of [...]