Centralnic has acquired yet another domain company. This time round it's German domain parking company Team Internet, which is probably better known under the name of its domain parking brand "Parking Crew". The London based company has been snapping up companies on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of years, though this is the first company focussed on … [Read more...] about Centralnic Acquires Parking Crew
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Namedrive In Security Hell
I'd hate to be an employee of Namedrive this week.Earlier today word started spreading across multiple fora and blogs that Namedrive had suffered a security breach resulting in user logins being leaked. This supposedly only affected about 1% of their user accounts, but it's obviously highly embarassing for Namedrive.More details over on DomainNameNews … [Read more...] about Namedrive In Security Hell
Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up
Image via CrunchBase, source unknownGoogle dropped a bit of a bombshell yesterday when they announced that they were opening up Adsense for Domains to the general public (North American publishers first).Could this be the end for some of the smaller parking companies?With Google's ever growing publisher base I suspect that some of the parking companies are going to be under … [Read more...] about Google Adsense For Domains Opens Up
Chitika Launches Parking Solution
While many parking companies seem to be having issues it's interesting to see a new "player" entering the foray.Chitika, which is best known for it's "blog friendly" advertising solutions, has just launched a domain parking solution called "Chitika for Domains".The "beta" nature of the solution reveals itself very quickly if you try to explore it in any great depth. In less … [Read more...] about Chitika Launches Parking Solution
DomainSponsor Changes / Clarifies Payments
A few weeks ago DomainSponsor emailed their clients to inform them of planned changes to their payment processes. Frank covered it here. While anyone reading the email from a few weeks ago would have got the distinct impression that Paypal was being phased out: We will be phasing out the PayPal payment method Couldn't be clearer than that, now could it? Oh wait! This is … [Read more...] about DomainSponsor Changes / Clarifies Payments
DNZoom Closed Beta
I mentioned DNZoom a few weeks ago and was hoping to be able to try it out. I've been invited to take part in the private beta with a handful of others. I've been playing around with the interface and the various functions while chatting to Dan Kimball, one of the driving forces behind the new service. Web 2.0 services have been over hyped in the last couple of years and a … [Read more...] about DNZoom Closed Beta
EU NameSpace is Dead?
The EU sunrise and landrush has probably been discussed to death, but what is the landscape like over a year later? A lot of industry insiders were right to express their doubts about the stability of EU following on from the high profile squats, that have been discussed here at length. Of course any discussion on a new TLD would have to wait until after the first wave of … [Read more...] about EU NameSpace is Dead?
Kieren McCarthy on Sex.com, ICANN and the domain industry
Kieren McCarthy was interviewed by Monte Cahn on Webmasterradio a couple of weeks ago. It's well worth listening to (mp3) Kieren talks about his book on the sex.com battle, his role in ICANN and gives some very interesting insights into the domain industry. You may not agree with everything he says, but you can't deny that it's a fascinating interview. … [Read more...] about Kieren McCarthy on Sex.com, ICANN and the domain industry
Domain Portfolio Management Made Easy – DNZoom
I was sworn to secrecy about DNZoom a few weeks ago, but as they're about to launch they've finally given me permission to talk about it! If you have a reasonably sized domain portfolio then you've probably got domains spread across multiple registrars, parking services, hosting companies and marketplaces. You buy domains off Sedo, monetise them with DomainSponsor and offer … [Read more...] about Domain Portfolio Management Made Easy – DNZoom