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Burned Media Ltd. acquires Lyricing.com

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Burned Media Ltd. has announced its acquisition of Lyricing.com, an established domain with traffic from North American visitors searching for artist and album lyrics. The company migrated the domain property to its platform in the past 3 weeks and has re-launched the site with a new and improved music lyrics application. This functionality will tie into its existing Burned Music platform and Hypster.com music discovery property.

Over the coming months the development team will continue to work to build the traffic of the site, improve it’s search engine ranking and implement various advertising and affiliate programs.

Originally posted on February 20, 2008 @ 2:57 pm

Tucows reveals key domain name portfolio assets

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Tucows Inc. announced that the company had over 150,000 Internet domain names in its private domain name portfolio.

To best obtain value from the domain names, the Tucows portfolio team strategically sells some of its names via live and silent auction, some are bundled and sold individually to interested parties, and some are leased to businesses on a multi-year term. In addition, some names are sold as Premium Names through the company’s network of resellers.

A sampling of the some of the key Tucows domain name assets include the following list of 100 names: [Read more…]

Originally posted on February 20, 2008 @ 6:02 am

MothersClick acquires MothersGroups.com, launches portal for network of parenting websites

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mothersclick.pngMothersClick announced the acquisition of MothersGroups.com and the launch of a new portal for their growing network of mom-centric and parenting websites.

The strategic acquisition of the unique domain, MothersGroups.com, represents the company’s focus on developing related and relevant online assets that contribute to the flagship service. “We believe MothersGroups.com is a definitive domain for our target audience,” says Andra Davidson, co-founder and president of MothersClick.com. “Since we provide services specifically for active moms and mothers groups, we are thrilled to own this important address and add value to our existing brand.”

While planning the expansion of its online services by rolling out a nationwide network of parenting sites, MothersClick has long recognized the importance of unique URLs to define and reach deeper into its marketspace and the company currently owns a portfolio of over 150 parenting-related domains.

Originally posted on February 4, 2008 @ 10:30 am

Sedo doubles domain name sales revenues in 2007

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Demand for aftermarket domain names grew substantially in 2007, setting yet a new record-setting benchmark for the market, according to an annual report conducted by Sedo. The continued increase in domain name value was spurred by the necessity for organizations and businesses to secure quality domain names that are no longer available through traditional registrars, as well as the greater ability to generate search engine optimization through targeted domain names.

Sedo, whose leading secondary domain name marketplace has long served as an index for industry performance, topped the $70 million mark in domain sales brokered for the first time in its history, twice the amount in 2006.

The Sedo report also found that advertising revenue generated from domain name parking, or matching pay-per-click advertisements with relevant domain names, also increased substantially on a per site basis as parked sites offered visitors more compelling content. In 2007, Sedo paid out more than $50 million to its community of domain owners using the company’s award winning parking program to monetize their unused domains.

Originally posted on January 23, 2008 @ 7:59 am

Register.com partners with Fabulous.com to expand availability of premium domain names

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fabulous.jpgRegister.com announced that it has expanded its domain name search capabilities to include over 1.5 million premium domains. Through this expansion, Register.com gives small business customers access to both new domains and names that are currently registered but are available for resale.

One of Register.com’s key partners in building this expanded search capability is the Domain Distribution Network (Fabulous.com). Leveraging Fabulous.com’s expertise and extensive inventory of previously registered domains, Register.com has expanded its ability to help customers create memorable online brands that are easy to market and remember.

Originally posted on September 14, 2007 @ 10:11 am