Tag Archives: domain development

February, 2010

• 25 February

  Develop a domain to increase its value

  There are a lot of domains out there that are good, but can’t stand on their own two feet. These are often names that sell in the $xx-$xxx range. When I see a domain that obviously isn’t worth a lot but has potential, I often recommend the owner develop it. …

November, 2009

• 24 November

  German site thueringen.info wins .INFO Award

  Afilias has announced the winners of its new .INFO Awards. Coming in first place is thueringen.info, a travel portal for the Thuringia region of Germany. The owner of the site won a cash prize of $7,500. In second place is GPS-Tour.info and in third is Turkel.info. Each site won $5,000 …

September, 2009

• 24 September

  AreaRugs.com sells for $405,000

  A group of investors just bought AreaRugs.com for a whopping £249,423 ($405,000 USD). They will use the domain to create an online store specializing in– you guessed it– area rugs. Justifying the purchase, Lee Weber, Head of Marketing at the newly created AreaRugs.com, Inc said: It is very rare to …

July, 2009

• 27 July

  Alice.com does the shopping for you

  Out of toilet paper? Forget to buy dish soap? Don’t worry, Alice.com has you covered. After buying the domain for £152,434 ($250,000 USD) in 2008, entrepreneurs Brian Wiegand and Mark McGuire recently launched the site, which sells consumables such as toothpaste and shampoo most Internet retail outlets won’t sell. The …