Peter Askew (VidaliaOnions.com) was on a podcast by Practical Ecommerce, Peter discusses how he acquired VidaliaOnions.com back in the day. The host Eric Bandholz Bio then goes into domain names and how and where to buy them with Peter. Since the majority of the audience is interested in ecommerce and starting online businesses I think getting some info from Peter proved helpful. Here is the … [Read more...]
Fasthosts richest domains report was interesting to say the least
Fasthosts.co.uk published a report on the most valuable domains. They really should have worded it as most valuable websites, because that's what they are talking about and it's development and traffic that determined the placements. It seems odd to me that Amazon.com did not make the top 10. Of course this is just one company's valuation process. Yahoo with a market cap of $47 billion made the … [Read more...]
Retailers might abandon the term “Black Friday” in their advertising
The .blackfriday extension has always been a head scratcher for some domain investors. An extension for one day that many think they know the history behind, actually it's a myth. The real history comes from where I live, Philadelphia. The true story behind Black Friday, however, is not as sunny as retailers might have you believe. Back in the 1950s, police in the city of Philadelphia used … [Read more...]
Rat.com launches
A member on Namepros posted the launch of their new project on Rat.com. The service will charge users $2.99 a month for an ad free experience. Rat.com was conceived of by a group of developers who grew tired with the amount of trolls and fake profiles populating social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn today, themselves a broader extension of what many call "fake news". … [Read more...]
Must have features for your ecommerce website
When looking at launching an ecommerce website, there are many factors to contemplate. Melanie Moore over at ImpactBND.com wrote a thorough article that outlines all the details and tools needed to get started. Melanie also shared an infographic from WebAlive. … [Read more...]
WalMart acquires Art.com
WalMart picks up another business running on a premium one word, three letter domain name. CNBC reported that WalMart will acquire the website Art.com. In 2016 they acquired Jet.com for nearly $3Billion. From the article: Art.com is one of the largest online sellers of art and wall decor globally, Walmart said. A person familiar with the deal said the size of this acquisition is similar to … [Read more...]
PayPal Is Getting Some Competition As Zelle Launches Through Major Banks
Paypal is about to get some competition as a new service called Zelle has teamed up with several national banks including Bank of America, Capital One, BB&T, Chase, Citi, TD Bank, Sun Trust and US Bank to name a few. According to its site which is located at the domain name ZellePay.com, its "the new, easy way to send money in minutes directly between U.S. bank accounts — right from your … [Read more...]