Months after its release, the only iPad domain Apple owns is iPad.co In April 2010, Apple released the iPad and has since sold millions of units. Good news for Apple, but bad news for Apple when it comes to domain names. The company’s only iPad domain: iPad.co. A name the company acquired in July, but doesn’t use. Instead Apple settles for using the web address apple.com/ipad – th...
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.CO registrations edge closer to half a million domains The number of .CO web addresses registered to date has topped 460,000, edging closer to half a million registrations. According to the registry’s home page (www.cointernet.co), the domain hit 468,435 registrations putting it on pace to surpass half a million web addresses by mid-September 2010. In late July, .CO registrations ...
Fusible.com - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 16:37
Porn.co, YouPorn.co – First in Category Killing Adult .CO domain names launched Porn.co, a web address that has been enjoying type in traffic for months, has launched a web site branded as YouPorn.co. Taking advantage of .com websites of the same name. Porn.com and YouPorn.com are popular online adult destinations. YouPorn.com has an Alexa Traffic rank of 67, making it one of the Top 100 sites on the
Fusible.com - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 16:21
Tweetup.com Becomes Postup.com: Idealab to include Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networks Bill Gross and Idealab have been busy making changes to Tweetup.com, a domain name the company acquired in March 2010 for an undisclosed amount. Today, Idealab announced that Tweetup.com was changing the company’s name to Postup.com, a domain name purchased on Sedo for $14,900 in early May following the launch of Tweetup.com. ...
Fusible.com - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 14:8
Frank Schilling scores with PizzaBurger.com It’s interesting how many different types of domain names Frank Schilling owns. I’ve come across NA Media landing pages often when typing a web address directly into my browser. It seems like you can’t stumble too far on the internet without encountering one of the hundreds of thousands of domains owned by Frank ...
Fusible.com - Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 18:6
Husband and Wife Team, New owners of Pizza.net: Undergoing Changes Todd Reum, the new owner of the Pizza.net domain name, is using the web site to cross-promote another website he owns and operates: AmazonThunder.com. Amazon Thunder, created in 2005 by Todd Reum and his wife Jeanette Reum, specializes in acai berry products. According to the website’s About Us page, Amazon Thunder: “se...
Fusible.com - Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 15:32
Still Working on Updating the Fusible Web Site Last month we switched Fusible.com from a custom-built web site to WordPress, a much needed makeover. The move to WordPress gives us access to hundreds of thousands of plug-ins and tools and gives us the flexibility to make changes without paying for development costs to perform routine maintenance or upgrades. This is a progressiv...
Fusible.com - Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 5:19
Bill Kara and Eric Borgos: A little friendly competition for “Virtual Pets” top spot This week Bill Kara’s VirtualPets.com hit the first page of Google Search for the term “virtual pets” – a term that is searched nearly 50,000 times per month, globally. In late June, Bill Kara launched a beta version of the website VirtualPets.com - a place where casual gamers can adopt, dress up, care for,...
Fusible.com - Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 19:3
Domain name valued at nearly $1,000,000 to headline upcoming GreatDomains auction for much less While the competition among domain auction sites is growing, Sedo’s GreatDomains has been stepping up its game. The next Premium Domains auction is scheduled to start at GreatDomains on August 19th, and the list of names up for auction has grown to over 100 domains. Headlining the event, is Angels.com, a name that is appraised...
Fusible.com - Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 7:47
Who owns the best Groupon domains? With its traffic base nearly 7 million visitors in July 2010, Groupon has attracted plenty of attention, not only by the media and venture capital companies, but by domain name speculators looking to cash in on the company’s popular name. But not all domain names were registered after Groupon’s astronomical rise in popul...
Fusible.com - Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 13:36
Top .CO Domain Sales of All Time Currently ranked as the #1 .CO domain sale of all time, the single-letter domain o.co was purchased for $350,000 by Overstock.com. In the company’s press release, Overstock stated the company purchased the domain in order to enhance its’ “brand recognition and retention, align with current marketing initiatives...
Fusible.com - Friday, August 13, 2010 - 22:41
Get the scoop on the anonymous domain blogger revealed, from Fusible Yesterday a story was posted online titled: “Our Search Is Over. The Lone Domainer Is Unmasked”, a reference to the fact that I’ve chosen to write about the Domain Industry here on Fusible, while maintaining my anonymity. It may disappoint readers to know, that the facts that Owen writes about are not 100 percent c...
Fusible.com - Friday, August 13, 2010 - 16:30
3 Character Domain Names: Are you missing out on deals on the aftermarket? While many domain buyers focus on keyword domain names, there’s an entire market for 3-character domains, that rings up sales. In 2010, there have been dozens and dozens of mind-blowing sales, with cgm.com leading the sales charts this year after selling for $365,000 at Sedo in June. For numbers on publicy reported sales of 3...
Fusible.com - Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 18:36
Group Buying, Dotcom Guru Kevin Ham in the News For months Kevin Ham and his crew at Reinvent, have been busy working on the launch of GoodNews.com, a group buying web site that connects people online with businesses offering discounts for their products or services. Suddenly things are picking up, as the incubator startup is hiring for a variety of jobs ranging from Recruiter
Fusible.com - Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 15:37
Celebrity Gossip web site Radar Online covers eBay auction of HeidiandSpencer.com for $21MM The web site Radar Online which covers celebrity news, is reporting that the domain HeidiandSpencer.com is up for sale on eBay, and like many domain names put up for sale on eBay: the price is ridiculous. The seller has lost their marbles if they think a buyer is going to swoop in and buy this
Fusible.com - Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - 4:6
VisitNYC.com lands $10,000 bid at Sedo The domain name VisitNYC.com will soon have a new owner after a buyer has placed a $10,000 bid at GreatDomains. The bid made met the owner’s reserve price, who has chosen to send the name to public auction, instead of accepting the unsolicited offer outright. The auction ends on August 14th. Visit & NYC Domain Names Dom...
Fusible.com - Monday, August 9, 2010 - 19:59
VisitNYC.com lands $10,000 bid at Sedo The domain name VisitNYC.com will soon have a new owner after a buyer has placed a $10,000 bid at GreatDomains. The bid made met the owner’s reserve price, who has chosen to send the name to public auction, instead of accepting the unsolicited offer outright. The auction ends on August 14th. Visit & NYC Domain Names Dom...
Fusible.com - Monday, August 9, 2010 - 19:59
Surprising Expired Domain Names: Stamps.net, IslandWeddings.com, the list is definitely interesting Call it being forgetful or call it lack of interest, admist all the thousands of domain names that expire every day for whatever reason, there are still premium domain names in the bunch that owners still fail to renew that make any investor scratch their head in bewilderment. Daily Changes DailyChanges.com, a service of DomainTools ...
Fusible.com - Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 17:57
Candy.com rolls out new blog design, one year after the web site launched Candy.com has just unveiled an attractive new design for the site’s blog. The new blog design based on a custom WordPress theme, was created by Dizzain Inc., ( New York web design company focusing on custom website development, logo design and WordPress design. The company’s portfolio includes blog redesign projects for...
Fusible.com - Sunday, August 8, 2010 - 8:13
New Service by Domainers Aims to Rent, Not Sell Premium .CO Domains like Candy.co, Pizza.co, Toys.co I discovered “Rent Your .Co” a brand new service for renting premium .co domain names. I stumbled upon the website when I typed in Candy.co into my web browser, and the web address re-directed me to RentyourCO.com. The site’s business model involves re-directing premium .co domains to websites for a fee. Rediretin...
