Good content sessions planned for January domain conferences.

I rarely go to sessions and panels at trade shows. I prefer to spend my time networking. That’s especially true at domain name shows, because I usually find the programming banal. But that may change this month. The agendas for both T.R.A.F.F.I.C. and DOMAINfest have some interesting — if not exciting — sessions.

TRAFFIC
Friday, January 22nd 1:45-3:00 – WIPO Reviews. Some of my favorite sessions in the past have been on legal topics. But TRAFFIC’s legal panel this month will be especially interesting because it will keep the panelists on topic, discussing only recent UDRP decisions.

Saturday, January 23rd 1:30PM – 02:45PM – Playing the Drop Market. It’s a great topic that is often left off the agenda. Perhaps it’s because people don’t want to share their secrets. If TRAFFIC is able to bring in some of the bigger players and get them to give good tips, this could be a great session.

Saturday, January 23rd 3:00PM-6:00PM – Test Track. Test Track debuted at TRAFFIC NYC last fall. TRAFFIC’s organizers are doubling down for the second go-around, with the hopes of a deal consummating on stage.

DOMAINfest
Tuesday, January 26 11:00AM-12:15PM – PITCHfest. A competition where contestants get to pitch their products for increasing web traffic and monetizing traffic. I like the idea of PITCHfest. On Thursday, DOMAINfest will host LAUNCHfest, where contestants compete for the best plan to launch a web site on one of show host Oversee.net’s domain names. I still don’t understand the incentive for people to participate in LAUNCHfest, so it will be interesting to see how it comes to fruition.

Wednesday, January 27 11:00AM-12:15PM – Keynote. Zappos.com founder Tony Hsieh chats about his successful business ventures and domain names.

Wednesday, January 27 3:30-4:45 – How Prime Internet Real Estate Builds SEO and SEM Success. For some reason, the domain industry seems to be out of tune with the rest of the internet marketing world, including SEO. If this were just another search engine panel, I’d say blah. But DOMAINfest has lined up some of the most respected players in the field, including Danny Sullivan and Bruce Clay.

© DomainNameWire.com 2009.

Review and rate domain name parking companies at Parking Judge.

Related posts:

1. DOMAINfest Goes to Getty Center for a Bit of Contrast
2. Oversee.net Plans Future DOMAINfest Conferences
3. Business Plan Competitions Come to Domain Conferences

With help of $30k sale, NameMedia clocks another solid sales week.

It’s another week and another $600,000 plus in domain name sales for powerhouse NameMedia, which operates BuyDomains and Afternic. The company sold 327 .com domain names at a median price of $1,000 and 78 other domain names for a median price of $794.

The top sale for the week was Vivant.com for $30,000. Although the domain hasn’t transferred to the new owner yet, a search for “Vivant” on Google reveals a number of potential buyers, including a skincare pharmaceuticals company.

Other notable sales include SpinalInjury.com for $13,000 and Raise.org for $12,800. Another interesting sale is DomainTools.net at $2,000. I wonder if the popular domain research site bought that domain.

Here’s a complete list of .com sales over $3,000:

vivant.com $30,000.00
spinalinjury.com $13,000.00
kynos.com $6,988.00
puredance.com $5,900.00
badz.com $5,400.00
thephonestore.com $5,000.00
auditprogram.com $4,995.00
babygourmet.com $4,788.00
domainscentral.com $4,522.00
stellarservices.com $4,500.00
MobileDashboards.com $4,490.00
my-party.com $4,388.00
excessmedia.com $4,188.00
ig8.com $4,000.00
collegereadiness.com $3,988.00
atego.com $3,825.00
lono.com $3,750.00
zimb.com $3,725.00
alwaysactive.com $3,588.00
aceacademy.com $3,588.00
generalfreight.com $3,500.00
lifestaff.com $3,488.00
ecoheater.com $3,350.00
westernsky.com $3,300.00
classycams.com $3,188.00
liquidx.com $3,188.00
innovativestrategies.com $3,188.00
driventosucceed.com $3,188.00
seveso.com $3,000.00
sbsm.com $3,000.00
sanibelrentals.com $3,000.00
great-falls.com $3,000.00

Here are non-.com sales over $2,000:

raise.org $12,800.00
CulinaryArts.org $4,200.00
metros.net $2,788.00
europetravel.net $2,400.00
cyberwarrior.net $2,288.00
revu.net $2,100.00
wirelessheadphones.net $2,000.00
domaintools.net $2,000.00
investmentbankers.org $2,000.00
professionalliability.net $2,000.00

© DomainNameWire.com 2009.

Review and rate domain name parking companies at Parking Judge.

Related posts:

1. NameMedia Sells $600k Domains, SkyHarbor.com for $35k
2. NameMedia Sells Another $600k in Domains
3. NameMedia Sells Flying.com, Racks up $600k Domain Sales

.Asia auctions don’t give much promise for resale values.

If you invested in English-language .asia domain names, you probably haven’t seen much of a return on your investment. Five .asia auctions that closed at Sedo today didn’t add up to much:

RealEstate.asia $6,000
Credit.asia $4,250
Single.asia $770
Wireless.asia $1,750
MP3.asia $655

.Asia currently has about 215,000 domain names registered, according to HosterStats.com. Although it represents a region, it is not a country code top level domain name like .eu. .Eu has about 3 million domain names registered, although the aftermarket for that extension hasn’t taken off either.

Although many of these sales happened during a different economic environment and many are for ccTLDs, here are some comparisons in different TLDs, according to NameBio:

RealEstate
.pk $9,000
.mobi $85,000
.net $300,000
.at $1,497

Credit
.info $36,000
.fr $850,000
.mobi $10,600

Single
.by $296
.es $43,337

Wireless
.io $250

MP3
none

© DomainNameWire.com 2009.

Review and rate domain name parking companies at Parking Judge.

Related posts:

1. Dot.Asia Domain Auction Results
2. Analyzing .Asia and .Tel Domains: What does it mean for new TLDs?
3. Sedo to Auction Premium .Mobi Domain Names