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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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Fueled
by Multi-Million Dollar VC Investment Domain
Holdings Charges Into the Domain Development Race With
DomainPower.com
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The
Domain
Holdings Group
that
was founded just a year ago by former DN
Journal Cover Boys John
Ferber and Chad
Folkening (along with partner Erik
Simons) continue to make major
waves in the domain industry. The
company announced
it has received a $2.9 million investment
from Valhalla
Partners, WWC Capital and BrokersWeb
Inc. Founder and CEO Matias De Tezanos
(who was also the subject of a DN
Journal Cover Story in 2005), as
well as other angel investors.
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Most
of that money is going to re-launch the
company's beefed up domain development
platform, Rapid Domain Builder, under a new
name and address at DomainPower.com.
With more horsepower under the hood, DomainPower
provides a turnkey solution for domain owners,
offering vertical-specific frameworks for quick
SEO-ready website development, site enhancement
plug-ins and multiple revenue opportunities, all
managed in one location.
Domain
Holdings CEO Jason Boshoff said, "We
are excited to come out of stealth mode with a
new look to our award-winning platform (Editor's
note: Rapid Domain Builder won the
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judge's
award in the Pitchfest Contest at DOMAINfest
Global in 2010).
This gives users a powerful domain management
and monetization solution that can help identify
the overall status of a domain portfolio,
recognize growth opportunities and, overall,
offers easy management."
The
redesign's primary focus was a new user
interface, developing a larger selection
of vertical-specific frameworks and adding domain
portfolio management solutions. The newly
launched UI features an upgraded dashboard,
sortable by individual domain performance or a
full portfolio performance overview, with
real-time updates of site and portfolio
statistics. Updates include revenue, traffic,
traffic sources, keywords and other site vitals
integral to the growth, health and maintenance
of domains.
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On a
related note, last week I reviewed
a new state of the art platform at Protrada.com
that makes acquiring, managing &
monetizing domains a breeze. At the time
the company was offer a 7-day free
trial so people could check it out
for themselves. Today they informed me
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have
increased the free
trial period to 14 days.
I think that is an excellent idea. While
I found the platform very intuitive and
easy to use, there are so many features
included that having the extra time to
explore them will be a big plus for
potential clients. |
(Posted July
20, 2011)
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