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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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2Q-2013
Domain Sales Data Shows Improving Market - New
Developments at CitiesPlanet Gives GeoDomains a
Boost & More TLDs Added at Sedo MLS
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In
case you missed them
I wanted to draw your attention to a couple of
big stories published in other sections of our
site over the past 24 hours. As I am writing
this our latest free
monthly newsletter is going out to
opt-in subscribers. It features a breakdown of the
latest quarterly
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domain
sales data covering 2Q-2013 and the
data looks good for domain sellers. Three
of the key indicators - total dollar volume
across all extensions, total .com dollar
volume and the median sales price
across all extensions all rose from both
year ago and previous quarter levels. The
total $ volume of all sales reported to us in
2Q-2013 was $22.4 million. That is a 7%
increase over the $20.9 million reported
in the same quarter a year ago and 3% better
than 1Q-2013. The total $ volume numbers for .com
only were also up in 2Q-2013,
reaching $16.8 million - a 9% jump
from $15.4 million reported in the same quarter
a year ago and 4% better than the
previous quarter (1Q-2013).
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Climbing
sales image from Bigstock
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The
numbers were also better for what is probably
the most accurate indicator of market health -
the median sales price across all
extensions. The newsletter is also now available
online, so you can check
it out for all of the details on
2Q-2013 sales results.
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Another important
story was published on our
home page Monday - one that will come as
good news for the geodomain sector.
CitiesPlanet.com,
the world’s first full monetization
platform for geodomain brands,
has announced both a major capital
infusion and a partnership with
Tallwave,
a firm founded by former executives from Google,
Yahoo!, Microsoft and
iCrossing is reportedly disrupting the
startup incubator/accelerator
marketplace with its new system for
building these ventures faster with more
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The
capital infusion comes from
another source - Jonathan
Wechsler, owner of Boom
Entertainment and a Scottsdale,
Arizona based businessman with
interests in healthcare, night
clubs, restaurants and
concerts all over the country, who
made a large six-figure investment
into CitiesPlanet.com, and will
take an active role as a Board
member.
CitiesPlanet.com
expects the additional funding and
partnership to allow the company
to expand its existing client
portfolio of 65 city .com
brands to thousands of
worldwide geodomains in the coming
24 months concurrent with
development of the next generation
of CitiesPlanet's City
in the Box software. You
can read
the full story here
including CitiesPlanet Founder
Fred Mercaldo's comments on
what this increased mainstream
investment interest in geodomains
means for that industry.
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(Posted July
23, 2013)
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