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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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DomainHoldings
Reports Year End Surge - Q4 Sales Jump 40% from
3Q - Average Sales Price Nearly Doubles
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Popular
domain brokerage house
DomainHoldings
has announced
their final results for 2015 - a
year in which they booked over $21.7
million in sales. The best news
is that they closed the year with a
bang, seeing 4th quarter sales surge
40% from 3Q-2015 - reaching over
$6.3 million - a $1.82
million jump from the previous
quarter. The company's average sales
price also soared from $57,500
in 3Q-2015 to $105,982 in
4Q-2015.
In
the closing quarter the United
States and China continued
to be DH's two largest markets,
accounting for 86% of total
sales. Sales to the Chinese market
increased due to their intense
interest in short domain names,
especially those up to 3
numbers or 4 letters in length.
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In
4Q-2015 .com continued to be
their most popular extension (by
several miles). .Coms made up 87.6%
of sales. The other legacy TLDs - .net
and .org - had 5% combined.
Other gTLDs (including the
hundreds of new extensions) combined
for 6.7% of their market share.
The DH
report also noted, "Flippa’s
acquisition of Domain Holdings
has allowed us to build a solid
foundation for future growth. We
have increased our sales through our
continued dedication to our existing
clients (buy requests), secured more
inventory, generated new
relationships, matured pipelines and
launched new outbound marketing
campaigns. In addition, Domain
Holdings has expanded our team
in size, function and experience in
2015. Our increased head count has
allowed us to expand our service
offerings, helping us to fulfill the
needs of our existing clients, as
well as the demands of a constantly
growing client base."
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Senior
Domain Broker Mark Daniel
DomainHoldings.com |
In
a related note, industry
veteran Michelle Miller,
Flippa/DomainHoldings VP of
Sales and Marketing, just
published a very interesting
profile
of DH's Senior Domain Broker
Mark Daniel who has
been a star producer with
the company ever since it
was founded by John
Ferber and Chad
Folkening in
2010. Michelle's profile of
Mark is of Cover Story
quality (something she is
very familiar with - over a
decade ago, when Michelle
was one of just a handful of
woman in the domain
business, she was featured
in a DNJournal
Cover Story
herself).
It
was great to see her give
Daniel the attention he
deserves. In her piece
Michelle wrote, "Having
worked with Mark for the
last 8 months, I can attest
that one of his best
attributes is a tireless and
selfless focus on his
clients. He is always
ensuring that the sellers
and buyers he works with are
happy, getting a fair deal
and that the transaction and
domain always remains the
hero. It’s this approach
that has made him one of the
most successful and |
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respected
brokers in the space. It’s
also what has kept his
success so low profile. I
was instantly impressed with his
unique approach and
attitude. This is why I thought
we’d turn the table for a
moment and shine the
spotlight on Mark." |
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(Posted
February 29, 2016)
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