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Skip
Hoagland
(Hunting and fishing are a big part of
this domain investor/developer's life) |
others),
sent out a press release announcing that his
company, DomainsNewMedia.com,
had formed two new partnerships to
develop some of his best generic non-geo keyword
domains. Today I hooked up with Skip (who is
currently in Argentina) to get some more
information on what his new projects
involve.
If
you read our July
2008 Cover Story on Hoagland you
know he has always been a strong advocate of
finding qualified partners to
develop top tier domains. To do just that with
four of his best sporting domains; Fishing.com,
FlyFishing.com, Shooting.com and ShotgunSports.com,
Hoagland has cut a deal with Argentina based Patagona
Publishing and Media to build those
properties into category killing web portals.
Hoagland
said Patagonia already manages 50 |
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hunting
and fishing enthusiast websites as well as
booking agencies that arrange hunting and
fishing trips around the world. Patagonia also
publishes coffee table books on these sports. In
addition to Patgonia's expertise in the space,
Hoagland said he was impressed by the two young U.S.
educated leaders of the company and was
confident in their ability to build the domains
into dominating websites.
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In
another major partnership arrangement,
Hoagland cut a deal with Databanq
CEO David Bayer to develop
Hoagland's ChamberOfCommerce.com
and CVB.com domains (CVB is a
major travel industry term for Convention And Visitors Bureaus).
Hoagland
said ChamberofCommerce.com would be
built into a brand people will be able to rely on for trusted information on
businesses from some 7,000 cities
worldwide that are in the company's
database. CVB.com will naturally focus
on the areas of travel and tourism.
Hoagland
said his company is also developing geo-targeted domains he
owns for classified ads and Yellow Pages
directories.
Partnering
was a key topic at the Domain
Roundtable conference in Washington,
D.C. last week. More and more owners
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Databanq
CEO David Bayer |
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domains
are deciding the best way to maximize
the potential of those names is to marry
the best domains with the best possible
managers to build full blown web based
businesses on them.
Speaking
of Domain Roundtable we just published
our comprehensive
show review article this
morning with dozens of previously
unpublished photos and details on that
major industry event in the nation's
capital. |
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