DN Journal Reports 2Q-2009 Domain Sales Results: Total $ Volume Falls 25% from 1Q-2009
Jul/090
Domain sales results from the just concluded 2nd quarter of 2009 are in and they aren’t pretty. The total dollar volume of sales reported to us in 2Q-2009 fell 25% from the previous quarter. A big part of the decline came from a pullback at the ultra high end of the market. Median prices were down less than 5%.
TweetMeme Migrates to Sun’s MySQL Enterprise Database Subscription Service
Jul/090
Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that TweetMeme, the innovative online application that tracks the popularity of links sent via Twitter, has subscribed to Sun’s MySQL Enterprise database offering in order to keep up with the microblogging service’s explosive growth.
Created in 2008 by pioneering Web 2.0 startup Fav.or.it, TweetMeme gives the rapidly expanding Twitter community a means of easily seeing and sorting the most popular links on Twitter. TweetMeme also provides a realtime search facility of fully expanded, qualified and indexed links so that users can get answers to queries about very recent events or news.
Reverse Osmosis: A Publicly Traded American Corporation Switches from .Com to .US
Jul/090
A publicly traded American corporation has changed their name and moved from their .com website to the .us version of their new name. Here’s why. Plus, NameJet announces they will be the exclusive auction provider for the .cm land rush and they’re taking free pre-applications for domain names now.
A Half-Million Dollar .Com Sale & the Year’s Biggest .Net Sale Top New DN Journal Chart
Jul/090
After taking a breather last week, six-figure sales returned this week with a $500,000 blockbuster and a $100,000 sidekick. The non .com global TLDs, who have been eclipsed by the boom in ccTLD sales this year, also had something to celebrate thanks to the biggest .net sale so far in 2009.















