Penthouse acquired adult-oriented social network operator Various Inc., which owns and operates more than 25 sites like AdultFriendFinder.com, alt.com, Italianfriendfinder.com, gradfinder.com and even faith-based sites like bigchurch.com, for $500 million. Various has a membership base of more than 260 million users and about 1.2 million paid subscribers and generates an estimated $340 million in […]

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Microsoft Corp. has acquired UK based European mapping and location website Multimap.com in an effort to expand it’s location-based search engine and advertising web properties and to better compete with Google. Multimap.com which was started in 1996, receives more than 10 million users each month and has 120 employees. It expects $24 million in revenues […]

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NameDrive.com is one of the best quality free domain name parking providers. NameDrive provides a flexible template system with numerous headers that allow you to customize the look and feel of your pay per click parking pages.NameDrive.com’s domain name parking program is very simple and easy to use and allows you to park as many […]

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The Moniker Live Auction at PubCon has ended with a reported sales total of $325,000. Some domains did not sell and are still available at the silent auction.
The highest selling domain was Grandpa.com at $55,000, closely followed by FamilyServices.com $45,000.
Here is the complete list of auctioned domains:

Grandpa.com

$55,000

FamilyServices.com

$45,000

MortgageRates.org

$17,000

BlindDating.com

$14,000

ComputerDiscounts.com

$10,000

SEONews.com

$8,750

CommuterFlights.com

$8,000

DisabilityPolicy.com

$7,000

BadCreditSolutions.com

$5,500

TermLifePolicies.com

$5,400

SchoolPicture.com

$4,750

ShowDisplays.com

$4,750

DiscountShopping.net

$4,500

PinkLemonade.com

$4,300

TermInsurancePolicy.com and TermInsurancePolicies.com

$3,500

DiscountCallingCard.com

$3,000

FreeCashAdvance.com and […]

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As 2007 came to a close with record breaking domain name sales this year, steadily increasing domain name registrations world wide and an increasing scarcity of premium domain names it is time to look ahead to see what 2008 has in store for us. Here are our predictions for 2008:

2008 will confirm that the U.S. […]

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LOS ANGELES & POMPANO BEACH, Fla. Oversee.net, a leading technology-driven online marketing solutions company, and Moniker®, one of the fastest-growing providers of domain name registration, domain asset management, and monetization services, announced today that Oversee has acquired Moniker. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
One of the more innovative ICANN-accredited registrars, Moniker offers […]

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