ccTLD Investors Magazine

2011 was an exciting year for the ccTLD Market and a diversion from 2010 which saw a strong focus on .DE. 2012 saw some great sales from .CO, .ME, and .TV in particular making all of these TLDs hot commodities going-into 2012. Now with .XXX in the mix and new gTLDs in the horizon, which [...]

We are very excited to announce that ccTLDInvestors.com will be providing detailed coverage of the Domaining Europe conference in April of 2012! This is the top conference in 2012 for learning more about ccTLD trends and opportunities. With ccTLD Investors like Daniel Dryzek, Luis Tolosa and more sharing what has worked for them in the [...]

You know a ccTLD has become completely accepted in the business world when a giant company like Visa uses it to brand their hottest new service offering. Out of all the choices out there Visa went with V.ME to brand their new service that looks like it will take a big bite out of Pay [...]

New gTLDs has been one of the hottest topics in the Domaining industry all year, and with very good reason. There is no doubt that the new gTLDs will impact the space, some think it will be a good thing, others think it could hurt the value of existing TLDs. In the great gTLD discussion [...]

As you may already know, Asia is the largest Internet marketplace in the world. However, only 20% of the market is online and that number is expected to grow dramatically over the next five years. That being said, it’s important to realize that 20% penetration still means 800 million users online, more than twice the [...]

I’ve decided to start a new series here on ccTLD Investors Magazine called the ccTLD Spotlight. The idea is to highlight unique and innovative things being done with ccTLDs. This week I wanted to talk about a very exciting brand launched on a .US domain, DealsPl.us. This is a coupon site that has taken advantage [...]

I’ve talked about this before on ccTLD Investors but I think it is an absolutely critical point to make when it comes to investing in ccTLDs – go with what you know. I can tell you this through my own failures, which I’m never afraid to admit. I started investing in ccTLDs in 2007 but [...]

Search Engine Watch wrote an interesting piece earlier this month about the Top Five International Link-Building Blunders. This is particularly relevant to ccTLD investors who are trying to develop and monetize their names. One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a ccTLD investor is thinking that all of the rules that apply in [...]

For those who missed my article on MorganLinton.com I wrote about Ron Jackson’s Q1 summary where he noted a decline of 22% in ccTLD sales based on the data he collects. I was shocked to hear that and after giving it some thought decided it was time for me to throw my hat in the [...]

As a ccTLD investor it is important to keep your domain names as secure as possible. The amazing thing about domain names is that you can pay $500,000 for a domain name and still have no title or legal document stating your ownership to the name. Could you imagine if you purchased a $500,000 house [...]