• Netfleet reports that it has 7,500 quality domain names and has sold more than $40k of domains in the few months its been operational. That’s quite good for a new site – especially in the .au space.

• Netregistry has a customer base of 250,000 businesses. Its privately owned and has 80 full-time staff including developers, engineers, service and support specialists.

CEO of Netregistry, Larry Bloch made an interesting comment that resonated with me – “most people do not even realise that domain names are now tradeable assets so it’s a question of creating the industry as well as satisfying the demand.”

The other comment that reflected both the infancy of the industry and the opportunity, was made by David Lye, GM at NetFleet “its not enough to have hundreds of thousands of listings, but we also need to have a steady stream of transactions which will in turn help the market find a footing.” Its good to see some real business logic being applied to the domaining industry.

If you haven’t checked out the Netfleet marketplace, go over and take a look.

What’s a domainer going to do at 6pm on a Sunday night? At least NamePros and NameJet are up…. for now!

There are countless sites on the Internet that provide lists of domain names that have already expired. For the beginners reading this, a domain name goes through a drop cycle (also known as the drop) where its registered and then expires. Think of it as a lifecycle – its born then dies. However, when a domain dies (expires), along come the backordering companies, domainers, registrars etc.. and give it CPR. Suddenly the domain is alive again. However, not all domains get CPR – some are left to die.

In my experience, ALL of the good names are given CPR. Those that are not renewed, not backordered, not tasted – are are left for DEAD. They are domains on the big scrap heap. Now statistically, yes you could claim that there might be one little needle in the haystack. One tiny little one that everyone in the world missed – but I seriously doubt it.

Stop wasting your time looking through lists of expired domain names. Don’t blow your hard earned money buying useless domains. The only people that profit from that practice are the registrars! Get educated and buy a good domain from a backordering company, on a forum or aftermarket website.