BuyDomains and Afternic Partner with Fabulous.com

[DavyBUK]

Combined offering will offer buyers unprecedented selection of high performance domain names.

Waltham, MA (PRWeb) January 25, 2007 -- NameMedia's Domain Name Marketplace, the world leader in high performance domain name sales today announced a strategic marketing partnership with Australia-based Fabulous.com.
They are a very professional organization and we are pleased to have them as a new channel for our domain stock.

NameMedia's BuyDomains (www.buydomains.com) and Afternic domain sales platforms have been selected by Fabulous.com as a premier sales distribution channel for Fabulous.com's portfolio of more than 500,000 domain names.

This strategic alliance strengthens BuyDomains and Afternic as the worlds' leading online destinations for high-quality, high-performance domain names. BuyDomains and Afternic's two million-plus domain name inventory is enhanced by a global distribution network of domain resellers, resulting in the industry's highest aftermarket domain name sales unit volume.

"BuyDomains and Afternic are pleased to partner with Fabulous.com. The breadth and quality of the Fabulous.com domain name portfolio provides great benefit to our global small- to mid-sized business customer base", said Peter Lamson, senior vice president and general manager of NameMedia's domain name marketplace.

This expanded domain inventory ensures BuyDomains Domain Consultants' ability to find the perfect online identity for any online need. Businesses worldwide may speak with a Domain Consultant seven days a week, free of charge.

"BuyDomains and Afternic are unequivocally today's leader in domain name agency sales. In particular, their personal involvement with customers add real value to the transactions and provide superior sale services" said Dan Warner, COO of Fabulous.com & Dark Blue Sea Limited.

About NameMedia

NameMedia is the industry leader in Direct Search and the marketplace for premium domain names. The company leverages the power of Direct Search through a proprietary publishing platform that creates revenue-generating search destinations, including the company's network of vertical online properties in over 100 categories that include travel, finance, dating, health, shopping and technology. NameMedia also has the industry's largest marketplace for buying and selling premium domain names. NameMedia is a privately-held, venture-backed, rapidly growing company headquartered outside Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts. For more information, visit www.namemedia.com.

About Fabulous.com and the Dark Blue Sea Group

Fabulous.com controls over 500,000 high quality, commercially focused, generic keyword domain names. Fabulous.com is operated by the Australian listed company, Dark Blue Sea Ltd. Dark Blue Sea are the direct navigation experts, whose suite of products including Fabulous.com (an ICANN accredited domain name registrar), DarkBlue.com (online advertising affiliate network) and Roar.com / PageSeeker.com (its online advertising portals) provide a fully integrated package. Dark Blue Sea is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (code: DBS) and has a Level 1 over-the-counter ADR program through the Bank of New York (code: DKBLY).



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[Rubber Duck]

Well you have to ask:

Would you park at Fabulous?

Would you sell at Afternic?

Would Buy from Buydomains?

Well the last one is a Bust and the other two seem to be missing the plot. Dan Warner gratuitously chucked in the word "Global". Does he know what he means, because I sure don't.

There seems to be a few conflicts of interest here in my book. There are actually two sellers and two parkers here. Unless there is real commitment to fully integrate, I cannot see this going anywhere!

[thefabfive]

Integrating into the international market will take time. These people need to see the dollar signs before change will happen.

[Rubber Duck]

I don't think IDN is even on their radar. I think they just chuck the Global term around. It probably means something like NYtoLA.

I think the US market is very much their focus, but even then I find it hard to see that this teaming up is going to work. I think they feel threatened by the emergence of bigger more agile players and this is a damage limitation exercise.

It is like a group of Dinosaurs queing up to view the Astroid.

[thefabfive]

I agree that IDNs are probably not on their radar. And that is because current conditions do not compel them to expand.

The slowness of others to adapt creates opportunities for others.

[touchring]

Originally Posted by thefabfive

I agree that IDNs are probably not on their radar. And that is because current conditions do not compel them to expand.

These guys are driven by earning ratio, 8 times annual parking PPC?

[Rubber Duck]

Fine.

I can't see Buydomains being of any use to us under any circumstances.

Afternic still strikes me as the Poorman's SEDO, and I am not impressed with the Richman's version.

Fabulous, well they could have moved to provide IDN parking if they had felt that we were relevant. Frankly, after being given the cold shoulder for so long, I think I would have to feel a real need to waste time talking to them. I cannot see that happening.

We have gone out a long way on a Limb with IDN. If people think they are going to just wander into the party to see the Fireworks at the end without bringing a bottle, then they sling their hook as far as I am concerned.

[thefabfive]

Afternic has always seemed like a flea market compared to Sedo.

If any of these companies offer useful solutions that can generate more money for us than current options than I am sure we will give them try.

[Drewbert]

This isn't a PPC announcement.

This is the addition of buydomains domain stockpile to the Fabulous "domains for sale" listings.

[Sarcle]

Originally Posted by Rubber Duck

Fabulous, well they could have moved to provide IDN parking if they had felt that we were relevant. Frankly, after being given the cold shoulder for so long, I think I would have to feel a real need to waste time talking to them. I cannot see that happening.

Fabulous isn't going to provide IDN parking. I can't even park my generic .es or .be (some with great traffic) or anything else that get's "non-english" traffic. The use of the word Global is a joke.

Global as long as the visitors are english speakers.