Good morning everyone,
I’m afraid we haven’t yet received the numbers for the update on Saturday from our ad provider, so we haven’t been able to update the stats yet. We expect the numbers to arrive today and we will update them for Sunday.
I apologize for any inconvenience and I wish you all a great week.
Mister B
TGI Tuesday already!
This week, it’s Skyline. Blue, fresh, generic. Check it out here.
Hope you enjoy it.
Mister Blogs and the TTT (Template Tuesday Team)
Hello everyone,
Today’s template is the Adult 5 template. You can see it here.
We hope all of you with adult traffic enjoy using the template.
Ed
Hello everyone and welcome to 2010.
As many of you will be aware, we launched Template Tuesday in 2009 along with our Christmas Calendar. Now, after a brief Winter Break, Template Tuesday is back with a double template launch.
Today’s releases are Fashion Boy and Fashion Girl. Two templates for those with clothing / fashion / clothes shopping related domains.
We hope you enjoy the new templates and check back every Tuesday for new ones.
Mister B
As we continue with the evolution of NDX Market, we are always looking to simplify the processes and improve the quality of the user experience.
To those ends, we have made 3 significant changes to NDX Market which go live today.
The changes are as follows:
1.
You can now add domains to NDX Market via the dropdown at the top of the domains table. All you need to do is click the checkbox next to any domains you want to add to NDX Market, select ‘Add to NDX Market’ from the dropdown, and away you go.
You can see a little video of how to do this here.
2.
Each member will only be able to have two auctions running at any one time. We are aware that too many auctions have been running at the same time, so we are now significantly reducing the number of auctions on the platform in order to increase clarity and quality.
Any auctions you have running at the moment will obviously run their course.
To add a domain to NDX Market auctions, just click the checkbox next to the domain in question and select ‘Auction domain on NDX Market’. You can see in the dropdown menu how many auction slots you are currently using. The example image below shows that 0 from the 2 available slots are currently being used.
3.
We have implemented some new icons in the front office to show the activity of your domains on NDX Market. Here is an overview of the icons you’ll see in the front office:
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- These are the icons which show that a domain is listed on NDX Market. If it’s blue, it means the domain is listed and you have not yet received an offer for the domain. If it’s green, it means the domain has an offer on it. Clicking the icon will take you to the NDX Market settings page for the domain where you can change settings and respond to offers.
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- These icons show that a domain is listed for auction on NDX Market. The one on the right is shown when you have a bid on your auction.
- This icon is shown if you have sold your domain and it is in transfer.
- This is the info icon which shows you have added a comment to a domain. It used to be light green. Now it’s light blue.
- This is the O you press to open the optimzation wizard where you can instantly optimize your domains. If you haven’t clicked it yet, give it a go, it’s fun.
We hope you enjoy using these new features.
Mister B and the tech guys
For those of you who like Old News, it was Template Tuesday Three yesterday and we launched our Gift template, probably one of our favourite templates so far and absolutely perfect for domains with a Christmas season / romantic / gift theme.
You can check it out on our http://namedrive.com/calendar?lang=en.
Ed
Hello folks,
Everyone who’s been following our Advent Calendar (don’t pretend you’re not, I can see the figures rocketing on Google Analytics, you know…) will know that last week, we launched Template Tuesday.
For those with little imagination, you may need me to explain that Template Tuesday will see a new template released on NameDrive every Tuesday for some time to come.
Last week was the ground-breaking Kartell template. This week, it’s, well, I wouldn’t want to steal our calendar’s thunder, would I? So you better get over there to check out the big News.
See you again next Tuesday.
Mister B
NameDrive is proud to announce the sales figures for the first six months of trading on NDX Market, NameDrive’s public domain marketplace
Since launching in May this year, 4526 domains totaling $4.64 million have been sold and successfully transferred using NDX Market’s brokerage and sales platform.
The domains sold on NDX Market have covered the entire domaining spectrum, reflecting the truly global nature of NameDrive client base and the success of a marketplace aimed not only at GTLDs but at domains of all TLDs and prices.
Below is an insight into the varied nature of domains trading hands on NDX Market:
The first week of trading on NDX Market saw some of the highest-ever Polish-language .com sales:
Randka.com (Dating) - $ 3500
Tapety.com (Wallpaper) - $ 3000
Sexrandka.com (Sex dating) - $ 2000
Other notable sales include:
Galaxya.com - 3000 EUR
Disco-Plaza.de - 3000 EUR
Speter.nl - 1950 EUR
Transexual.es - 1200 EUR
idp.es - 775 EUR
Feminity.de - 750 EUR
nxc.es - 500 EUR
mrt.fr - 500 EUR
The highest sale on NDX Market to date was a .co.uk domain for 8900 GBP which has been kept private.
In all, a mixture of 24 different TLDs have been sold on NDX Market. The dominant TLDs, as expected, have been .com and .de domains, making up 40% of the sales between them. The most unusual sale was perhaps gnome.im for just $10.
NDX Market is still completely free to use and charges no commission on domain sales. This will not last forever, so get your domains listed today to take advantage of the only domain marketplace to offer you sales and transfer without charging you a fee.
In addition, NDX Market will shortly be announcing a beta launch of NDX Market OneLink, a product allowing portfolio owners and NDX Market partners to integrate a fully-branded, white label domain marketplace simply by implementing a single link.
We would like to thank all those who have contributed to NDX Market’s solid start and look forward to welcoming more of you to the platform in the near future.
Hello everyone,
I’m delighted to announce what we at ND believe is the first-ever domain parking advent calendar.
Every day for the next 24 days, NameDrive will be revealing something new to the world by means of the calendar on our site.
Today, you get a new template to play with, so what are you waiting for?
You can access the calendar here.
Our US colleagues tell me that advent calendars aren’t particularly widely-known in the US, so, if you are unsure of their origins, let me enlighten you:
When you’re a kid in Europe, on 1st December, you get a calendar with 24 numbered doors on it.
Every day, you get to open one door, revealing a picture.
When you get older, if you’re lucky, a picture is replaced by a daily chocolate to eat before school.
When you get older, if you’re lucky, your girlfriend makes you 24 little presents which you can open every day.
When you get older, if you’re lucky, your domain parking company puts an advent calendar on their homepage for you to open every day.
If you’re itching for a somewhat more in-depth overview, you’ll find one here.
So there it is, enjoy the calendar, marvel at the revelations and make use of the goodies we provide from now til 24th December.
Wishing you all a successful and happy holiday season.
Mister B
