Marchex is a publicly traded company that owns many great domain names, and the company is pursuing a big change in its organization. According to a note on the Marchex website, “Marchex is pursuing the separation of our business into two distinct entities to increase strategic focus, build on our unique assets and accelerate growth. Upon closing of the transaction, Marchex will be divided into: (1) Marchex, a pure play mobile advertising company focused on calls, and (2) Archeo, a premium domain and advertising marketplace.”

A domain marketplace was recently launched in beta on ArcheoDomains.com. Although I don’t know the extent to which the marketplace is being advertised (if at all), if you visit a Marchex-owned domain name like Georgetown.com, you’ll see a note in the top corner that says “This domain may be for sale. Click here for more information.” Clicking the link will take you to

One of the best ways to read “unfiltered” domain industry news and to learn about industry developments is to follow the blogs of various companies in the industry. Some companies promote and share their blogs more than others, and that means there’s plenty of information and insight that isn’t  dissected  or distributed on domain blogs or forums on a regular basis.

Listed below are companies in the domain industry of various sizes that operate corporate blogs. Some of these blogs are completely focused on promoting special offers and deals, and others offer insight into how their products can be used by clients. A number of these blogs aren’t specifically related to domain names, but they might be of interest nonetheless.

Domaining.com does a great job of listing domain industry blogs, so I didn’t include any of them in the list below. If I missed a blog, I invite you to share it in the comment section.

Domain Brokers / Domain Brokerages:

I want to let you know that DNForum is offering a membership discount from now until August 1, 2013. If you sign up for a new account or you upgrade to a higher account status, you can save 50% off the regular price for the next week or so.

There are three membership levels at DNF: Gold, Platinum, and Exclusive. I am a Platinum lifetime member.

The different membership levels offer the ability to post in different upgraded sections on the forum. For instance, Gold members are able to browse sales threads and purchase domain names from them, but they are not able to list domain names for sale. Exclusive members are able to see private sections of DN Forum and they can post domain names for sale in an Exclusive section.

As of the time of this post, there are a total of 241,416 members of DNForum. There are also nearly 4,000 members who are actively visiting DN Forum right now.

If you have an interest in upgrading at the discounted price, or if you have any questions, send an email to chuck@dnforum.com.

Here’s the membership pricing / cost breakdown (provided by Chuck):

Sadly, Dr. Chris Hartnett’s father passed away this week. I want to share the C-SPAN video of a special tribute that was given to him on the House floor by Indiana Congressman Todd Rokita. You can read the Chicago Tribune obituary to learn more about Mr. Hartnett’s extraordinary life.

My condolences to Chris and his family on their loss.