I just ran across this NameJet error page, and I wanted to share it with you. It’s the first time I’ve seen an error page on NameJet and it’s pretty humorous. I hope I didn’t break the website!
Have a great weekend!
Poll: Are You Using “NameJet Classic”?
At the end of November, NameJet underwent a website overhaul, and the new design was launched. I’ve become more accustomed to the design and found it to be easier to save searches. On the top of the site, there is a link to return to the “Classic” look, which had been the primary design since inception.
I’ve only visited the Classic design a few times, but in speaking with a couple of colleagues who are also active bidders, it seems that there may be a number of people continuing to use the previous site design as their primary means of accessing NameJet. I am curious how prevelent this is, and I’ve added a poll below to see.
If you are using the Classic site, would you mind giving your insight about why you’re doing this? NameJet did not ask me to post this, nor do they advertise or compensate me for writing anything.
Easy to Save Searches on NameJet
I am finding myself adding more saved searches on NameJet than ever before. I don’t know if it’s because the new website layout makes it easier to use this feature or if the search functionality has made it more useful, but I’ve set up a number of daily search result emails to help find domain names.
Here’s how to set up a daily search email:
1) Visit NameJet, click on My Account, and log in
2) Scroll to the bottom of the left column and click on Saved Searches
3) Click on Create a New Saved Search and enter your information
There are a number of keywords I search for, primarily with my keyword at the end + .com. You may also want to add variations, like s for plural or ing. I like to make sure I only receive the name once, so it sends me new domains only.
If there was one thing I could change, it would be to create a way to have all of these searches sent to me in one daily email. I get enough emails over night, and additional saved searched generates more emails. If you have 10, 20, 50+ saved searches, that’s a lot of emails to go through when one would suffice. I would probably add more keyword searches if I could have them all sent in one email instead of multiple emails.
If you haven’t tried the save search functionality on NameJet, I recommend trying it out.
Deals.org Sells on NameJet for $32,901
Deals.org sold this afternoon on NameJet for $32,901. There were 250 people who placed bids in the auction, and there was a total of 308 bids placed.
The domain name was a privately owned domain name, and it skyrocketed from around $10,000 to the closing sales price during the final minutes. I think it was a pretty solid sales price considering the commercial “deals” term combined with the generally non-commercial .org extension.
Do you think it was a good deal for the buyer or seller?
NameJet Releases New Website
According to a Tweet that was posted moments ago, NameJet has released the new website that the company had been beta testing for a couple of weeks.
If you’re a frequent NameJet user, you’ll immediately notice that the biggest change appears to be the new design, which lists more available domain names for sale on the home page.
The site functionality works in similar fashion to how it worked before. I was told that the search functionality is far superior to the previous version, and mobile browsing is also enhanced on the new site.
In it’s Tweet, NameJet asks clients to let the company know their thoughts on the new site, so feel free to post any comments here so the company can see them. I am sure it will be helpful if you post an errors you encounter.
If you aren’t a fan of the new site design, you can always revert back to the old site here: http://classic.namejet.com. I don’t know how much longer that option will be available though.
DMD Beats Street: Stock Up After Hours
Demand Media (stock symbol DMD) reported its quarterly earnings today, and despite reporting a loss, the company beat the street predictions. Demand Media owns and operates domain registrar Enom and domain auction service NameJet.
The stock ended the trading day down almost 9% to $7.08/share, but the price surged after hours. DMD stock is currently trading at $8.30/share, up close to 20%.
Some information that may be of interest to you from the Q3 report:
- 25% increase in revenue to $81.5 million
- eHow.com saw 71.5 million unique users in September
- Domain registration margins at Enom increased 2% YTD over last year through Q3 (perhaps attributed to higher .CO registration fees?)
- Average revenue per domain in Q3: $10.20 and YTD: $10.12
- Enom saw a 15% increase in the number of registered domain names in Q3 as well as YTD
