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Users can now filter domains based on traffic.   Sedo has added a new filter to domain searches that enables users to find domains based on traffic counts. Revenue per Thousand (RPM) has increased for domain parking in recent years, but you need to have domains with traffic to take advantage of it. Now, searchers can filter domains to find only those with high traffic. Buyers should always be cautious of traffic numbers. They might not represent human visitors. And even if they do, they might not represent the types of visitors that click on ad links. Still, I think this is a good starting point for domain buyers interested in traffic domains. They can always enter into discussions with the seller to get more traffic details. The filter only works for domains pointed to Sedo, of course. Share this post......

Auction winners should experience fewer pullbacks and can now snap domains in closeouts via the API.   GoDaddy (NASDAQ: GDDy) has made two changes to its expired domains auction platform that domain investors have requested for a long time. First, it is tightening the timeline around renewals for partner inventory. The company says “reclaimed domains from late renewals will decline significantly” due to the changes. GoDaddy said there are still some edge cases in which a domain might be pulled back. GoDaddy previously tightened the timeline for expired domains registered at GoDaddy, nearly eliminating pullbacks for that inventory after an auction winner won the domains. But it had less control of partner inventory from other domain registrars. With the change, the situation should get better for all inventory. Second, GoDaddy is extending API capabilities for expired auctions. Some domain investors have access to an API that lets them bid on auctions. Access to this API has been limited for a long time, and the company said this was because it needed to make changes to the back end to accommodate more users. As a preliminary step, the company has opened access to everyone to acquire closeout domains through the API. Have…...

The latest news from foreign media, GoDaddy has completed the acquisition of the domain name investment education platform DNAcademy on March 21, local time; Michael Cyger, the founder of DNAcademy, will serve as GoDaddy Education Director. In response to the acquisition, the president of GoDaddy said: "The acquisition of DNAcademy furthers our strategic goals; through this acquisition, we intend to support continued profitable revenue growth in our domain name business.   GoDaddy's acquisition this time may also hope that more people can understand domain names and go deep into the field of domain name investment, and also inject more fresh vitality into its own domain name business. As one of the most well-known domain name service providers in the world, GoDaddy, the acquisition of education platform related to domain name investment, may also stimulate the existing domain name investment market to a certain extent....