According to SEDO, internet domain name sales in the secondary market totaled GBP37 Million. Sedo, the leading online market place for buying and selling Internet domain names and websites, has launched its annual report on the growth of the secondary Internet domain name market in 2007. The report, which has tracked the state of the secondary Internet domain market annually since 2004, unveils the latest figures for 2007.
China’s Internet Users Pass 200 Million
China’s Internet Users Pass 200 Million News out of China claims the nation’s base of Internet users reached 210 million by the end of 2007, a gain of over 25 percent from 2006.
Earth Class Mail Picks Up $13.3 Million
There are times when the concept surrounding a company’s products or services is difficult to understand. This is (at least in part) one of those times, but the primary piece of news here is that Earth Class Mail received $13.3 million in funding.
CPG Brand Sites Attract 66 Million Visitors
During the third quarter of 2007, consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand sites brought in a total of 66 million U.S. visitors, an increase of 10 percent over the same period last year, according to comScore.
AllBusiness.com Bought For $55 Million
Dun & Bradstreet describes itself as a “source of commercial information and insight on businesses.” The inclusive-sounding AllBusiness.com should be a good match for it, then, and might well be worth the $55 million D&B paid.
Black Friday Shoppers Spend $531 Million Online
A 22 percent increase in sales from last year’s day after Thanksgiving put more money in the pockets of online retailers this year.
GigaOmni Media Raises More Than $1 Million
Thanks to a round of funding, GigaOmni Media is ready to expand some more. No one’s quite sure how big it’ll get, though – following initial reports that $1 million had been raised, Om Malik himself appeared to say that the amount’s rather higher.
Socialtext Gets $9.5 Million And New CEO
When a company gets a new CEO, it can be a good thing or a bad thing, but when the new CEO was educated at Harvard and MIT, and worked at Adobe and Cisco, it’s probably a great thing. Even better since the new CEO – Eugene Lee – is getting a fresh $9.5 million to play with at Socialtext.
Specific Media Ad Network Raises $100 Million
It’s not clear exactly how much money Specific Media got in a recent round of funding. What is clear, though, is that the online advertising company intends to go on an acquisition spree.
5min Earns $5 Million In Funding
For a video-sharing site known as 5min, there’s good news and bad news. The good: it just brought in $5 million through a round of funding. The bad: about half of it is now owned by investors.