The State of the Domain Industry 2007

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The State of the Industry January 2007: 15 Domain Experts Ponder What Happened in 2006 and Predict What’s Coming Next

iREIT CEO Bob Martin told us “I think that the most significant trend in the industry is the maturity and consolidation of the domain name industry. There are now four entities with over $100 million in capitalization actively engaged in consolidating the space (iREIT, Demand Media, Name Media and Marchex). These companies are bringing a new level of scrutiny to the industry with audits, formalized portfolio evaluations, media attention and monetization enhancements.”

“We believe that the industry that today includes over 13,000 participants and is dominated by “random traffic” PPC monetization will evolve into a more concentrated industry whose participants will have made substantial investments in technology and developed primarily vertically-focused portfolios that combine a variety of monetization activities (CPA, CPM, pay-per-call and PPC) to remain competitive," Martin said...

full article: http://dnjournal.com/cover/2007/january.htm