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For starters, what is Fantastico actually?

If you have the cPanel of any hosting package, or have at the least seen a demo of one, you must have seen a blue smiley face with the word “Fantastico” written under it.

Most of the hosting packages that you would see online, will boast about having Fantastico free with their hosting package along with a user friendly cPanel. If you are new to Fantastico, here’s what it is -

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Which Font Should I Use for My Web Page? Tips on Choosing Fonts for Your WebsiteChoosing a correct font for your web page is not necessarily an intuitive procedure for everyone. This article deals with some of the issues involved in selecting a font for your website.

How to Add Meta Tags to Your Website Using Nvu or KompoZerLooking for a way to manage the search engine robots indexing of your web pages, or to determine the description that appears under your site's name in the search engine results? Can't figure out how you can add META tags to your website using the free web editors, Nvu and KompoZer? Read this article for the answer.

Hosting from Your Web Server at HomeUnfortunately, while the ability to setup and operate a web server at home has become very easy, most people lack the crucial knowledge and skills required to secure a web server properly–and this can lead to disastrous results for them.

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Company values retail value of portfolio at approximately $1,000 USD per domain.

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A Dark Blue Sea investor presentation (pdf) suggests that the retail value of its 570,000 domain portfolio is about $600 million. The presentation also provides a wealth of other statistics and details on its deal with domain GoDaddy.

Dark Blue Sea, an Australian company, is well known to domain name investors for its Fabulous domain registrar and domain parking services.

As of the end of 2007, approximately 152,000 of the company’s domain names were profitable, meaning they eclipsed the $6.42 wholesale price of domain registration. The company estimates the average retail value of its domains to be $1,000, and also predicts GoDaddy will help it sell 45,000 domains over the coming five years. Dark Blue Sea inked a partnership GoDaddy earlier this year that involves a commission and options for 7% of Dark Blue Sea. The options vest according to the number of GoDaddy generates, which incentivizes the company to make sales. Overall, Dark Blue Sea expects $25 million to $30 million in profit from GoDaddy deal over the next five years.

So if only a quarter of Dark Blue Sea’s domain names are profitable from pay-per-click revenue, where is the value? The company points to the retail market, where domain purchase prices have little connection to PPC multiples. For example, here are some domains the company has sold, the sales price, 12 months trailing revenue, and the implied revenue multiple:

MagazineReviews.com - $1,200 - $2.28 - 527x
CollegeInvestment.com - $2,650 - $32.08 - 83x
UraniumOxide.com - $830 - $.69 - 1197x
MexicanStocks.com - $800 - $.76 - 1058x
ArtBlankets.com - $1,200 - $.33 - 3663x

Another company that focuses on retail sales is NameMedia, which owns domain name aftermarket Afternic and sales platform BuyDomains. NameMedia says the “sweet spot” for small and medium business domain name sales is between $2,000 and $5,000.


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