Jeff Kupietzky Gives 10 Prophecies for Domain Industry: Live

Jeff Kupietzky gives predictions for 2011.

This afternoon at DOMAINfest Global in Santa Monica Oversee.net CEO Jeff Kupietzky provided 10 prophecies for the domain name industry.

But first he reviewed Oversee.net’s results over the past year:

– Moniker had 10% revenue growth and growth in number of domains
– 50% growth in Oversee Aftermarket revenue
– 50 fresh employees
– 10% increase in revenue per click

1. Increase in premium domain sales in 2011 – predicts a number of $5M+ sales

2. Registry/Registrar integration – there will be vertical consolidation in 2011.

(Oversee.net doesn’t plan to go following fresh gTLDs but it will partner with gTLD applicants)

3. IPO window will open again – pointed out that the based of Demand Media is domain names

4. Record year of M&A from sizable tech firms looking to acquire innovation from smaller firms. Lots of cash in the bank at sizable firms.

5. Google will become more partner friendly — Google will face real competition that will change their approach to the channel.

6. Client service will be killer application to leverage social networks for businesses — firms can use social networking to keep clients happy rather than for acquiring fresh clients.

7. Tablets within mobile will rise, and Apple size will be the winning form factor (he stated 7″, but it’s actually 9.7″).

8. Faster Path to App – fresh site development will focus on reducing number of clicks to get to the actual application functionality.

9. Value of traffic will be assessed for its data value along with its current category RPM

10. Joke nod to Oversee sales team