Resources of the Week -- A Few Unusual Lists & Rankings
Resources of the Week -- A Few Unusual Lists & Rankings
By Shirl Kennedy, Senior Editor
If you follow this feature regularly, you might remember that we've offered up collections of "niche" resources before -- niche information, niche statistics, etc. This week, we offer up some unusual sources of lists & rankings -- e.g., not from the fishing holes you already know about, such as Forbes.com or USNews.com.
TicketNews is a comprehensive resource for news, market analysis, event announcements, and information relating to the ticket industry. TicketNews keeps industry professionals and fans informed about tour dates, current and pending ticket resale legislation, rankings, ticket “steals and deals”, and more! TicketNews developed the algorithm for the exclusive weekly rankings of the industry's top events and ticket sellers. The content is updated daily, with original articles from TicketNews reporters and an aggregation of 3rd party sources.
Here you can see lists -- updated weekly -- of the top primary ticket sales outlets (e.g., TicketMaster.com), top secondary ticket sales outlets (e.g., StubHub), and the top selling concert and sports events.
The list below includes the 100 largest U.S. grantmaking foundations ranked by the market value of their assets, based on the most current audited financial data in the Foundation Center's database as of September 11, 2008. Fiscal records will be updated when more recent audited financial information is obtained.
Nearly 11.7 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2007, according to statistics released today by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. The Aesthetic Society, which has been collecting multi-specialty procedural statistics since 1997 says the overall number of cosmetic procedures has increased 457 percent since the collection of the statistics first began. The most frequently performed procedure was Botox injections and the most popular surgical procedure was liposuction.
This is actually a press release -- dated February 25, 2008 -- offering trends and demographic data for 2007. It also includes frequency of cosmetic procedures by age group.
So what are domain names worth? The answer is that it depends. Like a lot of intellectual property, the vast majority of domain name sales bring prices in 3, 4, 5, or 6 figure range. Nevertheless, there have been roughly sixty seven transactions of a million dollars or more.
This year (2008) Fund.com at just under $10 Million tops the list so far. Pizza.com went for $2,605,000 while DataRecovery.com reportedly sold for $1,659,000. Domain Name Journal reports that Invest.com has sold for $1,015,000.
Of course, we always like to mention Gary's venerable List of Lists -- "a database of ranked listings of companies, people and resources freely available on the Internet" -- hosted by Special Issues. If you're not familiar with this resource, it's well worth a good browse.
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