It’s 2012 and Registrars should provide bulk edit It’s 2012, and domain Registrars should provide bulk edit features – or risk losing their accreditation. I kept about 100 ccTLD domains with Domainmonster for the past year; when the time came for renewal, I decided that having waited for a full year for them to implement their bulk edit feature was plenty of time.
Acro - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 15:1
Ten points for Register.com Everyone has their registrar of choice and prefers to register their domains with them. For the purpose of organizing one’s domains, it’s prudent to keep your domain names with as fewer registrars as possible. Register.com is not my choice of registrar, although it belongs to the first group of domain registrars to become...
Acro - Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 20:46
Defining the sweet spot when buying domains As a domain investor I follow a simple mantra: buy low, sell high. The question is, what exactly is that “low” that will eventually determine the “high” price and how does one determine that? When evaluating the potential of a domain to be acquired, I consider its TLD, keyword, age, positive meaning and Google...
Acro - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 14:9
Wikipedia: The choice of a Copy and Paste generation Wikipedia is out of bounds today, participating in a global protest against the proposed SOPA bill that threatens our civil rights. And yet, I’m not so sad seeing Wikipedia’s black page after each search query. You see, centralized sources of information aren’t really a good thing. Free or not, Wikipedia has somehow...
Acro - Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 10:11
See you in October On Friday, Rick Schwartz announced a deal that myself and 34 others could not refuse; a $995 ticket for TRAFFIC 2012 in Ft. Lauderdale. Having attended TRAFFIC 2008 in Orlando and TRAFFIC 2010 in Las Vegas, I can only say that I’m very excited to have booked my attendance for this year, a full nine
Acro - Monday, January 16, 2012 - 13:57
DNForum or NamePros? Tapping into memory lane The owner of Bodis.com – the domain monetization company that acquired the domain forum NamePros – gave an excellent speech today; albeit in the form of a unity post. It’s not a secret that both DNForum and NamePros each have their own “gang” of supporters, fans and sworn “servants”. It’...
Acro - Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 17:30
Parked.com and the mechanics of PPC When I met the Parked.com crew during TRAFFIC 2008 in Orlando, I had the opportunity to engage with some of the best people in the domain monetization business. It was clear that Parked rocked during those times and the company did remarkably well; the people that worked for Parked were top notch and experienced professionals.
Acro - Friday, January 13, 2012 - 13:11
There’s lots of room in the Domain Industry When success arrives in the form of a sale of a business, those of us that partook in its first steps, observing its growth should rejoice. Ron James of NamePros negotiated a deal with domain monetization company Bodis that few could refuse; the end result will be a bigger, better, faster domain forum for its
Acro - Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 16:17
One out of three Swiss domainers is a stellar guy I’ve a bone to pick and it tastes like Toblerone. The sticky Swiss chocolate is among my favorite brands but it’s definitely not the easiest to chew. Back to domains. I just completed a nice mid $x,xxx sale with a Swiss buyer. He put faith back in me with regards to Swiss domainers or investors.
Acro - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 14:19
Auction fights are good for the blood Auctions are competitive events and suit the predominant ‘Alpha type’ males perfectly. Sometimes though they last ridiculously long. On a busy Monday no less, bidding for two and a half hours until my invisible opponent surrendered – that takes a lot of energy and I almost ran out of chocolate. Sedo should consider ...
Acro - Monday, January 9, 2012 - 15:3
Subdomains and the future: A few thoughts on iReport.CNN.com Rick Schwartz broke his blogging silence of five weeks yesterday – much to my delight and that of others. His subject of discussion – the dropping of iReport.com in favor of the subdomain iReport.cnn.com by the CNN Network – offered the opportunity for a stimulating discussion. The sale of iReport.com for a reported...
Acro - Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 12:58
My support of SOPA.com A few days ago I reported on how the domain name SOPA.com is in good hands. To show my support of Vincent’s efforts against this hideous SOPA bill, I’ve donated my time and created the SOPA.com logo. The SOPA bill must fail because it’s not only unconstitutional but it also threatens to destroy the Internet
Acro - Friday, January 6, 2012 - 15:20
Visibly dejected over a failed domain acquisition, bidder launches cyberattack One of my single word dot .com domains received an offer a few days ago. The person contacted me via the WHOIS info and asked me what is my asking price for this “unused domain”, which he said he’d use for a business he’s launching. The domain is not only a short generic and 18
Acro - Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 10:19
Twenty-nine dollars and 99 cents: The software that saved my digital ass Right on its 4th 'birthday', my primary hard disk hit the digital Purgatory on New Year's Eve. It also took a secondary drive hostage, as if lightning had hit twice. I spent several hours wondering why would two admittedly 'ripe', Western Digital drives fail on me, then I decided to go get a brand new
Acro - Monday, January 2, 2012 - 15:34
Party like a Rockefeller Aged "just" 74 years and six months, senator Jay “,John”, Rockefeller is still keeping America safe from its natural enemies. In a letter published at the Talk Radio News Service, senator Rockefeller made this statement: “I’m concerned that this expansion of generic, top-level domains, if it proceeds as planned, will have a...
Acro - Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 14:36
GoDaddy and the early days of domaining – Would you sell that domain back? Jamie over at DotWeekly posted an interesting story about a domain he sold and which was let to expire and which he re-registered. My story is similar, yet different – so Jamie’s post brought back some interesting domaining memories. Eleven years ago I registered a two-word .com domain that I thought it was cool and
Acro - Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 17:11
SOPA.com – A great resource tool in the right hands The ‘SOPA’ buzzword will remain alive through the holiday season and beyond, especially since the Congress has yet to decide on the fate of the bill by the same name. The “Stop Online Piracy Act” gives controversial authority to the US Government to take down any web site and content it deems infringing or unl...
Acro - Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 11:54
Wham, bam – Thank you Sedo! For the third year in a row I will commend Sedo’s performance in the domain aftermarket. Sedo has been absolutely stellar for me in 2011, resulting in a record number of sales. While the PPC performance has dropped, it’s the same across the board with other PPC companies, thanks to Google’s “tweaking” of...
Acro - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 18:9
Beware of TDNAM auctions in the thousands of dollars Using TDNAM can lead to some great acquisitions on the cheap; while their auction interface lacks the live updates like that of NameJet, there are still some great deals to be found. Unfortunately, I had a taste of the pitfalls of the GoDaddy TDNAM system recently, when an auction I won ended up with the
Acro - Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 11:40
When you have to ‘eat the reg fee’ on Sedo During an ongoing transfer of a domain sold at Sedo, I was notified that the domain must be renewed before proceeding any further. That’s a first for me, as usually I get inquiries to domains *after* they get renewed, not just before. It seems that potential buyers that monitor a domain anxiously, place offers as
