CNet’s Acquisition = Solid Business + Extreme Potential
On the acquisition news of CNet by CBS The Washington Post published an article called “The Brand Everyone Wanted To Buy, But Didn’t Really“.
From the article:
So the saga of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks finally has a home…well, at least on paper for now if and when the deal goes through, because there will be ...
Conceptualist - 12 hr 32 min ago
Memorable Domains: A personal account of Internet World 2008
Memorable Domains exhibited at the recent Internet World
tradeshow, held at Earls Court in London from April 29 to May 1, 2008.
We were on stand E277, towards the back of the hall (on the Internet
World side of the central aisle) and facing SEDO’s stand, if you attended the show and are trying to remember where we were.
M...
Conceptualist - 5/9/2008 8:52:20 AM
Say Goodbye To Hello And Hello To Hello.Com Via Google Blogoscoped:
Google is shutting down Hello, Picasa’s photo sharing service which was part of the Picasa acquisition back in 2004.
Not sure what is the likelihood of Google auctioning off the domain Hello.com. From my experience, in today’s market and given the novelty value attached to the domain (owned/operated by ...
Conceptualist - 5/8/2008 11:13:04 PM
Net Monetization: New Auction Site for Domain Names (BQB.COM)
If you follow the world of domain name buying and
selling you will be pleased to learn that there is now a new site where
you can auction domain names. Competition is good, especially as in the
domain name industry there is not a lot of competition around. The big
names tend to have things pretty much sewn up, with the exception...
Conceptualist - 5/8/2008 12:43:31 PM
My Once In A Lifetime Project - Domains.org
I’m going to keep this brief and to the point, so not to bring up any crazy and/or stupid questions.
This has nothing to do with WickedFire.com.
This project will be completely on it’s own.
Internets.. let me introduce you to Domains.org. Domains.org, meet the internets.
The domain was registered ONCE in 1996, and has been held by ...
Conceptualist - 5/7/2008 3:52:33 PM
Meet The New Web Giants Slowly but surely domainers are building the next web. While building a business is extremely demanding the rewards can be extremely rewarding.
Below is a list of few companies (and individuals) to keep an eye on:
Thought Convergence
Ammar Kubba and Kevin Vo’s company, recently acquired Jay Westerdal’s Name Intelligence...
Conceptualist - 5/7/2008 1:45:44 PM
jobs.ca goes for $600K
Ogopogo Media, an
Internet media company that acquires and develops geotargeted
destination and category specific domain names, recently announced it
has acquired the rights to Jobs.ca from Domed Technologies, Inc. of Montreal, Canada.
The acquisition of Jobs.ca is the largest published single domain
purchase in .ca history. The n...
Conceptualist - 5/6/2008 11:31:00 AM
Who Should You Take Advice From? Not to say my way is the right way but it is nevertheless, my way. I always paid more attention to the one who is giving the advice than the advice itself. Few questions I would like to ask you: Would you take a fitness advice from a person who isn’t in shape? Would you take a cooking advice from a person who does not know how ...
HomeInsurance.com: A New Name, for an Old Familiar Face
HomeInsurance.com, the domain name
recently acquired by Carlos Lagomarsino in January 2008, has taken off as an
online home insurance shopping organization providing competitive quotes and
selling policies online.
Starting in the days of online insurance infancy, Lagomarsino founded
NorthCarolinaInsurance.com, SouthCarolinaIn...
Conceptualist - 5/2/2008 3:38:08 PM
Guest Post: How I Spent My First Four Months as a Domainer, by Randy Charach Although not new to making money online; I didn’t consider myself a “Domainer” until just a few months ago. My brief history is that I was a professional Magician, Mentalist and Motivational Speaker from 1981 to 2001. In 2002, I wrote and sold online an e-book called Secrets of a Millionaire Magician. Immediately following the succes...
The Domains: Has Anyone Ever Lost Money on a Domain?
Via The Domains:
A simple question but one I have never heard asked.
Has anyone ever lost money on a domain??
Specifically what I am asking has anyone ever bought a name for a premium at a drop auction, private purchase, or industry auction and then resold the domain for less?
In my experience I have never heard of it.
Seems to be ...
Conceptualist - 5/1/2008 11:56:30 AM
Ahead Of The Curve: Conceptual Domaining
Over the years we’ve been on top of many trends, from Spyware, Blogs, Blooks, tubes, and others. Buying trendy domains is a subject which deserves much coverage on its own (I will try to write about it soon) but today I’m going to talk about something I find more challenging, more intriguing: Conceptual Domaining.
What ...
Conceptualist - 5/1/2008 9:41:27 AM
Flowchart.Com V.2 Goes Live
On May 11th 2007, after 18 months of hard work, we’ve released first private beta release of Flowchart.com. While we knew it wasn’t the best we could do we were highly interested in getting the product in the wild, get some real world feedback, and investigate the market a little further. Soon enough we realized what we...
Conceptualist - 4/30/2008 1:04:49 PM
The Life of Linda Annili Bauman
Via Les’ page at Caring Bridge:
Linda was born in Toronto Canada September 11, 1963. She was my best friend for almost 24 years. My best friend died this morning. I met Linda 24 years ago on Fort Lauderdale Beach where I was sailing my Hobie Cat sailboat. She was down here on vacation from Canada. There she was, this 5 foot 1...
Conceptualist - 4/29/2008 11:35:04 AM
Finding The Good In The Bad: How LH.Com Arbitration Loss May Be Good For Domainers
As widely reported by now, FMA has lost LH.Com in a NAF ruling.
While many think this is a disgrace (which I tend to agree), this decision, because it involves FMA, is not the worst thing that could have happened.
FMA is operated by Thunayan Al-Ghanim. For those who don’t know, Thunayan is no ordinary domainer. While FMA holds...
Conceptualist - 4/28/2008 3:39:40 PM
When Brand Owners Don’t Think: Leading Domains = Lost Traffic On the same flight back home from San Fransisco I noticed how conceptual marketing helps generic domain name owners I also noticed of a rising trend, “leading domains”, domains which start with “goto”, “on”, “in”, “at”. “4″. This trend is related to the “Ra...
Conceptualist - 4/28/2008 1:22:39 PM
Conceptual Marketing Advantageous To Generic Domain Name Owners On the flight back home from San Fransisco I saw in American Way, AA magazine on American Airways plane, an interesting ad by American Airlines. Here’s a couple of photos I took of the ad:
The fact though is American Airlines has nothing to do with the domain Paris.com. Why then are they doing it? It is because they are teach...
Conceptualist - 4/26/2008 11:42:59 PM
BizzFlip: Facebook Domain Name Network
One of the many resourceful Facebook groups I belong to is the Facebook Domain Name Network.
Considered to be “your place to connect with domainers from around the
world” the group is a great place to discuss flipping domain names as a
hobby as well as for profit. Many members of the group are in fact
active BizzFlip...
Conceptualist - 4/26/2008 11:00:29 AM
Domain Development Vs. Business Development
Not once have we developed a business because of domain ownership. I believe, for us, we first fall in love with concepts rather then fall in love with domains. It is only after we have a concept in mind we truly feel comfortable with we then either match it with a generic domain within our portfolio, buy a generic domain, or move ...
Conceptualist - 4/26/2008 8:03:15 AM
The Cost Of A Confusing URL
There is a manufacturer of computers
in the UK called Mesh Computers who, it should be said, made a bit of a mistake
by not registering www.mesh.co.uk
even though they registered their domain, www.meshplc.co.uk
(?) several years before it was taken. It is now
which
makes a little more sense.
Now, every once in a while, we at
mesh ...
Conceptualist - 4/25/2008 10:40:34 AM
NameBrief: Greedy Domainer Slime
Over on the Nanog mailing list
, IETF regular Randy Bush, known as much for his extreme language and
hot temper as his technical acumen and support for the Internet in the
developing world, asks voting members of Nominet to help keep “the greedy domainer slime” off the Nominet Board of Directors.
“Greedy
domainer...
Conceptualist - 4/24/2008 11:46:37 PM
Domain Roundtable Pictures Photographer Tim Farris did a great job covering the Domain Roundtable event. Here are selected pictures:
(click images to enlarge)
From left: Peter Goggin, Gregg McNair, Alyette K., Matthew Naythons, Dan Warner, Sahar Sarid, Chris Hartnett
From Left: Gregg McNair, Alyette K., Sahar Sarid
TrafficZ party @ Club 443
Gregg McNair an...
