Back to My Old Stomping Grounds For a Family Wedding & Research on a GeoDomain Project I'm currently in Sarasota, Florida where our son will be getting married on the beach this weekend. While I'm in Sarasota - the place where I began a TV sporstcasting career - I will also be researching a possible geodomain project. More details in what will be my last Lowdown post until Tuesday.
DNJournal - 16 hr 8 min ago
High Value of Generic Domains Cited in New Interviews With Oversee.net & Swap.com CEOs The high value of generic domain names was the topic of conversation in two new interviews with industry leaders - Jeff Kupietzky of Oversee.net and Jeff Bennett of Swap.com. One was printed by a Boston business publication and the other kicked off a new video series from Simon Johnson's DomainerIncome.tv.
DNJournal - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:30
Epik Mints Their Own Currency for Buying Domains & Funding Development + Latest Show News Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Attendees at the Epik Developer's Conference coming up Sept. 15-17 will find a little something extra in their "goodie" bags - $795 worth of EpikBucks. We'll tell you exactly what those are + we have news updates on October's DN Cruise and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. South Beach conferences.
DNJournal - Monday, August 30, 2010 - 15:54
Developing Story: Rob Monster's Grand Plan for Epik.com and Why Parking Won't Be Part Of It DN Journal's new monthly newsletter is out. We connected with Epik.com Founder Rob Monster to learn more about the upcoming Epik Developers Conference, but the discussion wound up covering much more than that, including Monster's take on the shaky state of domain parking and the future of domain development
DNJournal - Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 16:33
Another Million $ Sale at Moniker + ccTLD News + Alexa Raad Resigns as .ORG's President & CEO Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Moniker rings up a 7-figure sale in the DOMAINfest New York Extended Online Auction, country code news featuring ,AU, .NL, .MX and .UK, plus Alexa Raad, the highly successful President and CEO of the .ORG Registry (PIR) will step down next month.
DNJournal - Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 18:25
Another Million $ Sale at Moniker + ccTLD News + Alexa Raad Resigns as .ORG's President & CEO Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Moniker rings up a 7-figure sale in the DOMAINfest New York Extended Online Auction, country code news featuring ,AU, .NL, .MX and .UK, plus Alexa Raad, the highly successful President and CEO of the .ORG Registry (PIR) will step down next month.
DNJournal - Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 18:25
Germany's Top Domain Conference Coming Next Week + Zak Muscovitch Needs Your Vote! Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A preview of Germany's biggest domain conference - DomainvermarkterForum - coming up next week in Munich. Plus, why .CA domain owners should rally behind Zak Muscovitch's bid for a seat on CIRA's Board of Directors.
Photos & Highlights From the DOMAINfest Power Networking Day in New York City The DOMAINfest New York Power Networking Day was held Wednesday (August 18) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. Conference organizer Oversee.net sent us some of show photographer Marvin Yan's pictures from the event so we could share them and the conference highlights with you.
DNJournal - Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 14:44
Keynote Speaker Named for 1st Annual Epik Domain Developers Conference The 1st Annual Epik Domain Developers Conference is coming up Sept. 15-17 in Seattle.The founder of a company that has a portfolio of over 8,000 developed geo domain names will give the keynote address. His speech will be followed by a live auction featuring 100 developed websites with both events open to the public.
DNJournal - Sunday, August 22, 2010 - 22:31
In the News: DOMAINFest New York, GreatDomains, the Annual .INFO Awards & Ray Neu Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Updates on Wednesday's DOMAINfest in New York, a new online auction at GreatDomains, information on the annual .Info Awards Contest (with $15,500 in prize money up for grabs) and a note on Morgan Linton's new video interview with Ray Neu.
More Who Are They? Answers + 20 Free Passes to Spain's Domaining III Show Up For Grabs Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we identify the two remaining unnamed domainers from our latest Who Are They? photo challenge. Plus, details on a EuroDNS drawing for 20 free passes to the Domaining III conference coming up next month in Valencia, Spain.
DNJournal - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 19:57
Real Estate Domain Giant Rob Grant Cuts a Unique Development Deal with Sotheby's Realty Rob Grant, CEO of RealEstateDirectory.com (who was profiled in our April 2008 Cover Story) and John Burke, President and CEO of Select Sotheby's International Realty in northern New York State, have announced a unique partnership with the launch of a powerful New York real estate portal for LakeGeorgeRealEstate.com.
DNJournal - Monday, August 16, 2010 - 19:0
If Parking is Dead How Come A New Company Is Entering the Already Crowded Space? Parking revenues have fallen so far over the past couple of years that some have declared parking to be dead. I wouldn't go quite that far, but there is no denying that parking has become a critically ill patient. In this environment, no one would dream of starting up another parking company, right? Wrong!
DNJournal - Friday, August 13, 2010 - 20:38
New DN Journal Domain Sales Report: Buyers Were Back Out in Force This Week The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Another six-figure sale leads our latest Top 20 Chart and many of the names on the elite list come from deals no one has reported before now. Several were part of a $152,000 transaction involving a group of 3-digit numerical domains.
DNJournal - Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 15:20
Companies and Events in the News: DOMAINfest New York, Parked.com & NameDrive.com A second Keynote Speaker has been added for next week's DOMAINfest New York Power Networking Day...DNWStats.com adds Parked.com as a partner for their new traffic and revenue verification service...and a large group of 3-Letter ccTLDs have gone on the auction block at NameDrive's NDX Market.
Who Are They - Round 2: Can You ID These Guys Hanging Out With Domain Pioneer Richard Lau? Time for another round of everyone's favorite domain game (OK, so maybe it's the only domain game, but we're not too proud to take the title by default!). What we are trying to do, with your help, is identify some of the people in our massive photo database so we can match names with all of those pretty faces!
DNJournal - Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 21:21
Hot on the Heels of Good Domain Aftermarket News Buyers Respond By Taking a Break! The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The week started with several reports of sales increases for 2Q-2010 vs. the previous quarter and the same quarter a year ago (our own data showed a 38% jump in dollar volume over 2Q-2009). So how did buyers respond to the good news? By taking a bit of a break!
