 | PETA Wants Sex.com
PETA has announced their desire to acquire sex.com. Executive Vice President has written this letter to Dom Partners LLC stating:
“Visitors to the newly revamped Sex.com site could watch our sexy Super Bowl ads like “Veggie Love” (about how a vegan diet can enhance your time between the sheets) or watch Alicia Silve...
| Domainer Income - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 20:27 |
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| Godaddy Registers Its 40 Millionth Domain
Over the years I’ve seen registrars come and go. One registrar that I really admire, is Godaddy. Bob Parsons has led the industry for many years and the recent stats published by Godaddy are simply amazing.
“GoDaddy now holds a near 50 percent market share of all active new domains registered in the world and
| Domainer Income - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 6:34 |
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| Poker.org Sells For $1 Million
Its been reported that Sedo has brokered a deal selling poker.org to PokerCompany.com for the sum of $1 million.
Other .org auctions include engineering.org for $198k which happened in 2003 and date.org for $150k in 2006.
| Domainer Income - Thursday, February 18, 2010 - 6:58 |
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| 10 Interesting Facts From The Tucows Q4 Earnings
A few snippets of interest came out of the 2009 earnings call for TCX. For the record, neither I, nor any company I’m associated with own any shares in TCX.
1. Revenue for the fourth quarter increased 6.1%
2. New registrations up more than 10%
3. For 2009 as a whole, domain service revenue grew almost 10% compared
| Domainer Income - Wednesday, February 17, 2010 - 5:41 |
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| The Hidden Cost Behind Domain Name Portfolios
A few weeks ago I received an email from someone who had a large portfolio of domain names for sale. This isn’t unusual, but what can be frustrating is seeing the same mistakes and unrealistic expectations, over and over again.
Consequently, I thought there are some interesting lessons for newcomers to the domaining industry, ...
| Domainer Income - Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 20:21 |
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| Godaddy Girl Crashes In NASCAR – Video
Danica Patrick was involved in a 12-car crash in Daytona. The accident wasn’t her fault; it occurred after Colin Braun and Josh Wise clashed.
Skysports reports that Patrick said after the race “It’s important to have realistic expectations”. “There’s going to be spikes in performance, I don’t...
| Domainer Income - Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 9:0 |
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| Generic & Keyword Auction – Domains Up To $36.65 A Click!
Just awhile ago I just received an email from the guys at Oversee regarding the Snapnames auction at Domainer Mardi Gras.
At first I thought….I’m already overloaded with conferences and auctions … do I really have the time to look at this? Honestly …. I couldn’t resist sneaking a peak and I’m glad ...
| Domainer Income - Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 20:19 |
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| Heads Up Affiliates & Developers – eBay Changes Links!
eBay has quietly announced a change to its RSS feed.
For those that use the eBay Partner Network, use 3rd party software or have developed their own software (such as myself), you will quickly realise that your RSS links dont work!
If you are using 3rd party software (that builds stores for instance), you will have to
| Domainer Income - Thursday, February 11, 2010 - 3:35 |
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| 25 Years Of .Com – This .Net Is Older….
Lets not let the facts get in the way of a good story about the Internet. While symbolics.com might be the oldest currently registered dot com, its not the oldest currently registered domain.
As I pointed out years ago, nordu.net has a creation date of 01-jan-1985.
For those that don’t know, nordu.net is used by Denmark, Finlan...
| Domainer Income - Monday, February 8, 2010 - 20:1 |
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| Uproar Over City Voting – Who Gets .Vegas ?
Las Vegas City Council has voted to support Dot Vegas Inc. to become the registry of a proposed .vegas TLD. This surprisingly clashes with the current owner of vegas.com (The Greenspun Corporation – owner of the Las Vegas Sun).
On a deal voted 4-3, Dot Vegas Inc was supported on the basis that “the city would
| Domainer Income - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 19:26 |
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| Republican Sends Traffic To Opponents Web Site
NBC (LA) is reporting that the website of Rep. John Campbell has been redirecting traffic for the last 3-4 months to his opponent, Beth Krom.
A typo on Campbells “Join The Resistance” webpage went to CampbellforCongres.com (one “s” and not two), which was paid for by Krom.
Kroms Campaign Manager Melahat Rafiei...
| Domainer Income - Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 9:33 |
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| Godaddy 99 Cents For New Domains
Earlier today I was given a coupon for 99 cent domains at Godaddy – excluding the 18 cent ICANN fee (for their slush fund).
I’ve tested it and it works right now!
Time to go crazy! Enjoy the Superbowl (11 days, 13 hours and 51 minutes) from now.
P.S. This is for new domains only, not renewals. If
| Domainer Income - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 4:11 |
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| Sony Registers playstationarc.com For New Controller
Sony appears to have registered the domain playstationarc.com for its new motion controller – the Arc. However its another site, ps3arc.com which is attracting attention. Many gamers are debating whether or not the site is legitimate, or just a marketing ploy by Sony. The domain was created on 1/20/2010 and is registered to ...
| Domainer Income - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 1:32 |
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| Facebook Revokes Vanity URL & Gives It Back
Harmon Bajwa woke up one morning to find a message from Facebook stating that his URL had been revoked on allegations of a policy violation.
The revocation came after a message from Bajwa International stating that the company had filed a complaint with Facebook and that they were willing to buy the URL from him. Apparently, even
| Domainer Income - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 0:33 |
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| Latona Auction Stops At TRAFFIC Las Vegas
About an hour ago I received this email (below) from Latonas.
Having seen first hand, the “technical difficulties”, it was the right decision. The auction platform just wasn’t working and there was no real way for online bidders to participate effectively.
This isn’t that unusual for a TRAFFIC auction; you mig...
| Domainer Income - Friday, January 22, 2010 - 22:53 |
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| [LIVE] Auction Results From TRAFFIC Las Vegas
Latonas auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas got off to a very rocky start. The online bidding system wasn’t working properly and the auction stopped twice in the first 10 minutes. Putting aside the usual 6 second delay in video feeds, the current lots and bids were not being updated.
Here are the domain sales results for
| Domainer Income - Friday, January 22, 2010 - 19:17 |
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| Company Tries To Sell Me A Pending Delete!
Its no secret that I buy domains / portfolios and own quite a few in the finance / mortgage vertical. As such, its typical for my mailbox to contain a few emails each day, from people approaching me directly.
When I looked closely at this recent email, there are a few issues that concern me. For
| Domainer Income - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 9:3 |
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| Trellian Acquires DomainState At Auction
The auction for Domainstate has ended, with the successful bidder being none other than an Aussie local (to me anyway). Congrats go to David Warmuz and the guys over at Trellian – you might also know them as above.com.
| Domainer Income - Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 5:2 |
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| Travelocity Goes After Typo Domains – Wins Arbitration
Travelocity.com took DNRecover to the National Arbitration Forum over the typo-domain traveolcity.com stating that it was:
1. Confusingly similar
2. They did not have any rights or legitimate interests
3. They registered the domain name in bad faith
DNRecover didn’t respond, so after taking into consideration the Travelocity ma...
| Domainer Income - Tuesday, January 12, 2010 - 4:21 |
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| [Video] Female Golfer Targetted By Cybersquatter
Casie Cathrea became the youngest Monday qualifier for an LPGA event at Blackhawk Country Club. Her official website is Cathrea.com.
Her father, Harry Cathrea tracked down Leonard Meng Lee who registered CasieCathrea.com; he threatened to sue Lee under the Federal Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.
“It cost him two b...
| Domainer Income - Saturday, January 9, 2010 - 18:57 |
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