 | A Few Rules for Deciding Whether to Drop Your 5L dot coms
I love 5L dot coms but I hate most of them. 99% of five letter dot coms are completely worthless and will $8 you to death. Here are ten things to ask yourself before you decide to spend the money and renew it.
1. Is it pronounceable? If you say your domain out loud to a
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| Domain Name Fail: Ferreth and Jobs, PA or Just Someone Having Fun?
According to the site, Ferreth and Jobs is law firm that deals in litigation, patents, incorporation and I’m sure many more legal dealings. Michael Ferreth and William Jobs may be successful in the field of law but they may need some help choosing their domain name. They went with Ferrithandjobs.com which also can be
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| DomainShane.com - 22 hr 35 min ago |
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| A Few Nice Names Dropping Today
Had two nice emails yesterday letting me know of some of the domains they had picked up from my daily lists. Nice to hear people actually read this daily. I hope the next emails will be telling me they sold the names for a nice profit or had monetized them for some daily income. Now
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| DomainShane.com - Friday, March 19, 2010 - 4:14 |
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| I Have To Admit the Domain Madness Auction Has Some Strong Names
I usually don’t publicize any of the auctions for a couple reasons. One, there are so many. Two, that’s their job. I have to change my normal procedure for the upcoming Domain Madness Auction because there are some fantastic names up for bid. Yes, I know the reserves are high but for these names I
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| DomainShane.com - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 12:53 |
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| Some Great Opportunities With a Few Nice Names Dropping Today ($18.53 and $10,000)
Some great names lately. I added to my scarf collection. By scarf collection I mean I now own plaidscarf, purplescarf and a whole bunch more scarf dot coms. I like scarves what can I say. Now on to the names
NextDoor.com This name has been at the top of the most active at Godaddy for a
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| DomainShane.com - Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 4:20 |
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| Regardless of What Others Think: It Isn’t Always About Money
I’ve heard it more than once in my life and I’ve heard from a few people lately. “As long as I’m making money I don’t care”. Really? Well you should.
I’m not here to write about morals and being a family man or the importance of friends. I’ve struggled with all of those at some point...
| DomainShane.com - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 12:32 |
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| A Few Nice Domains Dropping Today
Didn’t post much yesterday as I had one of those days. Great for the pocketbook bad for the blog, the story of a lot of good blogs that barely post anymore. A path I’m determined not to follow. I won’t post to post but I can’t imagine a day I don’t have something to say
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| DomainShane.com - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 4:7 |
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| A Few Nice Domains Dropping Today (PS I Hate Time Change)
For a guy that goes to bed early and wakes up at 4 am this is definitely the worst time of year. It’s practically light when I go to bed and dark for my entire one and half hour run. I’m still trying to figure out why we still do this time change thing. At
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| DomainShane.com - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 4:44 |
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| 2008 Was a “Bubble” Year for 4Ls Yet I Wish I Would Have Bid a Little Higher
I sold a domain over the weekend and happened to take a sneak peek at all my bids and auction results from the past five years at Sedo. My first 5 years of domaining I concentrated on two things. Four L dot coms, namely CVCV and gardening names. I also added “premium” 5L every now
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| DomainShane.com - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 17:22 |
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| What Would You Do? Someone Has the Chance to Sell a .travel for 5K
An interesting scenario is being discussed is being discussed over at DnForum. One of the members received a 5K offer on a .travel dot com. Without trying to get on Google for this and gathering too much publicity, it is the first word in a Saudian (on purpose) Arabian country type name. Actually the one
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| DomainShane.com - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 12:53 |
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| Monday’s List of Good Names About To Drop ($27.65 CPC)
NCAA Tournament won’t be as exciting for me this year as my Illinois team screwed things up late in the year and didn’t get in. Maybe I’ll get a good name today and it will make me feel better. Here are a few names dropping at Goddady or Namejet today.
Diplomatic.net 22,000 searches and a approx.
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| DomainShane.com - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 5:55 |
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| Sunday’s NY Daily News Article is a Nice Synopsis of Geo Domaining
Leland Hardy may dress like a pimp but underneath the flashy clothes and the Jay-Z attitude lies a brilliant man. He can also kick your butt. Leland attended Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, was a pro boxer and a Wall Street banker. In our world, what he’s most known for is owning NewYork.com. A name
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| DomainShane.com - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 16:1 |
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| That Which We Don’t Understand Scares Us: Don’t be afraid of ccTLDs and IDNs but Be Careful
Over the last few days I have been working with Aaron of IDNTools on registering IDNs (full story at a later date) and friend Morgan Linton has recently unveiled his new site ccTLDinvestors.com (he’s evidently made some money because he bought the i in this name). I am smart enough to know that there is
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| DomainShane.com - Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 5:56 |
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| 8 MORE Reasons to Be Excited About the Future of Domaining
Domaining can be profitable. For most, domaining will lose you money. It’s a perfect way to $8 yourself into a financial black hole. Despite the risks, an intelligent, long term approach to this industry has enormous possibilities. Here are 10 more reasons to be excited about the future of domaining.
1. 500,000 estibot eva...
| DomainShane.com - Friday, March 12, 2010 - 14:33 |
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| A Few Nice Domains Dropping Today ($12.54 CPC)
Yesterday was a day I waited for for the last month. A name that I previously offered $1500 a few years ago to buy dropped, and I ended up picking it up on a drop for $15. Unfortunately it’s not a name that I will sale because it is plant related but for me it
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| DomainShane.com - Friday, March 12, 2010 - 5:31 |
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| Another Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: How Getting 15K For Pepe.com May Have Hurt a Little
I don’t know the seller of Pepe.com and I don’t know what they paid for it…but I do know human nature. When you sell something to someone and they immediately turn it around for a huge profit, you kick yourself. You don’t really care that you didn’t have the contacts, the ability, or even the
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| DomainShane.com - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 13:32 |
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| Today’s DDD: Daily Domain Drops
Ahh, nothing like the combination of upping the mileage for marathon training (now at 50 miles a week), springtime at the nursery, and two new online projects, to wear a person out. There have been some GREAT plant domains dropping lately but not a ton of good names today. Picked up GoldIris (d com) a
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| DomainShane.com - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 5:45 |
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| Looking for Users That Click Ads Twice As Often? Find a 2-11 Year Old
Domainers and website owners have known it for years, young kids have no idea what is a paid ad and what is just a link. Studies over the last 10 years have pointed to data showing they will click at much higher rates than other age groups. According to the latest data from video ad
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| DomainShane.com - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 13:24 |
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| Today’s DDD: Daily Dropping Domains
Decided to drop the domains for sale at the bottom. I’m just too new at this and not enough interest in the names. No worries as I am selling more names than ever elsewhere so we’ll give it a try next year. On a brighter note, my silly site lazystripper is up to 1000 uniques
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| DomainShane.com - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 5:13 |
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| This is Why I Don’t Mess With IDNs
I don’t have enough space on my desk for the keyboard
This is Why I Don’t Mess With IDNs originally appeared on Domain Shane on March 10, 2010.
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| DomainShane.com - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 4:45 |
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