 | Involuntary Chapter 11 Petition Filed Against Escom, LLC – Owner of the Sex.com Domain Name
I just received an email from regarding the Sex.com domain name, which had been scheduled to be auctioned tomorrow morning in New York City. According to the email sent to me, legal action has been filed, and the domain auction will apparently not take place as previously scheduled as a result. The news was released
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| NCAA College Basketball March Madness: $1,000 in Prizes on Brackets.com
Domain investor launches March Madness bracket selection challenge with $1,000 on the line.
Brackets.com is giving away $1,000 in cash prizes during the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament, which begins on Thursday, March 18th. You can print out an official bracket and enter to win $250 – with no entry fee. The pers...
| Elliot Silver - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 9:32 |
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| US Chess Federation Lets Domain Name Drop
The United States Chess Federation seems to have let it’s exact match domain name expire, and it’s now scheduled to hit the Snapnames auction block. USChessFederation.com expired on February 8, 2010 and it is scheduled to be auctioned on March 18th. The auction currently has one bid.
Although the US Chess Federation uses ...
| Elliot Silver - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 14:10 |
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| Partial List of Domain Names Revealed for Domain Madness Two
I have obtained an exclusive sneak peek at some of the domains available through the Domain Madness 2 Auction, being held from from March 16th to the 23rd. The second annual conference will feature an online auction, with a live countdown show at 3pm CDT from the Palms in Las Vegas on the 23rd. A
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| Elliot Silver - Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 9:5 |
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| Writing Good Content is Time Consuming, But Here’s a Tip to Get It (Cheap)
People always ask me how I find time to write articles on my blog as well as articles on my various websites to keep them up to date and driving traffic. For my blog, it’s pretty easy. When I was in an office with co-workers, if I saw or did something interesting, I would jump
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| Elliot Silver - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 15:6 |
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| Why It’s Bad Not to Respond to UDRP
A few days ago, Mike Berkens reported on the UDRP decision for 7Days.com, a decision that went in favor of the complainant. The owner of the domain name did not file a response to the UDRP, so he couldn’t present his case for ownership. I think not responding to a UDRP is bad for a
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| Elliot Silver - Monday, March 15, 2010 - 14:58 |
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| How WhyPark is Saving Me Money on My Google Adwords Campaign
A few weeks ago, I wrote about using WhyPark in a SEO play, and I want to share how this is working and how it’s saving me money. I bought several City DogWalker.com, City DogWalkers.com, and City DogWalking.com domain names and put them on WhyPark. I added a couple of links and on a few
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| Elliot Silver - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 14:6 |
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| Larry Fischer and Leland Hardy Featured in New York Daily News Article
I woke up to a Google News alert this morning with the title “Three Businessmen Quick to Jump on City Domain Names.” I nervously awaited as the site opened, fearing a negative article about owning city .com domain names.
The article interviewed and discussed Leland Hardy who owns NewYork.com, Larry Fischer who owns Queens...
| Elliot Silver - Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 11:0 |
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| WristletPurses.com Vs. WristletPurse.com
I was bidding on two domain names this week on Snapnames – WristletPurses.com Vs. WristletPurse.com. Both domain names had relatively little bidding until the final day. WristletPurse.com ended a couple of days ago and WristletPurses.com ended today.
Neither domain name was especially interesting to me, but it’s a produc...
| Elliot Silver - Friday, March 12, 2010 - 21:30 |
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| Sex.com Sale To Be a No Reserve Auction
As I previously reported, Sex.com will be up for auction at the law offices of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, 156 West 56th Street, New York, New York on March 18, 2010 at 11 am. The auction is a result of a foreclosure, a few years after the 2006 sale, which was reported (but
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| Elliot Silver - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 21:40 |
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| Domain Registration Contest: Win $150!
IDN Tools and ElliotsBlog.com are co-sponsoring a IDN domain contest beginning today and ending in two weeks from today. All you have to do to win is register the IDN domain name with the highest footprint (explained below) and you will win $150. The second place winner will receive $100, and the third place winner
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| Elliot Silver - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 14:8 |
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| Welcome Name.com!
As you may have already noticed, I am happy to announce that Name.com has made an advertising commitment on my blog. I’ve heard a number of positive things about Name.com, especially working with the company, and now I have the chance to do so.
Name.com offers a number of great products and services for domain investors,
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| Elliot Silver - Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:30 |
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| Yahoo Sells MusicVideos.com, LookUp.com, and FreeComputers.com to True Magic
In a $250,000 deal that took place on Sedo last week, Yahoo sold the domain name MusicVideos.com to Merlin Kauffman’s True Magic, LLC. According to some analytics that I have seen, MusicVideos.com gets considerable traffic – nearly 1,000 unique visitors a day according to Compete, despite the fact that it hasn’t bee...
| Elliot Silver - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 23:6 |
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| Exclusive Domain Conference Being Held at The Palms on March 22-23
Did you know there’s an exclusive domain conference being held at The Palms resort in Las Vegas on March 22-23? The Domain Madness 2 conference is being run by DomainConsultant.com, and it sold out within a few days. Most of the attendees are domain investors who attended last year, and a few others received personal
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| Elliot Silver - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 17:26 |
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| Differences Between Domain Investing and Cybersquatting
I had a conversation a few days ago with someone in the legal department of a large company, and we discussed cybersquatting and the importance of buying potential typo domain names before a product launch, especially when the product is targeting children.
In our conversation, I mentioned that I am a domain investor. He stopped me
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| Elliot Silver - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 13:31 |
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| Sedo’s Domain Market Study: 2009 Overview and Outlook into 2010
This is a guest post written by Simonetta Batteiger, Director of Sales Operations North America. The article discusses Sedo’s 2009 Market Study (that’s a link to the pdf file), which was recently released. The information in the study is valuable to domain investors and can be helpful in seeing market conditions and trend...
| Elliot Silver - Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 13:22 |
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| Chat Roulette: Everybody’s Doing It
Apparently, ChatRoulette.com has become an Internet sensation, visited by millions of people in the last few weeks. There have been plenty of stories in the mainstream media covering it, and one of the funniest was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (clip embedded below).
One way to know a website is a hit is to
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| Elliot Silver - Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 13:27 |
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| You Can Still Win a Snapnames Auction if You Are Bidder #2
I sometimes place bids on Snapnames auctions that have other bids, even if I am not interested in buying the domain name. Generally, if a domain name has a bid already and you place a bid, you are considered the losing bidder when it goes to auction, as the person who places the first bid
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| Elliot Silver - Friday, March 5, 2010 - 15:12 |
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| Moniker’s Monte Cahn Featured on WebProNews Video at SMX
Monte Cahn, co-founder and President of Moniker, was featured yesterday in a video on WebProNews.com. The video was taken this week at the SMX West conference held in Santa Clara, California. In the video embedded below, Monte discusses the value and importance of owning the right domain name.
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| Elliot Silver - Friday, March 5, 2010 - 10:52 |
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| Interviewed on Domainers Digest
I feel like most people who read my blog have a good idea about who I am and what I do, but my friend Steve Kaziyev asked to interview me on Domainers Digest, and I agreed to do it. I think it’s important to be open when you have a blog, and I hope you
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| Elliot Silver - Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 16:40 |
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