Dedicated to the Game Most of my friends know that I am a die-hard Red Sox fan. With the exception of the last few years, living in New York City has been somewhat difficult being a Red Sox fan, especially because I always wear a Sox cap around here. I am passionate about watching the Sox, whether on tv,
Elliot Silver - 24 min ago
$100,000 Budget: US East Coast City .com Wanted I am once again looking for a city .com domain name for an east coast city (east of the Mississippi). For the right name, my budget is up to $100,000, but it must fit in with my needs. This is the profile of the domain name I am looking to buy:
City of 100,000
Elliot Silver - 5/13/2008 8:48:38 PM
Rob Grant Guest Post: The Domain ‘Slingshot’ Theory I wanted to let you know that Rob Grant will be offering guest posts on my blog from time to time. Rob is the man behind Adirondacks.com and is a pioneer in the geodomain business. I am looking forward to more guest posts!
Elliot Silver - 5/13/2008 4:34:02 PM
Keyword & Geographic Domain Names for Sale (Prices Reduced) Time to list a few names for sale and reduce the prices of some names that I haven’t sold yet. A couple of these are price reductions:
Domain Name: MenuPlanner.com
BIN Price: $7,500
Domain Names: CelebrityBabyPhotos.com & CelebrityBabyPictures.com & CelebrityBabyVideos.com
BIN Price: $5,000
Domain Name: EnglandVacations...
Elliot Silver - 5/12/2008 2:10:15 PM
Evaluating an Offer for a Domain Name Sometimes deciding to sell a domain name isn’t as easy as receiving a fair market offer for the name. In addition to considering the value of the offer, market conditions, and the buyer’s circumstances, you really need to think about what the loss of the domain name will mean to your domain portfolio and business
Elliot Silver - 5/12/2008 10:26:47 AM
DNJournal on Kevin Ham As he always does, Ron Jackson has posted a very nice article about Kevin Ham. While most people got to know about Ham and his entrepreneurial spirit through Paul Sloan’s somewhat controversial Business 2.0 article, Ron’s article gets much more personal. This is a good chance to get more background information about Ham, ...
Elliot Silver - 5/10/2008 9:45:37 PM
Upcoming TRAFFIC Live Auction in Orlando When looking through the just released Moniker live auction list, the most important thing I am looking to find are domain names that I can use commercially. When buying at auction, I assume the domain name’s sale price is far greater than any potential PPC revenue I could ever earn, and I also assume
Elliot Silver - 5/9/2008 10:53:21 AM
.Net Names are Hot… But Why? Although .net names seem to be selling well these days, I don’t particularly like the .net extension. There are a few reasons for this, but what it boils down to is that I would never develop a .net domain name, and I don’t know why someone else would - unless there are extenuating circumstances (like
Elliot Silver - 5/9/2008 9:18:12 AM
When Registering New Names, Price them Smartly I wanted to share some advice to people who are new to the industry, and perhaps others who make the same beginner mistakes. If you just registered a domain name in the past month or two, and you are looking to sell it for thousands of dollars, it makes you look pretty silly. Unless you
Elliot Silver - 5/8/2008 4:37:44 PM
Pre-Auction Publicity for Moniker Live Auction It’s great to wake up and see an article in my local newspaper about an upcoming domain auction. In this morning’s New York Post, there is a small article announcing that Israel.com will be on the auction block at TRAFFIC East in May. From the article,
“Israel is being sold off to the highest bidder.
Jean-Noel Frydm...
Elliot Silver - 5/8/2008 7:32:13 AM
Salinas.com - GeoDomain for Sale I have another opportunity in the geodomain space that is geographically closer to where I live, so I am going to list Salinas.com for sale for a couple of days. I saw that Rick Latona sold SimiValley.com for $90,000 this past week, and I want to compare these two California cities. I have decided to
Elliot Silver - 5/7/2008 1:28:49 PM
Revenue Sharing Model in the Domain Space I’ve mentioned this a few times on my blog in passing, but I want to briefly discuss the Revenue Sharing model of doing business. When I was at AIG, we frequently used this model for various projects where we didn’t necessarily have the expertise or the ability to commit the necessary time to perfect a
Elliot Silver - 5/7/2008 11:51:32 AM
Props to Andrew Allemann at DomainNameWire.com Because Ron Jackson does such a great job reporting domain industry news on DNJournal.com, I think one of the most under-recognized people in the domain industry is Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire.com. Andrew has been reporting domain industry news since 2005, and he is always the source of great domain information. I’ve met ...
Elliot Silver - 5/6/2008 6:10:30 PM
Gamble on Yourself - Not Blackjack Of course I didn’t follow the advice I am about to give, but I suppose that is the reason I am giving it! Next time you are thinking about hitting Vegas or Atlantic City (or Mohegan Sun in my case), you might want to consider spending the money on domain registrations rather than blackjack. When
Elliot Silver - 5/6/2008 4:21:20 PM
EnglandVacations.com - Available for Acquisition I’ve decided to list EnglandVacations.com for sale. The BIN price is just $8,500. The cost of a family traveling to England is in the thousands, so commission on a single vacation booking can be hundreds of dollars. If a small site is built, and a white label travel affiliate is used, EnglandVacations.com can be easily
Elliot Silver - 5/6/2008 9:51:03 AM
Building a Network A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from Rob Grant who has been following the development of Lowell.com on my blog. Having read about Rob and his accomplishments, I was excited to speak with him. After a brief email exchange, Rob and I spoke via telephone and had a great discussion about geodomain
Elliot Silver - 5/5/2008 3:30:09 PM
Great UDRP Advice Mike gives some fantastic advice about dealing with trademark names and the subsequent UDRP or C&D that might ensue. Not only is Mike one of the premier domain investors in the world. he is also an attorney with an extensive legal background. His advice is on the money, and I think it’s a very
Elliot Silver - 5/3/2008 1:56:41 PM
Category Killer Domains Still a Hot Commodity Much like New York City taxi cab medallions, which are always highly coveted at auction, category killer domain names will always defy current market conditions. While I do think much of the domain industry is in the midst of a slow down, there are always going to be sectors of the industry that perform particularly
Elliot Silver - 5/3/2008 11:05:13 AM
Pop-Unders on Network Solutions Parked Pages? I recently noticed the webcam for Lowell.com was no longer functioning. I visited the website of the funeral home that operates the webcam, and I came across a Network Solutions landing page. While I initially thought they must be making some changes to the site, I didn’t contact the funeral home to ask if something
Elliot Silver - 5/1/2008 5:06:02 PM
Reduced Prices I am dropping my prices from last week’s Domain Clearance Sale. These are the lowest prices the names will get, so if you are interested, please act now. The following domain names are on sale at below bargain basement prices:
Metabolizers.com and FatMetabolizers.com - $2,400 $1,999
UnemploymentLine.com - $2,400 $1,999
Refinanc...
Elliot Silver - 5/1/2008 9:45:10 AM
Domain as Leverage in Negotiating Tactic Shame on Vancouver’s Stanley Park board of directors for trying to use a local entrepreneur’s domain name as a negotiation tactic in a license renegotiation. According to an article in the Vancouver Sun, the Stanley Park board of directors seems to be using carriage entrepreneur Gerry O’Neil’s StanleyPark.com ...
Elliot Silver - 4/30/2008 11:23:00 AM
Generating Revenue While Building Your Brand Although I haven’t set a merchandise shop up for Lowell.com yet, I’ve heard that these shops can be a nice source of passive revenue, and they help build brand recognition. David Castello emailed me to let me know about a large hat sale that was made via the Nashville.com merchandise shop.
While CCIN netted a couple
Elliot Silver - 4/29/2008 4:43:01 PM
Importance of Having Cash on Hand While it is generally a good business practice to keep an adequate amount of cash on hand to cover expenses for at least a few months, there are plenty of reasons why it is necessary to do so if you are in the domain industry. Aside from the lost opportunity of not being able to
Elliot Silver - 4/29/2008 10:39:34 AM
If I Were You… People often say you shouldn’t develop a domain name just to develop it. You should either have a passion for the topic or have knowledge about the industry, as a development project is difficult, and if you don’t enjoy that business, you are going to have regrets. While that advice may be 100% accurate, I
Elliot Silver - 4/28/2008 2:26:02 PM
LH.com - A Scary Decision The decision has been reached in the LH.com UDRP filing which pitted Future Media Architects up against airline giant Lufthansa. Unfortunately for the Respondent FMA, the domain was ordered to be transferred to Lufthansa, which seems to be a terrible decision, in my opinion. How one company can claim the rights to owning a two
