I Wouldn’t Want To Be in The Domain Registrar Business Serving Domain Investors I was going to write this long comment/rant in response to a couple of the comments left in the Moniker sale post, but I believe it merits its own post. I can only imagine the domain registrar business would suck if the primary target audience is domain investors. As a domain registrar catering to the
Elliot Silver - 8 hr 49 min ago
Video: Lana Del Rey on Letterman By this point, I would bet you’ve heard of Lana Del Rey. Lana has a new album called Born to Die, and here’s the video of her singing her hit song Video Games last night on the Late Show with David Letterman. I know it’s not domain name related, but there are a lot of
Elliot Silver - 12 hr 10 min ago
After the Sale, Are You More or Less Likely to Use Moniker? I’m sure you’ve already read the news that Moniker and Snapnames were acquired by KeyDrive in a private transaction. I am very surprised that neither Oversee.net nor Key Drive sent an email to Moniker / Snapnames clients, and I don’t see anything that would indicate that either company issued a press release to anno...
Elliot Silver - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 12:19
Startup America Partnership Using S.CO Startup America is a privately funded, highly touted organization with three goals: “,Provide valuable resources and connections to help young companies grow. Support regional startup ecosystems throughout the country. Recognize startups as the drivers of our economy and their founders as American heroes.”, The organization...
Elliot Silver - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 9:59
Selling Some Domain Names I sold BirdSupply.com on Wednesday, and since I paid for the Domaining.com headline for 24 hours, I figured I would post a few other domain names I would like to sell. If you have an interest, please post “sold” and the first to post will be able to purchase the domain name using Escrow.com. Prices have been reduced from their previo...
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 15:12
January Great Domains Auction Results Sedo’s Great Domains auction ended last week, and the auction netted over $115,000 in domain sales. I was a bit surprised that Zimbabwe.com didn’t sell at its reduced price. I guess it might be tough to monetize. Don’t forget to check out the Sedo 2011 Market Study when you have a chance. The full list of
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 12:12
Sedo 2011 Market Study Now Available Sedo has released its annual 2011 Market Study with insight into the domain market and activity during the last year. The full market study pdf can be downloaded (for free) by visiting Sedo’s website. I want to share some highlights from the just published annual report: 39,951 sales occurred in 2011, the majority of which
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 9:30
Report: “Hackers Infiltrate Domain Name Auction House” I am not a user of this particular domain auction house so I didn’t receive any official notice from the company, but according to an article on Australia’s The Age, “computer hackers have penetrated the database of Australia’s biggest internet domain name auction house, possibly accessing client home addresse...
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 8:52
20% of DomainFest Auctions Have Bids With a couple of days to go until the DomainFest live auction, a little under 20% of the auctions already have bids. The live auction, also found online via Snapnames, will take place on Thursday, February 2nd at noon EST. I have highlighted the domain names I like in the auction and welcome your feedback. Domain Name
Elliot Silver - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 20:2
How I Used LeadRefs.com I wrote a post yesterday recommending LeadRefs.com as a source to find potential domain buyers. I want to share some additional insight and information to help you potentially close a deal. First off, it may or may not be okay for you to send multiple email messages trying to sell domain names to people you
Elliot Silver - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 13:23
Klout Adds “Domainname” Topic Klout, a social media analytics and ranking start up, recently added “Domainname” as a featured topic category. It doesn’t seem like Klout is giving this topic to many domain investors, but it appears that domain investing will soon be a viable and searchable topic on Klout. When you click the “domainname̶...
Elliot Silver - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 9:59
Update: Cheesecake.com Sold Several months ago, I learned that Cheesecake.com had been listed for sale in September, and Brooke Hernandez of Domain Advisors was representing the seller of the domain name and website. According to Toby Clements, brother of one of the owners, Cheesecake.com was recently sold. From today’s TobyClements.com domain sales newsl...
Elliot Silver - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 16:8
LeadRefs.com Works A few days ago, I received an Instant Message from an acquaintance who told me about a new (free) service his company, First Beat Media, recently launched – LeadRefs.com. The site aims to help domain investors find buyers for domain names. Essentially, the service does Whois searches for similar domain names and provides contac...
Elliot Silver - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 14:36
Thanks to Patrick and Ray Last week, I noted that the Domaining.com domain sale netted over $20,000 in its inaugural edition. The beneficiaries of the sale were domain bloggers who helped spread the word about the sale with articles and newsletters, and the 10% sales commission was divided amongst those people. In total, each of the 22 bloggers who accepted t...
Elliot Silver - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 11:9
What Go Daddy and Sedo Partnership News Means for You and Me Here’s some big news heading into DomainFest conference week. According to a press release distributed this morning, Sedo and Go Daddy have entered into a new partnership allowing domain names listed for sale at Sedo to be shown to potential buyers at GoDaddy. The obvious reason this is important is that people looking to regis...
Elliot Silver - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 8:31
Skip Hoagland Making News in Hilton Head In my opinion, Skip Hoagland and his companies own some of the top geographic domain names (in addition to great descriptive domain names). According to various articles on DN Journal, Hoagland and his companies own names like Atlanta.com, BuenosAires.com, Fishing.com, Portland.com, HiltonHead.com, and many other top destination and ...
Elliot Silver - Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 9:21
TossPillows.com – A Buying Opportunity? I spent the morning at the New York International Gift Fair piers, and one of the things I noticed was that there were a lot of companies selling toss pillows. There were all sorts of fabrics, colors, sizes, and designs – literally thousands of toss pillows. As I usually do when I come home from
Elliot Silver - Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 15:4
Use the Hello Bar to Sell a Website I believe it’s more difficult to sell a domain name with any type of development as compared to a parked domain name. Many people who are unfamiliar with the Whois database will type in a domain name to see if someone is using it. If they see a developed website (even a mini site), it’s
Elliot Silver - Friday, January 27, 2012 - 11:3
Tucows to Join Afternic DLS I read a press release this afternoon, and it should come as good news for Tucows domain registrants who are looking to sell their domain names. The company will soon be added to Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) Premium Promotion network, meaning that it will be easier to list domain names for sale across the
Elliot Silver - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 17:2
Go Daddy Nominated for Stevie Awards I learned that Go Daddy was nominated for two Stevie Awards in the Customer Service Department of the Year – Computer Services category and the Best Use of Technology in Customer Service – Computer Hardware, Software, Services, Electronics, or Telecommunications category. According to the award website, “The Stevie Awards...
Elliot Silver - Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 12:41
