What makes a domain sellable part 2 It isn’t easy to appraise a domain. When someone asks me if I want to buy a name, I often reply simply with “I’ll pass”. Inevitably, they’ll send me back an email asking my why I’m passing. Well, that’s an impossible question to answer. Perhaps, in the future, I can point them to this series ...
Rick Latona - 19 hr 43 min ago
What makes a domain sellable? Many articles have been written about how to value a domain name. This is not one of those articles.
I sell domains so I’m much more concerned with what names people want to buy and what they’ll pay then I am about their true value. What I mean by that is, I’m not one of those
Rick Latona - 5/9/2008 5:08:30 PM
Looking for Spanish writers I need about a dozen Spanish writers for building out 1000 mini-sites on these .com.mx domains. Hit me up if you qualify and are looking for work.
Rick Latona - 5/3/2008 8:35:20 PM
I’ll take 2 been burritos, 2 beef tacos and an empanada with a diet coke because I’m watching my figure I’ve done some bone-headed things in my time but this one might have taken the cake. Only time will tell.
Here’s the skinny. .Com.mx domains have never been popular, In fact, you could, even today, hand-register almost any name you wanted. Besides the fact that they are just cctld domains there is a risk that nic.mx
Rick Latona - 5/1/2008 8:44:09 AM
Germany.com The cat below was on Germany.com for years. The owner refused to talk to domainers. Anyway, I’ve secured a management agreement with the owner so it is now my responsibility. The site you see live on www.germany.com now is a site that my team built.
I’m looking for a sales person in Germany to help me
Rick Latona - 4/28/2008 5:50:42 PM
Has anyone seen this cat? This cat has been on the web for 12 years now but for the last 6 months or so I can’t find him. Have any of you seen him?
Anyone who answers the question correctly gets 2 points that are worth absolutely nothing.
Rick Latona - 4/28/2008 4:16:27 PM
Case Study: Iran.com A year or so ago I picked up the domain Iran.com. The name gets 2000-5000 unique visitors a day. Revenue can be as low as 50 dollars but often spikes above 250 dollars a day, depending on how much the country is in the news. It’s in the news a lot.
That however, wasn’t my only
Rick Latona - 4/27/2008 5:01:20 PM
Well, I’ve just purchased a two-page ad in Website Magazine I’m having a hard time thinking of a way to trump my skinning of Name Pros. If anyone has any suggestions, please email them to rick AT ricklatona.com.
I want to “keep the pedal to the metal” as they would say. I have no problem continuing to up my ad budget but I don’t want to
Rick Latona - 4/21/2008 6:03:25 AM
How To Shit On a Plane “I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away
I believe I can soar
I see me running through that open door
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly” – R Kelly
Business Travel takes practice. Here are a
Rick Latona - 4/16/2008 7:32:12 PM
Important Changes At DigiPawn, Inc The 1% interest for the first month is now permanent. It’s a promotion that has been running throughout April and due to the positive response we are going to keep it running.
In addition, I’m making an announcement that DigiPawn, Inc will finance up to 70% of any purchase made through the Daily Domains newsletter which
Rick Latona - 4/15/2008 4:13:26 PM
I Hope Dollars.com Sells for Millions! A lot of people are emailing me about Sedo’s auction of Dollars.com that is going on right now. They ask because they know that I sold the name for 650,000 dollars just this past July.
Right now the auction is at 750,000 Euros with four days left in the auction.
I want it to sell for
Rick Latona - 4/14/2008 11:32:19 AM
Don’t Get Into A Business Because You Own a Good Domain!! Seriously folks, don’t do it. I get asked by people all the time if I want to fund a business “idea” of theirs. It usually turns out that they have a good domain so they’ve developed a business plan to work with that domain. They never wanted to be in that business of course, and
Rick Latona - 4/11/2008 6:37:11 PM
How Important is a Good Domain? You might be surprised to find out that I don’t think a great domain name is important to a business to have a successful web presence.
I completely disagree with people like Rick Shwartz who think that Hershey’s Corporation is stupid for not buying candy.com or Marriott needs to do some soul searching to find out
Rick Latona - 4/9/2008 10:05:04 PM
What is the problem with Network Solutions? Why do they have to make life so difficult? I’m trying to transfer out two names that were registered there only four months ago. Both the names are unlocked. I called their support department and they told me they had to open a trouble ticket to their engineering group. Then after that, I get this
Rick Latona - 4/7/2008 9:47:29 PM
It’s time for a little shameless self-promotion As if this site wasn’t self-promoting enough….
Most of you know that I’m the owner of DigiPawn, Inc which loans money on domains. Throughout the month of April we are offering 1% interest on your first month. That means that the cash is cheap if you can pay it back quickly.
Keep this in mind if you
Rick Latona - 4/7/2008 9:40:17 PM
Realized Gains Zip-Lining through the canopied rain forest in the Jamaican mountains, I can’t help but to think about Frank Schilling’s post on SevenMile.com. Like most of the big domainers, he doesn’t sell domains and he attempts on his blog to explain why that is so.
Perhaps because I was flying through the trees at night I could
Rick Latona - 4/3/2008 12:49:18 AM
Why I’m Sporting an Obama Banner on My Blog (+other political beliefs) Hillary Clinton can’t win. As long as the race comes down between Barrack Obama and John McCain, as a country, I believe we’ve already won.
It is my opinion that both of these men would make better leaders than we have had in many years.
John McCain has been my favorite republican for years. It’s his liberal
Rick Latona - 4/1/2008 5:25:40 PM
I’m Going To Enter The IDN Market I think I’m going to start buying and selling IDNs. If you don’t know what they are, this Wikipedia article does a great job explaining them.
Historically, I’ve been a pure .com guy but about a year ago I started getting serious with .net names as well. It’s time to grow my base again so I’ve been
Rick Latona - 3/29/2008 10:57:49 PM
Welcome NamePros.com Fans No doubt, many of you are coming here for the first time. If you don’t know me or you’ve never heard of me, I sell domains. I sell a lot of domains.
My newsletter is the biggest in the industry. I send it daily Monday through Friday at random times. In the newsletter I sell premium
Rick Latona - 3/27/2008 2:13:37 PM
All Domain Sales are now Newsletter Only This is why you must sign up for my newsletter if you haven’t done so already. I’ve made a decision that unless it is something special like my post about SanJuan.com, I will no longer be putting domains for sale on this blog. In order to find out what domains are available every day, you
Rick Latona - 3/26/2008 7:21:48 PM
How I helped bring down Internic.net I’d like to share one of my more interesting stories about the evolution of the domain business. The year was 1999 and I was VP of Sales at Interland, Inc (now web.com), a large hosting company.
ICANN had just been formed and was tasked with the job of breaking up the Network Solutions monopoly. Nothing had
Rick Latona - 3/25/2008 3:46:28 PM
SanJuan.com - Own the oldest American city After 7 days of island hoping in the Caribbean we at last arrived in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I own SanJuan.com so I had a special interest in the city. I’m selling the name but more about that later in this post.
It’s the oldest American city and the center of commerce in the West Indies.
Rick Latona - 3/23/2008 11:06:25 PM
There is something great about having kids with different spring breaks
There is something great about having kids with different spring breaks. While I’m Island hoping with my youngest, I’m just 11 days away from spending a week in Jamaica with my oldest. My friends and family can enjoy pictures of that trip too while I annoy domainers with completely non-relevent ramblings.
So far we’...
Rick Latona - 3/20/2008 1:19:09 PM
I think it’s time for a new domainer term I’m calling it a pull-back. Indian-pull didn’t seam politically correct. Excuse me if someone else has already given it a name. If so, please send me a link to a message board post where it has surely been discussed.
It appears GoDaddy.com gives you the option to cancel a transfer, after you have done an account
Rick Latona - 3/19/2008 9:03:58 PM
I’m enjoying life rather than blogging If you want to find out what the Daily Domains are you need to be subscribed to the email. I’m on a cruise with my family right now and I’m not going to be taking the time to also post the names on this blog. If you haven’t subscribed yet, I suggest you do so
