WHICH DOMAIN COMPANY IS BEST FOR PARKING DOMAINS (More than PPC) I have almost 2000 domains parked at Parked.com. Weird stuff going on there, and I haven’t received any messages about it. I want to move my domains to the BEST monetization source other than selling to an enduser or building them out, which I anticipate doing throughout my portfolio’s existence. If anyone knows of the
Stephen Douglas - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 8:17
CAN YOU LOSE YOUR MOST VALUABLE DOMAIN TO A COMPETITOR’S TM FILING? WE ANSWER ANDREW ALLEMANN (This post is in response to DomainNameWire’s Andrew Allemann’s answer to my comments on his post referring to TM’s. REFERENCE: Andrew Allemann January 29th, 2012 | 7:14 pm @ Stephen Douglas - “That’s not true. You can file a trademark anytime. You can even file an “intent to use” trademark before you eve...
Stephen Douglas - Monday, January 30, 2012 - 10:31
HOW FACEBOOK TRICKS COMPANIES TO WEAKEN THEIR DOMAIN BRANDS Facebook! Everybody in the world is on Facebook, yes? Nope. But it’s close. The biggest con happening now will affect domain sales to large companies, even if it’s only for a short time. This involves a simple Facebook advertising link that companies (or their ad agencies) are using, trying to “expand” their c...
Stephen Douglas - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - 11:42
WAS THE FUTURE TREND DOMAIN AUCTION™ A MISTAKE? Lots of people had an opinion about the Future Trend Domain Auction™ and the domains included. Lots of “domain talking heads” and quite a few amateurs shot down the domains listed and the auction. Did Successclick make a mistake? Or was the mistake a series of lost chances by uninformed buyer to purchase very
Stephen Douglas - Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 13:56
WHICH LIVE DOMAIN AUCTION SITE IS THE BEST? Domain Auction Sites… which are the best? Do they fall into strong categories of how well do they do in certain topics of domains? We’re not sure, but we all know the Big Domain Community auction sites: Snapnames Afternic Sedo Moniker GreatDomains (in no particular order) Then you have the “we don’t get invol...
Stephen Douglas - Sunday, October 2, 2011 - 4:25
HEARTFELT THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ADDED TO THE DISCUSSION OF FUTURE TREND DOMAINS Successclick.com and Snapnames.com/Moniker.com want to thank everyone who took the time to write, opinionate, review and some who actually bought, the domains listed at the very first Future Trend Domain Auction™ held last week. We obtained a lot of new information so it’s going to take a month of reviewing it and focusing on b...
Stephen Douglas - Friday, September 2, 2011 - 10:14
THE FUTURE TREND DOMAIN AUCTION™ IS HERE! THE DIRECTORY IS COMPLETE! The Future Trend Domain Auction™ is officially underway, and although we’ve struggled through putting certain new aspects for promoting the domains in an auction by getting the marketing material ready, it’s looking good for the first event. NOTE FOR FIRST TIME AUCTION SUBMITTERS: A lot of first time domain investors in ...
Stephen Douglas - Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 10:48
ALERT: The Future Trend Domain Auction™ List is OUT, but NOT COMPLETE YET! Moniker and Snapnames have released the registered domains for the Future Trend Domain Auction™, tentatively set for August 24 – Aug 30. However, that list is NOT complete yet. This isn’t unusual. We wanted to get out the first of the auction’s domains quickly, so all of the FT domainers could see their domains incl...
Stephen Douglas - Monday, August 15, 2011 - 11:3
MORE NEWS FOR THE LUCKY FEW ACCEPTED- Future Trend Domain Auction™ Hi Future Trend Domain Auction™ participants. If you’ve registered your domains at the special Snapnames registration link: FUTURE TREND DOMAIN AUCTION™ then you can complete you final step in getting your domain listed worldwide, in the largest promotion of a single domain category ever in the history of domain auctions. Succe...
Stephen Douglas - Friday, August 5, 2011 - 13:5
WHOA! 2ND ALERT! NEW FUTURE TREND DOMAIN AUCTION™ INSTRUCTIONS! Hi FT Domainers, The next process to expect is an email from Successclick.com that will show you which of your domains that have been accepted, along with the reserve prices that you submitted. DO NOT WORRY IF YOU DON’T GET THIS EMAIL IMMEDIATELY. We are doing this by hand, not by automation. What you will
Stephen Douglas - Thursday, July 28, 2011 - 14:30
ALERT! 3D/HOLO/ENERGY DOMAINERS: FUTURE TREND DOMAIN AUCTION™ UPDATE! BIG NEWS! This blog article is meant specifically for anyone who submitted domains to the Future Trend Domain Auction™. (You should also subscribe to the Successclick.com newsletter for quick updates). The news is that over 200 domains have already been accepted, and many of you should be contacted this week by Snapnames or Moniker...
Stephen Douglas - Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 12:26
“I CAN DO NOTHING FOR YOU, SON.” The Sad Reality Of Domain Corporate Proliferation True Grit. Few people we all knew for years in this industry who helped us through rough and ignorant times are left. With the loss of Mike Robertson at Fabulous.com months ago and Victor Pitts at Moniker.com, I think there’s no other rep working for a domain corporation who will bend over backwards to make
Stephen Douglas - Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 12:10
WHY FACEBOOK IS DANGEROUS Facebook is probably the most dangerous “socially” accepted medium in the world. Not only will it find a photo of your face online with every bit of data connected to your photo (with FB’s new facial recognition software) but it will do a “reverse mining” scan of the internet on your name, confirm that y...
Stephen Douglas - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 10:44
WHAT’S THE STORY WITH THE FUTURE TREND DOMAIN AUCTION™? BIG NOTE FOR SUCCESSCLICK AND Future Trend Domain Auction™ FANS: I finally received hopefully my final medical treatment for a crushed elbow, and it’s news that has removed a lot of stress on me. There’s no broken joints, but I have compressed cartilage, bruised pivot joints, and torn ligaments in my left elbow that IR...
Stephen Douglas - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 10:42
FUTURE TREND DOMAIN-SELLING STRATEGIES – The New Media Domains Hi Gang, For everyone submitting FT domains for the Future Trend Domain Auction™, please remember this auction is not only about 3D/HOLO domains. The auction also covers energy, cellphone, lifestyle, and other new technologies you believe might become popular trends “in the future,” near or far. Additionally, the Future T...
Stephen Douglas - Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 10:16
WHY A DOMAIN NAME CAN KILL YOUR COMPETITION (re: BusinessInsider.com article) This was my response to my friend Alan Dunn’s article on Business Insider regarding why purchasing a domain name was important for a company. Special thanks to El Silver’s blog article. It’s great to see an article about the real value of domain name investing, which should be the first, and continuing investment, f...
Stephen Douglas - Saturday, April 9, 2011 - 9:12
Future Trend Domain Auction™ Updates! – Series #1 Greetings to FT Domainers and Buyers, and the domain industry as a whole. BIG NEWS: SuccessClick has now secured the auction company we confirmed is the best-suited for producing a successful “Future Trend Domain Auction™”. It’s been a long haul to get here, but we had to consider every option and consider all fact...
Stephen Douglas - Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 11:8
Future Trend Domain Auction™ Updates! – Series #1 Greetings to FT Domainers and Buyers, and the domain industry as a whole. BIG NEWS: SuccessClick has now secured the auction company we confirmed is the best-suited for producing a successful “Future Trend Domain Auction™”. It’s been a long haul to get here, but we had to consider every option and consider all fact...
Stephen Douglas - Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 11:8
“THE AUCTION”: 3D / HOLO / FUTURE TREND DOMAINS ROLLING OUT HUGE I’m convinced I made the right move buying some select 3D domains starting back in 2004 and continuing forward. I’ve turned down almost hundred of those “maybe he needs the money” offers for these domains, laughing. I’m sure many of you have too. This now is our chance to show a unified force of Futur...
Stephen Douglas - Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 21:24
