A new .mobi record? A new auction record? Good evening folks!! Below is what may be the best .mobi domains released to date as well as a fantastic list of premium .com domain names. These domains will be auctioned off at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in less than 2 weeks. I would expect at least 2-4 of the .mobi domains will easily break the flowers.mobi record. I would think that Porn.mob...
Rick Schwartz - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 20:19
Domain Name Conferences Are A Waste
At many conferences I keep hearing some attendees saying the conferences is overpriced, or a “waste”. Let me make this clear here: Domain conferences, if you don’t know where the value proposition is, are a waste, all of them .Targeted Traffic, Domainfest, Domain Roundtable, and even though I did not yet attend Geo...
Conceptualist - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 11:19
ARE DOMAIN VALUES LIKE PROVING LIFE ON MARS? The Christian Science Monitor just published an article by Chris Gaylord that is touting the increasing investment value of domain names . It’s a nice article, fairly simplified, but covering some key points from the big players in our industry. Although the article explained adequately the process of “direct navigation&...
Stephen Douglas - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 8:0
DNJournal: Say Hello to dnZoom and Goodbye to Domain Management Hassles Via DNJournal:
It all started when Sean Stafford (who is now dnZoom’s Director of Product Development) realized that he had a problem. “After getting to a near breaking point with my own domains, I knew there was a better way to handle the management of them,” Stafford said. Dan Kimball (dnZoom’s Chief Strate...
Conceptualist - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 12:43
The Christian Science Monitor: What’s in a (domain) name? Some serious cash.
In the mid-1990s, “lone rangers” lassoed many of the great generic
Web addresses and ruled the secondhand market for years, says Jackson.
Small companies, often built around one guy, would amass thousands of
domains. They were a seclusive bunch, happy to hoard domain names
quietly and sell only when the price was right....
Conceptualist - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 16:3
The Question of Domain Parking Arbitrage Arbitrage involves making money because of a price differential between two markets. These days some people seem to be making a lot of money buying ads and sending the traffic to higher-paying ads on their domains. Not everyone is happy with this. Google, in fact, canceled some AdSense accounts because of
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 1:15
Available Domain Names List #25 As promised, I’m going to try to step up the frequency of my posts. Today’s list of available domain names includes a lot of product specific keyword domains along with a few names that would work well for online communities or web 2.0 style sites. I plan on sending a large list out to my
Bill Eisenmann - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 21:27
Domain Name Wire: How Did Pool Score Shoppers.com? A Glitch.
Pool sold Shoppers.com for over $166,000 this week, but the name should have been exclusive to NameJet.
[Updated 10:24 CST] Pool.com landed a whale this week, catching
Shoppers.com and selling it for $166,000 through its auction. Although
the value of the domain is debatable,
the bigger question is how Pool landed the domain since i...
Conceptualist - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 11:29
How Did Pool Score Shoppers.com? Pool sold Shoppers.com for over $166,000 this week, but the name should have been exclusive to NameJet.
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Pool.com landed a whale this week, catching Shoppers.com and selling it for $166,000 through its auction. Although the value of the domain is debatable, the bigger question is how Pool landed the domain since it ...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 11:12
Reading a domain investor’s mind: Telepathy, Inc. - An Interview A few years back, I had the pleasure of networking with Nat Cohen, President of Telepathy, Inc., a web development and Internet branding company based in Washington, D.C. The company was founded in 1999 and since then has been associated with a hearty appetite for building - among others - a portfolio of generic domains
Acro - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 7:0
NY Times & .mobi Owen Frager’s blog post today hits an important point about an obstacle the .mobi extension faces with consumer adoption. Owen blogs about how the New York Times doesn’t own New York Times .mobi or NYT .mobi, since they own both .com domain names. While I disagree that the owner of NYT.mobi is a cybersquatter
Elliot Silver - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 16:5
Free Domain Name! As I did last time, I am offering a free domain name to the first person to respond with a Moniker account. I am paring down my portfolio, and I am happy to give a name to someone who likes it.
Today’s free domain name is: Clutzes.com
Elliot Silver - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 14:22
Deals of the Day Sahar reminds that Michael Robertson personally made $115 million from the sale of MP3.com. Now he launches his new site, Dealipedia. Unveiling secret business deals like these:
Feb 07 OYCO Systems receives an investment from Level 10 Capital Corp. Feb 06 TurnHere receiv...
The Frager factor - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 8:34
New York Times (.mobi) Both NYT.mobi and NewYorkTimes.mobi are being held by cybersquatters.
So is it an wonder that New York Times, USA Today and others rebuke the MOBI extension and influence consumer behavior AWAY from dotMOBI thinking, with their ad inferences?
The Frager factor - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 11:23
Promotion + Blog Growth = A Busy Geopreneur! Today was an eventful day at the office. I moved up in position today and am now managing approximately 80 people. The work load has been steadily building, and today the dumptruck unloaded. :-) This will slow me down a little, and has already, as I am behind the power curve with interviews, forum additions, and a few other projec...
Simply Geo - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 22:35
Blogentrepreneur (.com): Make Money From Blogging Via Harold Lindzon:
"My good friends Andy and Landon Swan have taken MyTrade.com through the ‘exit door’ as Fred Wilson likes to say. Investools (NASD - SWIM ) is the buyer . They made Wallstrip look long-term with a 4 month funding to exit. I could not be happier… and not just because I was an angel investor with Roger , my fun...
The Frager factor - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 10:58
Sedo.com Holds Geo Domain Auction, The Geo Industry Has Just Been Validated!
Sedo.com will be holding a Geo Domain auction starting on February 13, 2008. You can view the complete list of names being offered by clicking on the logo. This is the first time that I can recall since 1999, a major auction house focusing an auction on pure Geo Domains without being related to a conference or
SHARETHIS.addEnt...
Simply Geo - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 9:22
MSNBC Reports on the Cruises.uk.com Purchase Mainstream media has picked up on the sale first reported by DNJournal.com, of Cruises.co.uk by the same company that owned Cruise.co.uk.
In an article by MSNBC, they cite it as the largest sale ever of a .co.uk.
Good always to see domain sales news picked up by mainstream media outlets.
There always so surprised how much domain ac...
Review - The Domain Graduate While at the recent DomainFest (components/com_mambowiki/index.php/DomainFest)conference I met up with Sean Stafford (components/com_mambowiki/index.php/Sean_Stafford) who recently wrote a book on domains titled Domain Graduate . Let me first of all say that I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the author was equally as engaging.
W...
Michael Gilmour - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 19:42
Do You Use Your Own Product? Should You? Mini-Story This is a true story. I remember my friend telling me about one of his family friends. I don’t remember it 100%, but the idea behind the story is still clear.
I was browsing my oh so favorite hang-out spot, The University Kid, and came across a quote on one of the blog posts:
“I wouldn’t promote
fka200 - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 19:1
Microsoft’s Shareholders Not Loving the Yahoo Deal. Well Microsoft’s investors have given their opinion of the proposed acquisition of Yahoo, and let the feet do the walking, as they hit the exit, Microsoft shares have lost 14% of there value since it announcing its $44 billion dollar bid for Yahoo.
This 14% loss in share value equate to just about 40 Billion dollars
The Domains - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 21:19
New article - What's in a Domain Name? Nice article at the Christian Science Monitor today about the general domain name market, and why domains are increasingly being seen as assets by all types of investors. The article doesn't specifically mention .ca domains, but much of what it says about the domain market would also apply to good .ca domain names."Several venture c...
Dot CA Domains - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 14:46
GoDaddy.com OK, I'm breaking my routine of posting only on the weekends to bring you a timely SuperBowl edition of Good URL Bad URL. With advertisers plopping down $2.7MM for 30 seconds, I had high hopes for some good URLs punctuating the spots. To say it was a mixed bag is putting it mildly. This year's SuperURLs ranged from stellar to stupid t...
Good URL Bad URL - Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 0:12
