 | Contest: The Dedicated Domainer
The person who comes up with the best caption for this photograph (as chosen by me) wins a $10 Starbucks gift card. For those who don’t know, this dedicated domainer is none other than Lonnie Borck, who was featured here a few months ago.
 | Elliot Silver - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 12:38 |
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 | RYY.COM On Bido, 33 Minutes To Go!
Started well this time around, had a couple of proxy bids of over 5K so initial bid jumped quickly to that range. Expected sale price is 8k-15k. How much is it worth TODAY? We’re all about to find out soon!
Happy bidding
Sahar
| | Conceptualist - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 13:30 |
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 | A diamond of an auction in the rough …
Last night, over at namepros.com, they held their usual bi-monthly live domain auction.
An audience of over 100 bidders kept the room electric and the mods and staff ran through the names in a bright and progressive manner. Ok, so there werent the sort of names that bring in gazillions of dollars but, for a small
| | Julia Mackenzie - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 18:9 |
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 | Domainer Meeting Paris Live Auction nets $361k
The live auction just completed in Paris and the auction netted $361,375
Here are the results:
wrinklefreeclothes.com $200
phoneaccessories.com $25,000
parisguidebooks.com $100
oux.com $9,500
pariscams.com $1,500
appeler.fr $3,500
bavarian.com $9,000
assurancesvoiture.fr $3,500
aupair.fr $6,250
automobilepolicy.com $1,250
babymedicat...
| | The Domains - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 12:0 |
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 | Expired Domain Services Let Employees Bid Against Customers
Two of the major services let employees compete with domainers.
Earlier today a reader tipped me off to a discussion at NamePros about GoDaddy’s TDNAM service. Apparently GoDaddy VP (and owner of DNForum) Adam Dicker won a couple auctions for domains through the service. Dicker runs the aftermarket service. The reader was surpr...
| | Domain Name Wire - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 16:52 |
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| Public Service Announcement
Most people I’ve met through my blog balance their domain investments with a full time job. I was in the same position when I worked at AIG for two and a half years. I would work from 9-6, come home for dinner, and get to work on the computer managing my domain business. While this
| | Elliot Silver - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 11:5 |
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 | Free Report from Domains Into Dollars
The Domains Into Dollars program by Phil Craig has received many great reviews and comments from satisfied customers. The package features video tutorials and guides for finding available domains, domain sales, and exclusive techniques for monetizing your domains. Free templates for custom parking pages and eBay domain auctions.
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| | Dot Sauce - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 20:0 |
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 | Donald Trump Sells his $100 Million Dollar Home
Donald Trump sells his $100 million dollar home to a Russian fertilizer billionaire, Dmitry Rybolovlev”:
“This acquisition is simply an investment in real estate by one of the companies in which I have an interest,” Mr. Rybolovlev said in a statement released by Alan Basiev, the head spokesman for Uralkali. It ̶...
| | Scott Fish - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 17:22 |
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 | CNN Acquires AC360.COM
Morphing from a Sedo parking page with Anderson Cooper ads and a "may be for sale sign" into its current glory, with little fanfare or attention, AC360 joins ireport, Today Show and American Idol in a last 24 month change of thinking, proving to networks that the show name and domain name MUST match. And that means with the shortage ...
| | The Frager factor - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 1:25 |
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 | Domainers Can Still Find Unique Niches, Even In Flooded Markets
Domainers are always looking for that unique niche that they can be the authority on (either with a domain name or a full- or mini-site). You may see an overcrowded niche like ringtones or movies and turn the other way. But with a little creative thinking you can find a unique angle to
| | Trend Domaining - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 11:46 |
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| Yahoo Exec’s Vote on the Google Deal with their Feet and Run for the Door
It’s been a interesting week at Yahoo.
According to reports many key executive are rushing to the exits at Yahoo.
Qi Lu, an executive vice-president in charge of Yahoo’s search and advertising technology; Brad Garlinghouse, a senior vice-president who oversees communications tools like mail; and Vish Makhijani, a senior v...
| | The Domains - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 20:59 |
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| 4 Valuable SEO Tips for Domainers
At the SEMpdx meeting this week in Portland, OR I got the chance to chat with some domainers from the PDX area. This got me thinking that only in the last year has the domain industry and the SEO industry really began to start sharing beers, let alone knowledge.
My roots are in SEO, then
| | Scott Fish - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 11:35 |
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| Stock Attorney (.com)
So I'm at a concert and suddenly feel ill from the greasy concession food. I head into the bathroom, close the stall door, sit down and then and there on the back of the door, this ad stares me in the face. Even had I not swiped the poster from its frame to photograph, I'd still have been able to blog about the site, because the call...
| | The Frager factor - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 0:23 |
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 | DomainerMeeting Paris Live Auction results
The following are the official DomainMeeting Paris Live auction results, as provided by Moniker. The extended online auction ends on June 26th, 2008.
Aftermarket.com
$125,000.00
Rainbows.com
$45,000.00
Domain.pl
$45,000.00
PhoneAccessories.com
$25,000.00
Loans.dk
$15,000.00
MotorBikes.net
$10,000.00
OUX.com
$9,...
| | Domain Name News - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 23:8 |
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 | Namepros Live Auction - 19th June 2008
The mid June Namepros Live Auction took place last night where plenty of names were up for grabs and some impressive sales were completed. There didn’t seem to be as many bulk four letter domain auctions this time round but there was still plenty of interest in domains of the short variety and many sold for
| | Quad Letter Domains - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 9:6 |
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| Friday’s DomaineRoundup
A few importantblog posts from around the domain-o-sphere…
Elliot Silver is holding a “give the picture a caption” contest. I thew mine into the hat… go name that picture!
The Paris meeting of domainers brought in over $361k and some great CCTLDs traded hands. Aftermarket.com broght in$125,000, this was the...
| | Scott Fish - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 13:13 |
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 | Get Unplugged!
I just returned from vacation and the family and I had a great time. We stayed at a private beach close to Virginia Beach in a nice log cabin. During this short vacation, I had no internet or cell phone connectivity. The area was a dead zone for both, which I found very upsetting at SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Get Unplugged!", ur...
| | Simply Geo - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 11:20 |
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 | UUOPD - Mix.com
Today’s UUOPD (Unusual Usage of Premium Domains) website is Mix.com. Mix is not just a three letter domain, it is also a word with several uses. Apparently though, the owner thinks the best use is to put a picture of a girl in a bunny suit with a couple of fire extinguishers, next to
| | DomainWeek - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 12:37 |
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| Fusu Announces Co-Buying and Auctions
Fusu, the world’s first domain stock exchange, launched two new features at the Domainer Meeting 2008: co-buying and auctions.
Fusu Co-Buying is a new service for like-minded domain investors to share the purchase price of a domain. This feature will allow domainers to join together and buy high quality domains they would other...
| | Domain Name News - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 16:46 |
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 | Paris Auction- 2nd Update
The paris auction is almost over. The auctioneer has gone through all 220 names and is currently re-auctioning certain names that the owner may have lowered the reserve or that a bidder may have asked to be put up again. Out of the 220 names auctioned off, 52 have sold. The highest sales recorded were: Aftermarket $125,000 Rainbows.c...
| Direct Navigation - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 11:47 |
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| Paris Auction Update
Here's a quick update from the Paris Auction. Out of the first 142 names to be auctioned off, 31 have sold. The highest sales recorded so far are: Aftermarket $125,000 Rainbows.com $45,000 PhoneAccessories.com $25,000 More to come.
| Direct Navigation - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 10:37 |
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| Behind on Mortgage (.com)
BehindonMortgage.com is a very effective email campaign timed right. The name and call to action are exactly what the customer is thinking. So they elicit the customer’s ‘I WANT this' behavior.
| | The Frager factor - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 13:37 |
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| Network Solutions: “We’ll Stop Reserving if ICANN Adds Fee”
Network Solutions says it will stop controversial practice if ICANN adopts fee next week.
Next week the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) board will vote on its 2009 budget. The budget includes the much-talked-about provision to make the ICANN registration fee (currently 20 cents) non refundable once a regi...
| | Domain Name Wire - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 12:46 |
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| Google May Gain $1 Billion in Yahoo Ad Pact
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Somehow Google seems to have come out on top again, landing a search deal with Yahoo that by some estimates could boost its revenue by $1 billion -- and may leave some advertisers footing larger sums for their keyword buys.
| | The Frager factor - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 18:42 |
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 | Third MyID .ca domain auction has legs
The third MyID .ca auction still has over five days to go, and already there are 26 names with bids, some reserves already met, and four and five figure dollar amounts on the board. I was wondering with this third auction if bidders would still have enough funds after the first two auctions, and how deep the financial pool would be. ...
| | Dot CA Domains - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 23:53 |
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 | Interview with CEO of Domain Shed - Goran Simunovic
Given the recent “changing of the rules” around Australian domain names, I thought it would be a good idea to speak with some key people operating in this area. In the first of a series of interviews, I speak with Goran Simunovic about Domain Shed, a website that auctions .au domain names.
Tell me about your
| | Domainer Income - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 19:58 |
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| Richard Solo (.com)
Thanks to Kelly who alerted me to another sign of the times: Life after brick and mortar.
The Sharper Image is in ruins, but its founder, Richard Thalheimer, still believes there is an audience for gimmicky gadgetry.
Thalheimer, 60, who founded the Sharper Image (nasdaq: SHRP - news - people ) in 1977, is looking for gizmos for his...
| | The Frager factor - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 17:1 |
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| JO on Rails (.com)
Some Friday humor from Craig's List. This is one of those items in Jay Leno's pile he always looks at blushes and puts back. Someday when he has to kill and extra 15 seconds and is dead out of ideas, remember you saw it here first. To think someone will go home with crabs! You can't make this stuff up. Better check what the kids are ...
| | The Frager factor - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 9:54 |
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 | MyID.ca Third DOT CA Auction Starts with a Bang
The third MyID.ca DOT CA Auction has a solid start with 2 domains already meeting their reserve in the first 24 hours.
Paris.ca and AutoFinancing.ca now stand at $2501 and have already met their reserve.
With strong domains in current auction including the likes of Single.ca, Interviews.ca, Teeth.ca, and TShirts.ca things are bound t...
| | MyID - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 18:28 |
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 | Webmaster Radio Podcast from Paris
Webmaster Radio posted a podcast on the topic of the Paris Domainer Meeting that wrapped up today and the 2008 ICANN International Public Meeting being held next week. Dan Kimball from DNZoom By Bido participated in the podcast, which you can listen to below or by downloading the MP3 from Radio
2008 ICANN & Domainer Meeti...
| DNZoom by BIDO - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 12:7 |
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| UUOPD - Mix.com
Today’s UUOPD (Unusual Usage of Premium Domains) website is Mix.com. Mix is not just a three letter domain, it is also a word with several uses. Apparently though, the owner thinks the best use is to put a picture of a girl in a bunny suit with a couple of fire extinguishers, next to
| | DomainWeek - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 11:37 |
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 | Domain Name Analyzer
One of my favourite domaining tools is Domain Name Analyzer (DNA) by Domain Punch.
For those of us who are cash-strapped most of the time it’s free to download and use. I love it because you can put in a few hundred or more domain ideas and it checks for availability against the whois database.
| | Domaining UK - Friday, June 20, 2008 - 8:0 |
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