Nice Geo Domain Landing Page from Trafficz I was watching the New York news tonight, and I saw the Mets opened a new baseball facility in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. While I don’t care much for the Mets (nor the Yankees), I was more interested in learning a bit about Boca Chica. Of course I did a Whois search for BocaChica.com
Elliot Silver - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 18:41
Some Interesting Ebay Auctions Here are some ongoing ebay.com auction that look interesting.
As always you need to be careful before bidding on any of these:
Mozzilla.com starting bid is $40,000, with a buy it now of $80K
according to the listing the domain Earned $2600/mo on 33,9987 visitors for JUNE.
Mom.org has a buy it now price of $19,000
CV.org starting bid ...
The Domains - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 16:9
Hard At Work: Putting The Finishing Touches On Portfolio Help
We’re going to have major updates on Bido today.
1. Expert area enhancements: The new enhancements include multiple tabs for experts, tabs which at release will include “About me”, “My feed” (RSS feed syndication of your blog, publication), and “My Stuff” which may include links to domains y...
Conceptualist - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:21
NY Times: How to Make $170K Flipping Sites NyTimes has an interesting story on a guy who flipped a site for an awesome 173K, after buying it for $1700 and doing some changes. According to compete.com traffic estimates the site bird-cage.com only has 5-6k monthly visitors from US, so it’s strange that just 100-200 visits per day can provide such nice income. Besides
Domain Magnate - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 11:47
$30 Million dotORG SALE!! In what will be seen as a new media coup, sources tell BoomTown that Britain’s Guardian Media Group is set to announce this morning that it will buy the company that runs the high-profile digital media news site paidContent for a price “north of $30 million.”
That price, though, includes an earn-out, sources said, which will depend ...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 13:34
Maximize your Domain Earnings - Very Interesting….. I just read on Sahar Sarid’s blog that that Bido has launched “Portfolio Help” called PH. It can help domainers maximize their portfolio earnings. It appears to be a very interesting idea that many have talked about in the past but no one ever really perfected it so far. Lets see what Bido/DnZoom does with SHARETHIS...
DN Blogger - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 20:14
ActiveAudience.com / Afternic.com final review I have been testing using the parking service ActiveAudience.com and direct linking a For Sale link for the domain to my Afternic.com listing page. I ran the test for just under 30 days (2 days short) with the intent to see if I got more offers and sales on my domain names.
The reason I cut the
DotWeekly - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 13:54
NY Times: How to Make $170K Flipping Sites NyTimes has an interesting story on a guy who flipped a site for an awesome 173K, after buying it for $1700 and doing some changes. According to compete.com traffic estimates the site bird-cage.com only has 5-6k monthly visitors from US, so it’s strange that just 100-200 visits per day can provide such nice income. Besides
Domain Magnate - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:54
Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008: What Does it Mean? The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008 was introduced in the Senate last week.
The law would increase penalties for counterfeiting, with damages as high as $2 million for “willful” trademark violations, empower federal prosecutors to bring civil suits against copyright infringers, provide for the seiz...
The Domains - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 3:3
Bird Cage (.com): NYT Features Domain Flipper's $170K PROFIT A wave of entrepreneurs are using free software to buy niche Web sites and fix them up with the hope of reselling them. Dave Hermansen did not own a bird or a cage when he bought bird-cage.com, an online store, for $1,800 three years ago. He simply saw a Web site that was “very, very poorly done,” and begged the owners to sell it to ...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:43
Are You Going to TRAFFIC NYC? TRAFFIC New York City is just a couple months away.
The next TRAFFIC domain name conference takes place in New York City September 23-26. The show will feature 5 different domain auctioneers selling domains, a major change from previous events.
If you’re thinking about going, the deadline for the reduced fee of $1795 is this Th...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:51
dotTV: The Untold Story Part 6 of 10 Sally, one of the sharpest domainers alive and one of the nicest people I know, sent me a clue that has unveiled many others. An interview with the "big cheese" behind the curtain and a developing story about the rebranding of local TV is pending. Stay tuned.
The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 23:12
T. Boone Dumps Yahoo The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Tuesday that billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens sold all his shares of Yahoo appearently in frustration over its failure to reach a deal with Microsoft .
Pickens bought 10 million Yahoo shares in May, backing a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to bring the Internet pioneer back to...
The Domains - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 13:20
ENGINEERING.com Sets up Mail System ENGINEERING.com today announced the launch of its newest service called Engineering Mail, an email service for registered members. The service has been in pre-release testing with over 1,000 existing members for several weeks. The company is now making the service available to all engineers, engineering students and other members of ...
The Domains - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 15:10
Justice Department indicts Senator Ted Stevens The Justice Department announced today that it has indicted Sen. Ted Stevens (cosponsor of the Snowe Bill) on seven counts of failing to disclose thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home.
Stevens, is running for re-election this year
This post was submitted by Edwin Sherman.
The Domains - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 19:17
ObamaMobile.mobi - So is Obama for Change? Even though I am not decided yet who is the best presidential candidate for USA, but I must admit that Obama’s team does carefully seem to plan his agenda and initiatives. I was talking with a friend about Obama’s choice of domain name for his mobile web site called www.ObamaMobile.mobi and he started laughing and quipped...
DN Blogger - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 19:35
Part 2 of 4: 'Trend Domaining' Presents Insights, Opportunities For Domainers, Fractional Domainers In Part 2 of Fractional Domaining Blog's 4-part interview with Scott Griffes of TrendDomaining.com, Griffes discusses a wide range of topics, including: what kinds of domainers and businesses can benefit from learning about trends; how Trend Domaining can help both newbie and experienced domainers; how trend research has helped Scott...
Fractional Domaining - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 11:33
Sedo Sells InsuranceLeads.com for $50,000 Another strong week for Sedo sales.
Sedo finalized the sale of InsuranceLeads.com last week for $50,000. The leads business is huge, and insurance leads are one of the most popular categories. Leads companies gather leads from search engine marketing (including PPC) and affiliate networks and resell these to insurance agents, repair ...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 10:3
Unregistered Domain Names #71 Below you will find a list of 40 domain names that were all unregistered at the time of this post. There are some solid blog related domains in today’s list that would represent various utilities or widgets pretty well. A small selection of geo domains are included too. Please limit your registrations from this list
Bill Eisenmann - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 10:56
Speed-dating new TLD Registry Providers: Demand Media Demand Media/eNom is Contestant #6 in our Registry Speed-dating Contest. Demand Media bought Paul Stahura's eNom, and is therefore a strong player in this space. Enom has 11 million domain names under registrar management and crunches enormous amounts of data to analyze domain names and determine their value -- of which they have a k...
NamesAtWork - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 20:39
Intel, HP and Yahoo Team Up for Cloud Computing Intel, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard are teaming up to create six open-source labs to research “cloud computing”, software applications accessed through a Web browser.
The companies said the labs located in Singapore, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, will ea...
The Domains - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 13:32
Sedo sales of the week up to July 29th Selected Sedo sales for the week up to July 27th, 2008 after the jump.
Domain name
Type
Price
Currency
Translation
.COMs
insuranceleads.com
50000
USD
mutuelle.com
23600
EUR
Mutual in French
rewardsdirect.com
17500
USD
converttube.com
website
16350
EUR
purecasino.com
13000
USD
umx.com
10100
USD
...
Domain Name News - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 11:28
You Walk Away (.com) Just listened to the BBC - story on the BBC about the rapid rate of increase in voluntary foreclosure here in the USA. Fastest in the history of mankind and record keeping.
There are entire programs out there now. The state of California is making it worse because of the legislature. People are walking away from $500,000 in loans an...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:22
GoDaddy Now Offers .Ca Domain Names Registrar adds Canadian country code domains to offerings.
The world’s largest registrar now offers .ca domain names through its newly formed Canadian registrar (but purchased directly on GoDaddy .com). .Ca is the country code domain name for Canada. Registration fees are $12.99 per year.
The .ca domain name is one of the more...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 11:19
.vn Websites Hacked “It’s believed the hackers broke in through a hole in DNS to control the administration,” said VNCERT Technical Branch Chief Do Ngoc Duy Trac.
Trac also said VNCERT recommended Vietnam Internet Network Information Center (VNNIC) and other internet service providers (ISPs) assist the recovery work.
PA Vietnam Ltd, which is affiliated ...
The Domains - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 2:43
I Hate Him So Much (.COM) FROM You and Me We (.ORG) "IHateHimSoMuch.com is part of a You&Me.WE campaign to promote healthy marriage. We're using humor to get people to think about what kind of marriage they want – and what skills are required to have that type of marriage.
All marriages are not alike. Healthy marriages are more rewarding, but they don’t just happen. Healthy marriages...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 22:30
World's Biggest Idea (.com) For Sale:
Prime dotCOM "Hollywood meets Silicon Valley" keyword domain. Start a branded entertainment program online like ABC's American Inventor. Broker inventions taking on IdeaTango. Start an incubator. Or use the web collaboratively to approach some of the world's most pressing problems.
Owning Worldsbiggestidea.com provides a d...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:25
Worlds Greatest Hits (.com) For Sale:
Prime dotCOM branded entertainment keyword domain. Cut a "worlds greatest hits" album and sell it through infomercial and landing page. Or start a branded entertainment program online.
Owning Worldsgreatesthits.com provides a distinct competitive advantage and a position of status.
The right domain name can directly impa...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 8:19
Part 2 of 4: 'Trend Domaining' Presents Insights, Opportunities For Domainers, Fractional Domainers In Part 2 of Fractional Domaining Blog's 4-part interview with Scott Griffes of TrendDomaining.com, Griffes discusses a wide range of topics, including: what kinds of domainers and businesses can benefit from learning about trends; how Trend Domaining can help both newbie and experienced domainers; how trend research has helped Scott...
Fractional Domaining - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 11:33
iStampz (.com) For Sale: Brandable domain (with concept, TAGLINE and logo included)
Concept:
A website with a broadcast component to profile "people who have put their stamp" on the world from all walks of life. It’s a site that makes difference by raising both awareness and money for the causes that we all care about.
Website Content:
Friends...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:42
Legal Practice Tips: How to Sell your Domain Name and Web Content Many business people would be surprised to learn that there is something akin to a ‘securities” aftermarket for domain names. Investment groups are formed to pool money in order to buy a portfolio of domain names. Third parties are buying...
Anticybersquatting - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 15:41
Part 2 of 4: 'Trend Domaining' Presents Insights, Opportunities For Domainers, Fractional Domainers In Part 2 of Fractional Domaining Blog's 4-part interview with Scott Griffes of TrendDomaining.com, Griffes discusses a wide range of topics, including: what kinds of domainers and businesses can benefit from learning about trends; how Trend Domaining can help both newbie and experienced domainers; how trend research has helped Scott...
Fractional Domaining - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 11:33
Legal Practice Tips: How to Sell your Domain Name and Web Content Many business people would be surprised to learn that there is something akin to a ‘securities” aftermarket for domain names. Investment groups are formed to pool money in order to buy a portfolio of domain names. Third parties are buying...
Anticybersquatting - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 15:41
Defensive registration of .me domains to prevent cybersquatting BUY ME DOMAINS: Why should you get your dot me domain? But why should you get your own .me domain if you're very happy with your .com domain already? We'll because of the simple fact that somebody else just might...
Domain Dispute - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 12:10
Defensive registration of .me domains to prevent cybersquatting BUY ME DOMAINS: Why should you get your dot me domain? But why should you get your own .me domain if you're very happy with your .com domain already? We'll because of the simple fact that somebody else just might...
Domain Dispute - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 12:10
Click Fraud and Domainers: Legitimacy of Parked Pages Under Attack Again Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge: Click Fraud, Botnets and Parked Domains - All Inclusive Click Forensics's recent Q2 2008 report indicates that botnets were responsible for over 25% of all click fraud activity they were...
Anticybersquatting - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:30
Click Fraud and Domainers: Legitimacy of Parked Pages Under Attack Again Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge: Click Fraud, Botnets and Parked Domains - All Inclusive Click Forensics's recent Q2 2008 report indicates that botnets were responsible for over 25% of all click fraud activity they were...
Anticybersquatting - Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 9:30
