aeiou.com Frequently Asked Questions So after 2 days in business we’ve been inundated with questions and I thought it best to answer them right here on this blog. At least the most frequently asked ones…
If this is the first thing you are reading on aeiou.com, read the post I put in before this one for a general intro.
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Rick Latona - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 18:9
Dark Blue Sea Financials: A Reflection on the Domain Business: And its Not Good Dark Blue Sea a public company, part of our Domain Stock Parking Index, released its financial performance for the quarter ending June 30, 2008 today.
Dark Blue Sea owns fabulous.com.
Their reported financial results I believe is a reflection of the current status of the domain industry and therefore is important to read and underst...
The Domains - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 11:38
Wedding Entertainment (.) com While planning my wedding, I decided to develop WeddingEntertainment.com. Initially, I tried to sell the name “as is” for $12,500, but I couldn’t find a buyer quickly. With my experience planning a wedding, I decided that I would build a site to increase the value of the domain name rather than settling and reducing...
Elliot Silver - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 13:23
Two Reminders that .Com is Still King What a baseball game and radio show remind us about domain names.
Last night I watched the Cardinals play the Phillies on ESPN. Play-by-play announcer Jon Miller mentioned a .tv web site (I think it was MLB.tv) and sidekick Joe Morgan chimed in “dot tv? I didn’t know there was a .tv.”
Then this morning
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 11:46
The Billion-Dollar Domain Babies by E-Commerce-Times: Am I MISSING something? There have been a lot of discussion on domain forums and blogs regarding ICANN’s plan to open up the Internet domain system and let people create any kind of TLD they can think of. Some people said its a good idea to allow all kind of extensions, while majority said its only going to confuse the web SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: ...
DN Blogger - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 20:17
DBS: Domain Parking Continues Downward Spiral Dark Blue Sea reports another drop in domain parking revenue.
Australian domain name company Dark Blue Sea, which runs Fabulous, reported another drop in domain parking revenue in its latest quarterly update. Just two months ago Domain Name Wire wrote about how the company’s parking revenue from its 600,000 domains was down 18%...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 18:5
1&1 (schlund+partner) is up to something I noticed a massive move of domain names between registrars Schlund+Partner to 1+1 Internet AG. 1.4 Million domain names. I checked ICANN accredited registrars and seen 1+1 Internet AG listed in the Internic list, but didn’t see Schlund + Partner in the list?
The registry still shows Schlund+Partner with ove...
DotWeekly - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:19
What Else Is In A Name? Business conditions and strategy constantly evolve. When searching for solutions, think outside the box.
Advertising is everywhere and comes in the least likely formats and places. When considering domain value, forget about the obvious answers (traffic, ppc, adsense etc) but consider how much traffic there is offline that can be mo...
The Frager factor - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 18:48
FirstStep.com: 7 Trademarks and At Auction: Is it a Good Buy The domain firststep.com is currently at auction at NameJet.com.
I have to admitt its a pretty cool name and myself along with 143 other people have a starting bid on it.
The price is currently $2,800 with the auction ending tomorrow.
Doing a quick check I found 7 live trademarks for the term, not counting 2 with a
The Domains - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 16:37
Fabulous and TRAFFIC Down Under Donating All Profits to ICA DomainNameNews has learned that Fabulous.com and TRAFFIC will be announcing later today that they are donating all profits from the forthcoming TRAFFIC Down Under domain conference to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA).
Fabulous seems to be putting together a show with a ton of activities and events for attendees in a beautiful ...
Domain Name News - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 1:29
SnapNames Outage Continues Service has been down since Saturday evening.
Regular users of the SnapNames expired domain marketplace are experiencing their third outage of the past several weeks. The company says it will not return online until tomorrow. The company cites a third part vendor for the outage:
We recognize this is the third outage for
Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 15:6
Large Yahoo Shareholder Wants a Probe of Vote One of Yahoo largest and most critical shareholders, Capital Research Global Investors, said on Monday it had asked for a probe of last week’s shareholder vote which showed strong support for Chief Executive Jerry Yang.
Yang has been under pressure for months over failed negotiations to sell the company to Microsoft and questio...
The Domains - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 21:45
It’s Offical We’re Addicted to E-Mail According to AOL Mail’s fourth annual Email Addiction Survey, 46% of email users said they’re hooked on email (up from just 15% last year) and 51% check their email four or more times a day.
One in five said they check their email more than 10 times a day.
Of those surveyed, 60% said
The Domains - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 16:48
Everybody Loves Shopping (.com) Prime search-rich dotCOM branded shopping DOMAIN NAME For Sale:
A Google trifecta and a perfect tagline for Shopping.com.
Are there three better or more emotional keyword triggers such as "Everybody" "Loves" and "Shopping?"
Here's a specialty concept that cries out for an online model. No one today wants to spend gas searching th...
The Frager factor - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 11:51
Yahoo Publisher Network For UK Publishers Sorry, but if you searched and found this post because you’re wondering when we UK publishers will have a chance of earning on YPN, you’ll still feel let down.
I’m guessing you searched because you needed an alternative to Adsense, since they disabled your account for no reason.
Monetizing domains through developme...
Domaining UK - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:30
D K Y Y (.com) Impressive, rare, multi-purpose dotCOM generic LLLL domain for sale.
Contact ofrager (at) aol or sign up for GRANDNAMES/VIP where the first 100 to sign up will have an advance 48-hour private chance (and a $100 off coupon) to buy names like this for less then $1000 before the site opens!
The Frager factor - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 11:46
Yahoo Publisher Network For UK Publishers Sorry, but if you searched and found this post because you’re wondering when we UK publishers will have a chance of earning on YPN, you’ll still feel let down.
I’m guessing you searched because you needed an alternative to Adsense, since they disabled your account for no reason.
Monetizing domains through developme...
Domaining UK - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:30
131 Expired Domains I sent my newsletter subscribers a list of 131 expired domains today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks that bothered to subscribe to my FREE newsletter. My newsletter is free and you can subscribe at any time though.
If you want to learn
DnExpert - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 6:42
Interview: Jamie Zoch founder of DotWeekly.com and Yofie.com This is a little Q&A for Jamie Zoch founder of DotWeekly.com and Yofie.com, also a great member over at Namepros.com.
1. Could you tell us just a little bit about yourself?
Sure thing! My name is Jamie Zoch, founder of DotWeekly.com and Yofie.com . I started domaining in 2005 and currently own about 550 domain names. I ShareThis...
Scenic Road (.com) For Sale:
Prime generic dotCOM branded entertainment domain. Picture this:
Like Extreme Home Makeover. A car company takes to the road to surprise a needy family with a new car. The site showcases the trip (Bay Area Backroads but seizes the opportunity to promote and sell the car and everything en route, GLOBALLY).
Advertising in ...
The Frager factor - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 17:53
Chunky Pecker (.com) FOR SALE:
Use your imagination on this one.
Contact ofrager (at) aol or sign up for GRANDNAMES/VIP where the first 100 to sign up will have an advance 48-hour private chance (and a $100 off coupon) to buy names like this for less then $1000 before the site opens!
The Frager factor - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 11:44
Is Navigation Catalyst a Typical Domainer? All Domainers are not Cybersquatters. Eric Goldman at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog has a post about the recent ACPA injunction entered against Navigation Catalyst and registrar Basic Fusion. Mr. Golman states that this is the first decisions against a "domainer" which of course...
Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:41
New Solutions Seek to Counter Declining PPC Revenues As PPC revenues continue to sink, solutions to improve domain monetization are springing up from within the domain community. Portfolio Help from Bido.com and a quick and easy domain development plan from AEIOU.com are tackling the problem from different angles.
DNJournal - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 17:31
New Solutions Seek to Counter Declining PPC Revenues As PPC revenues continue to sink, solutions to improve domain monetization are springing up from within the domain community. Portfolio Help from Bido.com and a quick and easy domain development plan from AEIOU.com are tackling the problem from different angles.
DNJournal - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 17:31
Domain Parking Pages to Be Excluded From Google's Advertising Network? The following news story has been posted without confirmation. Even so, how long will it be before Google and Yahoo eliminate certain domains from its network in order to get click fraud under control. At the recent T.R.A.F.F.I.C Conference in...
Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:58
Domain Parking Pages to Be Excluded From Google's Advertising Network? The following news story has been posted without confirmation. Even so, how long will it be before Google and Yahoo eliminate certain domains from its network in order to get click fraud under control. At the recent T.R.A.F.F.I.C Conference in...
Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:58
Is Navigation Catalyst a Typical Domainer? All Domainers are not Cybersquatters. Eric Goldman at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog has a post about the recent ACPA injunction entered against Navigation Catalyst and registrar Basic Fusion. Mr. Golman states that this is the first decisions against a "domainer" which of course...
Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:41
Yahoo Publisher Network For UK Publishers Sorry, but if you searched and found this post because you’re wondering when we UK publishers will have a chance of earning on YPN, you’ll still feel let down.
I’m guessing you searched because you needed an alternative to Adsense, since they disabled your account for no reason.
Monetizing domains through developme...
