Create Your Account  |  Log in News headlines WHOIS Valuate Domainers My Choices: Targeted Traffic Award Nominations Here are the choices I sent to Howard, Rick, for the Targeted Traffic awards: DOMAINER OF THE YEAR: DEREK GIORDANO Many may find this as a surprise and I’m sure most are not even familiar with the name. If you are not, I think you should. Derek is one of the individuals in the space who started relatively late but followed a p... Conceptualist - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 10:15 Forbes.com : Flipping for Domains! A nice write up via Forbes.com on domain names. Ron Jackson, Adam Dicker and Jeremiah Johnson of Sedo are included in the article. I think the start of the article is a little misleading as it talks about a teenager, Steven McDonald who purchased QSD.com for $620 last year and flipped it for $12K Two DotWeekly - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 7:32 Bido Delivers: Great Domain Names Coming Your Way (FixedLoans.Com, WirePay.Com, Others) We’re highly excited here at Bido to see quality of listed domains going up. It is thanks to you for submitting those names, for trying something new, for helping to establish a liquidity market in the domain space. 1. WirePay.com (Domainer Developer Review) 2. FixedLoans.com 3. GasCost.com 4. LoanFinance.com (not yet listed) 5... Conceptualist - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 16:15 What to Sponsor T.R.A.F.F.I.C? It’s up for Bidding According to annoucement by the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. orgainzers all sponsorships for future T.R.A.F.F.I.C shows, not including T.R.A.F.F.I.C. DOWNUNDER are going up for bid. The Domains - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 10:25 Breaking: Toyota .ME Mystery Deepens Ad Agencies can spend over a million dollar to pitch an account worth hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue (and billions if they can remain agency of record over time). Now imagine, as I've been trying to convey for years, that agencies would buy domains on spec and build them into a campaign value proposition against ... The Frager factor - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 16:59 How to Create a Successful Web Site For Nothing (or Almost Nothing) The Wall Street Journal and my VIP eLetter this morning are in in sync. The Journal offers this advice to small businesses: Have you got eight hours and $10? Then you can build a Web site for your business. Thanks to competition among Web-hosting providers, and the falling costs of Web storage, it's never been easier to get a Web... The Frager factor - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:38 Moniker.com Annouces Top Names For SES Auction On August 20 at 5:45 pm PST moniker.com will hold an live online auction at the Search Engine Strategies (SES), from the San Jose Convention Center. Here is the Premium names selected by Moniker for this event: Ad.com, CTR.com, Much.com... The Domains - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 13:34 Sondra Wants To Get Sued (.com) Sondra, you are unbelievable. Before you see the the power of someone who who knows how to use Google to ensure your reputation will be such that NO ONE will ever do business with you, or WORSE understand what happens to your assets when the full power of a major corporation legal team sets their sights on you, REMOVE all references ... The Frager factor - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:17 Domain-Inspiring Blog Offers Insights To Acquiring Quality, Low-Cost Hand Registration Domains... Following-up on Fractional Domaining Blog's recent 4-part interview with Scott Griffes, here is my personal review of his informative, domain-inspiring, "must read" TrendDomaining.com Blog for domainers... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In the coming months and years, Scott Griffes is going to help some domainers -- both newbies and experienced -- ... Fractional Domaining - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 15:52 How to start a multi-lingual website? Google has just posted a nice little article on their blog, sharing some simple tips about starting a website in multiple languages. Have you ever thought of creating one or several sites in different languages? Let’s say you want to start a travel site about backpacking in Europe, and you want to offer your content to SHARETHI... DN Blogger - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 21:14 .mobi domains to hit first Expiry Date soon .mobi domain names were launched for the Sunrise period on May 22, 2006 and to the general public on August 28, 2006. When they were launched, their was a 2 year minimum registration period which is just around the corner. I was not a big investor in .mobi’s when they launched, but I did pick up several 3 DotWeekly - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 16:48 Trump Sues Over Name on Website Via PerezHilton: Donald Trump is suing his old attorneys at the firm of Morrison Cohen for $5 million, saying the firm's use of his name on its website and in interviews violated his privacy. Donald's suit claims the attorneys have unjustly made money by using his name and image without his consent "for advertising purposes". His s... The Frager factor - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 21:34 DNS Cache Poisoning: Is Your Domain Income Safe? Via Tia Wood’s blog: I posted a thread a couple weeks ago about a DNS security hole which received no response from domainers. Perhaps I should have explained that it totally disables your ability to earn revenue from affiliates and parking programs, if effected. Oh, and it doesn’t need your consent nor trip any alarms o... Conceptualist - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 19:43 Stupid Press Release of the Week: Blu-RayOutlet.com Nothing screams “trademark infringement” like a press release. Add this one to the bonehead press release of the year department. “Web publisher” James Moore is auctioning off the trademark domain name Blu-RayOutlet.com and told the world about it in a press release. Blu-Ray Disc, of course, is a trademark. A... Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 9:48 Jeff, Michael, Brian: From Russia With Love Jeff, Michael, and Brian are visiting our offices in Russia for a week. I was hoping for more pictures, posting what I got so far. Hopefully before they get back they send some more! Brian at airport Michael at airport Jeff and friends, as always, working hard! Office party Huh? Conceptualist - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 7:50 WirePay.com - Another potentially game changing domain name is being herded through the corral and will soon be stomping its way up the chute over at Bido come Thursday, August 14th @ 1pm (EDT). It's WirePay.com - and I like it. Obviously a domain with strong brandability, and like Pat Dryburgh mentioned in his opinion on Bido, WirePay.com is sho... Domainer Developer - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:40 SnapNames.com “In Auction” format explained The "In Auction" domain names at SnapNames.com can be and are very misleading to bidders but most have no clue about it. If you are looking at "in auction" domain names at Snap Names, one could very well think the Minimum price shown is actually the current high bid. This is not always the case. Just DotWeekly - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 9:48 What’s are Milk Duds? Hershey’s Says It’s Chocolate. Hershey’s wins MilkDuds.com domain name in National Arbitration Forum decision. When you hear the word “Milk Duds”, what comes to mind? Most people probably think of the milk chocolate covered caramel candy. The owner of MilkDuds.com tried to argue that it had a line of clothing called Milk Duds, with milk referrin... Domain Name Wire - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 15:40 Apple Making $1M a Day In iPhone Software In the month since Apple opened an online software clearinghouse called the App Store, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone, Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in an interview tody. While most of those applications were free, Apple sold an average of $1 million a day in applications for a total of The Domains - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 15:28 When I Grow Up (.com) We all had dreams as kids and in our simple little world nothing was impossible. Did you want to help, make, break or invent something? What did you want to be when you grew up and what happened? I ask because, according to Scott Fox author of “Internet Riches: The Simple Money-Making Secrets of Online Millionaires,” nearly half... The Frager factor - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 0:33 Obama iPhone VP VIP (.com): Be the first to know who Barack selects as his running mate. As some of you know Senator Obama is a Grand Names VIP and a member of my Linked-in network. I got an email from Barack's chief strategist this weekend that read: Dear Owen -- "Barack Obama is about to make one of the most important decisions of this campaign -- choosing a running mate. You have helped build this movement from ... The Frager factor - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 8:57 Stay Tuned To “The Insert” For Your Daily Domaining Fix For our personal picks of the best domain industry news, photos, videos everyday, visit DotSauce.net. This mini-blog site is meant to compliment DotSauce Magazine’s articles, tutorials, resources, etc.  Unfortunately, we can’t post everyday, so this is our attempt at keeping things fresh! DotSauce.net allows us to easily... DotSauce Magazine - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 17:35 Getting the ‘Skinny’ on Naming Rights By STUART ELLIOTT Published: August 11, 2008 (NY Times) The St. Paul Saints signed a deal with the Skinny Nutritional Corporation to rename Midway Stadium — its ballpark for all 16 of the team’s seasons — as Skinny Water Stadium. The Frager factor - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 18:4 Yahoo Gaining on Google?? A new study from search-marketing firm Covario,  shows that customers representing more than 120 technology brands at major tech companies such as Adobe, Lenovo and Intel, spent 14.3% of their search advertising budgets on Yahoo in the second quarter of 2008, up from 10.3% for the prior quarter, but still down from 18% a year The Domains - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 15:34 Mumpreneurs Domaining Opportunites ‘Mumpreneurs’ or ‘Mumtrepreneus’ have become quite a phenomenom in the UK in the last few years.  It’s a sector of the economy that apparently contributes £4.4bn per year, ($8.8ish) and rising. Naturally it’s the internet which has enabled women with kids to work from home, setting up a website to... Domaining UK - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:9 Mumpreneurs Domaining Opportunites ‘Mumpreneurs’ or ‘Mumtrepreneus’ have become quite a phenomenom in the UK in the last few years.  It’s a sector of the economy that apparently contributes £4.4bn per year, ($8.8ish) and rising. Naturally it’s the internet which has enabled women with kids to work from home, setting up a website to... Domaining UK - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:9 MLB Scores iPhone Home Run (.com) New iPhone a baseball fan's best friend--Apple partnership brings exclusive application, updates Via AlleyInsider: One of the most impressive parts of Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote: When MLB.com staffers showed off MLB At Bat, their app for the forthcoming Apple (AAPL) iPhone platform. What is it? Live scores, game updates, and most impo... The Frager factor - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 20:16 Forbes.com Readers Love Domains - New Article is #1 on Their Website Today Forbes.com writer Charlie Foster just posted a new article about the domain business and he says it became the top-ranked story on the influential business news website today. DNJournal - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 18:19 Domain-Inspiring Blog Offers Insights To Acquiring Quality, Low-Cost Hand Registration Domains... Following-up on Fractional Domaining Blog's recent 4-part interview with Scott Griffes, here is my personal review of his informative, domain-inspiring, "must read" TrendDomaining.com Blog for domainers... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In the coming months and years, Scott Griffes is going to help some domainers -- both newbies and experienced -- ... Fractional Domaining - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 15:52 Forbes.com Readers Love Domains - New Article is #1 on Their Website Today Forbes.com writer Charlie Foster just posted a new article about the domain business and he says it became the top-ranked story on the influential business news website today. DNJournal - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 18:19 ??.com sold for $21,022 ??.com, Chinese for bank.com just sold on snapnames for $21,022. A bargain for the buyer, and great news for Chinese IDNs especially .com’s which have recently seen a number of decent sale prices. IDN Focus - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 4:52 Domain-Inspiring Blog Offers Insights To Acquiring Quality, Low-Cost Hand Registration Domains... Following-up on Fractional Domaining Blog's recent 4-part interview with Scott Griffes, here is my personal review of his informative, domain-inspiring, "must read" TrendDomaining.com Blog for domainers... ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ In the coming months and years, Scott Griffes is going to help some domainers -- both newbies and experienced -- ... Fractional Domaining - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 15:52 Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision Under the UDRP: What Was The Attorney Thinking? A recent reverse domain hijacking decision in Collective Media, Inc. v. CKV / COLLECTIVEMEDIA.COM is interesting to any lawyer who practices domain dispute law. The law firm bringing the Complaint Lowenstein Sandler PC advertises as a large law firm specializing... Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:54 Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision Under the UDRP: What Was The Attorney Thinking? A recent reverse domain hijacking decision in Collective Media, Inc. v. CKV / COLLECTIVEMEDIA.COM is interesting to any lawyer who practices domain dispute law. The law firm bringing the Complaint Lowenstein Sandler PC advertises as a large law firm specializing... Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:54 Law Firm Loses UDRP Domain Dispute Decision Over Use of Drug TRACLEER K&L Gates : Newsstand : K&L Gates represents pharmaceutical company in precedent-setting WIPO domain name victory On September 10, 2007, a three-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) found in favor of ... Pharmaceuticals, Ltd (“Actelion”), that the... Domain Dispute - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 7:43 Domainer Spends $90k For Trademark Protected Domain Toyota.me It surprises many domain name dispute lawyers that some domainers still purchase domains which are so trademark protected that is is hard to imagine how they might avoid an adverse UDRP transfer. Some domainers simply don't understand trademark law or... Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 8:21 Domainer Spends $90k For Trademark Protected Domain Toyota.me It surprises many domain name dispute lawyers that some domainers still purchase domains which are so trademark protected that is is hard to imagine how they might avoid an adverse UDRP transfer. Some domainers simply don't understand trademark law or... Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 8:21 Law Firm Loses UDRP Domain Dispute Decision Over Use of Drug TRACLEER K&L Gates : Newsstand : K&L Gates represents pharmaceutical company in precedent-setting WIPO domain name victory On September 10, 2007, a three-member panel of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) found in favor of ... Pharmaceuticals, Ltd (“Actelion”), that the... Domain Dispute - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 7:43 ??.com sold for $21,022 ??.com, Chinese for bank.com just sold on snapnames for $21,022. A bargain for the buyer, and great news for Chinese IDNs especially .com’s which have recently seen a number of decent sale prices. IDN Focus - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 5:52 Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision Under the UDRP: What Was The Attorney Thinking? A recent reverse domain hijacking decision in Collective Media, Inc. v. CKV / COLLECTIVEMEDIA.COM is interesting to any lawyer who practices domain dispute law. The law firm bringing the Complaint Lowenstein Sandler PC advertises as a large law firm specializing... Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:54 Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision Under the UDRP: What Was The Attorney Thinking? A recent reverse domain hijacking decision in Collective Media, Inc. v. CKV / COLLECTIVEMEDIA.COM is interesting to any lawyer who practices domain dispute law. The law firm bringing the Complaint Lowenstein Sandler PC advertises as a large law firm specializing... Anticybersquatting - Monday, August 11, 2008 - 14:54 Domaining.com - RSS - Affiliate Program - Advertising - Follow us on Twitter or Facebook or Blog - Contact Us  Domainers.org - A  |  B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z THANKS to DomainTools Whois for helping us promote the domain industry and Estibot.com for domain valuation technology.