Quickest domain interest ever I had purchased several domain names on TDNAM.com recently and they have been slowly showing up in my account the past couple days.
Today around 3:30pm CT I got a phone call about a domain that I own. This wasn’t that odd to get the phone call of interest, it was just the timing of the
DotWeekly - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 20:6
Bidding Starts NOW!!!!! We've done one more thing to change the way domain auctions should be run. Our main competitor throws names that don't sell into an online bidding system and runs them for another week. We are starting the online bidding a week before the live auction. You can sign up now and start bidding! The auctions
Rick Latona - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 15:0
Will This Domain Downturn be Different from the Last? Hard economic times may suppress domain prices, but how good is the buying opportunity?
I’m generally bullish on the domain name market. And I’m excited about the possibility of buying domains cheaper tomorrow than they were a year ago due to the dismal economy.
But there’s a flipside to this story that domain name...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 17:32
AIG Parallels to Biggest Domain Investors AIG survived a close call when the federal government agreed to give them an $85 billion loan in exchange for equity. As I understand it, this will allow AIG the opportunity to find buyers for some of its assets rather than force them to sell for rock bottom prices in a fire sale. Because of
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 17:58
Hand Regging Domains Tips I think we have all seen the crappy regs people come up with. Most of us are even victims of crappy regs. Not gonna lie i have had my fair share of crap in my portfolio. I am going to list some tips on what to look for and ask yourself when you go to
YGrab - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 13:55
An exipred domain name story I wanted to have a little fun with this. These are $5 BIN domain names at TDNAM.com . I am shooting from the hip and writing a little story using the expired domain names as I find them. Here we gooooooo….
I was sitting around the house looking out the window through the MiniPines.com . I
DotWeekly - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 9:26
Rick Latona TRAFFIC Auction to Start Today Rick Latona will begin accepting bids for his TRAFFIC auction today at 3pm EST, a week ahead of the TRAFFIC show. Full details will be revealed by Rick at 3pm today, but the final inventory list can now be viewed on RickLatona.com.
Some of my personal favorites include:
BroadwayShows.com
GolfClubs.com
ComputerBatteries.com
CountryCl...
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 12:3
More proof NOT to use Free Email for our domain names Hackers break into Sarah Palin’s e-mail account! With access to the email account, domain account passwords can be reset, domains moved, DNS changed etc. This wasn’t the case here (that we know of yet) but just further proof not to use these kinds of emails on your accounts.
I have said this time and time again….
DotWeekly - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 21:56
New Study: May be Tens of Thousand of New Extensions According to this latest study by ABC Namebank, entitled “The New-Name-Economy & 2010 Cyber Branding Strategies” there are already some 18,700 companies in the world today that will apply for their own gTLD.
Based on their huge budgets the suggested fee of 100K to 500K is easily affordable. Already, most big companies...
The Domains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 12:0
Has the Economy Fundamentally Changed , Part 3 In June we first published a post entitled “Has the Economy Fundamentally Changed?”
In July we published part 2.
While some agreed, many thought the economy have not fundamentally changed.
I wonder what your thoughts are now.
Beside the Dow Jones down almost 900 points this week, the NASAQ hitting a 2 year low, there are...
The Domains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 20:15
Six Reasons to Start an eBusiness Real world businesses take a lot of time and effort to get going, and most of all can be really expensive. An eBusiness on the other hand can be much less expensive and more rewarding. Here are 5 reasons in which it can be beneficial to start an eBusiness.
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eBusinessDomains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 19:25
TRAFFIC Comes to New York in Perilous Times TRAFFIC hits New York next week during a rough time for the city.
New York City is the center of the financial universe, and life isn’t grand right now. This September has been very rough for the financial markets and firms headquartered just across the Brooklyn Bridge from the Marriott where TRAFFIC will take place.
What
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 14:27
Four Trillion Dollar Losses On US Stockmarket. Time To Invest In Domain Names? It’s very hard to take in the collapse of such a huge number of financial institutions in the past year, and in the past few days especially. The New York Times sports an interactive graphic up on its site that pretty much describes the situation in detail. According to the graphic $4 trillion has been wiped off the total marke...
DnExpert - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 4:34
Recession, What Recession: Art Auction Nets a Record $198 Million A two day's art auction of British artist Damien Hirst grossed $198 million
Sotheby's said the sale smashed the former record for an auction by a single artist, the $20 million record set in 1993 for 88 works by Pablo Picasso.
Over 600 prospective buyers packed the showroom for each of the three auction sessions. Others around
The Domains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 1:39
Why do you buy domains? Just a simple question. Why do you buy domains? Some may simply answer, because i see the values of domains rising, some may answer, because i want to develop a project under this domain.
Domain names are a great investment, but i doubt they are a great speculation object! How come? I blogged about a smart
NameWise - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 11:32
Moniker TRAFFIC Auction: How Much Will It Gross? We ran our poll question for several weeks and your votes have been counted.
With just under 100 voters, 25 of you think the auction will do less than $1M, 41 think it will do between $1,000,00-$5,000,000 and 13 think it will do over $10 Million, with the rest between $5M-$10M.
For the next seveal days we
The Domains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 12:15
Do partner auction domains slip through cracks? Most domain investors know that nearly all auction services have some kind of tie in with a domain registrar. These partnerships allow the domain names that expired with that registrar to only be listed with the partnered auction service for resale.
So Godaddy.com/WildWestDomains.com/BlueRazor.com domain names ALL should run through ...
DotWeekly - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 17:9
Nike and Wells Fargo Join CADNA Companies join associations representing trademark interests.
Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse, an organization of mostly Fortune 500 companies, announced today that it has two new members and is concerned about changes at ICANN.
Nike (NYSE: NKE) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) have joined the organization. These companies are no str...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 20:42
Afternic Auction Picks 9/17/08 Each week we are now posting a small sample of expiring domains to give you a taste of what’s available in Afternic Auctions. Most of the names posted won’t have preorders yet, so if you are interested be sure to place a preorder soon to secure your chance at picking up the names below.
Domain
Auction Begins
BBAW.co...
Afternic DLS - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 16:52
Code Of Ethics In many ways the domain name industry is still the wild west. We have:
Trademark infringement
Cash for comment
Advertising sponsorship on forums and blogs
Conferences, drinks, corporate schmoozing..
With the various information sources available such as blogs, forums, review sites, how do you know that what your reading is accurate...
Domainer Income - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 7:45
Rick Latona Auction Bidding Starts at 3pm The auction list for Rick Latona TRAFFIC auction will start at 3pm today.
Here is the list:
Wines.net
BroadwayShows.com
GolfClubs.com
CR.com
423.com
PublicAuctions.com
Drugs.net
Chew.com
ND.net
GD.net
Sugarless.com
SecurityAlarms.com
Microbrewers.com
Monopolies.com
LotteryNumbers.com
PreOwnedJets.com
HighFidelity.com
GolfClubRepair....
The Domains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 14:59
Domainer Comic Strip #6 It is that time of the week again so lets see the funny stuff…
Click on the image to enlarge.
Submit a suggestion for my next comic strip to win a free newly registered domain name of your choice with GoDaddy. Thank you to DebacleX at NamePros for this idea. This is now his second time
ChefPatrick.com - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 12:1
Dark Blue Sea links I've had a number of people ask me for additional information on Dark Blue Sea (DBS (components/com_mambowiki/index.php/Fabulous)). I personally use Etrade for all of my share trading (basically buy and hold) but there is a lot of information on the Internet on publically listed stock.
Here are a few links...
Michael Gilmour - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 11:45
Sep/17/08 Domain Jargon Buster! New to Domains? Baffled by all the terminology? Look no further... Domain investment can be a very lucrative and exciting adventure - but for those just starting out in the world of domain registrars and registries, cTLDs and gTLDs, primary and secondary markets, it can be baffling! We\'ve compiled some of the most frequently used te...
SEDO - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 13:47
Instant Democracy, Internet Style From idea to domain to publishing.
The race for the White House is in the home stretch. So far the media and campaigns have focused mainly on petty things like “lipstick on a pig” and who’s wearing a flag pin. Perhaps they’re just trying to avoid answering the truly difficult questions.
In a fit of
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 17:22
BBC Reports on Bank Merger Cybersquatters The BBC is reporting on cybersqatters grabbing Domain names corresponding to recent bank mergers are that are already “being hoarded and sold online.”
Domain names for the merged Bank of America/Merrill Lynch as well as for Lloyds TSB/HBOS have been snapped up.
In one case, the domain name has already been listed on eBay,...
The Domains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 15:50
DairyMilk.org :: Exclusive Premium Domain Deals As often as twice a week, eBusinessDomains.com offers some exclusive deals to its clients, blog readers, and newsletter subscribers.
These deals include domains that are worth as much as $5,000 on the open market, for as low as $60.
Domain investors will therefore earn instant equity, as they can then resell the domains for higher pr...
eBusinessDomains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 9:54
Typewriters, baby, typewriters (.com) Imagine for a minute that attending the Republican convention in St. Paul, sitting in a skybox overlooking the convention floor, were observers from Russia, Iran and Venezuela. And imagine for a minute what these observers would have been doing when Rudy Giuliani led the delegates in a chant of “drill, baby, drill!”
I’ll tell you w...
The Frager factor - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 0:51
Fabulous Wedding (.com) Are you getting your share of the $70 billion spent every year between April and September to give each bride the Fabulous Wedding of her dreams? If not, here’s the perfect name for staking out your place in the world of weddings.
We see this as a fabulous name for a weddings blog or an event planner showcase for gowns, photographer...
The Frager factor - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 16:15
How To Transfer A Domain Name A domain name transfer refers to a change of ownership of a domain name or change of registrar where said domain name is registered. Some of the reasons to transfer a domain are:
1. You have just sold or purchased that domain.
2. You are dissatisfied with your current registrar.
3. You need to renew a domain.
Sometimes it is cheaper...
NamesAtWork - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 15:59
Register.com Poll: McCain Better for the Economy Register.com announced the results of an Opinion Poll of small business customers
The results were:
54% of small businesses believe that Senator John McCain is better prepared to manage the overall economy vs. 36% of respondents that believe the same about Senator
The Domains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 1:33
Photographs.org in auction at Sedo Photographs.org is on auction at Sedo for another 3 hours. The current bid is $5,000 USD, 13 bidders have participated in the auction so far. While the reserve has not yet been meet, the owner mentioned in a phone call that the domain “is priced to sell“.
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Domain Name News - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 11:5
64 Expired Domains I sent my newsletter subscribers a list of 73 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 using the form in the top right corner.
If you want to learn more about do...
DnExpert - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 14:43
Hello Domainiacs This is the beginning of a new frontier in the domain blogosphere. Once you get over the numerous typographical errors that will characterise my blog, you will be in for a one and one frank talk of the domain industry
Sky Domains - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 21:26
Domain Names, development and General financial trends Oh no! Yet another Domaining blog hits the Net.
Yes, I’m aftraid it’s true. This is the first post in what I’m hoping will be a longlasting commentry on the Domain Industry, Development, SEO and general financial trends.
Now I’m sure you’re thinking - Why? What possible value can another blog give me?
We...
Name Cake - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 16:40
Half-Million Dollar Sale, ccTLDs and GeoDomains Headline DN Journal's Weekly Sales Report The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We saw a 2-letter .com change hands for $500,000 in one of the year’s 10 biggest sales as well as a country code deal that ranks as the year's 6th biggest ccTLD sale, GeoDomains also had a strong presence on the Top 20 chart.
DNJournal - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 0:58
Half-Million Dollar Sale, ccTLDs and GeoDomains Headline DN Journal's Weekly Sales Report The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We saw a 2-letter .com change hands for $500,000 in one of the year’s 10 biggest sales as well as a country code deal that ranks as the year's 6th biggest ccTLD sale, GeoDomains also had a strong presence on the Top 20 chart.
DNJournal - Wednesday, September 17, 2008 - 0:58
Hand Regging Domains Tips I think we have all seen the crappy regs people come up with. Most of us are even victims of crappy regs. Not gonna lie i have had my fair share of crap in my portfolio. I am going to list some tips on what to look for and ask yourself when you go to
