 | Investing During Tough Times
During these tough economic times, I am spending a good deal of money investing in my own business (via development) rather than buying new domain names. Although the TRAFFIC auctions were relatively strong and the domain aftermarket continues to show positive signs, I am still finding it more difficult to sell domain names. There ar...
 | Elliot Silver - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 10:38 |
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 | Does Microsoft Want to Buy Your Domain Name?
Here’s a hint that you’re dealing with Microsoft (or another big company).
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has snapped up more generic domain names, this time buying SearchPerks.com from a California man to promote its “search sweepstakes”. In May Microsoft bought Cashback.com, although it hasn’t promoted the d...
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 10:24 |
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| People Are Still Buying Domain Names
Despite economic turmoil, I had one of my biggest sales months ever.
Domain parking revenue is down. The world economy is on the brink. The Dow dropped another 350 points today.
Yet for some reason, I had one of my top three months ever for domain sales in September. Those includes sales at the
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 16:50 |
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 | Offers on domain names, the good, bad and the Odd
What a title that was… but discribes getting domain offers almost to a T!
The Good:
It is Awesome to get an offer on your domain name! It makes you feel good, it tells you are investing in the proper domain(s). If one person is interested in your domain, it is likely Others are as well. It
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 12:22 |
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 | The LLLL.com Phase is Over - Get Over It
Back in February, March, April, and even May, I remember being in this phase where I thought LLLL.com’s were the best domains in the world and they would be worth thousands one day. Finally, in early May, I snapped out of it as I saw the decreasing price and crash of the LLLL.com market. That’s
| | DNUnderground - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 21:59 |
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 | Results From NamePros Auction 10/2
Tonight was a great auction, some really good domain names sold.
Below are just a few of the better domain names and the sold prices.
Coru.com $950
NamesSold.com $85
5J0.com $250
Consummate.com $800
Controversy.com $3650
SimplyRSS.com & RSS Creator $115
DNPB.com $305
DualStroller.com $39
9U.net $1372
YiYY.com $275
TrainTalk.com $...
| | DNKitchen - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 20:33 |
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 | BANs and Other Scripty Things
Driving traffic to your web site or domain is one of the more tricky and time-consuming elements of any online marketing strategy. Many domainers and marketers jumped on the bandwagon of BANS - "Build a Niche Store", which essentially builds a site based on a particular niche, by scraping content from sites like eBay. For example, sa...
| David Carter - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 10:51 |
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| Pool went swimming and grabbed Opens.com
Not that often do domain names like Opens.com hit the Pending Delete list. I watch the Pending Delete list, but not nearly as much as I use to.
Pool.com also grabbed Shoppers.com in early February of 2008 from the Pending Delete drop and that grabbed $166,000 at it’s PD expired auction. So Pool.com appears to be Stomp...
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 16:14 |
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| Hitfarm to Release Domain Parking Index
Index will provide greater transparency.
Domain parking company Hitfarm will soon release the Reinvent Index, an index to track the parking performance of domains.
The Reinvent Index will track the results of 200 categorized domains owned by the company’s parent Reinvent Technology. This will help domainers understand the ups ...
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 14:35 |
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| New Domain Name Aftermarket Launches
PremierDomains.com launches. Is there room for more domain aftermarkets?
It seems like new domain name aftermarkets pop up every month. Most of them are just copycat sites with features similar to Afternic and Sedo . They don’t gain traction and linger in aftermarket wasteland.
One new site caught my eye today
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 12:41 |
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 | Traffic Down Under Is Only 45 Days Away
Our friends at Fabulous are working on the new Traffic show, Traffic Down Under. The projections I hear are over 250 attendees. As .Com.Au is a hot domain extension these days (the Australian government recently made some chances to the .AU registry) I expect many local businesses to attend as well.
Unfortunately I may not be able t...
| | Conceptualist - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 19:20 |
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 | Who wants to be Domain Name Blogger?
I guess we have a perfect generic domain in our portfolio that can be used nicely by other aspiring domain name bloggers.
The domain name is:
DomainNameBlogger.com i.e. Domain Name Blogger
I would like to see this domain used by a domainer who is passionate about sharing his knowledge for the benefit of the domain industry.
We wil...
| | DN Blogger - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 20:4 |
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 | NamePros Auctions Keep getting better
Although NamePros uses a Chat Window as their auction interface, they have truely done a nice job bringing in better quality domain names and even buyers to spend on them. This auction seems to be about every 2 weeks and is a charge by listing format. The fee is based on NamePros dollars, which is
| NameBio - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 12:11 |
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 | Convert GoDaddy UPPERCASE Domains to lowercase
Like many domainers, I keep my domain names organized in an Excel spreadsheet. Also like many domainers I buy and keep some domains at Godaddy. For some unknown reason, GoDaddy thinks domains should be all CAPITALIZED. Whether you download your GoDaddy inventory in a spreadsheet, or cut and paste from an order confirmation email - th...
| | SellingMy.com - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 13:42 |
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 | Google Inc. Announces $4.4-Trillion Initiative to Save the Planet
Via:
Internet-search behemoth Google Inc. (GOOG: sentiment, chart, options) late Wednesday unveiled its plans to save the Earth. The company's philanthropic division, Google.org, has invested $45 million year-to-date in alternative-energy firms, but the new initiative would wean the U.S. off of fossil fuels by 2030 to the tune of $4....
| | The Frager factor - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 14:53 |
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| NamePros.com Live Domain Name auction today! 6PM EDT
The TRAFFIC auctions have come to a close and people are getting the itch for some more Live Domain Auction excitement. NamePros.com is ready to feed your need!
The NP auction is unique and is run in a chat room by moderators. All domain names are listed by NP members and Lots of good deals are
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 7:39 |
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 | The Wall St. Bailout Effect
The word “bailout” has got to be one of the most popular words in the press, globally, in the past few weeks.
The 700 billion dollar Wall St. bailout has been the hottest topic for newspapers, online news media, TV News channels and even talk shows.
Here are some of the news headlines with the word “Bailout”
| | eBusinessDomains - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 10:29 |
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| Naming Names
Marketing Nomenclature, and the Naming of Names by Naseem Javed
"a rose by any other name may be hard to find on the web, and would not smell so sweet"
Getting the name right for your new product, company or service is a difficult process. The cost of getting things wrong is unbelievably high. Pulling a national ad campaign when yo...
| | The Frager factor - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 20:26 |
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 | Build Website Traffic With A Press Release
According to Wikipedia, a news release, media release, press release or press statement is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something claimed as having news value. A press release allows you to drive almost instant traffic to your website. A well worded press r...
| | DnExpert - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 5:45 |
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 | PremierDomains.com Partners With AfternicDLS
PremierDomains.com Selects NameMedia’s AfternicDLS Domain Sales Platform as Supplier of Premium Domain Names
WALTHAM, MASS - October 2, 2008-NameMedia today announced a strategic domain marketing agreement with the newly launched Internet domain marketplace, PremierDomains.com
Under the terms of the agreement, NameMedia...
| Afternic DLS - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 9:49 |
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| 57 Expired Domains
I posted a list of 57 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum.
Forum registration is absolutely free - you can register here to have access to all past and future free lists.
If you want to...
| | DnExpert - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 17:14 |
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 | GoDaddy's Extra Cent
Now this doesn’t bother me particularly, but I noticed that when registering a few domains yesterday, (October 1), I paid an extra cent for them.
$7.49 using a coupon code plus $0.20 Icann fee = $7.69, Godaddy rounded it up to $7.70.
I know I should be buying in sterling, being British, (old habits and all
| | Domaining UK - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 7:22 |
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| NamePros Live Auction Tonight
Every two weeks NamePros.com holds a live two hour auction. The time has come for another auction, check it out tonight at 6pm est. From the looks of it, it is not too late to add a domain to the auction. Go to NamePros.com, at the top right of the forum you will see live auction.
| | DNKitchen - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 14:6 |
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| EeeLaptop.com Domain for sale
This is an ex-blog domain of mine with PR 2 and parking revenue. It was a blog about the now popular Eee PC by Asus, I bought it 3 or 4 months before the machine went to market and it’s popularity has grown in that time.
Google very helpfully accused me of invalid clicks, (someone else
| | Domaining UK - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 6:46 |
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 | wcbstv.com - NYC Set To Unveil First Subway Car Wrapped In Ads
wcbstv.com - NYC Set To Unveil First Subway Car Wrapped In Ads Catchy, memorable, keyword domain names embedded in subway ads for high percentage recall rates?Geo-domain name for sale: NYCWebcast.USOffered by URLBrokers.co.uk
| | Inside Domaining - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 1:7 |
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| .ME Now Available for Single-Year Registrations
As of today, the .ME Registry has reduced the minimum requirement for a .ME domain name registration to a single year. This means customers can secure the most popular new domain extension ever with just a one-year commitment, instead of two.
The .ME domain extension was introduced in April and exploded in popularity almost immediate...
| | DnExpert - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 23:9 |
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 | MyID .ca domain auction list
DomainReport.ca - I haven't posted much lately due to a busy work schedule, plus the fact it was a slow September in the .ca domain world. But now there is something big to post about. The MyID .ca auction starts in about an hour, and the list of domains in the auction has been posted (see below). To visit the MyID auction site, clic...
| | Dot CA Domains - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 19:54 |
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| Canadian Domainer Association Launches
New association to further interests of Canadian domainers.
A new domainer association is launching at the Domain Convergence conference in Niagara Falls next week.
Domain Owners Association of Canada (DOAC) aims to protect and increase the value of its members’
domain names. Peter Maxymych, President of Emall.ca, is founding the or...
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 17:0 |
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| AT&T Launches Online Experience Store - MarketWatch
AT&T Launches Online Experience Store - MarketWatch "With the 3-D presentation, interactive tutorials and life-size device demonstrations offered in the Online Experience Store, customers can have an in-store experience whenever they choose from anywhere there's a broadband connection." - MarketWatch.com
| | Inside Domaining - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 19:38 |
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| Vermont Bargain Vacation (.com) (and plural) ARE Today's Bargain on Grand Names
Plus.... October's FREE domain: " Best Political Team on Television (.com)" .... will be awarded FREE to October's biggest spender (min $2000). Also featured in the BIG SPENDER promotion:
Take 35% off all house names TODAY only- do not use paypal. eMail me the ones you'd like.
Other specials- Your first Premium Marketing Campaign j...
| | The Frager factor - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 8:24 |
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 | New Association for Canadian Domainers
A new association is being launched to help Canadians domainers protect their investments and increase the value of their domain names.
The Domain Owners Association of Canada will have its inaugural meeting at the Domain Convergence conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on October 7. The association is primarily focused on giving a ...
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 18:30 |
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| Want Your Logo And Domain Launched Into Space?
As little boys and girls most of us have to admit that one of our fantasies was to at one point or another become an astronaut and go into space.
IntoSpace.org is trying to bring that particular fantasy of ours to life for as little as $2.
This project is about compiling a catalog of photos and logotypes to be sent into outer space a...
| | DnExpert - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 7:50 |
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 | ICANN Seeks Interest in IDN ccTLD Fast-Track Process
The IDNC WG recommended that as part of the implementation plan of the IDN ccTLD “fast-track” process a request for information (RFI) is sent out to all territories to gain an understanding of the interest of individual territories to participate in the Fast Track process. Participation in the RFI is not be mandatory to b...
| | IDN News - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 16:39 |
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 | Live Auction at NamePros.com
I would just like to quickly announce that tonight at 6pm EDT the NamePros.com Live auction will take place!
I just checked out the queue and there are some gems to be had this evening, including a 2 character .net (9U.net), an amazing dictionary word (Controversy.com), some investment quality 4 letter .coms including (Coru.com, Fafu...
| | DomainBash.com - Thursday, October 2, 2008 - 15:22 |
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