 | 10 Things I'd Do if I Were a New Domainer
Here are ten things I’d do if I were just joining the domain name industry.
I’ve been in the domain industry for a decade, so I’m stuck with my legacy portfolio to build from. But if I were just entering the industry, here are 10 things I’d do:
1. Focus on quality, not quantity. It
 | Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 13:7 |
|
|
 | So What is a Click Really Worth?
Last year we entered into a profit sharing partnership with a large online bedding company to brand a few domains to sell bedding products, including LuxuryBedding.com.
Up to that point the domains were parked.
A domain like luxurybedding.com, although highly brandable, does not get a lot of type in traffic and was making lets say $4...
| | The Domains - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 17:9 |
|
|
| What the Economic Meltdown Means for Domain Names
As the Dow drops below 10,000, what is the future for domain names?
Headlines like this one, on CNN.com, are meant to scare you. You need a strong stomach.
A few months ago I had lunch with a business acquaintance who is in his forties. The stock market was continuing its slide and he said
| | Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 10:40 |
|
|
 | Part Two: So What is a Click Really Worth?
With apologies for stealing Mike’s title, I wanted to show another example of the great point he made (and one that many others have also been saying). The main reason why I am developing some of my websites is because I want to generate the most revenue per visitor. I believe there are 4 levels
| | Elliot Silver - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 19:28 |
|
|
 | Calling All Domainers and Web Developers
We have been acquiring great domains related to all aspects of the “domain name” business for almost 10 years.
There is no way we can develop all these domains in to full fledged businesses quickly, so we are inviting other domainers and web developers with a proven track record to help us develop these domains. We are ....
| | DN Blogger - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 21:17 |
|
|
 | Blog Sold For $12.4 Million
Bankrate, Inc. has purchased Bankaholic.com for $12.4 million with up to an additional $2.5 million earn-out payment available if the blog reaches certain performance points in the next 12 months.
The seller, John Wu has been blogging about the banking industry on Bankaholic.com since July of 2006. He started the blog at only 20 yea...
| | DNKitchen - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 21:10 |
|
|
 | The Art of Pricing
No matter how you look at it, in the end we are all salesmen. We sell domains, that is what we do or hope to do. One of the big segment of our business worth mastering is the art of pricing our domains. Especially here in the US, consumers are not used to negotiating for items without
| | Sky Domains - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 12:37 |
|
|
 | What to do with your domains during a recession?
During difficult financial times, taking a hard look at your portfolio is a prudent thing to do. What can you do to recession-proof your portfolio? I already touched on strategies that are recession proof such as targeting the wealthy using premiumization.
Website development
Website development is another way to bolster your portfol...
| | Predictive Domaining - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 21:53 |
|
|
 | Five Strong Domains at Low Prices
I’m offering five strong domain names for sale at low prices. The domains are:
Bilateralism.com - $400. Great price for a one-word dot com! Bilateralism is anything that affects two parties of or groups. It’s most often used to describe political relations or treaties between two countries. This would be an excellent do...
| | Domainer Pro - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 11:24 |
|
|
| Threat Watch: Bank Run on a Domain Registrar?
Threat of a “run on the bank” scenario at domain registrar exists.
In November 2007 I wrote an article “A Run on the (Domain Name) Bank“. I discussed the potential for rumors about a domain registrar’s demise to cause a panic. Domain registrants would transfer their domains out in droves, further deterio...
| | Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 15:2 |
|
|
| Structuring Domain Deals With Long Term Considerations
I’ve heard a lot of mixed views about structuring deals that don’t require 100% payment upfront. Instead, the owner typically receives a payment upon closing and either a profit share or structured payments over time, depending on the success of the company who buys the name. If you can afford to wait to
| | Elliot Silver - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 10:49 |
|
|
 | Xedoc drops $40K on Goodle.com via NameJet.com
NameJet.com cashed in Big Time on Goodle.com which is a typo of Google.com! The auction closed on 10/2 and Xedoc Holdings SA was the high bidder (user name: Demand) for $40,200 USD.
According to Compete.com the domain Goodle.com has a little over 14K monthly visitors.
Alexa.com rank of 159,798. (DotWeekly.com has a better r...
| | DotWeekly - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 11:4 |
|
|
| UPDATE: Max Hardcore is Sentenced
A few months ago we had a post about Max Hardcore (real name Paul F. Little), an adult film producer that was found guilty of multiple obscenity offenses, including charges he transported obscene material over the Internet.
The court handed out its sentence on Friday and Max Hardcore was sentenced to 46 months
| | The Domains - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 12:29 |
|
|
| Opens.com ends for $4,600
The extended auction on Pool.com for Opens.com has just ended for $4,600 USD.
With 2 minutes left in the auction, the first bid in 3 Days came in by "Patent" for $3,100. It appears that NameBulls had bid on the 5th, but that was a "security bid" since I would assume their bid was close to the auction
| | DotWeekly - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 12:14 |
|
|
| Another major "Partnered" domain hits Pending Delete
PYM.com is Pending Delete and will be dropping today. This is the second high profile domain to hit the Pending Delete list in the past week. Opens.com was registered with DomainPeople.com which from my understanding is a SnapNames.com partner.
PYM.com is registered with Directi./PublicDomainRegistry.com and again from my understandi...
| | DotWeekly - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 10:40 |
|
|
 | Oct/06/08 rss.com domain name set for $750,000 USD sale
Torex appoints Sedo to oversee web address sale Sedo, the leading marketplace for buying and selling Internet domain names and websites, has been appointed by Torex Retail Holdings (Torex™) to oversee the sale of rss.com.
With the development of the Internet, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) has emerged as the industry standard ...
| SEDO - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 12:56 |
|
|
 | Domainers - Can you Dance?
Wall Street is down but we still need to enjoy some laughter every day. Sit back, enjoy and laugh at probable one of the funniest videos I’ve seen in a long time.
Ultimate Wedding Dance - Laugh and Enjoy!
©2008 Newfound Names LLC. All Rights Reserved..
| | Newfound Names - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 21:12 |
|
|
 | #15 Roman Abramovich - Forbes.com
#15 Roman Abramovich - Forbes.com Self-made Russian multi-billionaire, Roman Abramovich ranked 15th in Forbes list of high-net-worth individuals- The Worlds's Billionaires. Abramovich owns UK Soccer Club, Chelsea. Related Domain Names Available for Sale by URLBrokers.co.uk LiveSoccer.Tv $2,500 LiveFootball.Tv $2,500 SoccerVideocast...
| | Inside Domaining - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 18:0 |
|
|
 | Bargain (.com)
From adversity comes opportunity. Here are some stocks that are very cheap and will be around long after this crisis:
Ford at $3.50
GM at 8.50
Motorola at $6
Apple at $88
GE at $20
Yahoo at $15
EMC at $10
CBS at $12
| | The Frager factor - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 21:49 |
|
|
| Last Call: Schwartz Bobblehead Auction to Close in One Hour
Just as a reminder the ebay auction of the offical Rick Schwartz Bobblehead is closing this morning at 11:31am EST.
Bidding is currently at $800 and all funds will be contributed to the American Heart Association.
| | The Domains - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 10:26 |
|
|
 | Torex Appoints Sedo To Sell RSS.com
Jason Richards, global vice president, information services, Torex said “Following our review of our digital assets, we’ve concluded that the domain name RSS, while having significant value in the marketplace, is not totally indicative of the Torex product, support and service offerings on a go-forward basis. Rather than ...
| | Domainer Income - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 6:23 |
|
|
| Everyone Gets It (.com) -- Now that means Microsoft too!
As we first reported here months ago, Microsoft is on a roll having recently acquired over 30,000 domain names including this latest call-to-action gem Everybody Gets It (.com) being used in Microsoft Dynamics Banner Ads being seen throughout the web, as part of a new LIVE SEARCH strategy that inlcudes house-ppc-style landing pages a...
| | The Frager factor - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 22:24 |
|
|
 | Registrars can choose which Drop Market
Last week, some of you may have noticed some of Register.com’s domain names in the pre-release section of NameJet. Some thought it was a mistake, others thought perhaps SnapNames lost another register. As it turns out, NameJet gives Register.com the option to list domain names with their pre-release.
Obviously a brilliant move,...
| NameBio - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 10:27 |
|
|
 | .OM Registry Contract Awarded
Qinetics, a registry solution provider in Malaysia, announced on Sunday that they have been awarded the contract to manage the .OM ccTLD for the country of Oman. The entire company press release can be read at the end of the post.
The ccTLD .OM is one of three highly desirable ccTLDs because of the typo traffic
| | Domain Name News - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 4:16 |
|
|
| eBay.com cut's 10% of it�s work force, then buys a couple more sites
eBay.com has announced it will be laying off 10% of it’s work force (1,000) as well as several Hundred temporary workers but then announced it’s buying Bill Me Later for $820 Million. eBay is also buying DBA.dk and Bilbasen.dk for $320 Million.
Both .dk sites are Classifieds style sites.
I wonder how those ...
| | DotWeekly - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 12:23 |
|
|
| Cameroon Offers Second Level .CM Domains
NETCOM.cm SARL, the official registry operator for the Republic of Cameroon has announced the launch of second level CM domain names.
Kids - come and get your .COM.CM, .NET.CM, and .CO.CM.
Applications must be made through an accredited registrar. You can also get some great bedtime reading flicking through the rules and registratio...
| | Domainer Income - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 6:59 |
|
|
| Domain Brokers Blog Launched
Boston, MA, USA/ Manchester, UK- URLBrokers.co.uk, an International domain brokerage firm, recently launched a domain brokers blog- URLBrokers Blog to add synergy along with the most recent launch of HotDnDeals.com. The URL Brokers blog will offer premium domains in a range of niche areas, prices and distinctive keyword styles. The ...
| | Inside Domaining - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 15:1 |
|
|
 | Is Moniker Having Some Software Problems?
I love Moniker. There, I said it. It is one of my favourite registrars both due to the continued quality of service they provide and because they have never lost a customer’s domain name for any reason.
Recently, I have noticed some anomalies while using their website.
I transferred 2 domain names to Godaddy a few weeks ago bu...
| | DnExpert - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 3:9 |
|
|
| .OM Registry Contract Awarded
Qinetics, a registry solution provider in Malaysia, announced on Sunday that they have been awarded the contract to manage as consultants to develop policy and procedures for the .OM ccTLD for the country of Oman. The entire company press release can be read at the end of the post.
The ccTLD .OM is one of three
| | Domain Name News - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 19:22 |
|
|
 | October 2008 Major Registrar Domain Coupon Codes / Discount Codes
Blogging topics have been somewhat dry in the last 3 days, so when I saw this posted over at Namepros, I thought it was a great opportunity to have something fresh up. Here is a list of some compiled domain coupon/discount codes for the month of October 2008. Hopefully someone uses them and saves some
| | fka200 - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 17:46 |
|
|
| ASK.Com Tinkers With Their Search Results Again
Ask.com, rolled out a new product today which they claims improves the speed and relevance of search results.
When Ask.com came out with its “ASK 3D” product in June 2007, which marked the site moved away from the traditional method of showing search results as a long list and instead sorted them into three vertical pane...
| | The Domains - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 10:18 |
|
|
 | Which Country Will Host the Best Domain Conference
Domain Convergence, the first Canadian domain conference of its kind, is currently being held in Niagara Falls, Ontario October 6-8.
Over the years, most domain conferences were in America, in very famous cities. This seems likely to change in the future. Poland just had their very own Meet Domainers conference, which was staged in C...
| | eBusinessDomains - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 18:32 |
|
|
| Keating Economics (.com)
As John McCain questions Barack Obama's patroitism, Barack hits back and wonders about John's "questionable past associations" on KeatingEconomics.com. Will the maverick survive this blow?
| | The Frager factor - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 9:21 |
|
|
 | Fifth MyID.ca DOT CA Auction Starts with A Blast
The Fifth MyID.ca auction is currently underway. The more than 150 .ca domains that are being auctioned are spread among 22 categories and vary in reserve from less than $100 to more than $25,000.
At the top, we find super premium domains such as Lesbian.ca, Single.ca, eJobs.ca, SN.ca, Tulips.ca, Swimsuits.ca, FindAJob.ca, OnlineFil...
| | MyID - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 8:7 |
|
|
| Senate Reform (.com)
FOR SALE--Contact
Senate Reform (.com) speaks directly to the desire for the governmental change and reform that Americans want Washington to deliver.
This is a great traffic-pulling generic domain name for a site where individuals would be invited to submit questions on issues, comment on blogs, cast straw votes, respond ...
| | The Frager factor - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 22:10 |
|
|
| Clarifications on .OM Policies
In an announcement earlier today, Qinetics was awarded the contract to run the .OM registry. DNN contacted the press agent on the matter to follow up with a few question.
Will the registry be opening the registration to a global customer base or will the .OM extension only be available to residents of Oman ?
Will the
| | Domain Name News - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 12:32 |
|
|
 | Domain Owners Association of Canada (DOAC)
DomainReport.ca - I think the recent announcement of a domain owners association for Canadians is worth noting. I haven't seen any details yet, and the website they will be using currently is a parked page, but this could be a good thing for Canadian domainers. In the forums I always see questions from Canadian domainers about taxes,...
| | Dot CA Domains - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 12:19 |
|
|
| Mojave Experiment (.com)
Microsoft's latest call-to-action domain for the new Vista TV campaign. Just don't try to go there on Safari :)
| | The Frager factor - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 23:42 |
|
|
| 78 Expired Domains
I posted a list of 78 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 - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 20:43 |
|
|
| Yahoo-Google Deal on Hold
Ad sharing deal postponed, but deal wouldn’t have immediate effect on domain names anyway.
Over the weekend Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) announced a delay to their planned online advertising sharing agreement to give the U.S. government more time to review the deal.
Although Google and Yahoo provide the bulk o...
| | Domain Name Wire - Monday, October 6, 2008 - 10:50 |
|
|
|
|
