Pay Attention: Domains are Selling for Cheap Recent sales at Sedo show that you should pay attention as deals abound.
If you haven’t been watching domain auctions lately, you might be missing out on some great values.
Consider these Sedo/GreatDomains sales completed over the past week: Fifties.com for $5,099 and
BananaSplit.com $3,100. Now these aren’t the world...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:35
Part 8 - domain values increase Over the past few weeks I've been going through my thoughts on a really important chart that I developed for a conference over 12 months ago. It was during this time that I was observing domain prices that were largely underpinned by the industry itself and in particular a select...
Michael Gilmour - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 11:45
The Domain Game - It Is The Customer, Stupid On the economy, Barack Obama says that John McCain ?does not get it?, while on foreign policy issues, John McCain says that Barack ?does not understand?.
Forget about American politics for a minute, and let?s examine the name game, AKA the domain industry/aftermarket. Do we really understand the potential of the domain name industry?...
eBusinessDomains - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 22:41
Are You Leaving PPC Money on the Table? If your domain names are generating revenue from PPC, it’s important to check your keywords and landing pages somewhat frequently to make sure they are optimized, showing relavant advertisements and the images are related to the subject. This might be cumbersome for some portfolio domain owners, but you can’t expect peopl...
Elliot Silver - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 13:23
Great Buying Opportunity! Further reductions on Premium Names We have reduced a selection of our domains prices to the fire sale level. These prices are only good for two weeks from today. It's unlikely you will find prices like these anywhere else on the web.
Name Cake - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 8:13
Lets.com Sells for $31,500 on NameJet.com The domain name, Lets.com sold today for $31,500 on NameJet after 209 bids from 152 different bidders.
Nice domain.
Congrats to the buyer
The Domains - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 17:54
Domaining.com Launching Expiring Domain Liquidation Service Popular site offers way to liquidate domain names you no longer want.
Last month I wrote about how I was trimming some unwanted domain names from my portfolio. A couple people emailed to ask which domains so they could buy them from me cheap. That’s great, but also an inefficient process.
Popular domain blog aggregation
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 15:45
New Top Level Domain Names: Challenges and Opportunities A look at the coming launch of new top level domain names and what it means for trademark holders, domainers, and the internet community.
The overview of the new TLD (top level domain) process below is based on my research and a discussion last week with ICANN’s gTLD Program Director Karla Valente. Opinions are my
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 12:46
Fleeing U.S. Registrars? Not so Fast. Kentucky ruling brings up old debate about switching to offshore registrars.
A blog post over at Wall Street Journal today titled “Online Businesses Subject to Local Laws…Everywhere” discusses the Kentucky gambling domain seizure. It mentions that the businesses who have had domains seized don’t have any presence in...
Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 16:51
Preserving website value Buying a domain with a website can often be a great investment. There are many domains that are poorly developed but indexed by search engines and available for purchase. The advantages of a search engine indexed website are easily lost upon transfer of ownership. Here are some ways you can preserve those advantages.
The website purc...
Predictive Domaining - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 17:11
AfterMarket.com to Hold the Premier Domain Auction for TRAFFIC Downunder Thought Convergence announced that Aftermarket.com has been designated as the premier auction house for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Queensland, Australia. This simultaneous in-person and online auction will commence on November 20, 2008, beginning at 8:30 AM AEST UTC/GMT +10 hours (Nov 19, 2008, 2:30 PM PST)...
The Domains - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 23:46
ICANN: Registrar Wharehousing Should Be Addressed As you will recall back in July ICANN called for comments on the revision of its contracts with ICANN accredited registrars.
We lobbied on this board, that it was an opportunity for domainers to protest the practice whereby registrars hold on to the expired domains of their own customers and keep whatever they want without allowing
The Frager factor - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 0:38
dotMOBI Can't Squash Big Dreams Karen J. Bernstein: mTLD's efforts to secure federal US trademark rights and possess the full power to bring opposition proceedings and/or sue for damages any third party using "MOBI" to the left of the dot is not only wrong -- since an Internet registry should not be able to even apply for a trademark registration as it is appointed...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 19:18
Advertising the Human Resources Way! A lot of domain-bloggers will talk about how to advertise your site over the internet, and the best ways to do it. I have seen very few talk about how you can also advertise your site NOT through the internet, but actually through people/humans. I wouldn’t hesitate to say that I personally feel that internet
DNUnderground - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 18:4
Yahoo Reports 51% Drop in Profit; Plans to Cut At Least 10% Of Work Force Yahoo reported earnings after the close of the Stock Market today.
Yahoo reported revenue of $1.79 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30, an increase of 1% from the $1.77 billion in the same quarter one year ago
Yahoo reported net income of $54 million, or 4 cents per share, a decline of 51% from a year
The Domains - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 17:53
From Big Duh to Genius Widget- Hyundai's Road To The Province of "We Get It" We took Hyundai and their agency to task for their moronic TV campaign and wasteful spending on advertising without the right call-to-action domain to extend and pay it off.
In times such as these, making car ads -- and reviewing them -- is an academic exercise. So let's look not at the multizillion-dollar TV campaign but focus inst...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 19:36
American Air Sues Yahoo for Trademark Infringement American Airlines is suing Yahoo for trademark infringement, a case similar to one that the nation’s largest airline settled this summer against Google Inc.
The airline complains that when computer users enter American’s trademark terms such as AAdvantage, the name of its frequent-flier program, in a search they can be di...
The Domains - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 16:11
Yes to Carrots (.com) Most domainers think a "brandable" domain is something like WOZZLE, MOZI, OR FUKEE. But to the holders of the world's largest CPG budgets for domains, a brandable is the total image including many offline factors such as packaging, shelf-pop in a crowded store, and a keyword that personifies a competitive advantage. An in the case of...
The Frager factor - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 14:45
Godaddy $2.19 .Com Coupon Leaked You may have got in on the action a few days ago when a Godaddy $.99 coupon was leaked for a few hours - but if you didn’t - you have another chance.
A member of the DNXpert forum has just come up with a great piece of news - you can use a new coupon code to get a .com for $2.19. Thanks n3o of fyu.in!
It’s limited to one ...
DnExpert - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 4:21
Harvard Professor Says Google is Profitting From Typo Squatting Benjamin Edelman, an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School, has continued his quest against Google for profiting from “millions” of typo-squatting websites through Adsense advertisements.
Edelman - who is serving as the co-counsel in the Vulcan Golf, et al., v. Google et al.; trademark-holder class-action lit...
Domain Name News - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 8:58
50 Expired Domains I posted a list of 50 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 - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 20:40
$6.99 Transfers At Namecheap I just wanted to let you know about a few really good discount coupons that have come my way:
Namecheap
For the next 72 hours only, transfer most domains for just $6.99 with coupon code: TRANSCHEAP.
For the next 48 hrs get $8.88 Renewals and Registrations with coupon code: OCTNEWS.
Godaddy
$7.39 .com registrations with the coupon ...
Domainer Income - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 16:33
My father, the artist… I am often referred to as a domain name industry sherpa. I am blessed in that my father is a very talented and spirtiual person who is very creative. He is the sherpa to a sherpa, so to speak. A local feature was done on him recently. Dad, you’re my compas. Keep painting… No
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Jothan Frakes - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 14:50
My father, the artist… I am often referred to as a domain name industry sherpa. I am blessed in that my father is a very talented and spirtiual person who is very creative. He is the sherpa to a sherpa, so to speak. A local feature was done on him recently. Dad, you’re my compas. Keep painting… No
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Jothan Frakes - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 14:50
My father, the artist… I am often referred to as a domain name industry sherpa. I am blessed in that my father is a very talented and spirtiual person who is very creative. He is the sherpa to a sherpa, so to speak. A local feature was done on him recently. Dad, you’re my compas. Keep painting… No
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