 | Domain Names The invisible industry. And how we are slowly killing it off!
The domain industry is virtually unknown by the majority of people out there.
I had some drinks with my friends the other day and they started asking questions on what it was I'm spending a lot of my spare time on nowadays. I started to explain about buying and selling domain names
 | Name Cake - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 5:23 |
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 | Looking into a NameJet.com auction bidding
I was looking at some recent auctions that ended at NameJet.com. What the domains ended for, who was the bidder, what are they doing with the domain now etc.. You mean you don’t do that?
So anyway, this just happened to catch my eye and made me think… That doesn’t look right!
Now, I understand
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 17:5 |
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 | Back to Domains - Real Estate VS Domaining Part I
Some years ago I started examining the real estate markets. It was then the safest method of securing growth and Returns On Investments. The markets were booming, and you could sit back, hardly do anything and receive as much as 15% return in a year.
A property worth Ł250,000 ($500,000) would gain as much as Ł37,500
| | eBusinessDomains - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 0:49 |
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 | UPDATE 1 On Startups.com: Domain Sells for $500K
The Washington Post is reporting that the domain Startups.com, that we reported on earlier today as being sold to KillerStartups.com, sold for $500,000.
According to the reporter for the Post he spoke to CEO of Killerstartups.com who told him he acquired the domain for “mid six figures”.
The Post went ahead to assume that...
| | The Domains - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 19:19 |
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 | Escrow Services Reviewed
I had a chance to use EscrowDNS for a transaction this past week, and since I’ve used Escrow.com and Moniker escrow services before, I thought I would compare these three escrow services. Aside from a registrar relationship with Moniker, I am not personally connected to any of the companies, so this is as unbiased as
| | Elliot Silver - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 13:20 |
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| Has Joe Become A Domainer?
Joe The Plumber is now monetizing his website with Google and banner ads. It also appears as if the plumber has gone into the t-shirt business. He might just earn enough to pass the $250,000 benchmark.
Monetization of the site is indeed a sensible move as Joe is still enjoying a surge in traffic to his
| | eBusinessDomains - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 22:5 |
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| Bob Parsons does it again! 5 ways to get free traffic to your site
I always get a kick out of watching Bob Parsons video blog and have Really thought about changing my blog to a video blog! I do not hold any editing skills, nor have the equipment to do it, so that’s what’s holding me back!
Bob’s blog (BobParsons.tv) clearly has people "spice up" his posts and he
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 13:3 |
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 | NamePros Auction Results 10/30
Another great NamePros Auction!!! There were two sleepers in this auction that did very well, CigaretteForum.com and WhitefishLake.com.
Below are some of the results from tonights auction and their sold prices:
CigaretteForum.com $450
WhitefishLake.com $500
MyDrops.com $31
BannerGenius.com $15
AdjustableHomeLoans.com...
| | ChefPatrick.com - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 20:36 |
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| Expiring Domain - Drop It Like Its Hot
We will not be renewing a few domains as their annual renewals become due over the next few months.
We have been busy spring-cleaning our domain portfolio over the past few months, and it will take a few more months to have the cleaner and meaner portfolio that we desire to work with.
There is nothing wrong
| | eBusinessDomains - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 22:43 |
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 | ePoker.com, VAX.com, Detectives.net and more
SnapNames always has a wealth of good names in auction and the current inventory list is no different. Many of the domains below already have multiple bidders while some are private sales at very reasonable reserves.
rmx.com
vax.com
tro.com
Detectives.net
avn.org
AtlantaMortgages.com
EventSecurity.com
PerfectSoulmates.com
epoker.com
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| | Newfound Names - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 22:18 |
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| No Domainer Is An Island
It never ceases to amaze me how some domainers think.
I read a blog post recently in which the writer seems to be implying that domain blogs should only feature content about domaining. Whereas it is fabulous that the domain industry has got a quite few blogs, most of them with reasonable good content, we need to
| | eBusinessDomains - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 15:17 |
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 | Domain Name Campaign... Let's Start with Craigslist!
Craigslist, as you know, is one of the top online destination Web sites online globally. "Craigslist is a central network of online communities, featuring free online classified advertisements – with jobs, internships, housing, personals, (real estate for sale, cars & boats for sale) /barter/wanted, services, community, gigs, res...
| | Inside Domaining - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 13:20 |
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| How a record is created at whois.sc aka DomainTools.com
I always wondered this question and the other day I sent the question off to DomainTools.com and this was the reply:
Question~ How is a record created for "whois history" for the Whois.sc/DomainTools.com whois system ?
"Technically, a record is created at your registrar each time there is a change. So if y...
| | DotWeekly - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 16:13 |
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 | Going Offshore? Watch Out for Australia, Too.
Moving domain names out of the United States may not be safer.
Last week I wrote about a growing movement for transferring domain names away from United States registrars to other countries. I argued that:
-Even if you move your domains to a non-U.S. registrar, U.S. courts could still claim jurisdiction through Verisign (NASDAQ: VRS...
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 13:59 |
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 | Indian Domain Sales - A Comprehensive List
We have now published on our blog a comprehensive list of all sales of .in and .co.in domains for $100 or more that we are aware of. You can find the list here. For each sale, in addition to the price, we provide the venue and date of the sale.
The list will constantly be updated
| | Indian Domain Name Blog - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 23:2 |
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| Startups.com Bought By KillerStartups.com
KillerStartups.com,which operates one of the most highly-read blogs dedicated to Internet startups, announced the acquisition of the
Startups.com domain name and the launch of the Startups.com Network, a proprietary network of business sites
focused on services and content for entrepreneurs and business executives.
Terms of the deal...
| | The Domains - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 9:25 |
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 | Our Early Voting Experience and Online Polls Where You Can Cast a Ballot
The U.S. presidential election won't be held until Tuesday but thousands of web surfers have been casting their votes in online polls for weeks now. We'll tell you about a couple you can participate in and a little about our experiences voting for real this morning (our state is one of 31 that allows early voting).
| DNJournal - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 19:1 |
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 | Part 1 - Results of the Domain Parking Attitudes and Experience Survey 2008
This is the first part of a three part series that I will release over the next few days on the domain parking survey that concluded a few weeks ago. This was exactly the same questionnaire that I used in 2007 and compared to 2008 the results proved to be...
| | Michael Gilmour - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 11:45 |
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 | KillerStartups.com Acquires Startups.com
KillerStartups.com, a premier Internet startup blog which receives over 1.5M visitors per month, has purchased Startups.com and plans to use the site as a hub for startup-related websites offering quality content and services.
In 1998 Startups.com, founded by Donna Jensen-Madier, was a venture-backed accelerator which would partner w...
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 15:3 |
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 | BuyDomains.com organizes 'SEO for Small Businesses', November 19th
Join BuyDomains.com on November 19th for “SEO for Small Businesses.” They will also have a guest speaker, NameMedia’s own SEO Expert Christine Smith, who will give an in depth look at how everyday business owners and operators can improve their Search Engine Optimization.
| | Domaining.com - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:25 |
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 | Media Relations and Predictive Domaining
I decided to stop by the CalTech website to see if there were any future technologies that might inspire a domain name or two. These days as I have noted before, universities have media relations with press releases online. They can be a fertile ground for predictive domaining.
Energy Dependence domain
The first one that caught my
| | Predictive Domaining - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 22:28 |
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| NamePros Live Auction Tonight 10/30 including XODA.com
Place: NamePros.com (if your not a member yet then click here)
Time: 6pm EST
My top domain for tonight would have to be XODA.com, a very nice CVCV. It is a typo for Soda and in my opinion would make a great name for a new energy drink. I have to tell you...
| | ChefPatrick.com - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 13:36 |
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 | Congratulations to Michele Neylon
Congratulations to Michele Neylon, who has won two categories this evening at the IIA Net Visionary Awards
Irish Internet Association’s 2008 Net Visionary Awards.
Michele won for both Best Business Blogger, and Online Marketing categories.
CONGRATULATIONS, Michele!
| | Jothan Frakes - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 18:48 |
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 | ICANN's Morality Memo
ICANN's Explanatory Memo on Morality and Public Order is a brave, expensive, and failed attempt to provide some justification for a concept that has little meaning in an international context.
| | NamesAtWork - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 17:45 |
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 | 52 Expired Domains
I posted a list of 52 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 30, 2008 - 19:4 |
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| EstDomains Challenges ICANN De-Accreditation
Registrar says convicted president resigned in July.
Domain registrar EstDomains might remain an accredited domain registrar after all.
Yesterday Domain Name Wire reported that EstDomains received a notice of termination from Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN cited the conviction of EstDomains’...
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 13:30 |
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| WSJ.Com: Yahoo-Google Deal Maybe Dead
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google may walk away from its proposed advertising deal.
The Journal is reporting that both Yahoo and Google may walk away from the deal as early as next week because as reported here for some time, the Department Of Justice is looking to block the deal.
On Wednesday, J.P. Morgan
| | The Domains - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 21:45 |
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 | Oct/30/08 Sedo Marketplace Survey-Take part for the Chance to Win!
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with Sedo Our Sedo team would like you to join our brainstorming process by participating in this quick and painless (we hope) survey. By collecting your thoughts on Sedo’s search options, fixed pricing, and overall marketplace, we can gain a better understanding of our stren...
| SEDO - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:39 |
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 | Afternic Auction Picks 10/30/08
A selection of expiring domains available for preorder at Afternic.
WineryCellar.com
3-Nov - JrGolf.net
4-Nov -
TropicalTreatments.com
6-Nov -
RCAO.org
7-Nov - BluewaterAdventure.com
7-Nov
- K9Casting.com
7-Nov
- GolfFest.org
10-Nov
- ClassicMotorYachts.com
10-Nov
- 24HourNotaries.com
10-Nov
- StationeryEt...
| Afternic DLS - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:17 |
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| ICANN De-Accredits EstDomains
ICANN, the entity responsible for overseeing the Internet’s domain name system, has revoked EstDomains.com’s right to process new domain names because of the CEO’s recent cyber crime convictions in Estonia.
Two months ago, Brian Krebs of WashingtonPost.com published a translated report showing that Vladimir Tsastsin...
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 16:33 |
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| NetworkSolutions Phishing E-mails Going Out
A couple of days a phishing attack caused tons of e-mails appearing to come from Enom.com to go out to domain owners telling them they were about to lose a domain because of inaccurate whois information.
Today we started receiving the same type of phishing message from a forged NetworkSolutions site.
Please be careful about all such ...
| | The Domains - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 9:31 |
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| Poker Rooms Blocking Access From 13 States
Poker website DoylesRoom.com released a statement to customers today (PDF) informing them that the site would begin blocking access from several States starting October 30th. Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington and of course Kentucky were listed as t...
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 14:41 |
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| Network Solutions Proactive in Fighting Recent Phishing Attack
Emails from NetworkSolutions to their client base reveal that Network Solutions is taking measures to alert and keep customers informed on the recent NSI phishing scam. It appears as well that NSI is taking necessary defensive measures to combat any unauthorized access to customer domain names resulting from the phishing attempts.
T...
| | Domain Name News - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 14:52 |
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| BoycottKentucky.com Calls for Halloween Phone Zap
Site urges people to call Kentucky Governor on Halloween to express disappointment over domain seizure.
BoycottKentucky.com, a site inspired in part by a Domain Name Wire article, is asking people to call Kentucky Governor Beshear on Halloween to help persuade the governor to end his seizure of domain names:
Governor Beshear’s action...
| | Domain Name Wire - Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 10:45 |
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