Approaching End Users, Basic Mistakes You Don't Want to be Making! Closing an end user sale is the only way to make serious money in this business. Yes it's lovely when they approach you and make a fabulous offer, but this is rarely the case. So instead of waiting around for what is probably never going to happen, a small amount of domainers take the initiative and contact the end users themselves...
Name Cake - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 5:42
What domaining strategy would you use to earn $20,000? You're starting today - and without much resources - for instance money left over from a modest pay packet.
Let's assume a basic level of web knowledge too - ie. you know about backordering, basic website building, and you're not a newbie evaluating names.
What would your strategy for most easily earning that $20,000 figure?
NamePros.com - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 16:19
Frank Schilling Changes Registrar Name Registrar for Frank Schilling’s Name Administration empire changes name.
I was always a bit confused about the name of Frank Schilling’s domain registrar, Domain Name Sales Corp. Schilling would lament on his blog about how many purchase inquiries he received, when he generally did not sell domains. Well, if I saw a doma...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 16:58
End-Users Don't Care About You Because THEY DON'T KNOW YOU. The telephone is an amazing tool, but who wants to 'interrupt' anyone these days? Be honest, we live in an "ask permission first" world, and the last thing that people respond to are crafted messages from companies or people that they don't know. One would be wise to better utilize the many wonders of the social web to form meaningfu...
Domainer Developer - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 14:19
Don't be 'Tricky' or 'Shady' when dealing with domainers Domainers are some of the best investigators there are. They can get info for just about anybody and contacting a domainer with a "Tricky" practice is the wrong thing to do. There is no reason to be tricky with anybody as simply asking many of the times works!
For an example, I got an email from
DotWeekly - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 17:2
Interview with Elliot Silver ElliotsBlog.com is one of my favorite domain news blog, right after my own of course. Elliot Silver has been blogging since June 2007 and has not stopped since. I really applaud him for this, it is extremely difficult to take a blog and continue writing month after month supplying new information. I am not the...
Domainer Stephen Webb Turns to Development and Finds an Audience With WeAreRadio.com. Today in the Lowdown: An introduction to our new comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia, domainer Stephen Webb's Internet radio website WeAreRadio.com makes news in South Carolina and .TV partners eNom and Verisign renew their vows.
DNJournal - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 17:36
A Short Guide for the Best Internet Marketing Strategies: Part I Internet marketing is definitely a difficult thing to master, especially effective internet marketing. It can definitely be very time consuming, but it’s something you should always do whenever building a new website in order to get the best results as quickly as possible. The other thing about internet marketing is you need to...
DNUnderground - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 22:43
SaveTheDates.com - Wedding Keyword Domain I am looking to sell SaveTheDates.com, which has been registered for a number of years and currently has a live website (created by the previous owner). When Karen and I were planning our wedding, we searched for different types of save the dates - magnets, postcards, mugs, stickers…etc (we eventually settled on postcards). Alm...
Elliot Silver - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 18:35
Next Credit Crisis: $2 Trillion in Credit Card Spending Limits To Disappear According to Oppenheimer & Co banking analyst Meredith Whitney, the U.S. credit card industry may pull back well over $2 trillion of lines over the next 18 months leading to sharp declines in consumer spending, prominent said.
The credit card is the second key source of consumer liquidity, the first being jobs. “In other ...
The Domains - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 13:32
Fabulous Affair: DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under DN Journal has published its comprehensive review of the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held outside the United States. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under, ably staged by Fabulous.com, attracted domain owners from around the world to Australia's scenic Gold Coast. We have photos and inside show info you won't find anywhere else.
DNJournal - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:31
6 New Templates!
We are delighted to announce the launch of six new templates today.
The new templates are: Boulevard, Kayak, Portrait, Simple, Box and Spring.
They offer a mix of templates with targeted category images and more generic landers.
Boulevard and Kayak have targeted images on the landing page for your chosen category.
Portrait, Simple, ...
NameDrive - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 14:44
Domaining Manifesto Book is Now Free Domain name eBook is now free.
When John Motson, who writes the DNXpert.com blog, released his eBook “Domaining Manifesto” a while back I didn’t pay much attention. I was actually kind of miffed because I had planned an eBook about the domain name industry and had already registered the domain names DNManifesto.com...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 9:22
Smart Spam; Have you gotten one of these lately? I have to write this post because I was wondering if other bloggers, domainers and webmasters are having similar experiences. I have noticed that the spam I get on my websites are now a bit smarter, If you do not check it carefully, you could mistakenly approve them. I am guesssing the goal of this
Sky Domains - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:23
PrePaidCard.com: 'My Domaining Mummy Works In Her Night Gown!' Grand Names VIP, Kelly Lieberman, is a serial entrepreneur, domain strategist, devoted mom. And she remembers vividly the day her daughter, Lily, outed her as a work-at-home parent
Lily was in first grade. She was asked to draw a picture of what her parents did for a living, and what she would like to do when she grew up.
During ...
The Frager factor - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 7:43
It's A Domain Success Story and You're Invited Gratitude Presents Dr. Jeffrey Reynolds, Live Tonight at 8PM (and you're invited)
These online chats are typically for Grand Names VIP subscribers only, but tonight I am making a one-time only exception for everyone reading this right now in the spirit of "domain tasting" (ie. see what you like and then decide to susbcribe)
Just go...
The Frager factor - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 14:47
This and that from me to you! I hope all that celebrate Thanksgiving had a great one with family and friends, got a good turkey nap and had lots of good times! This Thanksgiving for my wife and I was very exciting as we used the holiday to announce to our families about the baby we are expecting in July of 2009!
This
DotWeekly - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 16:9
Identity Crisis: Emma or MyEmma? The company using MyEmma.com brands as just “Emma”. That’s a mistake.
Over the holiday I was reading an article on the local newspaper’s web site when I saw an ad for an e-mail marketing service. The service was called “Emma”, and it caught my attention. I know about many e-mail marketing companies...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 15:14
IDNs in Alexa's top 1,000,000 A post at Idnforums shows that IDNs are fairly well represented in their top 1,000,000 list.
While alexa is pretty much useless in trying to get any meaningful stats from, i still think that it positively shows that IDNs are being developed into meaningful visited sites, that are being regularly visited or searched. With browser supp...
IDN Focus - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 8:56
Widest.com Celebrates New Design With Mega Cheap Domain Deals! Widest.com, the cool and affordable domain registrar, is now sporting a new design and layout (it may take a few hours for the new layout to resolve via your IP/ISP - try clearing your browser cache).
With over 95% of visitors viewing our site at 1024 pixels wide or more, we’ve decided to adjust accordingly. This
eBusinessDomains - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 14:34
Tucows Leaps Network Solutions in Domain Name Registrations Tucows overtakes “original” registrar Network Solutions.
Registrar rankings from RegistrarStats.com
I’ve been doing a lot or ranking watching over the past 48 hours. I’m a Texas Longhorns fan, and axiously awaited results from the Coaches Poll, Harris Poll, and BCS over the weekend. The Longhorns ended in a th...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 9:42
Poland Has More Domains Than France Based on statistics delivered by NASK (Polish domain registry) and AFNIC (.fr registry) as from December 1st 2008 there are more .PL domain names (including .com.pl and few other extensions) than .FR domains. This gives Polish .pl ccTLD 6th place in Europe with 1.29 million domain names registered. Top 10 ccTLDs in Europe: .de - 12.4m, .co.uk - 7.2m, .nl - 3.16m, .ru - 1.8m, ....
DanielDryzek.com - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 17:45
Green is not the only Color Another great example of people who found a niche and developed an online business around it - TreeTopia.com is a one stop place for Christmas (Holiday) trees. In fact, artificial green trees were not how they entered the business but rather red, pink and white trees. The site averages around 10,000 visitors a month (according
Newfound Names - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 15:3
Google uses search terms to predict flu Google has shown that by analyzing search patterns related to flu, they can predict flu outbreaks sooner than the Center for Disease Control (CDC). In a publication entitled “Detecting influenza epidemics using search engine query data” in Nature, a premier science journal this month, they show that monitoring 45 flu rela...
Predictive Domaining - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 19:8
43 Expired Domains I posted a list of 43 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, December 1, 2008 - 15:21
A Christmas Story Online Mondays can be quite boring or crazy busy but cyber monday always comes with a certain obligation to “steal†some of your employers time and start the hunt for the perfect christmas gifts. In the domain world it seems to be just another Monday so if you’re gift hunting and would like to see how
Newfound Names - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 14:44
Microsoft & Yahoo In Talks, Again? According to the Times of London, Microsoft is again in talks to acquire Yahoo’s online search business for $20 billion.
Under the terms of the proposed transaction, Microsoft would provide a $5 billion facility to a new management team which would then raise an additional $5 billion from external investors.
This cash would be used t...
The Domains - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 13:25
IDNs in Alexa’s top 1,000,000 A post at Idnforums shows that IDNs are fairly well represented in their top 1,000,000 list.
While alexa is pretty much useless in trying to get any meaningful stats from, i still think that it positively shows that IDNs are being developed into meaningful visited sites, that are being regularly visited or searched. With browser supp...
IDN Focus - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 9:56
DNXpert Contest Prize Delivery Update It has been 24 hours since we drew the winners of our latest Mega Contest and I can inform all winners that I have been in touch with all prize providers regarding prize delivery.
Winners can expect to receive their prizes within the week. If for some reason prizes are not delivered by then, please drop me a line so I can send a remi...
DnExpert - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 19:34
End-Users Don't Care Because THEY DON'T KNOW YOU. The telephone is an amazing tool, but who wants to 'interrupt' anyone these days? Be honest, we live in an "ask permission first" world, and the last thing that people respond to are crafted messages from companies or people that they don't know. One would be wise to better utilize the many wonders of the social web to form meaningfu...
Domainer Developer - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 15:19
End-Users Don't Care Because THEY DON'T KNOW YOU. The telephone is an amazing tool, but who wants to 'interrupt' anyone these days? Be honest, we live in an "ask permission first" world, and the last thing that people respond to are crafted messages from companies or people that they don't know. One would be wise to better utilize the many wonders of the social web to form meaningfu...
Domainer Developer - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 15:19
Poland Has More Domains Than France Based on statistics delivered by NASK (Polish domain registry) and AFNIC (.fr registry) as from December 1st 2008 there are more .PL domain names (including .com.pl and few other extensions) than .FR domains. This gives Polish .pl ccTLD 6th place in Europe with 1.29 million domain names registered.
Top 10 ccTLDs in Europe
.de (German...
DanielDryzek.com - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 18:45
Compliance with IDN Technical Requirements One of the main IDN related topics from the just-finished ICANN meeting in Cairo that I think deserves some additional attention was:
Why Compliance with IDN technical requirements are a necessity on a global scale
Overall compliance with technical standards are important for TLD registry operators in order to keep their TLD stable a...
IDN Focus - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 0:10
Fabulous Affair: DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under DN Journal has published its comprehensive review of the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held outside the United States. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under, ably staged by Fabulous.com, attracted domain owners from around the world to Australia's scenic Gold Coast. We have photos and inside show info you won't find anywhere else.
DNJournal - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:31
Domainer Stephen Webb Turns to Development and Finds an Audience With WeAreRadio.com. Today in the Lowdown: An introduction to our new comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia, domainer Stephen Webb's Internet radio website WeAreRadio.com makes news in South Carolina and .TV partners eNom and Verisign renew their vows.
DNJournal - Monday, December 1, 2008 - 17:36
Fabulous Affair: DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under DN Journal has published its comprehensive review of the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held outside the United States. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under, ably staged by Fabulous.com, attracted domain owners from around the world to Australia's scenic Gold Coast. We have photos and inside show info you won't find anywhere else.
