Domains Defy Christmas Sales Slump With Five 6-Figure Sales Closing This Week The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. In contrast to retailers who are suffering through a dismal Christmas season domain sellers had a banner week with five names cracking the six-figure barrier. The first three names on our new Top 20 chart banked a total of $1 million.
DNJournal - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 1:26
Estibot TotalSearch: A new way to estimate search popularity I’m about finished with this weekend’s coding binge, and very pleased to present to you the latest update:
Estibot TotalSearch Data
TotalSearch is by far the coolest data you will acquire for your domain name. It represents the total number of searches across all known search engines, in the U.S. search market. It is an...
Estibot.com - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 15:23
Verizon Wins $33 Million in Cybersquatting Case Verizon wins default judgment against top 15 domain registrar.
Customers of OnlineNic, Inc., a top 15 domain registrar with over 1,000,000 domains registered, should be concerned about the state of the registrar after a judge ordered the company to pay $33 million to Verizon (NYSE: VZ).
A judge entered the default judgment of $50,00...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 11:37
Domainers Aren't Early Adopters Some of the more outspoken veterans of the domain name business like to think of themselves as early adopters, likely because of their early awareness and insight into the power of domain names. However, for most domainers this early adoption of one particular form of naming has not carried over to early adoption in other
Domain Name News - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 0:58
Domain sales are not based on real value Rick Schwartz had a post recently reminding everyone that it is all about the sales. It reminded me that domain sales are not based on real value but on perceived value. It is focusing on that perception that can help you maximize your sales and your profit.
Real versus perceived
Lets take the example of buying jeans.
Predictive Domaining - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 14:15
NameMedia Withdraws Its Planned $172 Million IPO Name Media has decided to pull their planned IPO offering citing market conditions. The Massachusetts-based domain conglomerate (parent
company of BuyDomains, the AfternicDLS and several parking services), originally filed for a $172.5 million IPO in November 2007.
DNJournal - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 13:28
Work Smarter, Not Harder. Scripts can be your dream I have always just tried doing many things manually that I figured I could have a script tool but always put it off. This was a Huge mistake on my part, because these little scripts can save you SO much time.
You can have a script made to do a function that you do manually.
Example, Lazymate.com
DotWeekly - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 12:3
Castello Brothers Map Path to Geo Domain Development Michael and David Castello have a simple solution to domain success and it isn't pay per click or parked pages. It's monetization and development. The brothers co-founders and principals with Castello Cities Internet Network Inc., discussed their perspectives on geodomains (they launched and lead the category), development (PalmS...
The Frager factor - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 9:56
Winner Of The Free Mini-Site Sorry I was not able to post the contest winner last night. A couple things held me back, besides the full day of Christmas shopping you guys didn’t make it easy to pick a winner. There were 300+ domain names submitted for the free mini-site. Besides that I wanted to name the winner via video
ChefPatrick.com - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 12:4
Court Awards Verizon Record $33 Million Dollar Judgment In a Cybersquatting Case In the largest cybersquatting judgment ever, a federal court in the Northern District of California has awarded Verizon $33.15 million in a case in which an Internet domain registration company tried to take advantage of Verizon and Verizon customers by using Internet names chosen to be easily confused with legitimate Verizon names.
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The Domains - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 9:46
47 Expired Domains I posted a list of 47 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 - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 20:28
Blog posting, Directory submission and Social Bookmarking I’m launching the Estibot SEO services that I’ve so far used only for myself (blog posting, social bookmarking, directory submission), to be used for already existing websites / developed domains. If you want a good, affordable link building campaign for your existing website, check this out:
Estibot SEO / Link building /...
Estibot.com - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 15:17
Scarlett Johansson Wins ScarlettJohansson.com Domain Name Actress wins domain name at WIPO.
Actress Scarlett Johansson has won rights to the domain name ScarlettJohansson.com in an arbitration decision at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Johansson has starred in numerous movies including Lost in Translation, Match Point, and The Ghost Whisperer and been nominated for severa...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 11:6
Verizon Awarded $33.2M In Claim Against Cybersquatters According to this WSJ.com article, District Court in California has awarded $33.2 million in a suit by Verizon Communications Inc. against San Francisco OnlineNIC. OnlineNIC was accused of registering hundreds of domain names similar to Verizon’s to attract Web users.
Verizon said OnlineNIC Inc. set up at least 663 domain names...
DnExpert - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 20:25
Verizon Wins $33 Million Judgement Against OnlineNic According to Businesss Week and other sources, Verizon has one a legal battle against registrar OnlineNic in a default judgement. The decision awarded Verizon $50,000 per domain name (663 in total). Andrew at DomainNameWire points out that this is one of several cases Verizon has brought up against domain name companies. Most of the...
Domain Name News - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 15:17
Happy Holidays and more.. Happy holidays everyone, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Hag Hanukkah Sameah
May the next 2009 year be happier, more profitable and more adventurous for you!
I’m doing my “holiday shopping” and looking to purchase a few good generic domains by the end of the year. If you got some for sale that fit
Domain Magnate - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 13:38
Win a FREE Domain Name: Happy New Years Contest DNUnderground is giving you 3 chances to win a FREE domain name at GoDaddy. As we start getting ready for 2009, we must always come up with a New Years resolution. To wish viewers a happy new years, we have decided to give away 3 GoDaddy gift cards, each with $7.69 on them, enough to
DNUnderground - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 17:25
You Choose We Fire (.be) Call to action domain leads clients from a Brussels (hence cc.tld-.be) ad agency's holiday email that suggests they need to lay off staff and asks the clients to choose whom. The e-mail contained a link to the youchoosewefire.be website, where each employee gets to list their strengths and weaknesses in a bid for clemency.
Ironicall...
The Frager factor - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 12:26
12 Days of Domain Names - OMG It's Like Christmas a Day Early - .COM @$7.25! I know you’re been saving up your pennies for a little .COM magic for the holiday season and I don’t want to disappoint you. For the next 24 hours we’re treating you to $7.25 .COM new registrations. I think this offer speaks for itself but just in case you need convincing… It’s 24 hours only,
Name.com - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 2:1
Estibot TotalSearch™: A new way to estimate search popularity I’m about finished with this weekend’s coding binge, and very pleased to present to you the latest update:
Estibot TotalSearch™ Data
TotalSearch™ is by far the coolest data you will acquire for your domain name. It represents the total number of searches across all known search engines, in the U.S. search market. It is an...
Estibot.com - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 16:23
Happy Holidays and more.. Happy holidays everyone, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Hag Hanukkah Sameah
May the next 2009 year be happier, more profitable and more adventurous for you!
I’m doing my “holiday shopping” and looking to purchase a few good generic domains by the end of the year. If you got some for sale that fit
Domain Magnate - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 14:38
Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year from eBusiness Domains I want to take this opportunity to wish all our clients, readers, advertisers and affiliates a very holy and joyous Christmas. I pray that you will find 2009 to be a prosperous year.
I want to thank all our clients for their business and continued support. I wish you every success in your respective ebusiness ventures.
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eBusinessDomains - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 7:8
Blog posting, Directory submission and Social Bookmarking I’m launching the Estibot SEO services that I’ve so far used only for myself (blog posting, social bookmarking, directory submission), to be used for already existing websites / developed domains. If you want a good, affordable link building campaign for your existing website, check this out:
Estibot SEO / Link building /...
Estibot.com - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 16:17
12 Days of Domain Names - OMG It’s Like Christmas a Day Early - .COM @$7.25! I know you’re been saving up your pennies for a little .COM magic for the holiday season and I don’t want to disappoint you. For the next 24 hours we’re treating you to $7.25 .COM new registrations. I think this offer speaks for itself but just in case you need convincing… It’s 24 hours only,
Name.com - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 3:1
Win a FREE Domain: Happy New Year’s Contest DNUnderground is giving you 3 chances to win a FREE domain name at GoDaddy. As we start getting ready for 2009, we must always come up with a New Years resolution. To wish viewers a happy new years, we have decided to give away 3 GoDaddy gift cards, each with $7.69 on them, enough to
DNUnderground - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 20:4
NameMedia Withdraws Its Planned $172 Million IPO Name Media has decided to pull their planned IPO offering citing market conditions. The Massachusetts-based domain conglomerate (parent
company of BuyDomains, the AfternicDLS and several parking services), originally filed for a $172.5 million IPO in November 2007.
DNJournal - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 13:28
Domains Defy Christmas Sales Slump With Five 6-Figure Sales Closing This Week The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. In contrast to retailers who are suffering through a dismal Christmas season domain sellers had a banner week with five names cracking the six-figure barrier. The first three names on our new Top 20 chart banked a total of $1 million.
DNJournal - Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 1:26
Domains Defy Christmas Sales Slump With Five 6-Figure Sales Closing This Week The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. In contrast to retailers who are suffering through a dismal Christmas season domain sellers had a banner week with five names cracking the six-figure barrier. The first three names on our new Top 20 chart banked a total of $1 million.
