Create Your Account  |  Log in News headlines WHOIS Valuate Domainers Busy Week at Snap, Drops, Silent Auction Picks & More This week is full of deals at SnapNames with Moniker's extended auction lasting until Thursday but there are also many great names dropping or for sale such as: HHX.com, Iceland.net, ExecutiveThemes.com and more. Check out some of the highlights for this week at SnapNames here. Newfound Names - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 0:9 If it wasn't for those 20+ domain parking companies I wouldn't of been able to earn six figures per month... The year was 2005 and I had been domaining "professionally" for close to one year and accumulated a domain portfolio with thousands of domain names mostly focused on Music / Movies / Games, basically domains within the entertainment niche as well as a lot of Adult/XXX related domain names. I had a lot of traffic too coming in to all of this domains which were all of generic nature as well as ones that were expired or "foreclosed" sites which I picked up once they expired... WannaDevelop.com - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 19:3 Domain Channel shrinking? Nonsense! Morning Folks!!I am hearing talk that the domain channel is getting smaller. That's nonsense. It is not getting smaller. It is expanding and changing and traffic is going to more diverse places, but not getting smaller. The way or what some COUNT may may make it seem like it is getting smaller but that is when you don't count the rig... Rick Schwartz - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 10:26 DomainFest Live Auction Nets Only $665K The Moniker.com live auction from the DomainFest show just concluded, with just 62 domains out of 200 domains selling for a total of $665,000. We will have further thoughts and analysis tomorrow, however first impressions was a surprising lack of interest in .me domains compared to just the New York Traffic show just a few months ... The Domains - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 20:39 Google: We're Committed to Domain Channel Google’s Hal Bailey discusses domain parking at DOMAINfest. In what can only be described as an awkward session, Google Adsense for Domains’ Hal Bailey discussed the future of the domain channel at DOMAINfest Global today in Los Angeles. The good news for domainers is that Bailey said the company is committed to the domai... Domain Name Wire - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 19:0 Photos and Highlights from Day 2 at the DOMAINfest Global Conference in Hollywood A keynote appearance by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak highlighted the Wednesday schedule at the DOMAINfest Global Conference in Hollywood, California. We have photos and highlights from the day's events as well as a rundown on what is happening today and tonight. DNJournal - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 11:12 Interesting Domain Name Sales: DomainFest 2009 Live Auction Results A chart of the results from DomainFest 2009 Live Auction at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, California has been released at DNN.com: DOMAINfest Global 2009 Auction Results Interesting watch. Will comment on some of the sales later. fka200 - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 21:2 DOMAINfest Attendance Tops 600 DOMAINfest draws crowd despite downturn. Official attendance at DOMAINfest Global 2009 has topped 600, solidifying its position as the largest domain name industry conference. There are over 30 sponsors and 20 exhibitors. Yesterday evening most conference goers headed out to Universal Studios for an exclusive event. They were treated... Domain Name Wire - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 13:13 Last Call to submit for Domainer Mardi Gras Domain Auction Aftermarket.com will be the domain name auction provider for the upcoming Domainer Mardi Gras 2009 domain event and you have until Jan 30, 2009 to submit your domains for consideration for the Live/online domain name auction! The live and online auction will take place February 21, 2009 in New Orleans, LA and at Aftermarket.com . The... DotWeekly - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 9:24 Why specific domain names are not always the best I had somebody ask me to do an appraisal on a domain name. If I do take the time to do one, I try to explain A LOT more then a price. I explain why the price is what it is and if it’s a reg fee domain that doesn’t make long term sense, I DotWeekly - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 19:23 Sedo weekly sales up to January 26 While domain auctions are front and center this week with DOMAINfest Global going on, Sedo continues to deliver excellent results with nearly $600,000 worth of domain sales in the past week. Some of this week’s highlights included ParierEnLigne.fr for 30,000 EUR, Roulette.it for 30,000 USD, Courier.net for 25,000 USD, Slots.eu ... Domain Name News - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 10:53 Top 125 Picks for DomainFest Silent Auction Everybody has a different way of valuing domain names - Development, age, traffic - all depends on the buyer and his or her intent. With over 5,000 names listed for silent auction beginning this week at DomainFest we wanted to include what we think are the top 125 in the silent auction. This list is Newfound Names - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 20:14 DOMAINfest Global Premium Live Auction Results We have just finished liveblogging the DOMAINfest Global Premium Live Auction where over $600,000 worth of domains were sold with sales ranging in value from IncredibleBargains.com for $500 to Wife.com for $100,000. Only 29 percent of the domains listed were sold today (58 of 200) with the rest heading for the DOMAINfest Global Exten... Domain Name News - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 16:39 DomainFest 2009 Domain Industry Conference News Coverage, Photos, Video and More! You won’t hear it from me! Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the conference this year. I was a little late in begging the guys at Oversee.net for my media pass and my family really needs me at the moment. However, I have compiled a list of articles highlighting updates and features straight from those DotSauce Magazine - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 15:48 Listing Domain Names on SnapNames.com is a Snap! I had wrote about the new process of listing domain names on SnapNames.com but wanted to revisit it now that I have used the service. Holy Smokes it’s EASY! As long as you have your domain name registered with Moniker.com and you have linked your SnapNames.com account to your Moniker.com account, it really only takes Seconds to... DotWeekly - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 13:8 BreatheRight.com VS Brez.com Nasal Strips The Breathe Right® nasal strips were a HUGE hit from the start! They are the little cloth strips with a plastic strip inside that you place on the outside of your nose to help breathe because it expands the nasal passages. Many Runners, people that have snoring issues and athletes in general are seen using them DotWeekly - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 12:19 .TEL for New Domainers: Golden Opportunity or Minefield? The following post was written and provided by webnames.ca. If you are looking for an answer to why .TEL might be worth investing in, it is definitely worth a read! If you’re new to the game of domain investing and wishing you’d started your portfolio ten years ago, you probably want to know whether the DnExpert - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 19:8 Generic Domain Names Get Government Boost: New U.S Adminstration Launches Reocovery.Gov Via Tech Daily Dose: Recovery.gov, a new Web site that President Barack Obama has said will enable the public to monitor how effectively the U.S. government spends and distributes the $800-plus billion stimulus package, is ready to go live, an Obama transition team member and former director of the White House Office of Administrati... Conceptualist - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 19:21 Internet REIT Selects Bob Hurtte as New CEO Internet REIT, has chosen Bob Hurtte to replace Craig Snyder as their CEO. Hurtte joins the company with over 25 years of success in leadership and corporate development. Prior to iREIT, Bob was the Chief Operating Officer of Gurwitch Products, LLC, the worldwide distributor of Laura Mercier brand of cosmetics, and helped the company... Domain Name News - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 10:33 Introducing NDX Market and our new & improved Front Office NDX Market Beta Live! All of us at NameDrive are very excited to reveal what we’ve been working on for the last months - NDX Market. We’ve made every effort to make sure that it’s all working properly but just to be sure we’re currently running a beta on it - we’re keeping it under NameDrive - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 10:6 DomainFest 2009 - Live Auction at 1:30PM Pacific Just wanted to make a quick post that there will be a live domain auction at Domain Fest at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, California at 1:3oPM (Less than an hour to till live). I was looking for some information about it and decided to make a post for those who want more information, to see fka200 - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 15:40 Name.com Launches New Level of Account Security Domain Name Hijacking has been an issue for almost as long as domain names have been around. In 1995 sex.com was stolen from it’s registrant in a very high profile case. It was still happening in 2001. In 2003. 2008 was a rough year from Godaddy - they were hit hard twice, in February and Name.com - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 14:29 why I don't use wikis for content development On a recent post, I was asked why I didn’t include wikis as a source of free content for domain development. Wikis have become very popular especially the king of all wikis, Wikipedia. So here is why I do not use wiki content. Unique content If you want a website to rank well with the search engines Predictive Domaining - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 19:58 Domain Development Tips for Lahaina.com Lahaina.com is a geo domain site with content about Lahaina Hawaii. The domain was registered in 1998 (Woohoo!). Although the site ranks high for its primary keyword, I think there is a lot more than can be done to develop this domain name. Let’s look at the site a little closer. Overview of the Site The site is Too Many Secrets - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 15:13 .TEL for New Domainers: Golden Opportunity or Minefield? The following post was written and provided by webnames.ca. If you are looking for an answer to why .TEL might be worth investing in, it is definitely worth a read! If you’re new to the game of domain investing and wishing you’d started your portfolio ten years ago, you probably want to know whether the DnExpert - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 20:8 Super Bowl Ads and Domain Name Strategy InternetRetailer.com - Daily News for Thursday, January 29, 2009 A high percentage (84%) of Super Bowl advertisers last year integrated domain names into ads, as 70% ran paid search advertising to coincide with their 30-second TV commercials, which ran in the area of $2.7 million. This year, the 2009 Super Bowl 30-second spots run u... Inside Domaining - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 17:36 USA Service (.org)- Add another to the Obama Domain-Savvy Portfolio And in this case USA Service .ORG is the call-to-action response domain from a public service announcement spot starring President Obama himself. In this case, the domain personifies the words call-to-action because the commercial calls ALL of us to action. The growing Obama portfolio contains Change.GOV and Recovery.GOV. You may a... The Frager factor - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 12:36 Introducing NDX Market and our new & improved Front Office NDX Market Beta Live! All of us at NameDrive are very excited to reveal what we’ve been working on for the last months - NDX Market. We’ve made every effort to make sure that it’s all working properly but just to be sure we’re currently running a beta on it - we’re keeping it under NameDrive - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 11:6 Name.com Launches New Level of Account Security Domain Name Hijacking has been an issue for almost as long as domain names have been around. In 1995 sex.com was stolen from it’s registrant in a very high profile case. It was still happening in 2001. In 2003. 2008 was a rough year from Godaddy – they were hit hard twice, in February and Name.com - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 15:29 Name.com Launches New Level of Account Security Domain Name Hijacking has been an issue for almost as long as domain names have been around. In 1995 sex.com was stolen from it’s registrant in a very high profile case. It was still happening in 2001. In 2003. 2008 was a rough year from Godaddy – they were hit hard twice, in February and Name.com - Thursday, January 29, 2009 - 15:50 Domaining.com - RSS - Affiliate Program - Advertising - Follow us on Twitter or Facebook or Blog - Contact Us  Domainers.org - A  |  B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z THANKS to DomainTools Whois for helping us promote the domain industry and Estibot.com for domain valuation technology.