Create Your Account  |  Log in News headlines WHOIS Valuate Domainers PARKED.COM ACQUIRES WHYPARK.COM - THE NEW MONETIZATION BEGINS Hi Gang! Here is the news you’ve been waiting for! Domain history has been made today with the top PPC company acquiring the top domain development company. WhyPark has been acquired by Parked.com, a  great PPC company run by an experienced team. Sig Solares, Donny Simonton and their crew, Christian Higgins, Monty White and th... Stephen Douglas - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:12 **Updated** Top 200 Picks at SNAP extended + 8 KEY DROPS FloorPlans.net, RedWines.net, BestEscort.com, OnlinePorn.net - These names you will NOT see on the snapnames extended auction list but you can view key drops happening soon along with our top 200 picks for the TRAFFIC conference right here! Berkens - Where's your bonus for the readers :-) Newfound Names - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 15:59 My Greatest Failure Continues....... Morning Folks!! The search for competency in a world of mediocrity is what many of us deal with daily. I expect way too much from folks in everyday life. Way too much. I actually expect them to do their jobs. I expect them to be competent. But in case after case I am finding out that those in power no matter where on the food chain t... Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:24 Rick Latona Live TRAFFIC Auction Nets $375K The Rick Latona Live Auction from the TRAFFIC show just finished and grossed about $375K in sales. No big surprises on domains that sold. Shows.com which we predicted $125K for, sold for $102K making it the highest priced sale. The Domains - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 20:45 LIVE: RickLatona TRAFFIC Silicon Valley Auction Results We will be blogging blogged the live auction results of the Rick Latona Auction at Targeted TRAFFIC conference in Silicon Valley. As always we do not guarantee the accuracy of these results.  From our tracking 34 names sold for a total take of $390,675 $374,675 .    (FLR.com did not sell when it appeared to have Domain Name News - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 18:43 How I Would Invest $100,000 In Domains Today First of all now is a damn good time to invest $100,000 in the domain industry. If you wish to be a domainer, then the deals that are there for the taking are just simply breathtaking. However, if you have $100,000 to spend then I would assume that you are not stupid and would be prudent with eBusinessDomains - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 8:48 Domain development... A change is coming whether you like it or not! [video] I've been really busy here with things lately and haven't had too much time to write much... Got lots going on. One of them is a totally new service from WannaDevelop.com where we take your domain names to the next level. We're not talking about just mini-sites anymore. It was never what WannaDevelop.com services were all about. Our ... WannaDevelop.com - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 0:0 Minisite Services Cheat Sheet I’ve been researching some of the new mini site development services and wanted to share my ‘cheat sheet’ containing prices, features and example minisites from nine services. Service Price / Description Examples AEIOU $250 for 5 page minisite with unique content and basic search engine marketing.  Also offers... DomainTweeter.com - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 11:33 Rick Latona Auction Results The Rick Latona auction today was pretty interesting. I watched it all and was logged into my “bidding” account, but didn’t bid on anything–just in case some of the “big” names (Shows.com at no reserve) were going way too cheap :P. Take a look at the list: Shows.com US$ 102,000 SmartPhones.com US$ ... fka200 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 22:42 Businessman Sets Up UDRPfail.com After Losing Domain Dispute Man loses DEACOM.com despite overwhelming evidence of rights and fair use. Businessman Ben Dean lost a UDRP this month for deacom.com, a domain name he’s owned since 1997 and used for his business. He says he can’t afford to fight the action in court, but set up UDRPfail.com to tell the world about his predicament. Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 12:14 First Impression: Hello From Traffic SV Hi guys and gals! I arrived here a couple of days ago. There’s an active group here which attend the show but do not really like the format, the way it is executed, Rick’s approach to it. I was surprised to meet some of the folks who usually are within that group. on first day of arrival, telling me that “Rick is on... Conceptualist - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 10:30 Salesforce.com Registers 21 Trademarked Domain Names Direct navigation with a potential timebomb. Online CRM and application provider Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) just made an interesting direct navigation move that could potentially land it in hot water. Realizing that it can be difficult finding particular pages on its site and its channels on social networking sites, it registered ov... Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 11:36 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley: A Peak at Opening Night and Parked.com's Acquisition of WhyPark DN Journal has highlights from the opening night at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley. The show also served as the backdrop for Parked.com's announcement today that they have acquired WhyPark.com. DNJournal - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 21:32 Closing Day Photos & Highlights from the GeoDomain Expo in San Diego DN Journal's delayed photos and highlights from Saturday's closing day at the GeoDomain Expo in San Diego have been published. A post on the opening night at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley last night is also coming up this evening (now that Ron Jackson has his lost laptop back!) DNJournal - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 19:50 Major reserve reductions on DietPill.com, SleepingPill.com and SleepingPills.com I just wanted to alert everyone that the reserves on these names have been significantly reduced. DietPill.com is now $235,000 as a reserve SleepingPill.com and SleepingPills.com, the package is at $235,000 These are 6-figure drops. Rick Latona - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 17:50 HandSanitizer.com: No Shit, Toilets.com Who owns Hand Sanitizer, which is a very popular Generic Searched Term on the internet with the Swine Flu running around as a domain name HandSanitizer.com? Not Purell® , Germ-X®, Walgreens®, Walmart® or Proctor & Gamble®! Toilets.com Inc. owns HandSanitizer.com and it forwards to it’s Hand Sanitize... DotWeekly - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 18:35 90.com Domain Name Sells for $73,000 Two number domain name leads weekly sales list. Sedo’s top completed sale for the past week was 90.com, which sold for EUR 56,000 (about $73,000 USD) to a buyer in China. The seller of 90.com may have missed an earlier opportunity. According to a March 19 email from Sedo’s Great Domains group, 90.com received Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 10:33 Parked.com Acquires WhyPark Domain name parking company acquires parking alternative. Domain name parking company Parked.com has acquired WhyPark, a domain building service. Financial details were not disclosed. Yesterday WhyPark announced it was scrapping its $99 set up fee and moving to a free model. This is part of the transition to Parked.com. “Now ... Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:0 Our Picks and Pans From The Moniker TRAFFIC Auction Moniker will be holding a live auction from the TRAFFIC show in California Tomorrow, Wednesday April 29th, at 3pm PST, 6pm EST. Remote bidding will be permitted through Snapnames.com, for those not in attendance or for those just wanting to bid online rather than by raising your paddle. Overall the list is quite good but here are The Domains - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:20 GeoDomain Auction Gets More Sales Longhorn.com and Ponce.com snag bids in extended auction. I learned something important when I went to Las Vegas for DomainConsultant’s live domain auction: the initial results are just the beginning. DomainConsultant does a great job closing sales after the auction ends. But they also make sure that no one has an incentive to ... Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 23:11 Parked Acquires WhyPark This is a no brainer deal for Parked and a win win for everyone involved. The combination of WhyPark’s develop technology and Parked’s ad feeds are a great marriage. Some quick highlights: WhyPark and Parked will continue to run as two separate services Craig Rowe will continue as President of WhyPark Parked grows custom... ChefPatrick.com - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 16:15 Almost halfway through the week - swine flu jokes With the week almost at midpoint, I had a fun one-hour session on twitter, with regards to humoring the fears of swine flu epidemic. Consider this to be my first (and hopefully not last) session of twitter stand-up comedy. All the jokes below are mine. If you don’t like them, I will gladly refund your ticket Acro - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 23:41 Next Big NameJet.com Domain: Toxic.com The next big dollar domain to hit NameJet.com is Toxic.com (also Toxic.net). The backorder deadline is April 30th and there are already 175 bidders in the auction. With all the talk of toxic assets and the economy, the domain is certain timely. The domain is at $4,000 pre-auction. The Domains - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 17:33 Expired Domain Names for April 28th A total of 81 domains names were registered from yesterday's expired domain names list. I really should partner up with a domain registrar and monetize this stuff. Moving on to today's expired domains list, leading the pack in Google search volume are: TeganAndSara.net (probably trademarked) at 135,000, NursingSalary.net at 12,100, S... Bill Eisenmann - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 15:31 Parked.com GETS IT! (Buys WhyPark.com) I am not going to report the same stuff over and over just like 10,000 other blogs. I just want to quickly point out that everyone knew with PPC falling down the tubes Parked.com had to change their strategies a bit. I just really do not think anyone saw this coming at all. To be 100% YGrab - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:48 Parked.com purchases Whypark.com The consolidation in the domain industry continues with Parked.com purchasing WhyPark.com without disclosing the details of the deal. WhyPark is a mass domain development service started by Craig Row brought on Alan Macomber in March of 2006 as an investor and Rod Underhill (co-founder of mp3.com) as an advisor. Stephen Douglas joine... Domain Name News - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:14 Domain Names: Want Vs Need! A domain name can be the Most Important choice you make before you start your site. Right out of the gate you have a vital choice to make but the majority of the time it’s over looked and No budget is in place for your domain name. If it wasn’t over looked, one may have had DotWeekly - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 15:48 Analytics and SEO: Part 2 In part two of my video series on Analytics and SEO I show a live demo of how to use Google Analytics. If you haven’t used an analytics tool before this will help you understand the basics and how to apply analytics data to your SEO strategy. MorganLinton.com - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 3:30 Parked.com Purchases WhyPark Parked.com expands its domain monetization technology through WhyPark acquisition April 28, 2009 -- Parked.com, a leading domain parking company, announced today it has acquired WhyPark, a domain development company. The purchase creates synergies between the two companies by combining WhyPark's strength in developing traffic with Pa... WhyPark - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 3:55 Updates for 2009-04-28 If you are willing to pay the price ($11.95) @Tweetname Lets buy Domain Names via Twitter. # ICANN staff gets bonuses if new TLD launch is not delayed (DNW) # ICANN looking for new TLD application evaluators - [Stephane Van Gelder] # (c) 2009 DomainNameNews.com Upcoming Domain Industry Events, Conferences & Auctions Domain Name News - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 23:59 MyID.ca Submission Window for the next 8 dot ca auctions MyID.ca will start accepting submissions for its next 8 auctions at 6 pm EDT. More details at: as stated before…We are now on twitter: http://twitter.com/myidca MyID - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 16:21 The First MyID.ca 2009 DOT CA Auction: $50 Reserve! Why it Should do Well… The first MyID.ca DOT CA Auction will start on May 5 at 1:00m pm EDT. The auction has a $50 fixed reserve on all domains. We expect it to perform better than a regular TBR auction for many reasons. First of all, you do not have to sift among a huge list of 4000 domains MyID - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 18:35 Day 2 7DBBD: Choosing a Domain Name This is the most crucial subject when it comes to the domain industry. Choosing a domain name can mean many many different things. You can choose a name for your business or just to resell. The options are endless when choosing domain names and why. Right now i will discuss what to look for and YGrab - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 9:41 Minds + Machines Confirms Participation in dotRadio TLD Application Minds + Machines announced in a press release that it will work with BRS Media, a diverse media e-commerce firm, to provide all the technical services for the new .radio TLD. “BRS Media is an Internet legend,” said Antony Van Couvering, CEO of Minds + Machines. “They were pioneers in their field and today their name... Domain Name News - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 17:37 Baidu.com Profit Up 23% Baidu, China’s largest Internet search engine, and a part of our Domain Parking Stock Index, reported a 23.5 % increase in first-quarter net profits. However, Baidu also warned that the global downturn was affecting online advertising. The company registered a rare drop in the number of of active online advertisers, and in the reven... The Domains - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 8:18 Google, AT&T and Twitter executives visit Iraq WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Executives from Google Inc, AT&T Inc, Twitter and other high tech companies are visiting Iraq this week to explore how technology may help fight corruption and build a more accountable society, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.The department, which helped arrange the April 19-23 trip, said the executive... The Frager factor - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 15:14 Sedo weekly sales up to April 27 This week’s Sedo sales report reached over $750,000 in reported sales including 90.com for over $73,000 (€56,000), Concept.com for over $52,000 (€40,000), Kosovo.com for over $42,000 (€32,500), VideoSX.com for nearly $40,000 (€29,900), and TeamFeed.com for $35,000. Check out the full list of results after the jump… ... Domain Name News - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 18:51 Planning a New Site Whether you are building a mini site or you are planning to build a large, community driven site, doing a mind map is a great way to visualize, organize and optimize your development effort. A good plan, a well thought out structure and key word brainstorming will lead to a more usable (and profitable) site. Collaborative-Tools(dot)... UtterDomain - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 16:20 Domain development... A change is coming whether you like it or not! [video] I've been really busy here with things lately and haven't had too much time to write much... Got lots going on. One of them is a totally new service from WannaDevelop.com where we take your domain names to the next level. We're not talking about just mini-sites anymore. It was never what WannaDevelop.com services were all about. Our ... WannaDevelop.com - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - 0:0 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.