Create Your Account  |  Log in News headlines WHOIS Valuate Domainers Michael Berkens - The Untold Story Behind The Best Kept Secret in the Domain Business DNJournal.com Cover Story - Michael Berkens is one of the most successful investors in the history of the domain industry. He also writes an influential blog at TheDomains.com, yet few people knew anything about his background - until now. Meet the man Ron Sheridan called "the best kept secret in the domain business." DNJournal - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:39 Sedo Launching Industry Spotlights Sedo has announced a new “industry spotlight” feature where it will highlight premium domain names in a different industry each month. The domain names will be sent to the general media, various domainer contacts, and featured in Sedo’s newsletter. The upcoming industry spotlight pages include real estate domains in... Domain Name News - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 23:10 Domainvestors.tv SEO Week: Day 2 – Use Keywords and Related Keywords Welcome to Day 2 of the Domainvestors.tv SEO Week. If you’ve missed my contest don’t forget to start thinking about what domain you’d like to enter to win some GREAT prizes (to be announced this week!). Today is another quick lesson geared towards giving you the tools you need to get started with SEO. When creating MorganLinton.com - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 20:17 Sedo Makes a Push for the End User At the Domain Roundtable conference in Washington, D.C. last month, I noticed a lot of new faces with the Sedo team. As I started talking to them, I realized what was going on. Sedo had hired a number of people experienced selling to businesses. The company was making a focused effort selling Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 16:4 Schwartz/Berkens-- OMG? Why Didn't I Think of That? Readers of Mike Berken's blog were befuddled that the domain name thedog.com went for $13K on NameJet. Who would pay that? I wondered too so I asked Google. The first name that came up was a $300 million business online since 2000 and the #1 franchise for licensed artwork under the brand "the dog" in Japan.They had been operating (an... The Frager factor - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 10:59 Big 3 are Dead and replaced by Google, Microsoft and Apple. Morning Folks!! The Big 3 are Dead and replaced by Google, Microsoft and Apple. That small sentence is a mouthful and basically describes 2009 and the shift that has occurred. We are about to watch an epic battle between 3 Titans. Apple is the wildcard and Microsoft is losing market share when it comes to their software as Apple gain... Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 8:47 Hollywood.us For $5,700, A Bargain or Not? There were a few interesting domain auctions closing today. One very interesting one was Hollywood.us. I don’t own very many .us domains, but this sure looked like a good one, especially in light of the success of Hollywood.com and Hollywood.tv. After much debate between myself and myself, I passed, but still think it was a ver... The Domains - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 15:43 CashForClunkers.com Smart Thinking! I just watched "Prime Time" news which includes the world news and my local news coverage in my area. I swear nearly every single commercial was a local car dealership promoting the Cash For Clunkers program offered by the government. One thing I always wonder is how do all these "names" come about when these bills DotWeekly - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 20:13 Ad Age: Yahoo To Send Its Traffic To Bing.com According to AdvertisingAge.com,  Yahoo is on the verge of a deal that would make Microsoft’s Bing.com, its search provider. Yes according to the story, Yahoo would send its traffic to Bing.com and the story goes on to say the deal is likely to be announced this week. However,  unlike the reports of last week, the deal is The Domains - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 7:45 Web Developer RFP Price Quote In lieu of posting this on eLance or other developer forum, I am going to ask for a web design and programming price quote. Please quote your price in the comment section of this thread. After I select a winning company, I will share the company name and price of the project. I will also Related posts:TrickOrTreating.com Sell or D... Elliot Silver - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 17:39 NameMedia Sells $600k Domains, SkyHarbor.com for $35k NameMedia has a sky-high week thanks to SkyHarbor.com. NameMedia, which operates BuyDomains.com and Afternic, sold over $600,000 in domain names over the past week. The standout sale was SkyHarbor.com at $35,000. SkyHarbor.com has yet to change hands, but a possible buyer is the Phoenix airport, called Sky Harbor. Other notable .com ... Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 15:9 Roy Messer Defends Rent A Car Domain Name National Car Rental loses case over domain name. Roy Messer, perhaps most famous for selling Vodka.com for $3M, has successfully defended the domain name NationalRentaCar.com through UDRP. The majority of the panel found that the domain name was confusingly similar to Vanguard Trademark Holdings’ trademark “National Car R... Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 16:42 Sedo Reports $600K In Weekly Domain Sales Sedo has reported approximately $600,000 worth of domain sales this week including AssuranceVie.com and Assurance-Vie.com for $87,000, Texel.de for $56,000 (€39,500), and Subnet.com for $15,000. This week also featured a premium .info domain worth noting: BodyBuilding.info closed at $13,500. Check out the rest of the domain sales aft... Domain Name News - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 19:34 Save The Drama For Your Mama This is not directed to just the domaining industry but business in general. Over the past few months I have noticed a few domainer feuds going on. They seem to have gone public through blogs. It leaves me pondering one question: Can’t we all just get along?! I’m leaving the discussion about feuds like that alone for ChefPatrick.com - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 13:26 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Will Return to Las Vegas in 2010 & They Want Your Help in Picking the Dates The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference bypassed Las Vegas this year but the show will return to the popular desert resort in 2010. Their show dates are still up in the air though and they would like to have you help them decide which of their two options would work best for the majority of people interested in attending. DNJournal - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 20:5 Last Minute SnapNames Domain Auctions This is the final day to pick up some nice keyword domains at wholesale domainer prices at my SnapNames auction. There are 164 domain names total. Only a third of them currently have bids so many can still be picked up at the starting price of $15. All auctions end at approximately 3pm today (Eastern Bill Eisenmann - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 8:42 Multi-Use Domain Names to Add Value Owen Frager had a good article in which he pointed out what Rick Schwartz is doing on eRealEstate.com. I don’t know the details of the deal, but Rick is still using eRealEstate.com for his own company, and another company is using eRealEstate.com as a social network for real estate professionals. By using subdomains and folders... Elliot Silver - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:35 Setting Domain Google Alerts I’ve discussed why I think its important to set Google Alerts, and I hope you’ve considered the reasons. Not only does it allow me to immediately see breaking news stories related to the domain industry, but it also helps me find articles I may have missed otherwise. I want to share my domain-related Google Alerts. Domain... Elliot Silver - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 12:32 The Value of Product Roadmaps when Developing Domains As much as I try not to put to much structure in place and cause headaches when first launching this little thing called Missouri.me there are certain concepts and ideas that work well no matter how large or small your enterprise/product. The one that I think is of the most value is the idea of having BruceMarler.com - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 20:9 Random Stuff on Domaining Here is some radom stuff on domaining in general. If you are not following DotWeekly.com on Twitter, you may consider it. 1.) I post different things in my Twitter account then on DotWeekly from time to time that may interest you. 2.) I try daily to post a couple domain auctions that I like which also DotWeekly - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 12:39 Metal Band 'Unjust' lets domain expire, Unjust.com Up for Auction on Namejet The Band Unjust apparently has let it's domain name unjust.com expire. The name is now up for auction at NameJet and already has 50 bidders at the time of this posting. What's even stranger, is the title of one of their albums is 'To Lose a Name'... Fusible.com - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 19:37 DomainMasters radio show 7/29/09 - topic "importance of domains in your SEO strategy" part 4 of 4 DomainMasters radio show 7/29/09. Guest is Alex McArthur of the SEO Firm OrangeSoda.com - topic "importance of domains in your SEO strategy" - 7pm ET WebmasterRadio.fm. Show archives at http://www2.webmasterradio.fm/domain-masters. Victor Pitts - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 14:7 French Insurance Domain Names Sell for $87,000 Pair of insurance domains top Sedo’s weekly sales list. Assurancevie.com and Assurance-vie.com, which means life insurance in French, have sold on Sedo for a combined price tag of $87,000. The domain broker also sold Texel.de this week for 39,500 EUR. But the big talk may be a smaller sale — BodyBuilding.info at $13,500. Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 10:45 New Study: Bing.com Ads More Likely To Clicked Than Google Ads A study by the search advertising network Chitika , says that people who land on sites from organic search results are 55% more likely to click on an ad from Bing.com than on  Google. Analyzing click-through rates from 32 million ad impressions across a network of more than 50,000 sites during seven days in July, Chitika The Domains - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:15 AfternicDLS Sells SkyHarbor.com for $35,000 - Reports $600K In Weekly Sales AfternicDLS has reported over $600,000 worth of domain sales this week including SkyHarbor.com for $35,000, which would be a great fit with the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Other notable sales include MilitaryLawyers.com for $7,500, TradeMarkets.com for $6,400, and AdHelper.com for $6,400. Check out the full list of resu... Domain Name News - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 19:33 Despicable Me Movie Uses .Me Domain Name New Steve Carell movie uses .me domain name in promotions. Domain Name Wire reader Chris Robbins took his kids to the movies over the weekend and saw a preview for the computer animated movie “Despicable Me”. The movie features the voice of Steve Carell and hits movie theaters next summer. But what caught Robbins’ Domain Name Wire - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:1 The URL is Dead, Long Live QR Codes? Just saw this article in AdAge -- Can a 'URL Killer' Save Our Text-Weary Thumbs? "Imagine a QR code becoming the call-to-action on every print ad or billboard." Uh oh. Do I need to start Good QR Bad QR? Truth is, they all look a bit queer to me. Good URL Bad URL - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 22:45 Generic Domain Name Not Entitled to Trademark Registration or Protection The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently ruled that hotels.com was not distinctive enough to qualify for a trademark registration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The trademark decision, although it pertains to a... Domain Dispute - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 10:33 Band Unjust lets domain expire, Unjust.com Up for Auction on Namejet UPDATE: Final auction price is $826. The Band Unjust apparently has let it's domain name unjust.com expire. The name is now up for auction at NameJet and already has 50 bidders at the time of this posting. What's even stranger, is the title of one of their albums is "To Lose Name". The band is a Metal band from the San ... Fusible.com - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 18:37 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.