I've been running a business in one form or another since 1991.  Since I've been an adult I have not had a boss.  I've had partners and investors that I have to answer to, but none of them has been as tough to compete against as myself.  My own personal drive to do better.  After all these years there is one thing that has haunted, driven, and dist...

Bruce Marler was visibly excited about the biggest gathering of domainers, that was about to put TRAFFIC to shame. "Tiffany, get your luggage ready, we're going to NamesCon." Tiffany put her beer down, another empty bottle in a row of four, next to an empty box of Kobayashi sushi. It was getting chilly in Missouri, […] Copyright DomainGang...

Yesterday I Ubered to the Inglewood DMV. I am surprised that I never did this before! One of the biggest frustrations for me about going to the DMV is not

Joseph Peterson looks back at the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. NameJet's top expired domain sale during the past week was Lucie.com at only $5.6k. Last week, that same domain would have been #7 – far behind the $29.1k leader. That isn't to say that Lucie.com was NameJet's biggest auction; actually I […]

Amazon is one of the biggest portfolio applicants for new gTLDs, but to date we haven't heard much from the e-commerce giant about how it intends to use its new assets. That could change soon, however. The company is currently looking to bulk up its registry services staff, according to two job ads posted to […] Related posts: Amazon and Goo...

I am one of the few people that is making good money on the new gTLDs.  I've made a few thousand just in the last few days on many of the new Gs as they are called.  I realize it can change but this week has been great and I hope that the good luck continues.  My secret?  Buy Rightside when it dropped into the 6s. Here are today's names. GiftMugs.c...

Welcome to another round of domain movers in a series where I search tens of thousands of domains that secretly move around and unless somebody is digging, likely wouldn't notice them. Some of these domains have been sold (to a large company or by a large company) some are just moving for a reason or unknown reason. I try to find sales prices if I ...

The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. FullGear.com sold for $10,000 at Sedo. It's a smart upgrade from GoFullGear.com. A maker of custom sportswear, based in Utah. "Create am...

A Very Important Person that was instrumental for putting NamesCon 2015 together, is missing from a NamePros video making the rounds. Shocked by the non inclusion of founder Richard Lau in the 4 and 1/2 minute, condensed version of the NamesCon experience, we decided to protest this. So we created an All Richard Lau NamesCon […] Copyright Dom...

A few days ago we indicated the roots of the word "Oreos" to be a phonetic representation of the Greek word for "handsome" or "beautiful", ??????. The domain Oreos.com was auctioned off yesterday, and the winner paid $1,650 to acquire the domain, which – depending on use – might have some issues with the famous […] Copyright Domai...

WIPO panel finds that lead generation technology company abused UDRP. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found the company behind LeadPages.net to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting complaint. Avenue 81, Inc., which offers lead generation software and tools at LeadPages.net, filed a cybe...

Revision Legal, a law firm based in Michigan, has announced its track record for the past 12 months, regarding the recovery of stolen domains. Acknowledging that domain theft has become rampant, the statement opens thus: "Domain name theft is an ever-increasing reality for any individual or business that owns a domain name. And combating this [R...

Sedo reports of domain sales have been averaging $2,000 to $3,000 over the course of more than a year; the domain venue generates its sizable revenue by selling vast quantities of domains. Then again, exceptions do happen; yesterday, domain broker Dave Evanson revealed the brokerage of KHC.com for $120,000 dollars. Surprisingly, one of the largest ...

A weekly run-down of end user domain name sales at Sedo. Sedo's top reported sale last week was SuperSeats.com, which Michael Berkens sold for a staggering $48,888. With Sedo still in possession of the domain, I can't confirm my hunch that SuperSeats.net was the buyer. Some other large sales are in the same boat, including RBU.com ($27,500) and 200...

Tech Cocktail published an extensive article about the 8.CO domain name that is now up for auction via Heritage Auctions. You'll notice that Tech Cocktail uses Tech.CO for its website, so it isn't a surprise that the author wrote that 8.CO "may just be the luckiest domain on the Web." I think the auction is going to do well, and the article cites q...

GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ago and has mastered the art […]

Five new gTLD's had their first day of general availability yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered during an Early Access Program or Landrush where people paid extra money to get early access to […]

Huffington Post did a story on Erfolgwelle a firm that focuses on giving your baby a unique name. They do all this for $31,000. The article lays out the process and who they bring to the table as far as their staff. From the article: Erfolgswelle is firm devoted entirely to generating unique baby names. […]

The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. While HomeCare.com stole the show with an impressive sale in the NamesCon conference's live domain auction, the ccTLDs also made waves by piling up nine entries on our latest all extension Top 20 Sales Chart,

Just like statements of impending suicide, death threats should always be taken very seriously. A person inquiring about a domain name on Frank Schilling's Domain Name Sales, did not like the domain owner's pricing, and threatened him with physical harm: "Likewise regarding attitude. The default message from the service you're using/set up to sell ...

The domain broker submitted listings have been published below. Submissions this week come from Breathe Luxury, Domain Holdings, Sedo, and Media Options. Contact the listing broker if you wish to purchase or discuss a domain name. Visitors are welcome to submit one of their own domain names for sale in the comment section as long as it has a buy it...

Amazon announced WorkMail today, a hosted email service for corporations that aims at competing against Microsoft Office 365. Presented as Amazon WorkMail, the service is a secure, managed email and calendaring solution that would also compete against similar Google offerings. Naturally, Amazon secured AmazonWorkMail.com – a domain registered...

No sooner did we announce the declaration of February 1st as National Punch a Domain Thief Day, and a group of domains was reported as stolen. The domains 8KP.com, 3T6.com and A6Z.com were removed unlawfully from their owner's GoDaddy account, and were transferred to the usual destination: the Chinese domain registrar and auction market place, [...

GoDaddy generated a lot of controversy yesterday, by revealing its Super Bowl ™ XLIX video that featured a lost puppy that gets sold online via a GoDaddy customer's puppy mill business. Soon after, allegedly succumbing to negative backlash from animal lovers, PETA and Michele Obama, the GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving, called the video a "failed [&#...

I read an article in the October 2014 edition of FeedFront yesterday. It discussed new gTLDs and how the Affiliate Marketing community frowns upon domain investors. That's funny because a

Alan Sullivan is a Big Data Specialist with DomainDiction. On the company's website, his biography reads that Alan is an "innovator, technologist and businessman who has been directly involved in the technology of the Internet since 1997, right at the inception of the domain name system. He built the registry systems for .biz and .us during his tim...