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Job cuts are all over the map so I thought I should write a word or two about it, for some who are looking for a job, know someone who is looking for a job, or simply want to increase their income level, or more importantly, their value in the marketplace.
Real world example
To simplify things I'm going to start wi...
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Brendan writes:
So I was thinking of new domains for a project I want to start and I thought of one that I really really liked and I typed it into my browser…and to my surprise, it redirected to Yahoo. I don't really see why Yahoo wants this domain..so if I were to contact them about purchasing it, do you think th...
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown - an inside report from an under the radar bankruptcy auction where Toys.com closed at $1.25 million Wednesday. A multi-name lot went for over $2 million in the 16-hour event in Wilmington, Delaware but no sales will be final until creditors of The Parent Company approve the bids made.
One of the essential elements of owning a business is branding. Today I want to specificity discuss branding a blog.
Do you consider your blog a business? I do, although I thoroughly enjoy this it is still a business that needs to produce income.
I'm going to share what I believe to be two different aspects of
I was just renewing some domains at godaddy and as usually had to do a little research to find the best coupon codes. People like to post large lists of codes, where most are expired, or simply don't work and you have to check each of them to see which saves you the most money.
This week's Sedo sales report features some of the strongest domains of the year with approximately $600,000 USD in total sales.
The top 10 sales of the week were all .com domains:
NoHotel(s).com for $60,000 USD
YOG.com for $29,500 USD
RTTV.com for $22,500 USD
Fired.com for $20,600 USD
EasyWeb.com for $20,500 USD
Couriers.com for 15,000 GBP
PornPh...
The DomainFest Global 2009 extended silent auction ends today at 3:15pm EST and features over 1,400 domains with starting bids of just $300, over 3,000 domains starting at $1,000 or less. Premium names such as drink.com, weblog.com and celebs.com are included in the auction, which features many different TLDs: .COM, .DE, .ME, .CC,. INFO, .NET,...
Escrow.com President Brandon Abbey discusses Escrow.com and the challenges of starting an escrow company.
Big ticket domainers — and even smaller ones who want safe domain transfers — often turn to Escrow.com for domain name escrow services. The company was founded in 1999 by Fidelity National Financial, but has been privately held si...
Live Current Media sells domain name and lays off 38% of staff.
Live Current Media (OTCBB: LIVC.ob) today announced the sale of a domain name for gross proceeds of 500,000 CAD, or approximately $400,000 USD. Based on information including whois record changes, Domain Name Wire believes the domain name sold is Malaysia.com. Malaysia.com is
Millions of dollars in domains sold at auction.
The biggest domain name auction of the year took place yesterday, but you probably haven't heard about it. And Oversee.net, parent company of Moniker , was a bidder, not a seller.
Yesterday at 10 am substantial assets from The Parent Company were scheduled to be auctioned off
Morgan Linton has just announced the 2nd video installment of his Domaining Power Course. In an earlier post, Morgan says, "We are in a niche market. Ask a random person on the street if they know what ‘Domaining' is and 999 out of 1000 times - they won't know." This really holds true, you may
~ The domain package of MajorFights.com, MajorFight.com with the .net, .org and .info of each and the hyphen version of each the plural and singular versions were sold for $2,500 USD by NamePro's member Rhinoz. I spoke with Mark a little bit and ask him what approach he took to selling the domains.
Mark had listed
If you are a late night browser, or live on the Eastern side of the globe (where it was early morning) then you may have noticed that our website was temporarily down late night Wednesday night (US Time).
This was a planned upgrade of our website as we were transferring our website to new servers, amongst
The dot TV domain extension is taking off. We have sold quite a few dot TV domain names in the last few months to end users.
The most recent sales went for $x,xxx. Our test auction last month for Went.tv closed at $1,050 with 24 bids.
We are now running a dot TV domain promotion. Buy any
When you attempt to sell a domain name, you are generally in a weaker position than when someone sends you an unsolicited email to buy a domain name. In the first situation, you are trying sell a domain name on your terms, and you need to find a buyer who can meet them. In
Related posts:Art of Selling a Domain Name Ed from Michigan asked me to ...
In the past couple of months, I've registered several "new" domains. Some were expirations and a few were fresh registrations? Just wondering what you guys think of these new names:
CigarEnthusiasts.com
HeatingOilDelivery.com
Frengles.com (French Bulldog & Beagle Hybrid - I have a Puggle)
DrinkKoozie.com
DrinkKoozies.com
ThreeIn1CreditScore.c...
Hello everyone,
As you will have been informed by email, we reset all passwords on our system yesterday. This was a precautionary measure we took after we became aware of a security breach regarding a very small number of NameDrive accounts.
All users are required to request a new password when logging into the NameDrive system.
?A new study has emerged that shows the key U.S. Digital Marketing Trends for 2008. It's web site traffic?numbers?clearly reflect the events of last year with recession and political related topics?gaining rank. The report highlights key trends in several areas of digital marketing, including e-commerce, top-growing sites and site categories, searc...
Morning folks!!How often do you test and experiment and change parking companies or other ways to monetize with the traffic you have? Do you just leave your traffic at the same place month after month? Maybe even year after year. Show me someone who does not test and I will show you someone that is making much less than they should. It always amaze...
Good Morning Folks!! Let's give them Seattle. You heard it right. You heard it here first! This is no joke. Well kinda. Let's give them Seattle. They are "Sleepless" in Seattle anyway, so let's give Seattle to China. See I figure the value of Seattle would pay off the debt we owe to China if we do it by midnight tonight. That would solve our econom...
Google has announced in the last couple of days some new products that make it clear that Google knows everything about you, including your location and your health.
Google Health is a new service that organizes and stores all your health information including your medical records from doctors, hospitals, and pharmacies.
Of course Google promise th...
The silent/extended auction from DomainFest, which was held by Moniker.com today through SnapNames.com closed today with almost $481,000 in sales.
In all, 222 domains sold with blooms.com and resorthotels.com tied for the top spot at $58,830 each.
Here is the full list of all the domains that sold through the auction:
blooms.com
$58,830
resor...
a follower tweets..... "I'm thinking Blueberry pancakes in a bit. With syrup. Butter. And a large mug of strong, rich coffee."
Aside from throwing unnecessary challenges to keeping me stuck on my diet, where is the business value in this? If Twitter wants to make a buck, you got to do better then that.
Unless the Tweeter was the PR guy for Intern...
OF: Another examples of how Madison Ave IS using domains creatively comprised of words you wouldn't expect.
LONDON - An online fake tan hoax website by McCann Erickson, raising awareness of skin cancer-related deaths in the UK, has been deluged with hits.
A fake company called ComputerTan, www.computertan.com has been set up by McCann and Skcin (...
Recession-Ravaged Retailers Leave Celebrity Brands Stranded
Fashion Labels From Likes of Sarah Jessica Parker Seek New Partners, Lower Price Points
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Bad news, celebs: The era of simply slapping your name on your own fashion brand and waiting for royalties to roll in is over.
LL Cool J's line of apparel at Sears is now be...
A girl I knew in high school has memorized all of Janet Jackson's dance routines. A college acquaintance is afraid of train whistles. Five separate people harbor lifelong desires to visit New Zealand. How do I know these things? Because they won't stop writing about them on Facebook! More from TIME
I have another list for ya.? I'm a fan of lists, even biased lists (not that unbiased lists exist, right?).? But my main problem with lists are putting them across a ton of pages.? Forbes does this.? I can't stand it!
This list is brought to you by Popular Mechanics, who also puts one per page.?
Every domain name investor uses WHOIS on a daily basis to check registrant information on domain names, but few understand the mechanics behind it and what you can do with that knowledge.? Consider this your education.? I am not only going to explain how WHOIS data is retrieved, but also give you examples of how
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