February 12, 2009 Posts

Today, I went to the Network Solutions site to do a whois search on a Netsol name. I hadn?t been on the Netsol site in a while so I was pleasantly surprised to see a listing of popular whois searches. My assumptions are that these searches are those performed only through Netsol and for a limited time period but will try and find that out at a lat...

The first big show of the year has come and gone and all that is left are memories of furry tails, cocktails, speakers, nude domainers, auctions and of course, conversations, conversations and more conversations. So what was on the lips and tongues of industry execs, domainers and providers this January? In short, a lot but perhaps

These three companies are still buying domain names in the down market. Domain buyers are fewer and further between in this down economy. But that doesn't mean they don't exist. Here are three companies that still want to buy your domain names. Oversee.net - parent company of Moniker , Snapnames ,

Why video when words tell the story? Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) released a video last week discussing the process for new top level domain names. It features ICANN CEO Paul Twomey, COO Doug Brent and Senior Vice President for Services Kurt Pritz. I got a kick out of the first

Company confirms what we already thought. It was fairly clear that Eagle, LLC was connected to Toys ‘R' Us during the eToys bankruptcy auctions. Toys ‘R' Us confirmed the suspicion today in an Associated Press article. The article says the purchase price was not disclosed. Domain Name Wire already reported the purchase price...

Continuing my series of posts on innovative uses of the widely popular WordPress CMS, I'd like to present to you the WordPress Wiki Theme.? A WordPress theme of beautiful form and intelligent function. Just recently developed, the WordPress Wiki Theme, by Valen Designs, is built specifically for developing a knowledgebase or wiki style website wher...

I have not done a Sedo.com domain name Hotlist in awhile, so here are some domain names that are currently on auction at Sedo. The list starts with what is ending the earliest. Rap.org $3655 XFF.net $500 OFB.com $6800 Crazy cheap premium LLL.com ParisFrance.com $4500 EUR LuckyMan.com $710 You can read more about the LuckyMan.com history here. Recen...

We have been kept busy with a few of our development projects over the past few weeks. We are in the process of rolling out some great features here at eBusinessDomains.com. In the past few weeks we have also been kept busy dealing with domain enquiries and sales. Despite a recession and economic downturn, we have

With the economic crisis causing a major impact to New York City's revenue, the city is hoping to cash in on the .nyc extension, which they hope will be approved quickly and available to sell by next summer. According to an article appearing today in Crain's, "City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced during her state-of-the-city address Re...

If you're in Japan and look at the printed advertisements, you'll notice the majority of companies that want you to follow up on the internet look the company up by searching for a ????? k?w?do ("keyword"; Japanese-English for "search engine query"). The query will often be in a form input box, along with a mock...

More than 8 years after we first proposed to New York City to start .NYC, the top-level domain for New York City, I got some satisfaction today when months of work with various NYC governmental agencies and affiliates paid off as New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced her strong support for .NYC

Morning Folks!!.........Last month I wrote about the "C" word as in CONFIDENCE. Well since I wrote that, confidence has gone nowhere but down. I can't find a soul that thinks otherwise and is fully sober. Now it is even a deeper crisis. I lived through the Cuban Missile Crisis. We had drills in school and had to hide in the bomb shelter in the base...

Most people have heard of the American Express card, popularly known as the "Black Card". The AMEX Black Card has become a status symbol of the rich and famous.? The card has a $5,000 initiation fee, $2,500 annual fee, $250,000 annual spending requirements, and no credit limit. Over the past 10 years the black card has been

Join us for a Webinar on February 18 featuring Rob Grant and on March 4th with Michael Berkens. The most successful domainers I know have always believed that you benefit yourself by helping others and promoting the industry you are in. So I started the Gratitude series to inspire you by showcasing the talent and vision of the Internet innovators ...

Markets vary over time in growth and robustness, and from industry to industry. The perfect synergy between a business and their internet success depends on having a premium domain that beautifully fits the design of a particular company's internet expansion goal. Most companies exist within a narrow market (or business classification), and a compa...