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toys.com current bid is $2,900,000 to national A-1. i will update as bidding occurs. Frank Schilling just formally dropped out.
More evidence that domain owners are in the right place at the right time. A new report from the Kelsey Group predicts that money spent on local advertising online will soar 129% over the next five years while local ad spending in traditional media (newspapers, radio, TV, etc.) will decline another 20% over the same period.
Last week I talked about the new book Twitter Power by Joel Comm and why I use Twitter.
Today I am going to tell you how the power of Twitter has worked for me. Wednesday I posted an article about the top domain sales of 2008 not developed. Well, it went viral!
What does Viral mean?
According to
The aftermarket.com silent auction portion for Domainer Mardi Gras ends today. Two of the passed domains from the live auction have now received bids. The current bid for Credenzas.com is $13,500 and GolfSet.com is currently at? $4,500 . In addition all of the remaining no reserve listings have received bids.
See the full list of domains
Larry over at DirectNavigation.com is live blogging the toys.com auction. So far Frank Schilling has dropped out of the auction and the last bid was placed in the amount of $3,130,000 by National A1. Minmum bid increments have been set to $5,000.
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The Toys.com auction is now over. I caught the tail end of the auction and listened and twittered as the 2 final bidders ToysRus and National A1 Advertising fought it out with $5,000 bid increments.? The final blow by ToysRus was the $5,100,000 bid that trumped National A1's $5,000,000 bid.?? The auction started at 1pm
Domain name parking alternatives vary in approach, but one is a clear favorite.
In light of falling domain parking revenue a number of services have popped up that offer to develop your domain names or monetize domains without pay-per-click ads. For the first time ever, the 2009 Domain Name Wire Survey asked "Which domain parking
Joe Biden joins Ted Stevens in web hall of shame.
Vice President Joe Biden is having difficulty with this whole interweb thing.
When asked for the web address for a government web site, he looked to an aide and said he didn't know what it was followed by "do you know the web site number?".
He also pulled
Auction ends today at 4 PM CST.
It ain't over until the fat lady sings.
Aftermarket.com's Domainer Mardi Gras auction is still going, and some of the domains that didn't sell during the live auction last Saturday are getting bids. That includes Credenzas.com, at $13,500, and GolfSets.com at $4,500.
The extended auction also includes new domains t...
Guidelines for new registries doesn't make sense; but therein lies a business opportunity.
If you want to apply for a new top level domain from ICANN, you need to provide lots of financial documentation about your ability to run the TLD. ICANN is mum on how much money you need on the balance sheet, but
Reauction of Toys.com goes for $5.1M.
It's not over yet (subject to court approval), but it looks like Toys ‘R' Us will be purchasing the Toys.com domain name for $5.1M. The company outbid National A-1 Advertising in an auction that was live blogged on DirectNavigation.com. (DirectNavigation.com is written by Larry Fischer, who attended th...
Snugglette ® is the new follow up blanket with sleeves of the first Snuggie ® blanket that is now world famous. The commercials for the Snuggie ® were a Huge Hit and the advertising was a perfect fit as they took the approach of saving money on heating bill, while also providing an affordable product
We have successfully launched our domain forum today.
We are still tweaking a few things, but the domain board is looking good and ready to go.
Please sign up and test drive this new domaining community. You also have the chance to define the spirit of the forum.
We have created quite a few sub forums that we
Politicians are already using, and the domaining community is now making it a number one destination for domaining news and fun.
Here is an article listing some of the world?s moist famous celebrities who are on Twitter:
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Because full scale development can take a considerable amount of your time, I would advise that you choose a domain name that is in a field of interest for you.? This is especially true if you have a full time job and become a developer on the side.? If I didn't enjoy the domain industry,
Related posts:You Choose the Topic I am working very har...
DirectNavigation.com just mentioned that the domain Toys.com has sold for a final price of $5,100,000 (auction). As a huge toy store across the United States (and various parts of the world), I think this this domain will probably just get forwarded to Toys R Us‘ domain, ToysRUs.com. Maybe not? We'll just have to wait and
I mean seriously. C'mon now. Who's gonna type in this entire string? While I commend Kaplan's intentions to track response from this TV spot, I sure hope they give attribution to any leads that came from direct navigation during the hours around each time this commercial aired. It's more than likely that viewers will just go to Kaplan.edu and assum...
Aside from the frightening SSL stuff, Moxie Marlinspike stirred up some good interest in Internationalized Domain Names at Black Hat in DC with his domain lookalike attack. Since I?ve been studying the topic for a while, I wanted to point out some things about IDN people may want to know. At CanSecWest and SOURCE Boston
Hello everyone,
It?s been a busy week with lots of news and rumours regarding Yahoo and Microsoft, Domain price capping, industry reports and the quirks of Japanese internet usage. All the latest on these topics and more can be found in our weekly digest.
I hope you all have a great weekend.
Mister B
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ICANN to Study Price
The nominee for Assistant Attorney General for Anti-trust at the United States Department of Justice, has said that she considers Google to be a monopoly. She also said she was "deeply troubled" by Google's purchase of DoubleClick and its proposed purchase of Yahoo's search business.
The key is online advertising. Google's aggressive moves to domin...
Damn you Rick Dees!
Having lunch with Jay Westerdal in New Orleans he posed an interesting theory. What if, years from now, you could go to GoDaddy.com and register .rick with your credit card?
While that scenario is incredibly unlikely it?s interesting to contemplate what it would do to domain values.
It would crush domain values. If anything...
Have you ever wondered how to respond to domain offers ? You are not alone. I am about to share with you an email I received yesterday evening from a multi-million dollar company.? This information is still hot off the email server.
I had offered to?buy if they will be willing to sell one of there
So as we all know by now Toys.com, which sold literally just days ago, for $1,250,000 as part of a bankruptcy court proceeding, sold today for $5,100,000.
What does that say about the value of domains?
How does a domain at auction sell one week for $1.25 million and the next week for over $5 Million.
Join us next Wednesday evening for a LIVE event: Domain Success presents Mike Berkens, the brain behind 75,000 of the Internet’s most wanted brands.If you know domaining, then you know Mike Berkens. Berkens is a serial entrepreneur, a non-practicing tax attorney and an accomplished domainer whose success is likened to that of Frank Schilling, Kevin...
Even After Recession, Not Much Hope for a Recovery NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Local ad spending isn't coming back for most traditional media even after this hellish recession lifts, a new forecast warns. The ominous forecast helps explain why Hearst can seriously consider shutting down the San Francisco Chronicle, a big daily with a v...
There is life after the oval office and via Truemors: Artist Shu Yong appreciates the natural curves of a woman’s body and decided to show his love of silicone-free ta-tas by creating a sculpture of giant boobies that has made its way around China. Yong hopes the art piece will help women accept and appreciate their bodies in a society ripe with pl...
What does this post have to do with domains? There's a lesson about domains in every post here. Who is using them? How they are being used? How to write keyword copy that drives traffic and ad revenue? Where you might sell yours to end users for applications you've never considered?Like on the side of a salad bag as a call-to-action. More eyeballs ...
Hitwise Via MarketingVOX:The number of words in the average US search query is on the rise, with longer search queries - averaging five or more words in length - increasing 10% overall in January 2009 vs. January 2008, according to data from Hitwise (via MarketingCharts).The most notable change was in search queries that were eight or more words. T...
Thanks to the new TV.com application from CBS, you can now stream clips and full episodes of popular TV shows like 'CSI:Miami' or the original 'Star Trek' right to your iPhone or iPod Touch. You can even watch full episodes of Beverly Hills 90210, if you are so inclined. Besides shows from CBS, the app (iTunes link) also features shows from CNet, S...
Via CNET (photo InfoMedia): The iPhone farting app market is starting to get pretty noisy.iFart Mobile, maker of an app that simulates farting noises, asked a court on Friday to rule that it can use the term "pull my finger" without risking trademark infringement claims by another iPhone fart app named, you guessed it, Pull My Finger.InfoMedia, whi...
In a survey released by popular domain blog DomainNameWire, WhyPark was voted the best domain parking alternative. We couldn?t be more thrilled! Our platform developments are based on customer feedback so we?re encouraged by this pat on the back. Thanks to all our customers who voted for us in this survey and continue to support us as we improve an...
Domainer Mardi Gras Auction wraps ups soon but continues doing good along the way for New Orleans.
At 4:00pm CST today, February 27, it all comes to a rousing conclusion with the end of the Extended Afterparty Auction - but there is time to bid and deals still abound. You can still attend the party!
Below is
Domainer Mardi Gras Auction Afterparty - ‘No Reserve' Names, Habitat for Humanity Invited
From DomainConsultant.comWhat's an after party without those great, fun ‘No Reserve' names to add some fresh fever and flavor to the mix? Aftermarket.com and DomainConsultant.com are proud to announce the addition of ten high-quality, keyword-rich ...
Whispers and comments have been getting louder and louder in the domainer community?regarding the growing emergence of country-code top level domains (ccTLD's). Domainer attitudes sometimes foreshadow the next wave. On the other hand, domainers sometimes only echo that which is obvious.
.US is the official country code of the United States, and a f...
I've just been witnessing another example of the power and usefulness of Twitter, which I've only recently been attempting to make full use of.? The domain name Toys.com was up for auction again today after the previous sale of $1.25m was deemed insufficient by the bankruptcy court that was in charge of the proceedings and
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