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Domain Renewal Group are at it again, sending out unsolicited domain expiration notices.I received a couple this morning.I don't know this outfit and have never dealt with them. I deal with only two registrars exclusively.Domain Renewal Group offer to renew my names for just ?20 for a year, or ?35 for two years.Not bad, except that I only pay somew...
In the last big economic downturn domainers like Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham made their fortunes by buying up assets few others wanted. Could history repeat itself in the current slump? Rick Schwartz predicts some domainers will indeed hit it big, but the new fortunes will come from something other than domains!
I wrote a short article this weekend about .tel and the repsonse has been amazing. This is definitely a topic people are interested in and also a TLD that many are yet to fully understand. The first thing you have to do is stop thinking of .tel as a TLD - think of it as
Another reason you need to pay attention to the new top level domain process at ICANN.
I think it's time to start a "Threatdown" for domain owners, a la Stephen Colbert. The threats to domain name owners in the new top level domain process at ICANN are far scarier than Colbert's perennial threat: bears.
Today's threat...
Here's an example mini site created by Minisites.com.
Site by Minisites.com
I was excited last week to read that DN Media Corporation teamed up with Nat Cohen of Telepathy, Inc. for a new mini site service called Minisites.com. I've been impressed with both of these companies. DN Media has launched successful products including PushtoAuction.com,...
Get off your high horse, Apple fan boys.
Two high profile domainers recently made the switch from PC to Mac. I'm not joining the club. My wife's employer forces her to use a mac, and actually using one of these things shows you they aren't perfect and not worth the fuss.
Before I get started
Sedo sells Results.com domain name for $500k.
I won't have official numbers until tomorrow, but it looks like Sedo has had another great sales week. Sedo just tweeted that it sold Results.com for $500,000 and BabyShop.com for $85,000.
Results.com shows a business coaching company, but that web site has been on the site since December....
According to this article on News Blaze,? highly respected Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, made a statement in Nevada on March 16th, stating that allowing domains based on religion or denomination would unnecessarily create more conflicts in a world already full of disputes.
Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, is warning ICANN about the...
It is exactly one week to go before the end of our Blockbuster Domaining Contest!
Tomorrow, we will publish the list of 25 .TV domains that we will be giving away, compliments of eBusinessDomains.com.
Today, I want to explain how we will select the winners next week.
Each prize will be randomly drawn. We were thinking of getting
I saw a nice domain name up for auction at Snapnames today: FBS.com. At the moment, there are 5 hours remaining to bid. I can't really suggest a use for the name, which is why I am not bidding, but there's something about the name I like.
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Jumpkicks, Inc. is a development-stage company whose stock is traded on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board Market. The company is an online martial arts retailer that sells products, such as uniforms, shirts, equipment, mats, and other products related to martial arts. They also provide information of interest to martial artists and instructors. T...
Perhaps it isn't a new feature and I just haven't noticed it before today, but when you highlight a word or phrase in a New York Times article (in Safari or Firefox), a small question mark graphic pop-ups. If you click on the graphic, it opens a new window with an Answers.com powered reference search.
The
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The DOMAINfest website has been updated with content from their January 2009 conference.
Visitors can now view a collage of photos taken at the event.? Also posted are full- length videos of each session so that attendees and non-attendees can benefit from the vision and advice of our expert panelists.? In addition, there are a number
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It's always great to see the reaction people have once new TLDs are released. In this case, apparently .tel is the new com killer. Hrm.
Considering .tel is a way for people to make getting their number (and or other communication details) out easily and what not, I don't really see .tel as a threat to
Morning Folks!! I wonder what Einstein could have done had he been in his prime today? Einstein with a computer and a website. Ben Franklin with the all the things he invented. Christopher Columbus with a GPS. Alexander Grahm Bell with an iphone. Each day we follow in the footsteps and along the path that they forged. They did it with such little t...
Evening Folks!! Hot off the press!! Moniker has sent me a few blockbuster names and I am happy to announce that SantaClara.com will be auctioned off at the Silicon Valley TRAFFIC that will just so happen to be held in Santa Clara in just a few weeks. Won't that be interesting? Here is an open invitation for the Mayor or City Manager of Santa Clara ...
Outside the world of domains, but certainly food for thought for all of us located in the US, is today's news that the Federal Government has basically asked for and gotten the resignation of the CEO of GM, Rick Wagoner.
This is the first time in history that the US government has demanded that a private
In an unusual case, a Pittsburgh auto parts dealer filed a lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court against Ford Motor Co., claiming they used the company's "catch phrase", which is also its domain name.
Frank's Auto Supply Inc., claims they have used the phrase,? "We Speak Car,"? in advertising since June 8, 2003. Moreover...
Using our friends over at Esitbot.com valuation tool, we ran the domains in the AfterMarket.com auction, which closes on Wednesday, but it already opened for prebidding,? to find the "Best Buys".
According to Estibot.com here are the domains with the lowest reserve price to Estibot appraisal (any domain in bold already has a bid as of...
Today the Supreme Court,? without comment, rejected the state of Virginia's appeal to keep its anti-spam law, regarded to be the toughest such state law, in place.? The law known as the Computer Crimes Act banned commercial and noncommercial spam e-mail sent to consumers in that state.
Mr. Jaynes was convicted in 2004 for sending bulk
In an unusual case, a Pittsburgh auto parts dealer filed a lawsuit on Friday in the U.S. District Court against Ford Motor Co., claiming they used the company's "catch phrase", which is also its domain name.
Frank's Auto Supply Inc., claims they have used the phrase,? "We Speak Car,"? in advertising since June 8, 2003. Moreover...
According to a blog post on the catholic spirit blog Catholic Online, agreed to settle a lawsuit for $200,000 and pledged the domain catholic.org which according to the story? """is estimated to be worth considerably more than $200,000, as collateral to ensure restitution is made."""
It appears that the District Attorney for Kern County (Bakersfiel...
A blog post yesterday in Tech Crunch, asks the question of how valuable short URL's are, based on a Twitter society where shorter is not only better but necessary.
The post pointed out the fact that but.ly just got $2 million dollars in for 20% of the company, placing a value on the company of $8
"Mobile is not just a customer-acquisition and loyalty tool; it's also an area of cost savings. The more customers a bank can move to self-service digital channels, the more the bank can save. Costs of a call-center conversation start between $6 to $10, compared to pennies for an automated digital channel."Consumer Control Brings Brand Loyalty to B...
"Engage, even when it’s not easy or comfortable."-Brad Nelson @Starbucks, Chief tweeter of StarbucksToday a comprehensive new research report comes out, the Shorty Report. It providea the latest data through interviews with dozens of companies that are using Twitter to make a big impact with short messages.Please spread the word to businesses that ...
Well he didn't buy America.com, he acted on our advice to hold town meetings online and has been active in promoting many web urls to open transparency in government. Now from Drudge report: The U.S. government is set to offer an online emotional rescue kit! "Getting Through Tough Economic Times" will launch Tuesday with a media push across all pla...
Once you’re confident in whom the seller is and the statistics are bona fide then you can move to formulating a deal. Most deals in the domaining industry are pretty straight forward. The domains do “Y” amount of revenue per year and the seller pays “Y” times years for the...
The DomainConsultant team is putting together quite the event for Domain Madness auction. DomainConsultant launched the auction with a twist implementing a bracket contest. Taking it a step further, Domain Madness is now being broadcast live from the Palms in Las Vegas. If you are interested in attending, RSVP to the auction team (admin @
I don't know if I have mentioned it before but I make a fair amount of money selling items on eBay every month. This is how I first started domaining. Awhile ago I put up a small wordpress site to showcase some of my items that I sold on eBay. I did not see any
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I'm selling I've sold HELOCLoans.net as part of an experiment testing the effectiveness of using Twitter to promote a Sedo domain auction.
1. To help get this auction started, I'll paypal 10% of the final sales price to the person who makes the first bid. Update: Contest winner: @FreelanceNation
2. I'll also pick a
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