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Quick note about a few updates to Bido.
1. Voting on the submitted domains is now open to all members. In order to vote on submitted domains to see them go to auction, you must authenticate your account with either paypal or a credit/debit card. In addition, browsing the submitted domains is a lot more intuitive. You can sort by when they were add...
We lately gave Bido experts the ability to vote on which domains go to auction. We were asked then (about 10 days ago) how many votes does it take to get listed? While learning what constitutes the right number we did not have an answer but what we did learn, with the volume of domains in submission area (over 1K now) Bido experts were overwhelmed....
I took my wife on a romantic getaway this past weekend and though I rarely went online I couldn't help noticing the domain names that are being used to promote the charming resort town we visited - Mount Dora, Florida. I loved the city but the domain names? Not so much. Here's the Good, the Bad and the downright Ugly!
DomainSponsor, the domain monetization branch of Oversee.net, announced today that their DomainFest Global event will be held at the luxurious Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California on January 26-28, 2010.
The entire hotel property has been booked exclusively for this conference to improve intimacy and networking amongst attending domai...
Rick Latona Auctions has announced a NO RESERVE Summer Slow Auction which will start on Thursday July 23, 2009 and run for one week - and there is still room for new submissions.
"We are running the best 100 names that get submitted," the auction house said in a recent press release. "We still have room
According to a recent study by Memorable Domains, Bing gives keyword-based websites the biggest boost in search engine rankings compared to other leading search engines such as Google and Yahoo.
Memorable Domains randomly selected 125 generic .co.uk websites and analyzed the position of each site within the first 2 pages (20 results) for a search o...
NASK, the registry operator for Poland's .PL top-level domain, has lost up to 14 million zloty ($4.5 million USD) on failed FOREX futures investments.
And according to a Polish news agency, this is also a potential case of fraud as NASK is a public entity and therefore lost taxpayers' money.
"I am shocked that such an important...
Parent company of eNom enters into agreement to buy Demand.com domain name.
The domain name Demand.com is in demand.
Demand Media, parent company of eNom and NameJet, has entered into an agreement to purchase the domain name Demand.com for corporate branding purposes. The sale was announced today in a press release from the seller inter123 Corpora...
Conservative "think tank" gets mud on its face by not registering .com domain name.
Many domain arbitration decisions are dry reads. But I found myself cracking up this morning reading the case of SutherlandInstitute.com.
Southerland Institute is a Utah-based conservative group that purports to promote family, limited government, and religion. It...
Company denies Westerdal's counterclaims.
Thought Convergence (TCI) has filed an answer to Jay Westerdal's counterclaims in an ongoing lawsuit over TCI's acquisition of Westerdal's company Name Intelligence.
The 12 page response (pdf) basically denies all complaints Westerdal made.
So what's next, now that both sides have lodged their allegations a...
A look at winners and losers in the domain race in the first half of 2009.
The first half of 2009 was tumultuous for many domain name registrars. But a few — including GoDaddy — continue to grow their registration base.
Here's how the top 10 registrars (plus a couple others popular amongst domainers) fared in
National Arbitration Forum to cease credit card and consumer arbitration under agreement.
Just one week after the Minnesota Attorney General filed suit against National Arbitration Forum, the two sides have settled. As part of the agreement, National Arbitration Forum will no longer perform arbitration for credit card and other consumer arbitrati...
SnapNames.com is running it's first ever "Showcase" domain name auction on it's site SnapNames.com . The auction contains 80 domain names with low to "no reserve" prices.
Since the auction ends in about 1.5 days at posting, I wanted to see how things were looking and check out some of the domains.
Currently, 24 of the 80...
Back on June 20, 2009 I had discovered that the domain name Coldwar.com had hit expired status and the past owner was CNN aka Turner Broadcasting.
Well, the allowed time has passed and the expired domain name auction has taken place and ending for $7,900 USD over at NameJet.com yesterday.
It was a busy auction with 221
Back in London, back to reality. Time to do some serious work, time to take businesses to whole ?nother levels for the rest of 2009, and beyond.
I have been brought up to speed on my domaining businesses, and here are some quick updates, especially for our users:
Users who are submitting domains for sale will have
The Castello Brothers (Michael and David Castello) of the Castello Cities Internet Network will give the keynote address and host an interactive session at the 2009 Domain Convergence Conference in Toronto, Canada August 13-14.
The Castello Brothers' keynote address will be The Future of Domaining – Building Your Brand. In addition, they will...
TechCrunch.com covers the launch of the sale of Candy.com this morning.
So first let me congratulate Rick again on this deal and retaining a piece of the new business.
Now to the article and the comments.
The stupidest comment in the article itself by far is:
"The $3 million question for them: how quickly, if at all, will they
Last week the Minnesota attorney general Lori Swanson,? filed a lawsuit against the National Arbitration Forum, the largest arbitration company in the country for consumer credit disputes, alleged that the agency deceived consumers into thinking it was a neutral arbitrator for debt collection matters, when in fact it was working FOR the creditors.
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Thought Convergence Answers Jay Westerdal’s Complaint denying Westerdal’s counterclaims. According to DomainNameWire.com, Thought Convergence (TCI) has filed an answer to Jay Westerdal’s counterclaims in an ongoing lawsuit over TCI’s acquisition of Westerdal’s company.Commenting on the post "Daddy" opined "Knowing both sides of this battle I don’t...
FREE Webinar- LIVE Online July 23, 2009--8:00PM- 9:00PM EST --Seats limited-- For Reservations Click HERE:Join us Thursday evening for special guest Andrew Warner and the Mixergy Mission. The Mixergy Mission is not a rock band but a millionaires club of Internet doers and thinkers that just listening to their stories will change you.Expect to be in...
Here are some available .com domains I came across tonight.? All are currently available for hand registration as of 11:00PM EST.? Since they are all exact match keyword domains, they may be well suited for mini site development, SEO development or end user resale.
I've hyperlinked each domain to an example of sample products or relevant...
In this episode of Domainvestors.tv I discuss the importance of running your business like a business! Many people can become focused on working in their business and oftentimes forget to take the time to work on their businesses.
It is absolutely essential that you set goals for your business and then at least four times a
Are you the kind of person that is willing to forgo good money for the chance to make great money?? Are you willing to take nothing now for the chance to make fantastic money down the road? Todd Phillips was. Phillips is the director of ‘The Hangover'.? Philips was insistent on casting his actor friends
Hi Everybody!
I want to share with you, how I developed my site ? BuyYogurt.com in 7 days.?????
Last week I wanted to register a domain name that related to the yogurt industry.
I think yogurt will be very popular in years to come.
I was looking to register a brand new domain; I checked a lot of opportunities
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