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A very happy Monday morning to all of you and welcome back to the Available Domain Names Blog. If you're new here, the basic purpose of this site is to provide quality unregistered domain names for domain investors and web developers. A majority of the domains listed here are recent drops that contain keywords that
Mondays are usually busy on Bido so be sure to check out the site, we expect many sales to happen. Tomorrow is another Bido giveaway, sponsored by Donna Mahoney of DomainBoardroom.com. Lastly, no auctions on Wednesday, Novermber 11th, Veterans Day.
About Veterans Day (via Wikipedia):
Veterans Day is an annual American holiday honoring military vete...
Today we sold about 30 domains on Bido. With a healthy sales volume, we expect more sellers to list, and subsequently, more buyers to attend the auctions. We believe that starting from the bottom and building a solid foundation is better than starting from the top, and building a house of cards. It is cool to sell something for a million dollars ho...
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Domain InvestingSpeak to any domainer or web developer and they'll tell you that in a world of diminishing returns from pay per click, Adsense and affiliate sites, that the?ideal business model is an advertising revenue site where all the spoils goes to the web publisher.
Personally,
DNJournal's comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference, including dozens of previously unreleased photos and details, has just been published. The event marked the end of an era as conference co-founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu have now turned the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. reins over to Rick Latona.
The first class action lawsuit has been filed in the shill bidding scandal at SnapNames that continues to dominate conversation in the domain industry. In another development, SnapNames has given customers access to all of their old bidding records so they can calculate the damages suffered in the shocking scheme.
For those of you who don?t subscribe to Domainer?s Magazine, I wanted to share a great article I read about Geo domaining. Most of you know that I recently found an interest in geo domaining myself, so of course this article peaked my curiosity when I read the title, ?Developing a Geo Domain?.
Recently reported on Arstechnia, famous talk show host, Glenn Beck, filed a domain name dispute to gain control of the domain name, Glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com. While there's a strange story about how Glenn Beck even got accused of this, the stranger story is what Mr. Eiland-Hall's lawyer, Marc Randazza, had to say about this in h...
We didn't have to wait long for a class action to be filed. As we posted earlier it was just a matter of time before the sharks bit. The weekend gave Cueto Law Group and their lead plaintiff Carlos A. Cueto enough time to put together a filing against SnapNames.
Andrew at DNW and I were
Deal or no deal? eNom leaves money on the table.
Back in February I made an offer on a domain at AcquireThisName.com, an eNom affiliate. It wasn't a great name, just a brandable that a friend was interested in. eNom wanted $6,000; my friend's final offer was $400 since we were so far
Lawsuit filed over bidding scandal.
The first class auction against Snapnames over the bidding scandal has been filed.
The lawsuit was brought by the Cueto Law Group law firm, and filed in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court in Florida. The lead plaintiff is Carlos A. Cueto, while the law firm is led by Santiago A. Cueto.
Social gadget company upgrades its domain name.
Sedo has brokered the sale of Poken.com for $75,000 to a company that bills itself as a mobile social business card.
According to the web site, "poken is your 'social business card.' it's an easy way to share your contact details and online social networks in the real world....
"Pre-application" topic to be on agenda at December meeting.
The ICANN Board has instructed ICANN staff to prepare a report about accepting pre-applications or "expressions of interest" for new top level domain names. The board requested the staff to
…study the potential impact of a call for formal "expressions of interest," and provide a pl...
Popular newsletter to run online auction.
LuxuryNames.com will hold an online domain auction November 18-24 on the Snapnames platform.
LuxuryNames.com is known for its once-or-twice monthly newsletters with domain names for sale. The recently-launched newsletter has resulted in over $250,000 in sales over the past three months.
The auction will in...
A post about SnapNames which has nothing to do with halvarez? Who would have thought?! Their Generic/Keyword Showcase Auction starts tomorrow and ends on Thursday. The domains you'll be able to bid on as of tomorrow can be found below, enjoy!
Domain
Reserve
Category
Abstractly.com
$2501 – $5000
Entertainment
AdultDirectory.com
$5,001 ...
DomainReport.ca - It's a sign of the mobile times we're in.I received an email from admob today telling me that they have been acquired by Google. I think this shows how important mobile advertising is to Google, and therefore how important the mobile platform will be in the future. Google paid $750 million to buy this company that helps to monet...
On a few of my recent domain purchases, negotiations went on much longer than others have in the past. I don't know why that's been the case recently, but I suppose some of it might have to do with the economy and the domain owners not really wanting to part with their names but knowing
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I was doing some research today and came across a domain name I think is pretty good and priced well. Although I personally don't listen to country music, I know that's it is one of the most popular genres of music. BuyDomains.com is selling CountryMusicBlog.com at a list price of $1,488.
Both CountryMusicBlog.net and CountryMusicBlog.org are
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Just about every time a big company announces the launch of a new product, people buy related domain names for a multitude of reasons. Some buy them with the hopes of selling them to another company, others want to capitalize on potential popular typos, and yet others want to offer services, forums, special offers or
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Want to know a little secret?? Posting comments on blogs with your link in it will not help your search engine ranking.
"No-follow" has been around since 2005?and almost every blog has no-follow for comments links.? Wordpress has it as an installation default and most other blog platforms do as well.
SearchEngineWatch.com explained this quite clear...
I love Howard Neu and would never say anything bad about him. I have no negative thoughts. He's a great guy, honest, passionate, and most importantly loyal to the cause. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is as much of a part of his personality as it is of Rick Schwartz'. They were partners after all and Howard did a
A class action lawsuit was filed today in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court by an attorney who also seems to be the plaintiff.
The suit was filed on behalf of lead Plaintiff Carlos A. Cueto who says he participated in online auctions for domain names at SnapNames.Com, Inc.
The complaint alleges that , a former vice-president of SnapNames.,
Millionaires and billionaires now have a new an place to sell and buy mega-yachts, supercars and mansions and jewelry.
BillionaireXchange officially launched today.
The site says it has already sold or exchanged more than $180 million in arts, antiques, commercial properties, businesses and foreclosed homes during a 10-month test.
Prospective membe...
February 2007- Gold at $670Not sure how many of you saw Gold close in the high 6’s today. I always get nervous when gold goes up. I invest in gold for the same reason I invest in domains. Its an asset that most people hold out to ridicule. The characteristics of gold and domains are not aligned of course .. one exists on a15 year old network put...
Imagine a domain taxonomy engrained in the consumer's mind where they can go to any site and if they want coupons, simply type "coupon" as a sub-domain??We are a long way from that, and this is why alternate extensions will never win the wide stream customer adoption they will need to become profitable to anyone other then ICANN or the Registries w...
According to the NY Times: "Journalists are turning to the public for ideas and the money to do their investigative reporting."Spot.Us is a unique idea: community funded reporting which just succeeding in funding and then getting this garbage patch story published in the New York Times. Accoding to Spot.us website: "Spot.Us is a nonprofit project o...
American Idol Loser Kris Allen Releases Album-- And this track, Live Like We're Dying is pretty good. Too bad he doesn't own KrisAllen.com, and has to rely on KrisAllenOfficial.com. By now you think Idol producers would secure these before making the names public.
Every day you see sales pitches for domain names that include exact match search volume, but how many of you know how to use that number effectively in your purchase decision?? Many domainers subscribe to the "more is better" philosophy, while others prefer going after less competitive niche markets and shoot for monthly search volume...
One of the posts was An Open Letter To Small Business Owners which focused on the various things that businesses needed to think about as the Internet changes the way they promote their business, I was not targeting the big multimillion dollar corporations but more the rural or even large city small businesses that are trying to determine what to d...
One of the major frustrations I had early in my technology sales career is that I was in a position where when selling to a customer I only had one product to position, in other words I lived or died with that one item. The only way to sell more was to hope they grew enough to want more and if they did not want that product you were done, there was...
I have written a number of posts about how to best monetize your domain investments. One of the most important concepts I've discussed is the importance of fresh content and updating your domains as frequently as you can. If you haven't read my post about What Makes A Minisite Effective you should definitely give it
Every morning from this point on I will start the day with 7 links to things I think are either really funny or interesting.? Some may have something to do with domaining and some may not.? I'll try not to link to things that have been? already posted on domaining or namebee.? I won't post
If there is anything that is a given in this world lately, its that President Obama will be on the news and in the minds of the media.? To fuel the flames, the Democratic National Committee is always looking for slogans and catchphrases to rally the troops.? Yes We Can, Let Me Be Clear, and
The decision to take a domain name and turn it in to a website can be daunting for those who are inexperienced in web development matters. Will the website look how you want? Will you make a return on your investment? These are all typical thoughts that stop someone going ahead with getting a website
What in the world is going on?? In hindsight, I believed that main stream media was completely against portraying our industry in a positive light.? This just wasn't a simple belief, this was a conviction!? One that I developed after reading countless stories casting negative spells upon the domaining industry.
Today I have exceptional news.? While...
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