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Simply put, eBay has not figured out the auction model. Their growth these days, and focus, is on their marketplace, on "Buy It Now" (fixed pricing). Other auction houses, like Sedo, Afternic, also continue and push the concept of "Buy It Now" to their users. I've got news to you: "Buy It Now" isn't an auction, it...
As some of you know, Flowchart.com is one of our R&D projects, it is my partner's Jeff's little baby. So when I saw the following, I thought, while this blog really doesn't talk much about this intense project (flowchart.com blog is here), why not we all give Jeff a round of applause for a job well done?
Via Business Computing World:
Would we ...
Options in the domain aftermarket are expanding with the launch of several new sales platforms by established industry players. BargainDomains.com will focus on undervalued names, NoktaDomains.com has a portfolio of 200,000 names to choose from and a third new player will join them soon.
Two weeks ago SnapNames made public the Halvarez?fraud and how they intended to clean things up.
Since the release three main concerns have come up:
-Halvarez should be charged for criminal actions.
-Rebates should include ALL auctions that Halvarez bid in, not just where he placed second.
-The rebate agreement was blanketed to cover SnapNames of e...
Early last week I received one of RickLatona.com's newsletter requesting submissions for religious domain names. I submitted two, ForeverChrist.com and PrayerForum.com. Both were accepted and published in the newsletter. The first name did not sell, but the second one, PrayerForum, sold Friday. The initial asking price was $2,000, the buyer sent in...
According to an email from Snapnames regarding the "halvarez" scandal that just reached us, the company has amended the terms for accepting their rebate offer, to now only limit future claims regarding auctions on SnapNames that "halvarez" was a bidder in. The email goes on to say that company has no way to return or
Better late than never, Apple gets iPodNano.com domain name.
It took about four years, but Apple has finally gotten its hands on the iPodNano.com domain name.
Apple filed for arbitration with National Arbitration Forum to get the domain name. The owner of the domain name, Fusion Media Ltd., did not respond to the complaint and the
.Cm domain name registry NETCOM loses financial files.
The "relaunch" of Cameroon's .cm domain name stuttered out of the gate after many technical difficulties. Apparently those problems continue, and it highlights one of the risks of buying certain country code domain names.
.Cm registry NETCOM has emailed its registrars informing them of data ...
Quinstreet files to go public.
Lead generation company Quinstreet, which bought the Insure.com web site for $16 million in October, has filed for it initial public offering.
In its S-1 Securities and Exchange Commission filing for the IPO, the company reported fiscal year 2009 revenue of $261 million with a net income of $17 million.
Quinstreet not...
Let me get straight to the point: in my opinion, quite a few people will end up LOSING a lot of money due to the fact that their judgment has been clouded by social media hype. Here's why:
Branding and a Domain's Inherent Value Are Two DIFFERENT Things
Look: the domain name "digg.com" has nothing to do
DomainReport.ca - It's been a long dry spell of .ca domain names left out of the DN Journal weekly sales reports, however some .ca news was mentioned in the DNJ lowdown section yesterday. Though reported .ca sales have been few lately, country code domains are still as strong as ever in other extensions, such as .de and .co.uk.The DNJ lowdown sect...
I feel like I've probably told the story a bunch of times (which I am sure I have), but since a number of people have asked me recently, I want to share the story of how I became a domain investor.
When I was a NYU in 2002-03, I went to help a family friend clean
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A domain investor friend of mine forwarded me an email he received from Network Solutions today, with the following message:
Subject: The Domain You Searched For Is Still Available: On Sale Now!
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.net?? ?Buy Now for ONLY $19 >>
Available as of 11/09/2009
Domain names are how people find you online, how you express yourself thro...
The great thing about Twitter for the time being, is that there is money for everyone.
First, are you a "Twitterer" (start with Making Money Tweeting) or a Business that wants to advertise (start with Buying Cheap Twitter Ads)? ?There is the ability to make money for both, you just need to know your channel.
Making Money Read more articles on this ...
There is quite a bit of buzz surrounding domains for geographic locations as of late. They are pretty awesome. You can truly own a unique piece of virtual real estate by choosing the right domain. The days of owning domains like Argentina.com, Canada.com, etc are gone but there are still a lot of city/state, state/country,
I have way too many bookmarks so my way to find the Google Adwords tool is archaic (type it in the tool bar over and over every day) but today was worth the humor.
# 2 sponsored link was …
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How would you like to own all of the United States and major U.S.?cities for $108, 920,000? Well, it is unrealestic thinking, but according to Valuate.com,?this is the price you could expect to pay if you were able to get the owners to sell in accordance with Valuate's appraisals.?
This post ...
It is amazing how our vision is transforming into reality since we first established SimplyGeo.com LLC in February 2008.? Our vision has influenced the domain industry in ways no one would have imagined. There were a variety of topics in the domain industry when we first established the beginning of our network, good, bad and
Hi Gang,
I'm writing an article regarding the "domain industry image" in the public and business sectors.
Question: What scandals have occured in the last five years that you believe were the WORST scandals for our industry?
I welcome all comments, all problems you've encountered, whether they were resolved, and what your personal feelings were a...
After much discussion and criticism last week Oversee/SnapNames.com announced today that it has revised and restated the release they are requiring those wanting to accept the settlement for the bidding activities of the bidder Halvarez to sign.
As we have discussed here we thought the release was overly broad and the literally reading would releas...
Joe Francis Owes Nearly $34 Million, May File For BankruptcySource: www.luxist.comPerennially smiling entrepreneur Joe Francis might not have so much to smile about now. The Girls Gone Wild Founder may owe nearly $34 million in taxes. Francis has been served with a tax lien that says that he failed to pay $17.7 million in 2001, $11.2 million in 200...
The whole domain industry has been reeling under the Snap Names revelations over the last few weeks. Is this really such a bad thing?
The life-cycle of almost every industry has resulted in the ejection of undesirables and bad practices as the industry begins to clean itself up. From my perspective the Snap Names saga is really where men of conscio...
As I prepare for our sales meeting today I was thinking about the one piece of the agenda that seems to be on every sales meeting agenda I have ever attended and it will be part of ours as well. That section is overcoming objections, or Challenge/Response.
No matter where I have been one of the ways I can tell the people who are going to have the ...
Today while in our sales meeting I heard on of the frequent comments I hear from people that have spoke to small businesses about online marketing, websites, etc. That comment is "I do not get any business from my website" or "I do not remember ever getting a call from my website" or something similar.
To me this basically means I am walking out ...
Many domainers stick to a certain area of the domain market either because they knew something about the market before domaining or because they have leaned something about it and cornered their market.
Personally I have a small niche that I buy and develop some domains in, but?I do not limit myself to just that. I
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I am no SEO expert, I know the basics and a little more. In my search for great information. I have found a few great websites, post, articles that do a great job of explaining the basics of search engine that can e put to use on your next blog, minisite, or web development project.
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This article is written by Patrick Ruddell. Patrick is the creator and head chef at ChefPatrick.com, a domain name blog featuring weekly video posts, comic strips and domain names news.
Patrick has helped me take my blog to the next level and without him my blog would not be half the blog it is today! Patrick's
In order to maximize the sale price of our domains we all tell little white lies. Of course I've had the same ones told right back to me. Here are my top ten favorite lines hear during negotiations.
1. The fake "other" buyer " I need to know if you still want the
A California entrepreneur is using his skills to help his Mom sell her house. A house she's had on the market for over a year. Using the domain Buymymomshouse.com, he's hoping he'll create a little more buzz than the house has seen using traditional methods. A quick website and a press release, and he's hoping...
Hewlett Packard's marketing and design team have come up with a very clever, interactive flash banner which highlights the touch capabilities of the HP TouchSmart 600 running Microsoft 7.
Usually advertising banners do everything to capture your attention, for instance those insanely annoying fast flashing banners you see on ugly websites. Or, shoo...
Lately I've been swamped with offers for domain names.? The only problem with this is I did not request any of these offers to be made.? I am randomly receiving emails and facebook messages in regards to domains that are for sale.? I just don't understand it.? Just because I am a domainer doesn't mean
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Frosty on motorcycle this AM. Temp @ speed was below freezing. 45 miles was enuff 4 me. Now trying to warm up. :)
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