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Has anybody else noticed the number of quality .org domain names that have been dropping lately? I'm not talking about paying $60 to drop catchers either. I'm talking expired .org domains that are coming out the other side and available for hand registration fees.
I've seen a lot of debate about the merits of the .org
Part I is here
Why is "Buy It Now" killing auction houses? We need to look deeper at the concept of auctions vs. the concept of a marketplace.
Auctions are driven by engagement, while marketplaces are driven by transactions. On one end of the spectrum, $1/No Reserve auctions are definitely engaging, but they're too risky for sellers. While it wou...
I've never really liked contact forms on web sites, but just recently, I've been experimenting with some of my asbestos sites and the results have been very encouraging.
I always include a contact page, just like everyone else, as well as placing at least one contact phone number both in the header of the site and
Carriage.com seems like a good buy at 10k. Here?s the full list:carriage.com10000broadwaybuzz.com8588ultimatecar.com8000adultsmok erssurvey.com7370travelmarketplace.com5400tita.com5000cocopeat.com5000 directbeds.com4988tvos.com4988sanagi.com4388attorneychicago.com4300dis coverytour.com4188brightminds.com4059recommendthis.com4000simplytrade. com3888tiip...
Imagine what domain names that define various categories of products and services would be worth if websites replaced all (or even most of) the world's brick and mortar stores. Well, it's going to happen within five years predicts Laurie Sullivan in a provocative post on her MediaPost.com blog today.
With holiday deals and online promotions come cyber theft and security issues – these things go hand-in-hand these days.
Larry Seltzer of PCMag.com did a quick write up of how customers can protect themselves when shopping online in the holiday season mentioning Neil Rubenking's post and tech tips from Sunbeltblog as good guidelines to stayin...
Some really nice domain names are currently being lined up for auction on SnapNames (are either on the drop in the next few days or have been listed for sale there):
A click on the domain will lead you to the bidding page.
iDating.net
FreelancePprogrammers.com
WebsiteDesignPortfolio.com
HolidayClick.com
SportAuthority.com
TradeDirectory.com
Finance...
Google have just published the Zeitgeist – a.k.a the spirit of the times – for 2009.
To compile the Zeitgeist, Google techs studied the aggregation of billions of queries people typed into Google search and data from Insights for Search, Google Trends and internal data tools.
It's interesting to see that Michael Jackson searches have do...
DOMAINFest Global 2010, which will be held by Oversee.net in Santa Monica from January 26-28th, 2009,? in? has just an Dinner Party to be held at The Getty.
From the Press Release:
The Getty sits on a 110-acre hilltop site in the Santa Monica Mountain range. DOMAINfest attendees will have exclusive access to the campus, which offers
ICANN has sent termination notices to three more registrars, meaning that they will be losing their ICANN accreditation and the domain names managed by the registrar will be transferred to other registrars. The registrars that have failed to comply with the Registrar Accreditation Agreement by not paying their ICANN fees are: Hosting365 Inc., OOO ?...
Once more AfterNIC DLS was so kind to provide us with selected sales throughout the last week. The sales this week includes Carriage.com at $10,000 and FreeFood.org for $8,800.
See the full list of reported Afternic DLS sales after the jump.
.COM Sales
carriage.com
10000
broadwaybuzz.com
8588
ultimatecar.com
8000
adultsmokerssurvey.com
73...
In full European tradition, NameDrive has prepared an Advent Calendar for all its customers to enjoy during this holiday season.
Every day for the next 24 days, the NameDrive Advent Calendar will reveal a new "present" to the world including new parking templates, NameDrive products, and words of wisdom from NameDrive employees.
You can click here ...
ICANN sends termination notices to three registrars.
ICANN is terminating the accreditation of three domain name registrars for failing to pay their bills.
The three domain name registrars — Hosting365 Inc, OOO ?Russian Registrar?, and R.B. Data Net LTD — each owe past due accreditation fees.
Hosting365 Inc owes $28,089.20 according to ...
Domain name registrar firms up patents related to whois privacy.
GoDaddy was today awarded U.S. patent 7,627,633 (pdf), a divisional patent for its previously awarded whois proxy patent 7,130,878. This patent for "Proxy email method and system" relates to the email masking portion of its whois privacy service.
In the system, a proxy email address ...
Domain auction site awarded another patent.
Domain name auction platform Snapnames has been awarded U.S. patent 7,627,628 (pdf) for "Demand based domain name auctionability." The patent's abstract describes a system that triggers a domain as auction worthy if there is a certain level of demand for it:
A method for identifying a registered domain n...
Company provides scalable solution to monetize long tail geo domains.
Connecting local businesses to customers is a huge business. But it has always presented a challenge to owners of long tail geo domain names, such as (City)DaySpa.com. A couple scalable platforms exist to let you build out these domain names, but monetizing them with
Let's get it out of the way right off, so that nobody gets confused, Hollywood is terrible at choosing domain names. However, they are generally pretty awesome at…This article is from DotSauce Magazine.What Hollywood Can Teach Us About Choosing Domain Names
The Honorable Neil Brown QC has had a distinguished legal and governmental services career for the Australian Federal Government. Mr. Brown has practiced in many areas of law, primarily in commercial, construction, and intellectual property-related matters. Mr. Brown served as a member of the Australian Parliament, and he was a Minister and Shadow ...
Mike Berkens told me that he and some other South Florida domain investors will be meeting with Oversee.net CEO Jeff Kupietzky this evening in Boca Raton, Florida. Since I can't be in Florida, I wrote a list of questions that I shared with Mike that I would like to see answered.
I think it's good that
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TechCrunch reported today that Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter, has launched a mobile payment service called Square. While the actual product/service looks pretty cool, I am surprised that someone with the capital resources such as Dorsey would launch a new brand on a domain name that is different from the actual brand.
The big problem for
Relat...
I have been avoiding the upgrade to Excel 2007 as long as possible.? I have it running on my relatively new laptop (ordered Office 2007 even though I stuck with Windows XP, thank god).? However, my office PC, on which I do my extreme Excel work, has stayed with Office 2003.
Until today.
I finally came across Read more articles on this topic at Gree...
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As part of its strategy to support and enhance Arabic content on the Internet, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced its plan to launch .emarat (.??????). This step has been made under the new directions of ICANN, the international corporation responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses, whi...
Hello everyone,
I'm delighted to announce what we at ND believe is the first-ever domain parking advent calendar.
Every day for the next 24 days, NameDrive will be revealing something new to the world by means of the calendar on our site.
Today, you get a new template to play with, so what are you waiting for?
*What terrible likeness*
You just can't do it all. Lord knows I've tried. For years I would start businesses and think I could run every one of them. It simply isn't possible to be a serial entrepreneur without building a great team to support you.
These days I won't start anything without someone to run it. Cultivating...
Good Afternoon Folks!! First I want to say that as of this time Nelson Brady has neither confessed his guilt nor proclaimed his innocence. He has been accused by his previous employer of this massive scandal and we assume this is all based on fact. But as I write this, that STONEWALL is still up and few are demanding them pull it down. How the indu...
As the industry continues to mature, we are seeing major players such as GoDaddy.com, Name.com, BuyDomains.com, and now Sedo.com focus on geodomains.?I imagine NetworkSolutions.com is not far behind in adapting the geodomain?strategy. It is no secret that geodomains have continued to lead the pack in sales the past couple of weeks and a big part...
The internet has changed the ways we conduct day-to-day business. These days, almost every business has to have a facebook.com, myspace.com and twitter.com account if you really want to cater to consumers.?It is mandatory for any business that delivers services or caters to local communities online it seems.
I personally do not have the time to...
The internet has changed everything we once knew. Human behavior has evolved rapidly in the last 10 years as social media networks stormed the internet. As I was eating dinner today at one of my favorite restaurants, I came to the conclusion that it was time for me to join the masses or get left
Marketing-optimization firm Coremetrics said today sales from Cyber Monday were up, almost 14% from last year.
Other findings for Cyber Monday Coremetrics included:
Consumers spend an average of $180.03 per order this year, compared to $130.24 in 2008, an increase of over 38%.
Consumers bought almost 30% more items per order this year.
Coremetrics ...
What may be the only audio of Nelson “Halvarez??? Brady in existence will be played momentarily. For link please check back to my VIP (b) feed at http://differentmind.com
u don’t have to tell how you live each day;You don’t have to say if you work or you play;A tried, true barometer serves in the place–However you live, it will show in your face.The false, the deceit that you bear in your heart,Will not stay inside where it first got a start;For sinew and blood are a thin veil of lace–What you wear in your heart, yo...
So why should you sign-up for the free newsletter over at DomainStryker.com right now?! Well, if you are interested in pre-registering for the Domain Stryker service and want to find out how you can save at least 50% on your monthly membership fees, that is one good reason :) Another one is that we'll award over $10,000 worth of free monthly and ev...
All SEO companies targeting small businesses are selling snake oil!
OK not really but there are many out there you need to watch for which I believe has given the industry a bad name. Search Engine Optimization is something every company with a website or developing a website should take into consideration as they develop their plan for implementa...
I have spent the past couple days going hard trying to get loose ends tied up before I head out to LA in the morning for the Affiliate Convention. Looks to be some great sessions at the event even if they did let me on the agenda (although they made up for that error in judgement by putting Victor Pitts on, good save on their part).
I look to be s...
I just wanted to remind any residents of South Florida that the third South Florida Domainers meeting will be going on tonight at 7:30. We have almost 30 confirmed members joining us tonight. Oversee.net has been kind enough to sponsor the event and their CEO Jeff Kupietsky will host a short Q&A.
I think it is
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First let me just say – Wahooo! This may be a small step for man but it's a giant leap for Domainvestors.tv. Today I received an email from Apple letting me know that my video podcast had been approved by iTunes. This means that you can now view my videos on iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, and
You’ve heard about the URS, but what about the URT – Universal Rapid Transfer? WIPO and CAC have proposed to implement separate versions of URT by unilateral revision of their supplemental UDRP rules. In response, ICA has just asked ICANN to halt these fast track plans in their tracks pending full policy review by the GNSO and ICANN Board.
read mo...
Here are the names dropping today (in some cases the next few days).? I've decided to link them to the actual auctions to make it easier for you.? Here are the names I saw last night that I thought would make be a good return on investment. Hopefully, I'll point out something you may have
If you've ever been to GoDaddy you'll see them advertise Free Privacy with the purchase of a domain.? I like the thought of keeping anonymous on some of my domains free of charge.? I'm smart enough to know that nothing in life is free and there's always a catch, usually resulting in charges later if
Check out this inadvertent but hilarious mishap by a news broadcasting company in the U.S. – Wanted Suspects?
Having never seen these type of advertisements in the UK, they look great for grabbing people's attention and getting them hooked to twitter campaigns. Unfortunate for the 3 broadcasters but not for the broadcasting company, this type...
godrops
Created a twitter account for the domain I BO'd yesterday. Exact match! Is Twitter a piece of your "domain development" strategy?
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