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We sit here in our little domain world thinking we live in a bubble. Most people outside of this world have no idea who we are or what we do.
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The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Guns.com staged a clean getaway - topping the chart with a sale that was 8 times bigger than the runner up (which was also a six-figure domain). 6 ccTLDS also muscled their way onto the new Top 20 Chart, along with a pair of .net henchmen.
If you have an early stage company with a great domain, great idea, or both, and you are looking for investors to help you reach the next level T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan wants you in their Test Track program. They are also looking for live domain auction submission. Also - GoDaddy reached a HUGE new milestone today.
During DOMAINfest in January I had an opportunity to chat with my friend Tony Kanakaris about a new project he was working on. After further development and beta testing Tony officially released SocialDomainers.com yesterday.
In his own words Tony says…
SocialDomainers.com is the Facebook for domainers, the place to meet local domainers near...
While looking at Sedo.com today I noticed the sale of MusicVideos.com for $250,000. MusicVideos.com was previously owned by DNStination, Inc which purchased the domain name from Yahoo, Inc mid to late 2009. DNStination either owns or has sold domains like iSlate.com, Me.com and Z1.com. The current whois information of MusicVideos.com is private and...
Last week I announced an exclusive Chef Patrick contest held by Name.com with $750 in prizes.
Every Wednesday, until the end of the month, we will announce a $50 Name.com account credit. Then, at the end of the month we will announce one grand prize winner who will receive a $500 Name.com account credit.
Our second weekly
With the buzz circulating around the upcoming Sex.com sale, mainstream press is picking up the story of? "the world's most expensive domains".? Several people contacted us to tell us about CNN running the Sex.com domain sale on the ticker this morning.
Now HuffPo is getting in on the story with their take on the top domain
Online pharmacy argues "Rugs" is merely a typo of "Drugs".
Take two of these andfire your lawyer in the morning.
Here's an interesting UDRP case from National Arbitration Forum.
The company that runs CanadaDrugs.com, a popular online pharmacy, filed a complaint against the owner of CanadaRugs.com, which is a parked page featuring links for rugs.
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Second domain name auction in Las Vegas scheduled for later this month.
DomainConsultant premiered "Domain Madness" last year, a (mostly) online auction that was broadcast live from The Palms in Las Vegas. They're back at it again this year, organizing an auction that will conclude on March 23.
This year's auction will be limited...
Company defends generic domain name and explains legitimate reasons for blocking robots.txt from parked domain names.
Marchex subsidiary MDNH has successfully defended the domain name Clara.com from an attack by a magazine publisher in Spain.
Complainant Rba Edipresse, S.L. owns a magazine called Clara, and argued that it should get the domain name...
Myths about sales prices grow like weeds.
With Sex.com hitting the auction block next week, mainstream media are in a tizzy writing about the auction of the "world's most valuable domain name". As usual, they're comparing it to other big ticket domain sales. The only problem is that many of the sales they refer
Here are a few nice expired domain name auctions that are currently running that are public and anybody can bid on! All domain names end at different times but are listed based on what is ending the earliest.
Each domain name is directly linked to the specific auction page for easy bidding or watching!
Dressers.net $133 current
Late last week I purchased the Phpbay Pro eBay affiliate plugin for Wordpress and have been playing around with it the past several days. I built 3 sites and also installed the plugin on DotWeekly to play around with it here as well, so I wanted to share a little review about it. Phpbay offers
I had a conversation a few days ago with someone in the legal department of a large company, and we discussed cybersquatting and the importance of buying potential typo domain names before a product launch, especially when the product is targeting children.
In our conversation, I mentioned that I am a domain investor. He stopped me
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Did you know there's an exclusive domain conference being held at The Palms resort in Las Vegas on March 22-23? The Domain Madness 2 conference is being run by DomainConsultant.com, and it sold out within a few days. Most of the attendees are domain investors who attended last year, and a few others received personal
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In a $250,000 deal that took place on Sedo last week, Yahoo sold the domain name MusicVideos.com to Merlin Kauffman's True Magic, LLC. According to some analytics that I have seen, MusicVideos.com gets considerable traffic – nearly 1,000 unique visitors a day according to Compete, despite the fact that it hasn't been developed or promoted
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Price on REITs.com dropped another 3% since we last spoke. Please let me know if you are interested in this premium domain name.
I love this domain name. It represents multiple growing industries (including a play on hyperinflation) and the price points for this product are huge. This is a much different business Read more articles on this topic...
MAGID ON TECH: Cisco's big announcement with router - San Jose Mercury News"Cisco's new router is an amazing breakthrough for Internet TV, online video & mobile web video."- InsideDomainingThe Mercury News article (click headline to read more) stated the following & here's the excerpt: Cisco made a big deal out of this announcement, claimin...
Go Daddy announced today that it has just surpassed 40 million, registered domain names.
Godaddy said it typically registers a million domain names per month.
Godaddy also says they have a 50% market share of all active new domains registered in the world and is more than three times the size of its closest competitor.
Go Daddy CEO
Talk about having some bad timing.? The domain ChileEarthQuake.com dropped just 2 days after 8.8 earthquake in Chile.
Today the expired domain was auctioned off and sold on SnapNames.com
While we always discourage people from registering domains that take advantage of any disasters we couldn't help but notice the irony that this domain was not rene...
Something sexual about that domain- From SpringwiseThe subscription services are coming thick and fast lately, automating for shopping-weary consumers the routine purchase of life's little necessities. Most recently it was men's skincare products; before that it was razor blades,greeting cards and more. The latest spotting? Men's undergarments—incl...
New call to action spot for the Green Dot card I don't understand. You buy it with your money and pay them a fee for the privalege of putting your cash on a card, so as advertised, you will not get into debt. Like "training wheels" for gamblers. Look out for that $75 fee when your purchase takes to to $502.00. Those are the "tricks & traps" of the ...
10 years ago on one of the popular domain boards I got flamed for suggesting that anyone who is building their business on the foundation of text ad links is building a business to nowhere because everything would be sound and pictures- that's the whole point of an interactive experience. That's what the web can do that print can't.So I told you so...
Join us for a very special Power Lunch on Friday March 12th at Noon eastern as we eavesdrop on a real-time interview with Colin Pape by award-winning small business journalist, Jeff Zbar. This is one of the first large scale stories you won't want to miss on mass domains acquired and developed strategically as businesses.Colin Pape is the Founder a...
UDRP Arbitrator Sandra Franklin offers her insights on UDRP arbitrations concerning trademarks, domain names, and cybersquatting issues in this Cybersquatting Law Radio interview. Listen or read the interview below. Play: Interview of a UDRP Arbitrator: Domain Name Disputes & UDRP...
We regularly get calls from companies whose trademarks are being cybersquatted on domain names where the WhoIs (domain registrant / owner) information is protected by a proxy service, such as Domains By Proxy. Typically, the proxy service is requested pursuant...
Big congrats to my good friend Morgan Linton for the launch of ccTLDInvestors.com which will be a great new blog focused on investing and developing ccTLD domains. As someone who has developed and has invested in a few different ccTLDs I look forward to seeing what Morgan has in store and actually look forward to
In yesterday's post, I discussed my recent experience using SmartName's SmartShops to create free e-commerce minisites and gave an example of a minisite I created in less than five minutes, HomeDeepFryers.com.
Today I spent a few more minutes and improved the look of the site by adding a custom graphic header.?? Here's how…
1. Creating the h...
As you know I am a big believer in ccTLD's and the opportunities that exist in the Global Domaining markets. While my portfolio spans over twenty different TLD's I have a nice concentration of .us and .in/.co.in domains. I haven't been too involved with .DE until I learned more about it during the ccTLD panel
It was an honor to interview Jeff at DOMAINfest in Santa Monica – he is a truly inspired person and I've honestly watched this video more than five times now! Great interview for new and experienced Domainers alike as Jeff shares some great insight into where the industry is going and how you can stay
I don't have enough space on my desk for the keyboard
This is Why I Don't Mess With IDNs originally appeared on Domain Shane on March 10, 2010.
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Decided to drop the domains for sale at the bottom.? I'm just too new at this and not enough interest in the names.? No worries as I am selling more names than ever elsewhere so we'll give it a try next year.? On a brighter note, my silly site lazystripper is up to 1000 uniques
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Domainers and website owners have known it for years, young kids have no idea what is a paid ad and what is just a link.? Studies over the last 10 years have pointed to data showing they will click at much higher rates than other age groups.? According to the latest data from video ad
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I should say the office is completed FOR NOW.? I emphasize the for now because there are a few other things that are left to be done, one being the blinds.? Lets just say it was long overdue.? We moved into this place several years ago and never got around to renovating it.? The carpets
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