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It happens all the time, a startup raises funding and decides to put some of their raise towards a stronger domain name. However, in other cases they just change the name because after raising a round they are ready to brand under a different name. That is the case with FilePicker.io who announced today that
I am the CTO of a Lean Startup, before I go any further, let me make sure everyone knows what "Lean" means. Lean is a startup methodology popularized by Eric Ries, it does not mean bootstrapping or running your company financially lean, it's all about customer development. Of course now I've introduced another term which...
I'll admit it, I'm a CrunchBase addict. I visit CrunchBase.com at least three times a day, sometimes more. As a startup founder this is how I keep track of which firms are funding which companies and who is getting funded. If you don't know what CrunchBase is it's a platform run by TechCrunch updated by
Like most people who blog about domain names, I get a fair amount of emails from people who have bought more than a few names but just can't figure out how to make money. The problem is they are working under the auspice that the more domains you have in your portfolio the more money
Hello, Happy Sunday, and welcome to Silicon Beach Sundays here on MorganLinton.com. Every Sunday take a walk with me through LA's startup scene which has been officially and aptly been named, Silicon Beach. This is a very exciting week for the LA Startup Community as Silicon Beachfest takes bring together LA startups, investors, and entrepreneurs...
It's always interesting to see what domain names startups pick. Last year we helped 18 startups acquire domains and I'm excited to be helping over 30 startups so far this year find the perfect domain to build their brand on. While .COM is by far the most popular choice .ME, .CO and a late-comer to
Summer is just around the corner and chances are you're getting ready to wear the same pair of shorts you've been keeping in your closet for the first half of the year. You know the shorts I'm talking about, they look worn and they probably have a stain or two on them that you've deemed
Venture Beat out with a post today on the .Me extension. The post is actually a sponsored post by the .Me Registry. Using Venture Beat as a platform the article wanted to give special mention to what start ups are doing with the extension. From the article: However, it’s the startups that push the
Hello, Happy Thursday, and welcome to my latest weekly feature here on MorganLinton.com – Twitter Thursdays. There was a time when people thought that Twitter was just for posting things like "I just ate breakfast!" or "I love skiing!" however now that companies around the world are using it for business, the view has changed...
I have been on a quest for a good email client for the Mac for, well, probably around fifteen years now. For a small moment in time life was good, Sparrow was rocking and the Mac finally had an email client I wanted to use. Then good old Google bought Sparrow and decided to stop
Today DomainTools released a very interesting report detailing the number of registrations in each TLD. Not surprisingly .COM is in first place with over 107 million registrations to date. DomainTools has every single one of these in their database, and yes, this is a lot of data to keep track of. Here's the million dollar
I've been a PHP geek for years, and by years I mean over ten years which makes me feel pretty darn old. I started out writing all of my code in good old Notepad and then moved onto emacs during my Linux days, then onto BBEdit and now I've recently discovered an IDE just for
Littlefox.com took the top spot this week on the Sedo and Afternic weekly sales charts, selling for $45,000. The number two sale was thecompany.com at $37,500. Girl.me was the top cctld sale and the number three sale overall. Sedo sold $1.3 million in domains for the week. Afternic sold $1,103,800 in domains for the week.
This week Apple unveiled iOS 7 to some very excited Apple fans in San Francisco at their World Wide Developer Conference. While TechCrunch, CNET and many more have plenty of in-depth coverage I thought I'd share the CliffNotes with those of you who want the three minute elevator pitch. Ready? Here's what you need to
When I was a young lad studying Computer Engineering and Computer Science my professors would often talk about skills we would need as CTO's. At that time I never really thought about becoming a CTO, I wanted to work in Sales or Marketing, something exciting where I was traveling the world and closing deals. So I did
This weekend DomainNameSales.com announced some upgrades to their platform and after wiping the drool off of my chin I can tell you, these are no small upgrades, this is a giant leap forward. At the end of the day one of the best ways to increase the number of inbound offers your domain receives is
Hello and happy Friday! Today I wanted to quickly touch on a topic that will hopefully get any new investors or investors who aren't making money to change what they're doing. What I want to talk about is the #1 reason that Domain Name Investors fail. While the answer might seem obvious, it's amazing how
That's right, it's June which means that three long months of sun are coming, unless you live in LA and which case it's just business as usual. Either way, it's summer time and that means a wardrobe change is in order. Sure, you can pull out that same pair of shorts you've been wearing for
Over the years I've found myself going through different phases when it comes to writing. When I first started writing this blog I did everything in real time. At that point I didn't know about scheduled posts and in fact I'm not sure if it was even possible to schedule posts back then. Then as
So you have your heart set on a particular domain name. Chance are you're not alone, and in most cases many other people have also expressed an interest in the domain you're thinking of buying. Whether you are buying a domain name for your startup, small business, large business, or as an investment, there are
No I did not invest in domain names when I was in Junior High. In 7th and 8th grade I was just starting to get inspired by computers and all the different Bulletin Board systems I could connect to with the latest-and-greatest modem I had bought which at that time I think was a 14.4
I've heard a lot of people calculate the profit for their domain businesses like this. I bought this domain for X and sold it for Y so my profit was Y-X. Sorry, but this is only the right way to calculate profit if you value your time at $0/hour. This is how I calculated my
Michael Berkens announced on Twitter today the sale of ClosingCosts.com for $35,000. Domain Holdings got the deal done for him. The domain was registered in 2002. Whois is private and the domain is now at Hexonet. Congrats Mike.
The top sale this week was MPH.com at $62,000. The domain was purchased in the Great Domains auction on Sedo last week. This was a good week for nnnn.com domains as 11 nnnn.com domains sold this week on Afternic, the highest being 1956.com for $13,000. Sedo sold just over $1.08 million in domains for the
As many of you know, my focus and priorities in life changed last year when my wife and I turned our dream of running a startup together into a reality. The company was funded in September and my first move was to hire more people for my domain companies, Linton Investments and Compath so that I
Note from Morgan: I am very pleased to welcome Bill Hartzer as a new contributing writer for MorganLinton.com. Bill is an SEO guru and a fellow domain geek who will be writing for MorganLinton.com on a regular basis and sharing some of his SEO wisdom with all of you. I feel incredibly lucky to have
With TRAFFIC Vegas behind us I am deep in follow-up after a productive week of back-to-back-to-back meetings. When I first started my company I did a pretty bad job with follow-up after a conference. I would collect a ton of business cards, wait a month or two until I had forgotten who everyone was, and
Hello, happy Sunday and welcome to Sales Sunday here on MorganLinton.com. Today I wanted to talk about a topic that is becoming increasingly important in the incredibly social world we live in. I've always said I don't believe in luck, I believe in timing, and this is so true when it comes to sales, social media, blogging,
One of the things I always find to be true about Vegas is that arriving and departing are equally exciting. Even after coming to Vegas for years I still love the feeling of arriving in the city, checking-into a big classic Vegas hotel, and hitting the town. By the end of the trip, there's really
Hello, happy Friday and welcome to Fashion Friday, my weekly post for all the fashionable guys who read my blog. Today I wanted to talk about one of my favorite places to buy mens clothes online, an awesome site called JackThreads. While I absolutely love fashion, I also love great deals. For me this
Happy Thursday and hello from Vegas! I am going to keep this post incredibly short because I've been in and out of meetings, on panels, and bidding on domains making this a full day and leaving me pretty darn exhausted. I'm going to attempt a 10 minute power nap right after I finish writing this
Its hard to believe but Linked in is already 10 years old. This infographic was created by Linked In themselves. Its an interesting look at the growth rate over the years. The first chart in the infographic shows how the membership has grown in ten years to 225 million users.
30seconds.com led all sales this week at Sedo, selling for $19,400. The domain was registered in 2002, and there is a developed website on the .net. There was a lot of breadth this week in the country code domain sales. Extensions like .si,tz,.af,.co.kr,.cd and .mx all made the charts. Sedo sold just over $1.19 million
.Me Announces Release Of Five Premium Domain Names For A Limited Time Time is running out to Apply for Around.ME, Hire.ME, Fund.ME, Find.ME, For.ME May 29, 2013 – Podgorica, Montenegro – The .ME Registry, operator of the .ME Internet extension, have released five exclusive, premium domain names: Around.ME, Hire.ME, Fund.ME, Find.ME and For.M...
Hello, happy Wednesday and hello from TRAFFIC Vegas! It is cooking here in Vegas and the Bellagio is starting to fill up with Domainers from around the world. In about 30 minutes Daina and I are heading down to the cabanas and I still have emails to do so I'm going to keep this short,
Today Kickfolio, a startup that creates cool tools for running iOS apps to run in your web browser made two big announcements, they just raised a million dollars, and they are rebranding from Kickfolio.com to App.io. The startup will now go by “App.io” — a name that CEO Edward Dowling says better matches what the
Hello, Happy Monday, and welcome to Domaining MBA Monday here on MorganLinton.com. Today I wanted to talk about a topic that is often misunderstood in the domain space, what I'm talking about is how developing your domain name impacts the potential offers you might get on a domain. There is a lot of buzz about
Hello and Happy Memorial Day. Today is an incredibly important day, it is the day when we honor the brave women and men who have given their lives to protect our country and allow for the freedoms we all enjoy today. Every single member of our armed forces makes an incredible sacrifice and commitment
Hello, happy Sunday and welcome to Sales Sunday here on MorganLinton.com. When you first start buying and selling domain names it can be easy to assume that everyone is a good guy (or gal) and that things will go smoothly. Unfortunately, online while everyone may seem friendly and trustworthy, that isn't always true. The first
About.me launched a new premium service plan this week and as a big fan of Ryan's I wanted to show my support for the amazing things they've been doing for free for so long now. I also think that they make some of the most simple and elegant one page bio sites out there and
It's Friday at 5:15PM and we're still working away on Fashion Metric and watching the yachts go out for their Friday evening adventures. So I thought I'd share a bit of startup humor to help you start your weekend with a smile on your face. For those of you who have spent some time in
I'll be the first to admit, I have an addiction, and it's only getting worse, I love watches. There, I said it, and something tells me I'm not alone. As a guy there aren't too many accessories we can wear. Women really get to have all the fun when it comes to accessories so for
Everyone loves their own domain names. As Tim Ash would say, "It's hard to admit that your baby is ugly" but sometimes you just have to do it. Now Tim is talking about websites when he says this because, like domains, people also love their own websites, even if they are incredibly ugly, they've grown
As you all know TRAFFIC is now less than a week away and on Tuesday Daina and I will be enjoying some fun in the sun at the cabanas at the Bellagio. Yesterday Rick announced that the fifth person to register before 5:00PM EST on Friday and book a room at the Bellagio would get
Apple has been under a lot of scrutiny lately over offshore profit shifting to Ireland. The tech giant apparently dodged $13.8 Billion (yes billion with a capital B) in taxes thanks to a tax shelter aka office in Ireland. Of course the company is vehemently denying these charges but they are going to have to
The tornados that ripped through Oklahoma this week have had an absolutely devastating impact on the region. It has been so sad to hear of the lives lost and to watch people who lost everything try to put the pieces back together. I immediately made a donation to the Red Cross and highly recommend that
3Dcity.com is the top sale on Sedo this week selling for $29,500. The domain was registered since 1998 and still shows the same sales lander which said it includes the .net and .biz. I thought wacky.com was a great buy and could certainly see that being branded well. The domain was registered in May of
BuyDomains, one of the most popular domain name marketplaces in the world has just done a major overhaul of their platform and it looks good, really good. I am always impressed by companies that listen to their customers and continue to iterate and improve over time. Since most of the work I do is with
GlobalOffice.com sold for $32,500 and led all sales at Afternic this week. The name was regged in May of 2000 and currently is parked. In the you never know what is going to sell for what category, 0 (zero) ei.com sold for $3,288. Usually 3 character .com buyers don't like the number to be a
Hello and welcome to the Startup CTO Corner, a new column I'm adding to the blog that you can find here every Tuesday. As many of you know my days (and nights) are spent as the CTO of Fashion Metric, an LA-based Fashion tech startup. This is my first time as a CTO and so
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