This week we have been noticing more domains expiring from the same registrant. Yesterday we noticed American Marketing who let go of WashCloth.net, Asked.organd more, today we've noticed quite a fewnames on NameJet from Wolf Internet Services, such as LoanSettlement.net.n n Are we seeing more domain holders trimming hundreds of names from their po...

Several names over at NameJet todaythat havepre-bids used to belong to the same registrant: American Marketing. According to DomainTools, "American Marketing" owns over 7,000 names, but it looks like they've let several expire including: Employments.net, Applauding.com, Blowing.net... Chances are if you spend the time to pour through the ...

Casinoforum.com went for a high price at NameJet, closing yesterday at $18,001. The phrase "casino forum" has a very low search volume according to Google's Keyword tool, but with the right owner and SEO, it has alot of potential.There's a lot of interest in gambling, particulary with Texas Hold'em.Wewere able to acquire PoliticalScientis...

The domain name HongKongHotel.com has reached $5,000 in pre-bidding over at NameJet, with over 100 bidders. Estibot gives this name an appraisal of $75,000. The Global Monthly Search volume for this exact phrase last month topped 33,000. HongKongHotels.com has very few U.S. visitors per month according to DomainTools, but the search term "hong...

We haven't purchased alot of names lately from NameJet, but we got excited over the weekend when we saw GovernmentStudentLoans.com show up on NameJet's list of expiring names with a backorder due date in September. Sunlane Media, which owns about 45,000 names,regularly havedecentexpiring names in the NameJet list, and often many of them end up in a...

The domain name Controllers.com which we covered last week, sold on NameJet today. The high bid was $9,100. As we mentioned, the singular version garners nearly 100,000 visitors per month and deals with aircraft.n n The auction ended with over 150 bids from 148 bidders. Congratulations to the buyer, who got a great name, especially if they plan to ...

Outboxes.com an internet development company that buys names in a diverse field of topics, apparently haslet someof their great domain names expire, including: PoliticalScientist.com, FolkSingers.com and possibly more which are now up for auction at NameJet. Backordering for the names on NameJet ends at 8 PM PST (in just a few minutes), and Politic...

The domain name Melodious.com expired, and it's set for auction over at NameJet. According to Domain Tools, the name was originally registered in 1997. Estibot gives the name an appraisal of $15,000, but with acurrent high pre-bid of$120 and29 bidders, the appraisal soundspretty high.n n Using Google's Keyword tool, the term Melodious gets an 'Exac...

The domain name Controllers.com is up for auction at NameJet.com. With 94 bidders already, thisname will fetch a great price. According to DomainTools, the name has been registered since 1997. How on Earth the owner would let this domain name expire, is amazing.n n The singular version gets nearly 100,000 visitors per month, but thesite is dedicate...

Slashfilm.com reported that Disney went on a domain buying spree, gobbling up names like Monsters2.com and more.n n If you read the Friday morning edition of the Hollywood trade newspaper Variety, you will notice a story about Jerry Bruckheimer acquiring the big screen rights to IDW Publishing’s graphic novel World War Robot. But if you had l...

After investing over $11,000 in the domain name tweet.me, the owner has launched a website dedicated to twitter related t-shirts. Congratulations to the owner of this great name. News of the purchase of the name had sparked some lively discussion over at DNUnderground, but apparently, the owner of Tweet.me had already been in discussions with Twitt...

Ever wonderhow companies like Flickr ever came up with their domain name? Flickr sends tons of free traffic to Flicker.com, but fortunately, the people at Twitter, didn't settle on twttr (although they still own the name). Here's the background story on the name: Twitter began in a "daylong brainstorming session" that was held by board me...

The Band Unjust apparently has let it's domain name unjust.com expire. The name is now up for auction at NameJet and already has 50 bidders at the time of this posting. What's even stranger, is the title of one of their albums is "To Lose Name". The band is a Metal band from the San Francisco area, and this doesn't appear to be an error....

Wehave no idea why someone would be so cheap, that they wouldn't renew the domain name associated with their own campaign site. But according to the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin's Secretary of State Doug La Follette was, and the campaign siteis nowa porn site. Anyone going to Secretary of State Doug LaFollette's campaign Web site...

A Seattle Times article discusses where some of the weird web names come from for popular sites like Flickr, Ning, Orkut, Yahoo and more. It seems pretty obvious like in cases of Flickr, they just didn't want to spend the money to purchase a category-killer name like Flicker.Either way, the brands are still very successful. But that being said, the...

n The Telegraph ran a story about the jump in domain name values, and the writer quotes statistics from Sedo, which is a reliable source, versus some unknown source no domainer has heard of.n n The Telegraph reports:n n Toys.com was sold for $5.1 million (£3.11 million) in March to the retailer Toys R Us, while Fly.com went for $1.76 million....

Several blogs have obviously covered this story, but even the media is covering the domain-name explosion attributed to Michael Jackson's death. It sucks that this happens, but it's a reality that sheds a negative light on the domain industry. n n AZCentral.com reports:n n The King of Pop also appears to be the king of cyberspace. Within hours of M...

n We haven't made a big marketing push yet to Banks or Issuers, but we've soft launched the Student Loan Centersite so we can work on SEO and uploading content. We acquired StudentLoanCenter.com on the domain aftermarket last year and even the type-in traffic is over a thousand visitors each month. If you're a domaineror webmaster and have advice o...

n We often pour through the NameJet expiring domain lists each and every night and typically find someinteresting and fun names with zero bidders. We typically don't share this information but when we found LoveMeSexy.com earlier today, we thought we'd pass it along since we have no plans to bid on it. 'Love Me Sexy' is the song from Will Ferrell's...

We made a decision a few weeks ago to raise some cash, and the staff at RickLatona.com have been great in assisting us with several transactions over the last few months. We've been able to promptly liquidate several of our domain name assets and convert them into cash. There are other fabulous companies out there that can help your business such a...

We've decided to take down our website CelebrityGossip.tv that's been online for a couple of years due to server/hosting costs. As of May 2009, the website averaged 23,000 unique visitors per month and nearly 150,000 page impressions. We have the domain name currentlyparked at Google Adsense and it'saveraging about 2,000 impressions per day andon w...

Robb of RobbsCelebs.co.uk worked for years on a very popular celebrity skin website, until last year when he unexpectedly passed away according to various internet sites. One of his domain namesRobbsCelebs.org is currently at NameJet and has 3 bids. If you check domaintools, you'll notice the domain is still registered under his company name and st...

We could of course, renew these names, but like many, we're cutting back on expenses, particularly with lower quality names like eGreencar.com and CrescentCoveBeach.com. If you'd liketo secure anyof these names before they expire, send an email to [email protected]. We'lltransfer the name from our GoDaddy account to yours. Because time...

We're putting several of our domains up for sale, at Buy-it-Now prices. Normally we wouldn't advertise names for sale on our blog, but we haven't set up a newsletter yet. Here are the names for sale:Arraigning.com - $650,EngravedLocket.com - $410,ClearNailPolish.com - $650, Subdividers.com - $750,SnapBracelets.com - $820 andCarHybrids.com - $650.n ...

Mike Cohen of WannaDevelop.com has opened his Domain Mass Development service to affiliate traffic. The affiliate program offers marketing materials ranging from banners and page peels to text links and email links. The affiliate program is open to Domain Name Investors, Search Engine Marketers, E-Commerce Operators, Advertising Agencies, Competiti...

We're trimming the fat from our domain portfolio, and getting rid of names that are about to expire by not renewing them. If anyone's interested inacquiring the names listed below, we'll be happy to transfer each name for $20/name. Otherwise, we're just going tolet them drop.n n If you're interested, just email us at [email protected]...

We acquired several military domain names in 2008 and started developing a Content Managmenet system in houseto allow for photo and video upload. We wanted to build a community website to make use of the names, and to promote each other. By building community based websites, we were hoping the users would upload their own content. Below are a list ...

If you have ever tried to sell a domain name and have not had the success that you might have imagined for yourself then here are a few reasons why you might not be able to sell your domain name. Bad Domain Name – Ok, this is one that we have to get out of the way first. If you have a domain that is full of dashes, ends in .info, isn&r...

When it comes to dozens of our product-related domains, they're either parked or re-directed. We're looking to find the best kind of web software available for product related domain names and appreciate any input from domainers/web developers.n n Are there any turnkey white label technogies available on the internet that allow you to install it on...

Over the last several weeks we've been busy developing several projects, with one of our biggest projects StudentLoanCenter.com planned for Beta launch in the next few weeks. We're also jumping on the minisite development bandwagon and building out several of our long tailed domains into minisites such as FrenchiePugs.com (which now ranks # in Goog...

n Believe it or not, using Google's External Keyword tool, you can still find keyword terms that are available for registration fee which have a decent search volume. Here's a sampe of some of the names hand registered last night. It's not to say, these names are worth thousands, but if you build the right site around them or find an end user, you ...

n Over the last several months we've been building up www.StudentLoanCenter.com a domain name we acquired from NameJet last year. The plan is to display offers ranging from credit cards to college loans and more. We're using www.cj.com (Commission Junction) to load up offers, but it's been a challenge finding quality offers.n n The name itself, get...

n The good news is you can still purchase "dropped" names for the low price of $69, without any competition if you do the work. These techniques are "tried and tested" and work. We're not buying any more names, that's why we're sharing these simple tips. Over the last several months we've acquired hundreds of "good" na...

Don't believe us? Take a look at the names below that we've purchased from NameJet.com for $69. We were the only bidder on the names, and no one else backordered the names by the deadline. If you're the only bidder on a domain, you're awarded the name for $69 - it's that easy. All you have to do is actually read through the drop lists and NOT place...

There were several domain names we recently submitted to Google's Adsense for Domains. Most were approved, but several were disapproved for Policy Violations. When a name is rejected, you can re-submit it again for consideration, but you can only submit one at a time using an online form, so it's a bit cumbersome and can be lengthy. Not sure if it'...

We've read alot of domainer's Blogs over thecouple years as we got involved in domaining oursevles. First from buying/selling, but now we're heavily involved in development.If you're a domainer and you're developing names like we are, Mike Cohen's WannaDevelop.com takes first prize for most informative blog. His site in our opinion, is the best sit...

Are we missing something? But when you list your domain names with Google, you can view the page impressions (including the Landing Page and Results Page impressions), but when Google reports your earnings, they don't display which channel/domain namethe earnings came from. This isn't keeping us from listing our domains with Google, considering tod...

n With millions of registrations per year, it can only mean your domain holdings are growing in value as an investment, even if they're not selling or not brining in tons of revenue with click throughs. Be patient and hang onto your names. Now is not the time, to "sell low". Now is the time to "hold" onto your quality names, and...

Everyone has read the headlines of domain names selling for millions of dollars, and of course every domainer dreams of doing the same someday. Some already have become millionaires through selling names, parking names and developing names. The rest of us dream of having the freedom we desire to be independent. There are alot of things you have to ...

We've been alot more deliberate about hand-registering domain names after renewal fees for several of our hand-registered names recently billed. We do more research now before registering a name, but honestly, it's still exciting and fun when you find names available online for less than 10 bucks. Earlier today we registered SearedScallops.com - a ...

n As Domainers, I'm sure you're wondering who's buying on the Aftermarket websites like NameJet. There's a good chance you might be competing against an end user who gets it, or just another domainer who knows the value of aquality domain. The demographics are basically non-existent on the aftermarket websites, but knowing this information would be...

The news of Google allowingDomain Ownersto setup parked pages directly with Adsense has been out for months now. If you sign in to your AdSense account, and click on the "Adsense Setup" tab, you should see a section called "Adsense for Domains". It's been easy to add domains for consideration, but in order to allow Google to dis...