Just a quick note, today during auction, Bido guest in the Bido chatroom will be Mike Berkens. Mike is a veteran in the domain space, operates the popular blog The Domains, owns some 50k+ domains that are being sold through his site Most Wanted Domains, and an attorney. In addition, Mike is a very good friend of mine and neighbor here in South Flor...

Via cNet: .. a real-time search story from Jayaram, which he used to illustrate the immediacy of Twitter Search during the panel discussion: he told of being in the Twitter offices in San Francisco on March 30, when the Twitter engineers noticed that the word "earthquake" had suddenly started trending up. They didn't know where the earthquake was. ...

So I get a call from an auction house which will remain nameless for now, telling me that one of my purchases during the live auction won't go through because there was some miscommunication somehow, that is, after I agreed to purchase it. Now I can somewhat understand these issues but this isn't the first time. Then, another domainer which shall r...

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So we have all these parking pages. People come, leave, we give them no reason to come back, let alone talk about the experience with others. Parking companies: Please do not take our traffic for granted. For years not much have changed with your pages, and the little that had.. well, it was minuscule. My suggestion: Hire creative agencies to push ...

(image source) Long before one could see the recession in the horizon my partners and I have been hard at work to break out of the domain cycle. This was about 2003 when we made our most important decision ever: Stop buying domains and focus on building businesses. The beginning: Like all beginnings it was venturing into the unknown. We had ideas, ...

(Sahar With Div, Traffic LV) I had my doubt about the value of the domain prior to the auction. I heard there was a pending 400K bid prior to auction and even that sounded too much to me. I was next to Div when he made that bid. Afterwards, Div told me this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. If he missed it this day there won't be another. When...

Hi guys and gals! I arrived here a couple of days ago. There's an active group here which attend the show but do not really like the format, the way it is executed, Rick's approach to it. I was surprised to meet some of the folks who usually are within that group. on first day of arrival, telling me that "Rick is onto something", "With all my compl...

Starting in few minutes. My thoughts about this and other auctions this week are here. If you wish to participate, click here. Enjoy!

(image source) This week is going to be one of the busiest weeks for auction houses. Besides the daily auction houses out there (Bido, Sedo, Afternic, NameJet, Snapnames) this week will be all about live domain auctions. First in line is Aftermarket.com's GeoDomains auction. Later the week Rick Latona is coming strong with an auction at the Targete...

(image source) I started this series here (part I). Why understanding the market value of your domain is important? I believe it is all about creating opportunities. Let's explore further shall we? 1. Charitable donations Via About.com: Donations to charity are tax deductible expenses. These donations can reduce your taxable income and lower your t...

(image source) I never understood why it is usually the very best in the industry who tend to stay the most private when it comes to public participation. Few and far between are the exception to this rule. With that said, here's the meter to How Elite Are you? At the end, the more points you have the more elite you are (or so you think!) A. Do you...

(image source) Knowing what your assets worth is fundamental business practice. It helps with insurance, taxes, attract investments and partners, marketing, selling, and various other business dealings. The benefits are there but how to do it? To understand better we need to look at related industries. Take gold coins for example. To understand the...

(image source) As you may know Bido recently opened the flood to ccTLD's. Here are the three ccTLD's auctions we've ran so far and their results: Recycle.IT - US$ 6,712.00 TechSupport.Mobi - US$ 540.00 Today.US - US$ 2,409.00 Following Bido and our progress, Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire wrote: I?ve been a fan of domain name auction platform ...

uReport on MySpace Via TechCrunch: FOX News and MySpace are partnering to launch Fox?s citizen journalism social media platform on MySpace, called uReport. MySpace members can share citizen produced content with the MySpace community, as well as have the chance to be featured on FOX News. FOX News and MySpace are both owned by News Corp. Rick Sc...

(image source) Seems like the trend of four letter domain names with major corporations is on the rise with many new entries in recent 2-3 years. Tivo.com Ning.com Hulu.com Vevo.com Veoh.com Qook.Co.KR Kumo.com We recently auctioned off Nize.com on Bido for a little over US$ 2,000. If interested, you may submit your names to Bido here. Have a great...

Michelle and I just got back a couple of hours ago. Was an amazing trip. We chartered a sailboat, went snorkeling with sea turtles (Hawksnest bay), as well as amazing spots in St. John and Whistling Cay areas. Here are some pictures for blog readers, friends & family. Enjoy! St. Thomas view from our hotel, The Island View Guesthouse With Mic...

(image source) I've known Rick Schwartz for almost a decade now. When I first started he was one to look up to, been there, done that, and still going strong. One of my early lessons from Rick is one I will carry with me for a lifetime. I'd like to share it with you today, and if you find it valuable, I hope you pass it forward to others as well. R...

(image source) Via DNJournal: The keynote speaker has been announced for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference coming up April 27-30 in Santa Clara, California. Scott Klososky, an expert on executive strategies for dominating with technology, was chosen to give the keynote address. Klososky, who has been growing technology companies for m...

Earlier today at Bido office here in Boynton Beach, Florida, during Today.US auction (sold for US $2,409.00). You may also see the chat archive if you log to the auction page and click the "Chat" tab. Feedback has been extremely positive and we hope to have more live video sessions in the near future. Meanwhile.. enjoy!

Have a great day! (image source) Few events @ Bido this week you would want to keep an eye on. 1. Today: Guest speaker in the Bido chatroom during auction is Morgan Linton from Linton Investments. 2. Tuesday: We welcome Rick Schwartz to Bido's first live video interview. 3. Wednesday: Bido's first Services auction, "The Big Mini" from MiniSites.co...

I really don't know what others are working on but I do know some of the stuff we are working on, and there's no doubt domaining in then next couple of years will evolve tremendously. Some areas to keep an eye on: Around domains: Looking at Real Estate much money is being made around the asset, not the asset itself. Think financing, advice (tax, fi...

It's been a realy busy two weeks here. Team members from around the world stopped by our local office and we all spent days and nights working on stuff, lots of exciting things are in the works. In addition we had a Pizza night at my house on Tuesday which was a lot of fun. We had close friends here including Michael Berkens and wife, Rick Schwartz...

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst -Dale Carnegie If you are like majority of domain name owners your majority of income comes from pay per clock advertising (PPC). Pay per click advertising for domain owners is being reliant on others' advertiser-base and fair reve...

This Thursday (April 9th) the domain Nize.com is to be auctioned off on Bido. The domain represents the beginning of a new era, reserve auctions on Bido. If you are not yet familiar with reserve auctions on Bido, here's the lowdown (from the Bido.com site): Any domain name selected for a Reserve Auction will pay a listing fee of 3% of the Reserve ...

Guest speaker in the Bido chatroom tomorrow, during auction, is Howard Neu, of the Targeted Traffic conference. I've known Howard for almost a decade now and can assure all the session would be full of information to all. Expect to learn more about the upcoming TRAFFIC conference (Santa Clara, April 27th), being Rick Schwartz partner (Howard is co ...

The Targeted Traffic site is done nicely. You have voiceover, you have images, information, and checkout options. One thing I find hilarious though is a picture of DomainTools/Domain Roundtable Jay Westerdal. The picture is on the rotation on front page as of this moment. What you make of this image is up to you ! Cheers Sahar

Via Digg's blog: DiggBar from Kevin Rose on Vimeo. I believe the more users interact and familiarize with the address bar the more they will come back to it when they need something else. Have a great day, Sahar

(image source) Just a reminder to all, today 1pm EDT Bido's first charity auction will take place. Besides the domains there is one framed picture as well as 4 DVD's I added yesterday, those are related to dog training, Shutzhund, and raising a German shepherd. You may participate by bidding on the lot, contributing funds directly to the sanctuary ...

(image source) Reading this morning about Monster Venture Partners closing doors, it brought back recent thoughts I was going over and yet to write about. I visited our office yesterday, said hi to all, spent few hours with our teams going over stuff, the usual. I asked a little about revenues, progress, milestones. Talking with my partners further...

(image source) I wrote yesterday about a new bido program that reward early bids with 2% cashback offering. Not long after posted, Jeff Hawkins replied: I?m kinda curious about how that will work out. It?s seems a good idea. I see pre-bidders figuring that two percent into their estimate then bidding a few percentage points higher figuring if they ...

(image source) A little unusual kind of post from me but.. let's roll with it. Via TechCrunch: Home-Account, a recently launched mortgage search and counseling service, has secured $1 million in seed and angel funding. The largest investor is Charles River Ventures, which gave the startup $300,000 through its QuickStart Seed Funding Program (the pr...

Donna Mahony sent me this link to Flickr page. If the Sanctuary interest you and you plan to attend/participate in the first Bido charity auction this April 1st, it is well worth checking out. Cheers Sahar

(Image source) Unless you join in you will never understand how much satisfying it is to work on this project. Not only for the great cause but also because we get to unite and do something together, literally move a mountain that each of us on his own cannot move, but together, it's simple, it is easy, and it is fun! Give me a lever long enough a...

Sometime next week we will be announcing the date for our first charity auction on Bido. It is something we had in mind for a while but now that the opportunity has presented itself, we couldn't say no. An old friend of mine, Donna Mahony (who also happen to run DomainBoardroom, a private domain message board), posted on her Facebook status the fol...

The Bido Chatroom was *happening* today. Here's a short transcript from the room. [13:00] Jarred: So Randy, how did you get into Domaining? [13:01] synergydomains: We can blame that on Vern Jurovich [13:01] synergydomains: I met him around a year ago, when he was selling his house [13:01] Jarred: Vern works with Frank Schilling [13:01] synergydom...

(image source) Last few days I'm reading on various domain related sites that the domain market seems to be strong. Just minutes ago Rick Schwartz announced a 3 million dollars + % deal is in the works for Candy.com, Ron Jackson of DNJournal followed quickly: ..the fear factor is starting to fade. I am feeling confident that domains (other than one...

(image source) For those who get their domain name on Bido, following is a short list about best practices, stuff we highly recommend you do as your domain name is being marketed by us and watched by the whole community. 1. There's never enough publicity Exposure is key to building pressure. The more know the better chances there is to create aucti...

(image source) Few domain related observations from Puerto Rico. 1. English words or Spanish words + .com work well. ClasificadosOnline.com is a big advertiser on the island (too bad for them Chris Chena owns Clasificados.com). AutoExpreso.com, a government site, is also visible all around the island. 2. Google searches defaults to Google.com.pr, g...