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As I've said before, DomainTools is probably the tool that I find myself using the most on a daily basis. Along with being the best tool on the planet for looking up WHOIS info and history, it really is a swiss army knife of domain tools (hence the name DomainTools). For years now I've been
Sedo and Afternic Weekly Sales Report The top sales this week was vagadeemprego.com selling for 60,000 Euros. The domain would be read as vaga de emprego, which is Portuguese for Job Vacancy. Showing you can make big money with a relatively recent registration, this domain was registered in 2009. The .org dropped and is available
You never know who might be making an offer on your domains, which is why you should never ignore an offer, not matter how small it might be in the beginning. I spoke about this on a panel at?WEBfest and can't emphasize it enough, don't ignore offers, and definitely don't insult the person making the
Last time I put a domain up for sale it sold almost instantly. One of the interested buyers who didn't win the name told me he loved the idea and the fact that my pricing really did feel like a true wholesale price. He also told me he was bummed because he didn't get the
Hello, TGIM, and welcome to another Domaining MBA Monday here on MorganLinton.com! Today I am going to talk about a topic that is absolutely critical when you're buying or selling domains, and critically important when you're selling domains to end-users. What I'm talking about is the most important part of the domain transaction, changing owners...
Two expired LLL.nets just hit Go Daddy Auctions. The domains Zii.net and Yii.net are both 14 year old expired LLL.nets. The domains are already up to $29,985 with 3 bidders running the names up. Either someone is having some fun or these are going to be two exciting auctions. The owner is the same for
Hello, happy Sunday, and welcome to my weekend musings. I am going to keep this incredibly short since the Oscars start in 15 minutes and that means I'll be unplugging and enjoying with Daina. Last week was intense as we had some epic days, and nights, building?Fashion Metric. We had a great call with an
?How Fast is your website ? ?Papaki.com put together this infographic on how to improve your website speed. A website?s speed matters for two reasons. ?First of all, users prefer websites that load quickly. ?Nobody likes sitting around waiting for images and other content to resolve, so if users aren?t able to access your site
Gambling domain owners in the US have reason to celebrate this week. As of yesterday online gambling is now legal in the state of Nevada and New Jersey is apparently up next creating what could be the early signs of legalized online gambling across the United States. Get ready for a heated national debate over
TechCrunch Founder Michael Arrington recently had his new boat seized by the US Government for failing to sign false documentation. That's right, the US Government wanted him to sign paperwork that was filled-out incorrectly, and for not breaking the law, he lost his boat. So what went wrong and how the heck can this happen
I've done a lot of posts about ways to increase your chance of selling your domains and specific techniques I've used to sell my own names. What I haven't talked much about is things that you might be doing right now that are hurting your chances of selling your domains. These are all things that
Hello and welcome to the Developers Corner. This is a new feature I'll be testing out on my blog. Since I am doing a lot of coding myself on a daily basis now I thought it was time to integrate this deeper in my site. So from PHP to CSS, MySQL to NoSQL, I'll be
I was a fan of Protrada even before they launched. The company reached out to me a couple of months before they were ready to launch the platform and after giving it a good trial I told them that I didn't think it was ready for primetime. The interface was beautiful but the platform was
Sedo and Afternic Weekly Sales Charts Partners.com led the way selling for $125,000. The domain was registered in 1993 and is under Sedo Escrow. Banque.com was the number two sale for the week at 68,000 Euros. Registered in 1995, MeeTools out of France is the registrant. Sedo sold $1.2million in domains for the week. Afternic
Demand Media reports Q4 2012 Earnings Q4 2012 Financial Summary: Content & Media revenue ex-TAC grew 25% year-over-year, driven by 24% page view growth on the Company's owned & operated properties as well as 37% growth in network RPMs ex-TAC, reflecting higher revenue from network content partners. Registrar revenue grew 10% year-over-year,...
Hello and welcome to another exciting Domaining MBA Monday and a topic that I think will be meaningful to just about everyone. What I'm talking about is Domain Development, which really is just Web Development and no, it's not the same as monetization. This is by far the biggest mistake I've seen new domain investors
A reader gave me a great idea for a new weekly series and I thought the idea was so darn good I'd make it happen! The suggestion was: "I would love to see a series on your blog about things I can do each weekend to help move my business forward." This particular reader is
As many of you know I'm a latecomer to the domain game and even though I was building websites in the mid-90′s I didn't start buying domains until 2007. When I first started buying domains I had read a few blog posts and thought that I knew enough to be dangerous. Well I was right
Picking a good company name for a startup is only half the battle. A good domain name is critical and startups?frequently?have to go with their second or third choice domain unless they have a healthy budget. On that front .ME and .CO have done an excellent job of building their brands and more and more
This post has nothing to do with domains, it has to do with something much more important, love. I'll try not to get all mushy on you guys but at the same time, if you know me, you know I can get a bit mushy at times. Still, I thought, since this is my first
There are a lot of paid services out there that will give you a comprehensive evaluation of your website. Being perfectly honest, most of the automated services are least overcharging for something that can absolutely be done for free. Human evaluation services are still incredibly valuable and I highly recommend SiteTuners if you really want
Sedo Weekly Sales Report apuestas.com took the top spot selling for $165,000. Spanish for Bet was registered in 1996. Tratec.com took the number two spot selling for $22,000. That name was regged in Novermber of 2012, yep 2012. Nice Flip. Sedo sold $1.57 million in domains for the week. .COMs apuestas.com ?165,000 EUR tratec.com ?22,000
Afternic Weekly Sales led by sjcco.com. That is an odd name that was regged in 2008, and dropped 3 times.It was not a very exciting week for top sales at Afternic. Afternic sold $1million in domains for the week. .com Sales sjcco.com ?$10,888 coart.com ?$10,000 salonproducts.com ?$10,000 fastbusinessfunding.com ?$9,088 vehicledispatch.com ?$7,500 t...
I get a lot of emails from domain investors who want to sell me domains. While I know some people can get annoyed by these emails, I love them. Rather than responding with a rude "Get lost" like many people do, I look at these domains and like any investor should, I look for deals.
GO DADDY ACQUIRES M.DOT ? BOLSTERS ?MOBILE FIRST? STRATEGY Gives Go Daddy Website Customers a Unique Smartphone Edge SUNNYVALE, Calif. (Feb. 11, 2013) ? Go Daddy, the Web?s top platform for small businesses, has acquired M.dot Inc., the leading mobile app for small business website creation and management. The addition of M.dot to Go Daddy?s
I was going through some emails this morning and came across a great question from a blog reader. As you might have guessed by the title of this week's article the question was, "How do you appraise a brandable domain name?" It's a good question and one that I think many of my readers would
Most of the time when someone gets a good offer and sends it to auction at Sedo it just sits there for a week. Unless the name is something that is liquid like a LLL.com or 3 character.com you usually just have the end user offer have to wait a week to purchase the domain.
Former Texas Congressman Ron Paul wants his domain back Gawker and Mediaite.com are covering this battle for RonPaul.com, from the Mediaite article:The group behind the sites announced Friday that Paul had filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization, ?a global governing body that is an agency of the United Nations? to ?expro...
It has been an incredibly busy week with WEBfest in town and I have lots of reflections to share with you over the coming week. Altogether another gerat year for the conference and quite possibly the busiest I've been at a conference yet. I was only able to make it to a few talks otherwise
If you don't know Above.com, you should, and if you're at WEBfest you should get your butt over to their booth before the show is over because they are doing something very special this year. It's called the Above and Beyond Promo and it is one of the most creative promotions I've ever seen a
One of my absolute favorite speakers on the planet is Tim Ash from SiteTuners. I saw him speak the first time at Affiliate Convention back in 2010 and I think I've seen him four times since then. Every time I see Tim talk I get a few very good nuggets and since I know many
22 domains sold at the WebFest live auction for a total of $574,360. $460,000 came from the sales of two, 2 letter .com domains. Jf.com brought home $250,000 and Xu.com sold for $210,000. Here is the list. BeverlyHillsPlasticSurgeons.com??????????? $1,100 Bez.com??????? $17,650 Briskets.com??????????? $950 CustomParts.com??????????? $4,500 Dv.co.uk...
The announcement that Kim Kardashian would be speaking at WEBfest was big news in the Domain Investing world. I have been following Kim for years and have always been impressed with some of the incredibly entrepreneurial and innovative moves she has made. From starting a?successful?eBay store in her late teens to making game changing startups
Afternic Weekly Sales Report uLive.com was the big winner this week selling for $75,000. The domain was registered in 1999. For the .us fans the .us dropped and is available for registration. Pastor.com took the number 2 spot selling for $45,000. The domain was registered in 1996 and redirects to sermons.com Afternic sold $1.6 million
Sedo Weekly Sales Report Pay.co took the top spot this week selling for $46,807. The whois is private. The number two sale was itv.org at $26,900. With domains ending in tv being one of my favorite niches it was nice to see this sale. The buyer is surprising as Vale S.A, is a large mining
I decided to download the new WEBfest app to play around with it. To be perfectly honest I've never been very impressed with apps made for conferences, they often miss some essential features that would make them truly useful. The #1 feature I've been looking for in a conference app is a way to easily
In business, cashflow is king. You need to have money coming in at a faster rate than money is going out otherwise you are creating a money pit, not a business. Once you have a steady income stream and have some nice profitable months it's time to look at how you spend your money. All
ChinaDaily.com.cn wrote a piece today talking about the increased interest in buying and selling domain names for profit. Most domainers are quite familiar with 4.cn and see some great sales coming out of there. Here is an excerpt from the article: An increasing number of Chinese people are realizing the value of Internet domain names.
On January 18, Morgan wrote, "Watch Out Dropbox Mega is Coming" Well today there was a story on TheNextWeb that Kim Dotcom launches Mega vulnerability reward program, offering up to $13,500 per bug Kim Dotcom has officially launched his Mega vulnerability reward program that was announced last week. As we reported earlier, the founder of...
There's a very good chance you've heard of Merlin before. He built an incredibly successful domain business in his early 20′s and since then he has continued to grow his business and innovate like crazy. Merlin is a good friend of mine and I always find I learn something new every time we get together.
It's 2013, the SEO world was changed forever in 2012, and now your head is spinning trying to keep up with it all. Don't worry, you're not alone, but the sky might not be falling as much as you think. Places like SEOMoz and Search Engine Land can help you get back on track. Today
The folks at CollegeDegreeReseach.net put together this great look at how algorithms have changed the world. Courtesy of College Degree Search
As many of you know, Daina and I love hiking, in fact we love it so much we try to do it every weekend. Southern California has some great hiking spots and one of our absolute favorite destinations is Malibu. This year Daina and I decided that we wanted to plan something fun for people
Back in 2011 Paul Goldstone and I teamed up to provide monthly videos for new domain investors. We came up with the idea actually just after jet skiing with Frank Schilling in the Cayman Islands, how's that for inspiration! Here's a shot of us, and yes, I know I'm just about the least-tanned person on
Picking a good domain name is a critical step for a startup and one that sometimes takes much longer than the founding team would like. In most cases the top choice domain is a short one-word .COM, this could be a dictionary one word or a brandable but one word is the key. The problem
If you've been on my blog in the last 24-hours then you've probably noticed that my background has changed. The Water School is an amazing charity and one that has seen tremendous support from the domain industry. Last week I wrote a post about their upcoming event at WEBfest – WaterNight and after writing that
Sedo and Afternic Weekly Sales Report Salledebain.com was the top sale selling for $60,000. French for Bathroom the domain was registered in 2001. CifraClub.com came in at number two selling for $35,000. This was another 2001 registration. Sedo sold $1.45 million in domains for the week. Afternic sold $885,000 in domains for the week. Sedo
It can easily happen, especially in the Domaining world. You have a great idea for developing one of your domains, so you start building it. Next thing you know you are managing content writers, picking logos, and setting up hosting accounts. Then once the site is running you're tech support, accounting, and sales all rolled-into
I still can't believe that WEBfest is only a week away, this year is already flying by and if you've had a chance to look at the agenda you can see that WEBfest has really worked hard to put-together a solid schedule for Domainers of all levels. This year I will part of a workshop
Good morning and welcome to Domaining MBA Monday. Today's topic was inspired by a reader who wrote in about some trouble they were having selling some expired domains they had recently purchased. They were expecting the names to be quick flips but the moment I saw them, I knew that wasn't the case. It happens
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