The virtual currency market is still incredibly new, and many people see it merely as a fad that will be gone just like Beenie Babies and MySpace. Still, there's no denying that Bitcoin has seen some incredible early adoption, even as the currency itself sees dramatic swings in price. As technologists it's just too hard […]

Something tells me this will be a massive weekend for HBO to acquire (or re-acquire) subscribers thanks to two shows with a lot of buzz behind them. Without a doubt Game of Thrones has kept HBO on the map as one of the most relevant and quality television networks on the planet. Honestly, each episode […]

eBay made an interesting move last week adding support for buying and selling virtual currencies like Bitcoin as well as related products and services like miners and mining contracts. I can tell you eBay certainly doesn't seem to put much thought into look-and-feel, but it's clear they are trying hard not to highlight this new […]...

  Hello, Happy Friday and welcome to Flippa Friday here on MorganLinton.com! It has been a great week and there are some absolutely stellar names on Flippa this week. Below are some of my top picks, you'll notice most of them are .COM, as a domain investor this is where you should be focusing. Carabiner.com […]

As I've said a few times now, Gary V is one of the people I've looked-up to the most in the startup space. He's a true hustler and beyond his sales and marketing genius he's also pretty darn good at predicting future trends. Gary made some great points about the evolution of the Internet and […]

If you're at DOMAINfest this year it's hard to miss .CLUB, and with some thinking that it could beat .GURU in registration numbers in the first week, this is definitely one to watch. Today you can pre-register .CLUB names for $14.99 which I have to say is a nice reprieve from the insanely high pricing […]

Today marks the first day of DOMAINfest Hollywood and I can tell you that just about every domain name investor and startup influencer in the LA-area has converged on the Loews Hotel for what looks to be a record-breaking show. I think DOMAINfest has always done an exceptional job picking keynote speakers and this is […]

I received this video from an anonymous source, it shows NamesCon founder Richard Lau on the top of the Tropicana. In the video he mentions an attendance of close to 1,000 people for their next show and a discount that is good until April 1st.

  Wow, a lot has happened in a week on Flippa's domain marketplace. While there are usually some pretty solid names on there it looks like Flippa is quickly becoming a premium domain empire. Someone is getting rid of some very nice 3L .COM's with names like BIM.com, LAA.com, and AKU.com. With so many incredible […]

With DOMAINfest just around the corner I've had a lot of people email (and text) me asking what the attendance numbers are looking like for the show. So I am happy to announce (with permission from DF organizers) that this year's DOMAINfest will have more attendees than last year. So how many people is that? […]

.XYZ, the domain name extension run by 28 year-old entrepreneur Daniel Negari is gaining steam, and quickly. Last week, Daniel announced a deal with Go Daddy on Facebook, a deal that plugs .XYZ into the largest domain name distribution network in the world. Yes, it really is "go time" and with a featured talk at […]

So I'd venture a guess that 99.9% of you know Michael Cyger or as he's more commonly called, the Domain Sherpa. Michael has built one of the most valuable educational resource in the domain world and attracted some of the top Domainers in the world to contribute on a regular basis. One of the questions […]

Back in January I wrote a post about a new initiative from Above.com to run themed domain auctions. With their first auction behind them they are now onto their second and this one I think will probably catch your attention. Why? Well because the theme of the auction is one of the hottest categories on […]

You've probably heard me talk about DomainTools before. It is without a doubt the tool that I have used the most in my domain business over the years and my premium membership always more than pays for itself every year. If you are a regular DomainTools user then you know that the team over there […]

Next week DOMAINfest, one of the top conferences in the world for domain names, branding, SEO, and much more kicks-off in Hollywood, California. This year is a pretty special one as the keynote speaker is none other than Gary V and there just happens to be a private concert from Stone Temple Pilots. Sounds amazing? […]

Hello, happy Sunday, and welcome to my weekend musings. It has been an absolutely magical weekend, I had the chance to meet my Niece (my younger sister's baby) for the very first time. Let me just say, "Wow", it really was an incredible moment and so nice for Daina and I to have our first […]

Hello, happy Friday, and welcome to Flippa Friday here on MorganLinton.com! This week I think there are more premium domains on Flippa than I've ever seen before. For domain investors with a bit larger budgets there are without a doubt some stellar deals and some flips that I could easily see going into the six-figure […]

I have written a lot about the incredible surge in successful startups building their brands on TLDs like .CO, .ME, and .IO and yesterday another .ME startup, Tango.me, made big moves raising a whopping $280 million dollars. So what is Tango? Like WhatsApp it's a messaging app and its growth number are pretty phenomenal. Tango […]

It is no secret that .CO has been a huge hit with startups. Whether you're talking about massively successful and disruptive apps like Vine.co or game-changing companies like Bark.co or Brit.co it is clear that some of the most successful startups (and startup incubators – 500.c0) on the planet have found a home on .CO. […]

There is a lot of buzz around this year's DOMAINfest conference. Along with a new venue at a chic Hollywood Hotel Domain Sponsor is literally pulling out all the stops to make this one for the record books. While you probably don't need ten reasons to head to sunny Southern California here are ten reasons […]

Today popular domain name sales platform Aftermarket.com released a whole new way to showcase your portfolio. Now when you're listing domain names for sale on Aftermarket you get instant access to a custom portfolio page. Here's a sample of what these pages look like: There is absolutely no cost to listing your domains for sale […]...

I always like to see which sites rank well for popular holidays, and one of my favorite holidays is coming-up tomorrow (but celebrated by many today) – Saint Patrick's Day. So I did a Google search to see who was in the top three on Google for the term, here's what I got: As you […]

Hello, happy Friday, and welcome to Flippa Friday here on MorganLinton.com. I have some great names for you this week including a few I had to do some real digging for to find. Remember, it's not always the names with all the bids that are the best opportunities and like most of you I'm always […]

If you haven't heard of Banjo, you should check it out, the?startup that has created and organized the largest collection of social signals organized by time, location, and content. What the heck does that mean? It means that you can virtually go to an place or event and see what tons of other people are […]

I am getting ready to do a new post for Medium about how new gTLDs will change the Internet. If you haven't read my previous post on Medium definitely give it a read, it ended-up going viral and becoming one of the most-read articles on Medium that week, you can read it here?or click below: […]

              You think domain flipping is a nice way to make money ? Try being popular on Vine, $2,000 for a click of a reVine button is a mighty fine way to make some serious bank. Of course you need to have a real following and a creative spirit […]

If you happen to be in Austin for SXSW then there's a good chance you've bumped-into these guys: They're called the XYZ Squad and they are getting a lot of attention at SXSW this year. To shake things up .XYZ is giving away prizes to people who posted a photo of the XYZ Squad on […]

Hello, happy Sunday, and welcome to my weekend musings. I just took the photo above while having breakfast with Daina on our patio. Yes, it looks like summer has come early and according to the weather report it's going to be 81 degrees this afternoon. So, we're heading off to Malibu for a day of […]

Hello, happy Friday and welcome to Flippa Friday here on MorganLinton.com! There are some truly exceptional domains on Flippa this week and a flurry of bidding activity. Below are my top domain picks from Flippa for this week including one of my own listings! Message.com – I think it goes without saying that Message.com is […]

As you may already know, there are a deluge of new domain name extensions (also known as new gTLDs) hitting the market, and in the end over 1,500 new .SOMETHING's will be live. New extensions like .GURU and .TIPS have seen a lot of interest and it's clear we're living in a world where there's […]

Remember when Facebook was that cool social network that all your friends were talking about? Maybe you do, or, if you're in college now Facebook is just the norm and Blend is the cool social network that your friends are talking about, over Snapchat of course. The network works a lot more like Instagram than […]

There's a good chance that you've either heard from someone or come to the conclusion yourself that hoverboards are now a reality. Hoverboards became embedded in our minds thanks to Back to the Future 2?and now there's a new company that claims to have built everyone's favorite movie gadget. The "company" is called Huvr Tech […]...

Ask.FM is a personal Q&A website and app that has some similarities to Jelly but is mostly used by teenagers. The company has been the subject of quite a bit of controversy around safety concerns but it doesn't look like that has put a dent in the incredible user growth that Ask.FM is seeing.   […]

Hello, Happy Friday and welcome to Flippa Friday here on MorganLinton.com! One big change I'm starting to see over the last couple of weeks is the influx of new gTLDs into the marketplace. As I've said many times before, I think the best investment opportunities are without a doubt in the .COM space, but, that […]

So far the most activity in the new gTLD space has been around extensions that have to do with learning or expertise. The first to really raise eyebrows was .GURU which still has the most registrations out of any single gTLD. .TIPS launched this week and has seen strong interest right out of the gate. […]

There was a period of time where I felt like there was no way to get good quality work done by anyone on oDesk?or eLance. At that time I thought I had it all figured-out, I could pay someone far away $8 for something that someone here would charge $50 an hour for and boom, […]

As many of you know I can't stand people who register a bunch of Trademark domain names. They give us all a bad name and in the end cause the Trademark holder to spend their time and money to get a name back. With the sea of new gTLDs that is coming our way there […]

I was excited about .SEXY and .TATTOO going live today. While I don't think either is worth spending thousands of dollars on there are a few names in each I'd like. Unfortunately it looks like there are some problems on the backend and registrars are allowing you to buy names that aren't actually available. I […]

Yesterday amidst the announcement that Mt. Gox would resign from the Bitcoin Foundation Board, Mt. Gox managed to delete all of the tweets on their Twitter account. As you can see below, it's a blank slate: It is pretty clear at this point that Mt. Gox was operating as a ponzi scheme and while people […]