Facebook is probably the most dangerous "socially" accepted medium in the world. Not only will it find a photo of your face online with every bit of data connected to your photo (with FB's new facial recognition software) but it will do a "reverse mining" scan of the internet on your name, confirm that your

Hi Gang, For everyone submitting FT domains for the Future Trend Domain Auction?, please remember this auction is not only about 3D/HOLO domains. The auction also covers energy, cellphone, lifestyle, and other new technologies you believe might become popular trends "in the future," near or far. Additionally, the Future Trend Domain Auction?? is no...

by Stephen Douglas President of SuccessClick.com (With Honors To Michael (EmBee) Berkens, and support from hundreds of novice and professional domainers. Everything here is a conglomeration of many domainers assisting me, and preparing me for this event. Thank you to ALL!) The following information regards the participation of buying/selling domain...

This was my response to my friend Alan Dunn's article on Business Insider regarding why purchasing a domain name was important for a company. Special thanks to El Silver's blog article. It's great to see an article about the real value of domain name investing, which should be the first, and continuing investment, for any

Greetings to FT Domainers and Buyers, and the domain industry as a whole.? BIG NEWS: SuccessClick has now secured the auction company we confirmed is the best-suited for producing a successful "Future Trend Domain Auction?". It's been a long haul to get here, but we had to consider every option and consider all factors in

I'm convinced I made the right move buying some select 3D domains starting back in 2004 and continuing forward.? I've turned down almost hundred of those "maybe he needs the money" offers for these domains, laughing.? I'm sure many of you have too.? This now is our chance to show a unified force of Future

I'm feeding the fire, because usually I don't post this much on my blog. However, I've been getting my google alerts pounding me on 3D and Hologram technology like this thing is ON FIRE. There is no doubt in? my mind, and my mind is usually doubtful, that 3D/Holographic technology is currently the biggest thing

I just ran across this amazing story, which comes with a youtube video. I can't verify the truth of it, but the website the story appears on is legitimate. If true, holographic images, their usage, creation, and insertion into our lives is closer than you think.? To me, this is groundbreaking, because when I invested

I've been reading a few stories here and there by blogs obviously trying to get some attention and feedback by writing against the grain. Those stories are trying to convince you that "3D" is not going to succeed. Here's a shopping list of reasons I've read why 3D will fail: 1) Ouch, it makes me

It's obvious now that the biggest run on domains connected to an "adjective" term has been for "3D" and "Hologram" domains. Michael Berkens' blog has at the time of this writing, passed the "comment" count of 1,420 for his one article on 3D domains. That's by far the record of comments made on any post...

Hi Gang, As most domainers know, I was one of the few domain buyers looking at the 3D and Future Trend domain buying strategy back in 2004.? I also let the cat out of the bag when it was sleeping just fine in there. I revealed my strategy on Monte Cahn's "DomainMaster Radio" interview in

Hi Gang, Craig sent me the update on the rev source change from Yahoo to Bing (Microsoft), and I studied it for awhile but didn't think about posting it. Shame on me!? I recovered from my daze, and immediately got to work. For my 200 daily readers, I would like to inform them of this

I've been seeing some blog chatter lately on domains selling for traffic stats. Really? TRAFFIC STATS? The pic attached to this blog says it all. Anyone who bases the value of their domain name SOLELY on what they make thru traffic and PPC revenue is an idiot. If you want to base the value of

Have domainers all been dealt a huge slab of mistake? What would that slab of mistake be? This report could open your eyes to what you need to do to make more money on your domain sales.? A big domainer mistake is trusting your longtime/current domain registrars and auction sites to actually promote your domains

BETTER DOMAIN LISTING TIPS! (and a second chance to buy killer domains at insanely low prices!) An up-and-coming new domainer who signed up for our fast-growing NameProspector domain sales newsletter handed me my butt on this one.?? I LOVE smart and constructive criticism! (Thanks, Secret Domainer Girl) She thought the fact I displayed the last gro...

Hi Gang, I'm having my NameProspector.com website built out by Tia Wood, and during that time I'm going to have to "repeat" on Successclick.com the domains I'm offering through the NameProspector email newsletter. This is for the benefit of some of my readers who still haven't signed up here on my blog for the domain sales...

My buddy and everybody's good pal, Chef Patrick, has informed me that there's a few cabins left on his DNCruise Conference adventure. (I know what you're thinking– WHOA! A domain conference as a cruise – what could be a better conference without Playboy bunnies?!!) This is one conference that is custom-built for beginning and expert dom...

Yep, I'm a big .org fan. All the hub-bub about ".co" right now just makes me wonder why domainers aren't fighting to own .org domains, which are in the top THREE extensions, promoted by every major non-profit organization, and very available for very cheap. Best of all, the public KNOWS about .org domains. I have a

WHYPARK WILL BE THE BIGGEST DOMAIN PARKING COMPANY WITHIN TWO YEARS That's a bold statement. And for my friends at TZ, DomainSponsor, Roar, NameDrive and other well-run PPC locations to put your relevant domains, this doesn't mean bad times for them – they're not making any money on your non-performing "typein" domains anyway. It's just that...

Whoa!? I came across a new video sweeping the country, and I realized that this video was actually shot and narrated Elliot Silver, famous domain investor and blogger. It was obvious that Elliot (El-Silver) had been shrooming that day and took a hike up his back acres to spend some time to "clean his soul"

Hi Gang, BIG NEWS FOR MY READERS: I've previously mentioned on an earlier post that my main domain investing focus is on "future trends". Monte Cahn seduced it out of me back in October of 2006 on Domain Master Radio. What was I thinking? Obviously, my ideas inspired several other

(NOTE: This article is inspired by Michael Berkens' (Em-Bee) blog.? Please read Em-Bee's blog article first before reading my blog article.) Since several auction sites charge a WHOPPING 20% for sales commissions, a lot of domainers wonder what these sites do for them to "earn" that compensation. That's a big question ALL domainers should ask thems...

SUCCESSCLICK? SET TO REVEAL SECRETS FOR FUTURE DOMAIN SUCCESS Many domainers are aware that I am a "future trend" domain investor. When I think of getting "treasures", I think of selling a domain I bought for OOTB prices or even $2000 or less, that I can flip in the future for 1000% profit or more. It's apparent

Hi Gang, Just a quick little post here. Michael Berkens posted a great article about BP (British Petroleum) buying up adwords to get top positions on Google searches. I mean, BP is insanely (blatantly) buying the keywords for "gulf oil spill" and "Bp oil spill" and many other in order to get people searching on the terms...

Hi Gang, I went retro to review some notes I had written last year when a lot of bluster and fluster was being whipped around attacking "minisites". (I was also inspired by Elliot's excellent domain site buildout articles lately). Several smart domainers asked the detractors: "Just WHAT is a MINISITE?" Remarkably, after reading 20 blog articles...

Hi Gang, I just wanted to repeat something that I heard Tommy Callahan (Chris Farley) say in the movie "Tommy Boy" that affected me and formed my understanding of business. This movie is filled with more hilarious but realistic quotes of any movie ever made. Here goes one of them, about staying strong, ignoring the naysayers and

GODROPS.COM RE-LAUNCHING ITS SITE April 23, 2010 – It was announced several months ago the site GoDrops.com was going to get an overhaul. The construction work is complete and GoDrops.com is ready for its re-release. A partnership formed between Jason Cupp of GoDrops.com and Patrick Ruddell of ChefPatrick.com has come together to create a new...

Wow! Just read on DNN that Domain Madness 2 sold PALMSPRINGSHOMES.COM for a nice $14,000.? Congrats Atom and gang at DomainConsultant.com,? but I lost my invitation. Dang. Now, I'll throw these domains up into the air, and you can tell me if they're worth my pricing: Email me or post SOLD if you want them. Paypal only. PalmSpringsHome.org –...

Victor Pitts is no longer VP at Moniker.? They parted ways amicably, but we'll miss him there. Here's a news release on our friend Victor's new adventure: Domain industry veteran Victor Pitts named as Vice President at DomainIt.com a growth-oriented domain Registrar and hosting company to target the competition with new services and advanced capabi...

Thanks for checking out the site — it should be an interesting sales pitch. A lot of you know that I have been buying future trend domain names for six years. An associate of mine brought up a question last night that I thought was interesting. "Do other domainers know the value of future trend domains

Hi Gang, I'm still cleaning out my niches, and these are all the domains left in my LEGAL category. Just to be a guy showing confidence in his select maturing domains, and not trying to "gouge" any new domain investors who want to build their portfolio with some decent domains for low dollar

(This blog article is entirely inspired by my friend Elliot Silver's blog article) Elliot Silver, who I respect in the highest regard, stated on one of his recent blog articles:? "I would much rather own one good name that I bought for $2,500 than 300 newly registered names. If you don?t end up selling them, you?re

Okay, I've seen the lying, manipulative comments by the hundreds on the various blogs, from webmasters to a few domainers. I continually ignored most of them… but no more. I'm sick of reading "new" comments and blog articles based on those old posts about WhyPark users (from 2007) claiming to be using Whypark and getting "blacklisted"...

I own a lot of great domains. I bought portfolios over the years because they were sold cheap, and I resold pieces of these portfolios for as much as I paid for the whole portfolios. Every domainer should be so lucky! I usually sell these quickly through Snapnames, Sedo, and Afternic. However, I'm no longer

It's no secret that I'm a big WhyPark.com fan. From having the best head honcho (of any domain industry company) in Craig Rowe, to their CS wizard, Kelly Urqhart, and their PPC pals at Parked.com (I think I've heard of names there like "donny, "monte", "sigmund" and others, ? ) the fact that setting...

I thought this would be a nice little "summary" of what I hear from my domainer friends, clients and associates on what they would like to see in the year 2010: 1) No runaway prices on domain registrations. Currently, it seems ICANN is going against the current recession, allowing Verisign to raise prices on .com extensions.

As a domain appraiser for almost a decade, I started out confused after reading the domains that sold at "no reserve" at DFG yesterday. I had 13 "zero reserve" domains accepted by Moniker Auctions for the DFG 2010. I expected some bidding on several of these domains, because most of them get enough traffic to

I really enjoy reading and perusing my associates' blogs and domain industry service/products websites.? I wonder in amazement at the speed in which my domain industry friends are able to produce their ideas into working sites and make them grow so quickly.? It's truly impressive. One of the most prolific domain service creators is Francois Carrill...

I'm posting these domains for anyone looking for a great deal on generic branded domains. This posting is a lead-in for my long overdue website, BULKSALEDOMAINS.COM, which I should have finished by the end of Spring 2010. The reason these particular domains were chosen is because I'm filtering my portfolio to focus on my main 10

Wishing you all the very best for the Holiday Season… with joy and comfort for all of your family and friends! Cheers! Stephen and Denise Douglas.

Hi Gang, I'm writing an article regarding the "domain industry image" in the public and business sectors. Question: What scandals have occured in the last five years that you believe were the WORST scandals for our industry? I welcome all comments, all problems you've encountered, whether they were resolved, and what your personal feelings were a...

"FRED" commenting on Jamz article: "Twitter is dead? Maybe to you, but not the 50 million people that use it everyday. Domainers?.always good for a laugh."

Here's some news I found while researching the ridiculous ruling in California awarding Chris Bosh 800 domains from an alleged "cybersquatter", Luis Zavalda, thereby making Chris Bosh the NEW cybersquatter… if that makes sense to you, you're a Glenn Beck fan. I looked up the link in the articles listed in the NY TIMES and Wall...

Hi Gang, I was getting ready to submit over 500 of my premium domains (not in my future trend list) to Sedo, and I received quite a few requests from some pro domainers to see the list first. I thought, "what the heck."? So I'm dangling them out to the domain crowd before they have to

Let me start this article by asking this: WILL YOU BE LABELED A CYBERSQUATTER SOMEDAY SOON? Maybe. Does every business, online or off, have a dark side? Of course they do. You've checked your investments and stock returns in the last year, read the avalanche of news discussing the incredible crimes committed in the investment community, and our...

I had a heart-stopping experience today when I came across some tech news about a Motorola cellphone called the CLIQ. This cellphone was "cutting edge" and connected to the Google Android… wow! Maybe. A few years ago, I owned the domain name "CLIQ.com" and I sold it for a few dollars, I can't even remember how...

Hi Gang, I'm going to step aside from domaining tips for a moment to correct what I think will be a hoodwink by Godaddy in their PR sponsorships set to "spend that sucker customer cash". The new sponsorship claim by Godaddy affects me personally in the sport I've been actively involved in for decades. Check out

Kicking back tonight watching TV, trying to push my intellectual levels to new highs, I saw a national commercial for the first time in a long time. Now, that's not strange in itself, except I usually don't watch TV unless it's on my DVR. I speed through the commercials. The weird thing is that I watched