IS PPC DEAD FOR DOMAINERS? What are domain investors options?

Hi Gang, Reported today in the New Jersey Star Ledger, somebody got some chained steel locked around their wrists and led away to jail. Their crime? Allegedly hacking into a registrar, stealing the domain? name P2P.com, and selling it on eBay. Hijacking domains is more common than we know, and we know about RHJ's enough to be

Hi Gang, Saw a few posts from domainers over the weekend about the 58 year old black Harvard professor, Henry Gates, being arrested on his front porch. Seems this farce touched a lot of nerves, left and right, literally. The ultimate response which really tells the story is what the Cambridge District Attorney did when he read

Hi Gang, This is an important read for those who think buying generic descriptive domains are valuable investments, and believe that their core market demographic is the end user whose products and services (prodservs) your domain name describes. There was a recent article in RJ's LowDown regarding non-domainer companies who "get it" about the pu...

WhyPark? Are all domainers, and I mean people who invest in domain names, utilizing the free WhyPark services available to them right now? Are you looking through your parking service stats monthly and seeing no results for those keyword domains in ccTLD's, SLD's, .net's and .orgs extensions, and those longtail .coms you still believe in? If...

Hello Gang, This might be an article different from any of the articles you've read before about domaining. I?m honored to be able to get this information in front of you, because it regards a decade of strategic planning by one of my clients. Their story is fascinating for true domain investors and online marketers with an

Hello Gang and New Guests, I am selling my legal domains niche, and the sale will last at these prices below for at least a week for this posting date. You can contact me at successclick *at* gmaildotcom. I am willing to sell all in bulk at a 50% price reduction or you can buy any at the

End users are the Valhalla of domainers, no doubt about it. Nobody in the domain industry can argue against it, including all the domain auction producers. "END USERS, PLEASE" is the shout of the domainer masses right now. Other than my long reported requests for domain auction producers to expend a bit of their ad budget

Well, today I have been honored by two big voices in the domain industry, one who gives me credit, and another who, well, probably would vomit if forced to do so… Let's start with Owen Frager of the Fragerfactor.com. He picked up on a side comment I made on Michael Berkens blog about Madison Avenue. It's

I received an offer on a domain name a few days ago from a NetSol email saying "accept offer or give a counter offer". Well, the original offer for the domain was weak, so I replied what my BIN price was. I received a counter offer that was less than half of my BIN. However,

Well… I won't post the pic yet but there is a domaining lesson in this story below of blood and gore… really! While using a "safety blade sharpener" on an 8 inch carving knife, I lacerated my right index finger to the bone and tendons. My first thought, said out loud when I felt the serrated edge

(To Dub-A with A Nod to DomainNameWire.com) As usual, Andrew Allemann's article on threats to the domain industry is important and thought-provoking.? I'm sure a lot of readers who depend solely on typeins to value their domains had to get up out of their chairs and dash to the "Holey Seat". I've never been sold on utilizing...

In the wake of turmoil going on in the domain industry currently, I just wanted to make a philosophical observation for all my readers. Remember this phrase, and stand behind it, act on it, because you're the only one who will… "Pugna Pro Justicia" "Justice is like water… sometimes it flows like a raging river, over a waterfall,...

From an article published here: +++++++ "Dubai as a trademark is no longer available for new private businesses, confirmed government officials who are involved in the issuance of the trade licences in the emirate. Officials at the Dubai Authority of Economic Development have stressed that Dubai as a name is now only a government property. However...

As a professional domain evaluator and appraiser, I thought I'd spend an hour or so reviewing some top domain purchases at TSV last week. I got my numbers/facts from Ricksblog.com. (thx Rick!). So, out of respect, I'll start with Rick's domain purchases first… although I'm leaving out a few picks he made that are questionable to...

Hi Gang! Here is the news you've been waiting for! Domain history has been made today with the top PPC company acquiring the top domain development company. WhyPark has been acquired by Parked.com, a? great PPC company run by an experienced team. Sig Solares, Donny Simonton and their crew, Christian Higgins, Monty White and the rest have...

Hi Gang! As most of you know, I'm the VP of Business Development at Whypark.com and I have worked closely with Craig Rowe and our team for almost a year to make the best domain development service ever created. I think we have achieved that and more. Here's first proof: WE ARE NOW FREE. (click here now to

I have received many requests to sell domain portfolios of domainers far and wide. Some of the domains/portfolios are pretty good, and a lot are not. However, there was always some domain/s in every list I looked at that could/did make decent money. In reviewing some history of the best domain sales in terms of highest

(This blogpost was inspired by Mike Berkens at TheDomains.com) As a human being, with blood coursing through my veins, which goes through my brain and helps me THINK, I can give a decent professional opinion as a domain appraiser for five years on the right course to follow in finding the value in your domain

(Image is trademark of Unilever) I was pretty excited to see Unilever feature a google adlink with the URL "Peanutbutter.com" at the top of my gmail account today. Not sure how long they've been doing this brilliant piece of "inexpensive recall positive publicity," but I can tell you that everyone who has been typing in Peanutbutter.com...

I'm not the only one sick of GoDaddy. The ridiculous ads, the manipulations, the trickery, the failure to support the domain community at a level they're capable of doing, GoDaddy is the top money-maker suckering in the naive masses of consumers and businesses who believe a company that places a T&A Super Bowl ad would

(Article inspired by Sahar Sarid's story) Good God, the End Times have arrived for domainers! Or have they? Like I reported over ten months ago, great things are coming for domainers. If you base that on yesterday's domain strategies, that isn't close to being true. However, I didn't indicate back then on what type of domainer...

Hi Readers! I just read this week's DNjournal.com sales report, and found out that "Domainnameattorney.com" and its plural sold for $2,250 each on AfternicDLS last week. Nice!? Great for the seller and the buyer, but even nicer for my readers! Now those domainers who are looking to invest in similar domains that are better and...

[FOLLOW-UP TO DOMAINNAMEWIRE.COM GODADDY ARTICLE] This is the way it works when a registrar gets an expired domain falling into their lap after a customer stupidly forgets to renew it: 1) On Expiration Date: Registrar disconnects expired domain from owner's website DNS (previous owner's use of the domain ceases, and the registrar now can play with...

This is just a quickie report, folks. I was transferring out Wigstore.org from GoDaddy to Moniker, and thought everything was fine. The renewal date was coming up, so I wanted to get the domain over to Moniker in case I wanted to sell it through Snapnames (a very easy process for domains registered at Moniker). But

Props to Mike at TheDomains.com for running this popular blog article. It seems to have touched a lot of nerves, and the heat is cooking a tasty marbled ribeye I have sitting next to my computer monitor. I recommend everyone reading my blog who hasn't seen this article and the comment threads to make a

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Wow! I was doing some research on GoDaddy and saw a domain up for auction that really caught my eye.? The domain is "MICROSOFTINTERVIEWS.COM" (Microsoft Interviews dot com). This is odd, since I have seen some serious lawsuits against cybersquatters infringing on Microsoft-related domains. Some of the domains MS was going after were even questionab...