I've been experimenting with a select few of my domain names that I consider non-core to my business this weekend.Though it's not the best time to sell domain names (when is?) at the moment, I felt compelled to do at least the bare minimum to get the domains noticed.What most domainers do, is go ont...

Fabulous.com has announced a charity live domain auction to benefit the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) will be held November 19th during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference that Fab will be hosting on Australia's Gold Coast. Rick Latona Auctions will conduct the fund raising sale....

The second version of DomainTheft.org was launched Sunday afternoon. With it comes a new batch of reported and verified domain thefts and known scammers. For those unfamiliar with the site - DomainTheft.org is a centralized system for reporting stolen domain names. This can help domain buyers ensure...

We are inviting interested parties to make offers on appraisal related domain names. Here are the 5 appraisal domain names:   AppraisalSense.com Number1Appraisal.com AppraiseYourName.com AppraiseYourURL.com AppraiseYour.com   We acquired these domain names many years ago. We are open to all kinds ...

We are offering 2 domains related to patents. One is “Great Patents” and the other is “Hit patents”. Here are the domains:   GreatPatents.com HitPatents.com   We are open to all kinds of offers such as outright sale, monthly lease, or development partnerships based on reven...

So I’ve jumped into a new consulting opportunity here in ATL, and spent the previous week catching up on all things PPC, Display, & Analytics for this client.. They also happen to outsource the day-to-day PPC management to a search firm, iProspect. So during this period, I also read up on...

Nathan White sent this one in via the Good URL Bad URL Facebook Group. I like how this URL pokes fun at itself. Reminds me of RRRRThats5Rs.com. And alternating the font color makes sure all those words don't get lost. This URL goes to great lengths to be memorable....

Here's another one from the Facebook group. Brian Wyrick gets off the URL schnide with this entry. At first I thought it was a typo but this is actually the band's MySpace URL. I knew it was getting tougher and tougher to get a good MySpace domain but I didn't realize the pickings had become this sl...

Fellow URL-aholic Robert Fitzgerald spotted this too-hot-for-TV URL. The double slash is truly the kiss of death. A while back I posted a print ad from Sony with the URL www.sony.com/sonycard/hd. I didn't like that one either but at least it had a chance because people could take the ad with them to...

Miss Emma joins the ranks of 2-time URL-spotter with this submission. This one had me at Leading Caps. But I also like how it clearly states the value prop -- you should live here. Not to mention there's a double meaning (which I doubt they intended but still works well) -- come to the website and w...

Credit Stuart McIlreavy with this spot. I just hate everything about this URL. From the all lower case display to the use of misspelled slang (methinks "comfy" is more generally accepted) to the weird TLD. Maybe one of the many domainers that keeps tab on this blog can weigh in and explain what the ...

It wouldn't be a complete batch of URLs without a couple from the biggest URL-aholic of them all, Peter Askew of Domainer's Gazette. In fact, in honor of Peter's 16th and 17th submission, I'm creating a new category called "SkewURLs" and labeling all his posts accordingly. Methinks this tag works on...

Here's one more from the astute Askew. While I'm glad these guys didn't use Kaleidoscope in the URL -- that's one nasty word -- they didn't do themselves any favors by tacking on the IM version of "to" and "paint." Don't know anything about their biz but from the name it seems like painting is only ...

Earlier this week Pizza Hut announced that it would definitely be rebranding itself as Pasta Hut in the United Kingdom. But despite the vast spendings on the advertising and rebranding efforts, the company apparently forgot to register or buy the Pasta Hut name under all major generic top-level doma...

I hold domains as “hostages“, “not allowing people who want them to use them.” This moronic allegation came in an email, from some French guy named “Guillaume Sibelle” from Paris, France. Twice he placed a lowball offer of 60 euro for a domain I own, and twice I h...

Domain registration rates around the world continue to grow at a double digit pace. A new report from the Latin American region says total registration soared nearly 18% in the past year with Brazil and Argentina leading the growth spurt....

Times are hard, banks and even countries are failing. Experts are appearing on news programmes explaining how everything has gone wrong in the world of finance.Where were they when the banks were flouting sub-prime mortgages to people who couldn't ever afford the repayments?Mortgages became the junk...

Hi Everyone Are you unhappy with your current domain parking revenue.  I know I was.. About 8 months ago I was contacted by a Justdropped.com customer regarding a unique opportunity.  I met Dr. Shawn Vernon for lunch and reviewed a project he was working on that incorporates Google Adsense combine...

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Forbes released the new list of America’s most expensive ZIP codes, which the company compiled by looking at the median sales prices of homes in those areas. From a domainer’s perspective, it is interesting to note that Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) does not own many of those ZIP codes, althoug...

Two key members of the award-winning Branson.com team have left to help Skip Hoagland develop his portfolio of prime U.S. and International geodomains. Their first joint project will focus on turning Portland.com into the premier portal to Portland, Oregon....

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7 job interviews next week alone, not to mention two exams and a project presentation. Who said anything about a recession? Speaking of getting a job, AE has an interesting recruiting strategy embodied in the domain name of their careers website: LiveYourLifeLoveYourJob-dot-com. Might take a while t...

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We are offering the following domains for lease or revenue sharing development partnerships:   MyBankBlog.com i.e. My Bank Blog .com MyBanko.com i.e. My Banko .com   Both the domains are descriptive, easy to spell, and easy to remember plus highly brand-able. Development partnership is 65% of gr...