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Know When To Hold & Know When To FoldThe Domains December 30, 2008 | Comments Off
David Castello, pointed out to me today an update on a story we wrote about a back in October, about a Steven Thiele, a body builder, who registered a several domains of Indian tribes in Florida; miccosukeetribeofindians.com, miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and a domain named after tribe chair... -
Domaining.com Charges nowHostix December 30, 2008 | Comments Off
When I woke up this morning I check my e-mail and found another email from the all popular Domaining.com. It said Your “Domaining.com account has been closed” I opened it and come to find out. Domaining.com will be charging $35/year to get the newsletter. Which kinda sucks cause I am not paying... -
Short Domain ThoughtsLLLL.com December 30, 2008 | Comments Off
YP.com was reported yesterday on Namepros as having sold for $3,850,000 by an astute member who came across an SEC filing. This has been discussed on many domain name blogs already (see Domaining.com) while I was sleeping, so I won’t repeat what’s already out there. It’s a good sal... -
Short Domain ThoughtsReece December 30, 2008 | Comments Off
YP.com was reported yesterday on Namepros as having sold for $3,850,000 by an astute member who came across an SEC filing. This has been discussed on many domain name blogs already (see Domaining.com) while I was sleeping, so I won’t repeat what’s already out there. It’s a good sal... -
Musings on 2008David Carter December 30, 2008 | Comments Off
The end of 2008 is nigh and big name banks and business are falling apart around our ears.This week alone has seen the collapse of three national retail chains in the UK and so the face of the High Street looks set to change forever.Soon we'll be dealing with just two or three mega retailers. It's o... -
JudicialWatch.org Claims Obama Illegally Granted Change.gov Domain NameAdam Strong December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Government watchdog JudicialWatch posted an article today declaring the domain name Change.gov, the location of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s newest website may have been illegally granted. According to the site, Obama’s team initially requested and was denied use of the domain n... -
FMOZ.net Web Directoryadmin December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
FMOZ.net is one of the most heavily advertised directories on the Internet. Submit your sites and jump aboard FMOZ.net today! Our Directory Staff are waiting to approve your links & articles. Pricing to suit all budgets. Featured links $29.99 1 Year Regular links $1.49 1 Year Regular links with ... -
Aussie Registrar Partners With Auction Site = A New Force In The Domaining IndustrySimon December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
This one is hot off the press and will be of interest to all those Aussies in the .au space, as well as those wanting to diversify their portfolio. Both Netfleet (new .au marketplace) and Netregistry have formed a joint venture. Here’s what they bring to the table: Netfleet reports that it ha... -
TweetDailyDomains.comadmin December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
TweetDailyDomains.com will tweet you (send out messages via Twitter.com/DAILYDOMAINS) quality domain names at reseller prices…so follow us closely and you just might grab some tweet deals : Go now to TweetDailyDomains.com ... -
Top Domains At SnapNames.comMHB December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
The following domains are our top picks for backorders at Snap. You can simply click on the link to backorder: 987.net antisocial.com babywebcam.com bargained.com chemotherapy.net cif.com condition.net dexe.com illegal.net imode.com ladder.net mecca.net multimediacard.com premiumgifts.com shed.net s... -
Netfleet.com.au Partners With NetRegistry.com.auadmin December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Netfleet.com.au - Australia’s leading marketplace - have contacted us to announce that they have joined Australia’s leading domain name provider Netregistry.com.au in a mutually beneficial joint venture. “We see significant growth in this area”, says Larry Bloch, CEO of Netr... -
YP.Com Sold to Yellow Pages For $3,850,000MHB December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
According to SEC filing, a public company Live Deal Inc. (NASDAQ:LIVE), sold the domain YP.com, on November 5, 2008, to YellowPages.com LLC for $3,850,000. The domain, according to the company, was an active site and was the source of ongoing revenues from the sale of Internet Advertising Packag... -
DomainerScript: A domainer’s true friendDNBlogger December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
It was long overdue. It was in the planning for last 4 years or so but I was never able to get to it. It was a victim of ‘Analysis Paralysis’. I kept thinking what to do, how to do it, made layouts and made plans, but I never really pulled the trigger. I almost hired a web developer a... -
Bido Is Back (Well, Almost!)Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
By Jarred Cohen, VP of Operations, Bido, LLC It’s been a few months since we placed Bido domain auctions on hiatus. The response has been loud and clear to bring Bido back as soon as possible! We’ve missed running the auctions as much as you missed participating in them! DNZoom and Por... -
Domain Name Appraisal ScamsJamie Zoch December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
It can be exciting to get an offer on your domain name or have somebody show interest in your domain name. If you are contacted, the next thing to find out is if the contact is Real or Fake. A very well known FAKE is if you are contacted via Email and you see lines in the email that are like this: &... -
Comics.com Plays a Key Role in the Comic Strip Industry’s Bid to Survive by Migrating from Print to the WebDomain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Yet another institution from traditional media, the venerable comic strip, is looking to the web for salvation as its current distribution platform, the daily newspaper, continues to crumble. A great generic domain name, Comics.com, is playing a key role in this drama.... -
VoteJustice.us and DVDWednesday.comDay Online Solutions December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Just purchased a new site, VoteJustice.us and starting to develop a new one, DVDWednesday.com. ... -
After Christmas Auction Spectacular! $1 Auctions you won’t want to miss.Jennifer December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Happy Holidays everyone! As fast as it comes, is as fast as it goes. You’ve probably finished up the last of the leftovers, and are getting ready to pull down the tree and lights. Besides that, you probably wouldn’t mind finding yourself an amazing deal or two…. that’s wh... -
Shakuhachi Performance By Kifu Mitsuhashi, Prague Shakuhachi Summer School 08Conceptualist.com, By Sahar Sarid December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
An amazing Shakuhachi performance in Prague. Enjoy,Sahar ... -
2008 Domain Dunce Awards: VerizonAndrew December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Verizon likes to play both sides of the fence. For that we give it an award. With just a few days left in 2008, I thought I’d write about a couple of the more egregious stories in domain names this year. Think of it as the dumbest moments in domains. The first winner is telecom giant Verizo... -
MartinLutherKing.org: Make’s the Best Case For Defensive Domain RegistrationsMHB December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
A story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution point out how important it is for all businesses and “famous” persons to engage in defensive domain registrations. The story tells the tale of MartinLutherKing.org, which is owned and operated “”"by a white supremacist group called ... -
Domaining in 2009admin December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
When the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2001, many people gave up on the Internet as a viable place to do commerce and there were great domain deals and domain drops that followed. Companies had lost vast fortunes on their Internet ventures (much were paper gains), and many wanted to dump anything t... -
The Re-branding of a WebsiteSkyDomains December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
Over the Christmas holidays, I was able to accomplish a lot of things at once. In between the present giving, taking pictures with my daughter on the bike and even taking the family and my mother inlaw out for lunch, I still managed to accomplish my set goals. Give most of my sites a logo [...]... -
The Perils of Trying to Go PublicAndrew December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
NameMedia’s withdrawn IPO more painful than it looks. It may appear that NameMedia’s decision last week to to drop its planned initial public offering is just a temporary setback. Aside from the costs of filing its S-1 to go public, going on the investor roadshow, and obliging quite per... -
Popular domain names of mineJamie Zoch December 29, 2008 | Comments Off
The following are domain names that are "popular" of mine that are listed with Afternic.com. By popular, these are the domain names that have the highest "latest visits". This information can be helpful to help guide you on domain names that are similar that you may want to purch...




