In a article appearing in  Popular  Science, discussing Al Gore proposed .eco extension, the author takes a non-domainers look at the new gTLD extension and concludes: “”"For domain names not associated with a trademark, who really cares about anything except “.com”?”...

Michael Mann, legendary domainer, who since selling BuyDomains.com several years ago, has been busy developing business on and off the web. One of Mike’s companies, X3O Emerging Technologies, a storefront where gamers compete in cash, video game tournaments, was the subject of a 4+ minutes sto...

*While pretty, you don’t want to be a pansy. This is the second installment on my series of domain buying negotiation tips. I’d like to remind the readers that this isn’t about making friends and influencing people. This  is about making money. If my team can’t by names chea...

New domain extension tops 100,000 registrations. The new .tel top level domain name now has 100,000 registrations, just one day after launching in general availability, registry operator Telnic announced. That’s certainly a good start, but the true test will be if Telnic’s non-domain r...

(image source) I wrote yesterday about a new bido program that reward early bids with 2% cashback offering. Not long after posted, Jeff Hawkins replied: I’m kinda curious about how that will work out. It’s seems a good idea. I see pre-bidders figuring that two percent into their estimate then b...

Tom Conlon understands what new TLDs are all about: nothing. Popular Science author Tom Conlon published an article today about .eco specifically, but mostly about the challenges any new top level domain faces. The headline of his article is appropriately named “A New Type of Domain Name, A N...

Bidding opens today for the Domain Madness auction, organized by DomainConsultant.com. The auction uses Aftermarket.com auction technology, allowing people with DomainTools & Aftermarket.com accounts to bid on the domains at auction. This is a silent auction, and the domain names were selected b...

Auction underway at Aftermarket.com. Domain Consultant’s Domain Madness auction is off and running at aftermarket.com. The auction features a wide range of domain names starting at $0 and going up to $1.65M. The auction concludes March 31. Domain Madness took a creative marketing approach t...

The Domain Madness DomainConsultant.com domain name auction pre-bidding opened today! View the auction here. 48 domain names are up for auction using the Aftermarket.com / DomainTools.com auction platform. If you have not become a verified bidder, I highly suggest doing that asap so you can join in ...

In an email this morning from Afternic.com which is owned by NameMedia, announced that they have teamed up with Godaddy.com to offer AfternicDLS domains on Godaddy. If you list domain names for sale on Afternic.com and use the Expanded Promotion, your domain names will now be listed on the Godaddy.c...

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In DNJournal's March cover story, WhyPark is proud to be featured in an examination of several mass development companies. In the article, Ron Jackson, DNJournal's veteran journalist, profiled the leaders of five development companies (plus one bonus profile) and asked them to explain how their stra...

MySpace is currently marketing the new .tel domain name extension to their community of over 130 million users as short alternative web addresses to their MySpace Mobile profiles. Essentially, a virtual business card connected to the social web. Over 20 million individual users access MySpace each ...

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Startup with hyphenated domain gets $1m USD in seed & angel funding, Frank Schilling owns non-hyphenated version [Conceptualist] Bido is launching another new feature today, giving bidders whose pre-auction bids wins the auction 2% in cashback in order to encourage proxy bids placed prior to th...

(image source) A little unusual kind of post from me but.. let’s roll with it. Via TechCrunch: Home-Account, a recently launched mortgage search and counseling service, has secured $1 million in seed and angel funding. The largest investor is Charles River Ventures, which gave the startup $30...

Arbitration panel determines Marchex can keep domain name FrontRunners.com. If there ever was a frontrunner for “dubious UDRP domain arbitration case”, FrontRunners.com may be it. Bradley D Mittman MD dba FRONTRUNNERS has a trademark to the term FrontRunners for use in connection with ...

I get a load of emails advertising cheap registrations, but this seems like a very good deal on .IN domain names from Answerable.com (although I haven’t used them before). Jeff from Inforum.in discussed .in domains a couple of months ago, and TRAFFIC Amsterdam will be covering ccTLDs. ==== Di...

I’ve always had a special place in my heart for Bido.  They have taken domain auctions to another level with a series of innovations that most (all?) other domain auction houses would be unwilling to try.  Plus they actively listen to feedback from the community, and take action on it. One d...

The rapidly growing domain mass development sector that we wrote about in our current Cover Story got another new player today (and more are on the way). Also, Bido.com has announced a major format change. .Com will no longer be the only extension you will see at the auction site....

OK, I wish I could roll out a simple answer but nothing about domaining seems to be all that easy really. I have often seen (mainly in expired domain auctions) that an odd ball domain that really makes little to no sense, be at a higher value than one would expect. Now any domain name "can" ...

According to news reports, YouTube.com has been blocked in China by the Government since Monday. “We do not know the reason for the blockage and we are working as quickly as possible to restore access to our users,” said Scott Rubin, a spokesman for Google, which owns YouTube. China has ...

A new program from Bido that is being rolled out today. For buyers, get 2% Cashback of an auction’s final price if your Pre-Bid* wins the auction. The concept here is to get better bids early on, rather than in the last few minutes. For our users as well as for sellers, we believe it makes for a ...

The waters of “mass development” were hit by a major tsunami today, when news broke of a new, FREE bulk development tool that promises to deliver instant results. Seasoned web developer, Tia Wood launched the new service at BulkDevelopment.com In her own words: Want to leave domain parki...

DN Media Corporation and Telepathy, Inc. have launched a joint-venture services for domainers called MiniSites.com. The new website offers affordable mini site development packages to help domainers monetize their online assets. “We are thrilled to be partnered with Nat Cohen of Telepathy on t...