I just wanted to alert everyone that the reserves on these names have been significantly reduced. DietPill.com is now $235,000 as a reserve SleepingPill.com and SleepingPills.com, the package is at $235,000 These are 6-figure drops. ...

Minds + Machines announced in a press release that it will work with BRS Media, a diverse media e-commerce firm, to provide all the technical services for the new .radio TLD. “BRS Media is an Internet legend,” said Antony Van Couvering, CEO of Minds + Machines. “They were pioneers ...

The next big dollar domain to hit NameJet.com is Toxic.com (also Toxic.net). The backorder deadline is April 30th and there are already 175 bidders in the auction. With all the talk of toxic assets and the economy, the domain is certain timely. The domain is at $4,000 pre-auction. ...

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Man loses DEACOM.com despite overwhelming evidence of rights and fair use. Businessman Ben Dean lost a UDRP this month for deacom.com, a domain name he’s owned since 1997 and used for his business. He says he can’t afford to fight the action in court, but set up UDRPfail.com to tell the...

Direct navigation with a potential timebomb. Online CRM and application provider Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) just made an interesting direct navigation move that could potentially land it in hot water. Realizing that it can be difficult finding particular pages on its site and its channels on social...

Two number domain name leads weekly sales list. Sedo’s top completed sale for the past week was 90.com, which sold for EUR 56,000 (about $73,000 USD) to a buyer in China. The seller of 90.com may have missed an earlier opportunity. According to a March 19 email from Sedo’s Great Doma...

Hi guys and gals! I arrived here a couple of days ago. There’s an active group here which attend the show but do not really like the format, the way it is executed, Rick’s approach to it. I was surprised to meet some of the folks who usually are within that group. on first day of arrival...

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I am not going to report the same stuff over and over just like 10,000 other blogs. I just want to quickly point out that everyone knew with PPC falling down the tubes Parked.com had to change their strategies a bit. I just really do not think anyone saw this coming at all. To be 100% [...]...

This is the most crucial subject when it comes to the domain industry. Choosing a domain name can mean many many different things. You can choose a name for your business or just to resell. The options are endless when choosing domain names and why. Right now i will discuss what to look for and [......

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Moniker will be holding a live auction from the TRAFFIC show in California Tomorrow, Wednesday April 29th, at 3pm PST, 6pm EST. Remote bidding will be permitted through Snapnames.com, for those not in attendance or for those just wanting to bid online rather than by raising your paddle. Overall the ...

The consolidation in the domain industry continues with Parked.com purchasing WhyPark.com without disclosing the details of the deal. WhyPark is a mass domain development service started by Craig Row brought on Alan Macomber in March of 2006 as an investor and Rod Underhill (co-founder of mp3.com) a...

Domain name parking company acquires parking alternative. Domain name parking company Parked.com has acquired WhyPark, a domain building service. Financial details were not disclosed. Yesterday WhyPark announced it was scrapping its $99 set up fee and moving to a free model. This is part of the t...

First of all now is a damn good time to invest $100,000 in the domain industry. If you wish to be a domainer, then the deals that are there for the taking are just simply breathtaking. However, if you have $100,000 to spend then I would assume that you are not stupid and would be prudent with [...]...

Baidu, China’s largest Internet search engine, and a part of our Domain Parking Stock Index, reported a 23.5 % increase in first-quarter net profits. However, Baidu also warned that the global downturn was affecting online advertising. The company registered a rare drop in the number of of active...

Parked.com expands its domain monetization technology through WhyPark acquisitionApril 28, 2009 -- Parked.com, a leading domain parking company, announced today it has acquired WhyPark, a domain development company. The purchase creates synergies between the two companies by combining WhyPark's stre...

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Today at 3:30 p.m. Pacific (California) is our live Targeted T.R.AF.F.I.C. domain auction. If you aren’t here, you need to go to www.proxibid.com/ricklatona if you want to bid, or watch. If you want to bid, don’t be foolish and wait until the last moment. Make sure you get in and get you...

Value of newspapers plummets to point that real estate is most valuable asset. An article in the Boston Business Journal suggests that the most valuable asset of The Boston Globe is the land it owns. The Boston Globe is anticipated to lose $80M in 2009, but its real estate holdings may be worth $65...

According to a report in blorge.com, Microsoft is going to launch Kumo.com on June 2nd. Kumo.com according to many reports will eventually replace the Live.com search engine for Microsoft. The Search Marketing Expo, an industry conference, is also starting in Seattle on June 2. Here is some info abo...

We recently received a series of questions related to type in traffic by a visitor to our site and I thought that they were great questions so after replying to his questions in an email I decided to include the transcript of our email exchange as it may be useful for anyone else that has had these ...

Domain parking has spoilt the whole domain industry. Get everything for nothing. Just register a domain name, change the name servers and bingo! You have a great looking site (parking page/template). You sit back, and at then end of the month you have a checks rolling in. Who would live a different ...

Tech Crunch just published a post about TweetName, the service that lets you register any .com, .net, org or .biz, by just sending a Tweet. “”Once you log into Tweetname for the first time, the site uses OAuth to connect to your Twitter account. You fill out your credentials, including n...