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Blog To Sell Your Domain NamesChefPatrick.com - Domain News and Blogging Tips May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Coming from a background in real estate and using the internet to showcase my properties, I knew that duplicating something similar to showcase my domain names was a must. Seriously, if I do not showcase my domain names how will buyers know they are there? Where do I direct my potential buyers and h... -
AfternicDLS Reports $550,000 of Weekly Domain SalesChad Kettner May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
AfternicDLS has reported $550,000 worth of domain sales this week including BBI.net for $11,800, Requirements.com for $10,000, and ApartmentsNow.com for $10,000. Check out the full list - which includes over 350 domain names ranging from $60 to $11,800 - after the jump… .COM Domains Pric... -
GreatDomains Auction Ends Thursday, 80.com at $60kAndrew Allemann May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Monthly GreatDomains auction ends tomorrow. Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auction ends tomorrow, but no major domain name sales appear to be in the works. One domain may tip the scales: 80.com, which is currently at $60,000. The domain hasn’t met its reserve but the reserve is under $100... -
Why Would CNET.com Just Park A Domain Like Radio.com?MHB May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Radio.com was first registered by CNET, the company CBS paid $1.7 billion dollars to acquire about a year ago. If you look at radio.com today its a simple parked page. Incredibly strange considering CBS owns last.fm, an online radio station which it paid $280 Million for in May 2007, and over 100 on... -
End-User’s Perspective of Domain NamesRoss May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
I think many people in the industry these days are very interested in what goes on over the other side of the fence of domain name development. I was over at ProBlogger.net reading an article about the reasons you should secure the .net version or any other TLD for that matter of your domain name. I... -
NameMedia Sells Another $500k in DomainsAndrew Allemann May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
BBI.net, Requirements.com and ApartmentsNow.com lead the pack. NameMedia continues to sell over a half million dollars worth of domain names each week, a thousand or two thousand dollars at a time. Last week the company tallied just over $550,000 in reported sales. The median sales price for .com ... -
Get Whois from DomainTools FasterAndrew Allemann May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Four tricks to access whois information on DomainTools faster. Last week I visited the DomainTools offices in Seattle and it inspired me to write a series of posts about how I use DomainTools. This first article is about what we all use DomainTools for at the simplest level: whois lookups. If you ... -
NBC Wants Tonight Show Domain NamesAndrew Allemann May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
Company files for arbitration on two domain names related to “The Tonight Show”. Just a few weeks after Jay Leno filed for arbitration to get several domain names related to his TV show, NBC has filed for arbitration on two domain names related to The Tonight Show. Leno is stepping asi... -
Recommended Domain RegistrarsDominik Mueller May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
After having written about what to consider when registering domain names, I’m now going to recommend a few domain registrars to you that I think are not only safe places for your domains but that also offer affordable prices, value-added services and a reliable customer support. Structure of the ... -
Demand Media Awarded Patent for Tiered Domain Name RegistrationsAndrew Allemann May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
The return of domain name tasting? Demand Media, parent company of eNom, has been awarded United States Patent 7539774 for “Method for domain name registration and a corresponding apparatus”. The patent application was filed in 2005 and appears to be targeted toward domain monetization ... -
Using Blogs to Build Your Traffic and eBusiness BrandsKevin Jackson May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
I will declare at the very outset of this post that I am not an expert on blogging or social media or whatever fancy terms that are flying about out there. When God created me, he gave me a big head and stuffed a brain in it. That is what I use. There is nothing like [...]... -
How Can A Typo With 191 Monthly Visitors Be Worth $3k+ ?MHB May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
The domain realsestate.com is at auction at Godaddy and with over 1 day to go, it’s already at over $3K. Godaddy.com estimates traffic, at a pretty minimal, 191 visitors a month. Why would someone spend thousands of dollars to buy a typo with minimal traffic? Thoughts ... -
NIC Mexico Adding A Bonus Year to .MX Pre-Registrations in MayChad Kettner May 27, 2009 | Comments Off
NIC Mexico is offering a bonus year of coverage for anyody who registers a .MX domain name in May 2009 to compensate for a four-month Pre-Registration Period delay. Since one of the rules of the .MX Reopening on the Pre-Registration Period is that all domains registered directly under .MX will not b... -
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5 FREE WordPress Themes NO ONE is UsingRoss May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
So i decided to make 5 FREE wordpress themes for everyone to use freely on anything they want. You can customize and use these themes for any project ranging from a website, blog, or a mini-site. You think of it can be done. They are pretty dynamic and really organized. Only thing i as is [...] Re... -
The #1 Reason Why Your Domains Are Not Making You MoneyJoel Ohman May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Whether you park your domains, develop your domains, or really no matter what you do with your domains - I bet that I know why your domains are not making you much money (or at least not as much as they could be making you). I bet that I could tell you why your domains are performing so poorly befor... -
Domain Name Happy Hour!Kellie Peterson May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Name.com is offering Happy Hour pricing on dropped domains every day starting at 3pm MST (GMT-7). Do you scour the daily drop lists and find yourself saying “I’d buy that domain name if it were cheaper” or “I wish I could buy all of these domain names, but I just don’t ... -
Tweet.me: What A Lawsuit This Buyer Should Prepare For!admin May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
REVISION: DNUnderground apologizes for misleading information contained in this article. DNUnderground only used information acquired at the time of writing this article. The owner of Tweet.me has had previous conversations with Twitter and has gotten their approval on his domain name and business p... -
Past and Future ProjectsW.H.A. May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve been working on building a membership base for my Hapkido website, http://www.HapkidoNet.com. Hapkido is a Korean martial art that is a mix of hard and soft, with joint locks and circular movements, but also hard strikes. It’s got high Google rankings for “Hapkido network... -
First half of Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam auction inventory releasedRickLatona.com May 26, 2009 | Comments Off
While we are proud of the list below, we need more submissions. As you can see we are heavy on certain extensions so don’t hold back if you have something premium that isn’t represented below. Of course, we’ll take any names that are great and priced right. Keep in mind that we are...




