(image source) Following on part I, Why Domaining Sucks, here’s a general list of why I also believe Domaining rocks: 1. Extremely cheap barrier to entry With registration fees at approximately 7$ per domain name not many can say they cannot afford to get in the domain game. Back in 2000 we ...

In my last post, in comments area, Stephen Douglas of Success Click wrote: It’s time for domainers to reassess their domains by evaluating their monetization paths, and then move accordingly The domain industry has significantly changed in the last 12 months like never before. Payouts decline, la...

(image source) Tough economic times, especially for those who have not gone through such turbulence times, can be extremely confusing. Questions such as “Should I continue to hold?”, “Is my income going to shrink again next month?”, “Should I bet all on this venture?&#...

Since we took Bido offline due to tech issues we’ve been very quiet about progress, giving you a date when we will bring Bido back. The original plan was to bring Bido back a couple of weeks ago, in November. Due to unexpected turn of events this was not possible. December did not make much s...

I was browsing some videos on Youtube, came across this entertaining one from Rocket Boom. Enjoy, Sahar ...

(image source) While I’m not a very religious person, I’ve browsed through the Bible, but cannot tell you who wrote it, there are many words of wisdom in it. I define words of wisdom as “Ideas that make sense”, or “Fundamental Wisdom”. One of my favorites bible q...

(image source: Initial Designs) To those in the domain space, before being in the space have you realized the power of domain names? Before seeing in your own eyes the statistics on domains and the enormous power of which have type-in traffic, power that can be measured by quantity and quality, wou...

A general list of why domaining sucks. Maybe by exploring these issues we can all do a little better, and possibly suck a little less. 1. We are Dependant on two main upstream providers Those of course are Google and Yahoo. Yahoo of course are in an extremely weak position, may have to kill the chan...

(image source: WSJ) Via The Wall Street Journal: Devised a quarter century ago, the Internet’s domain-name system was meant to spare the general public from numbers. Easy-to-remember words or initializations such as toys.com and cbs.com were allowed to stand in as aliases for 11-digit compute...

I’ve been using Google Chrome since the day it came out and to tell you it has simplified my browsing habits would be an understatement. Here are few features I can’t live without: 1. I tend to visit certain sites few times a day. Domaining.com, Moniker, CNN, and a couple of others. Sinc...

Via NamePros, DomainBits, and DNForum: “Over 1,000 high quality domains have been stolen by a thief in Iran. He has brazenly set up a website to sell the domains - LuxaryDomains.com. As well, he is sending out lots of emails to domainers informing them of the domains he has available. Here...

Via LifeHacker: “New web service Nombray is out to help folks establish their online identity by registering their name-based domain. Enter your name into the Nombray search engine and register the various available combinations of vanity URL available. (For example, a search for my name retu...

Via Seth Godin’s blog: “Newton gets all kinds of credit. They call it the Law of Gravity. They put his picture on pages that profile geniuses. They say he discovered gravity. Nonsense. He just named it. Everyone ‘believes’ in gravity. And yet, we know virtually nothing about ...

(Part 1, 2 here) While not the first, Reinvent’s cross marketing promotion of BlackFriday.com yesterday reminded me of the potential of this concept. How does it work? This is how Reinvent does it: Benefits: 1. By sending a user to another parked domain you may prequalify him (if the adverti...

Black Friday and my family and I stayed home - no shopping for us. Here are three reasons why we are staying home: 1. Do you know how the economy will look like tomorrow? Do you know if your income will sustain tomorrow? I don’t either. 2. Our TV/Refrigerator/Dishwasher works fine - no need to...

More thinking how this series will continue, I think I will focus daily on one area which can be improved. That way we will ensure each area is being discussed thoroughly where we can all understand the issues better, and hopefully be able to make better decisions. Today let’s talk about minds...

This is the first in a series of flowcharts to describe how domains are currently monetized, and how they could be monetized. The purpose of this is to initiate a discussion and hopefully influence those who can to do a better job serving our needs, that is, monetize our domain names better. ...

(image source) In the comment section for this post Jeff Overman writes: I surly miss your posts each day but understand…your a very busy man with your fun developments going on… Over the years many thought because of all the projects we have, all the businesses, I must be extremely busy. That ...

(image source) In good times and tough times, in a world of anonymity and scam artists prying the next target at every corner of the web, it is important to positively stand out from the crowd. When you stand out from the crowd your partners will treat you differently. When things happen that are o...

So I’m thinking to get back to the blog but am not sure yet how to, it’s been a while!Let’s give it a shot then.The one thing that is on everybody’s mind these days is the economy. While I have no answers here I do suggest to preserve cash, be ultra conservative until things clear out a litt...

Our friends at Fabulous are working on the new Traffic show, Traffic Down Under. The projections I hear are over 250 attendees. As .Com.Au is a hot domain extension these days (the Australian government recently made some chances to the .AU registry) I expect many local businesses to attend as well...

It’s been a month since I last updated the blog. During that month I mainly rested, focused on reading, as well as visited the Traffic show in New York City. The show I felt was a success, the food was great, Rick and Howard once again delivered on their promise, that is, bringing the best in ...

Taking a break for a little while. Cheers, Sahar ...

Recall Media Group’s LifeMemory.com is a supporting site for our FuneralHomes.com directory. In short, it can be described as a MySpace for memorials, without the social networking aspect. It is an extremely flexible site-builder web application, easy to use, as well as comes with many pre-lo...

Andrew and Zappy met with Bill Clinton in NYC, after helping him to acquire key Intellectual Property Direct link to Internet Real Estate Group I spoke with Andrew Miller to learn more. The domain in question is PresidentClinton.com. Have a great day, Sahar ...