Partnerships can be a great way to leverage a domain name with another company’s labor, intellectual property, financial accumen, and experience.  When successful, they can lead to substantial revenue growth and a well developed website. There are a number of partnerships within the domain ...

Last week, Buy Domains offered a free webinar called “Analytics for Your Small Business Website” and over 400 domain developers and businesses joined the discussion.  Due to a scheduling conflict (DomainFest), I was not able to attend, although it was something I wanted to attend. Becau...

With a little about a day and a half left in its auction at Sedo, Dollars.com currently has a high bid of $385,990.  This domain name changed hands in July of 2007 for $650,000. This is a strong domain name, and I predict it will close near the previous amount at which it sold. Related posts:Euro...

A couple of weeks ago, I listed TrickOrTreating.com for sale on my blog for $7,250 and provided my idea for the site. Additionally, a number of people commented about my business plan for the site and made recommendations. After DomanFest and my trip to Burbank, I am motivated more than ever to ke...

I am sure a few people read this headline, and said “uh oh!”  Don’t worry, no secrets shall be revealed in this blog post! I wanted to share two stories from my evening at the Playboy Mansion last Thursday - one of which I think is funny and one of which is pretty cool.  As expec...

I think we can all agree that the Moniker live auction at DomainFest was pretty much a bomb, but I don’t really think this is a bad thing for the industry. There weren’t many bargains in the live auction, which shows that domain owners aren’t necessarily losing faith in their inves...

I just updated my picks for “Top Drops” on Snapnames.  One name that might be of particular interest to domain owners in the name DomainInvesting.com.  Although DomainInvesting.com does not appear to be a standard dropping domain name, it is certainly one that could be used by a domain...

For those of you who are involved in the domain industry as an investor, developer, or other service provider, I again strongly urge you to attend a domain conference.  The one complaint I heard and have to a agree with is that there are so many good shows now, it’s difficult and expensive to...

Although they don’t consider themselves domainers, Marchex owns thousands of domain names, and the company is one of the few publicly traded domain-related companies. This morning, Marchex announced that the company is laying off 15 employees, about 4% of its workforce. They also announced a ...

I returned to New York last night after spending a week in California visiting Burbank and attending DomainFest Global.  It always seems that each domain conference is better than the previous conference I attended.  This can certainly be said about DFG. Aside from the panels (which were good), th...

According to a news release this morning, Travelzoo purchased Fly.com in an all cash, $1,760,000 deal brokered by Sedo. Travelzoo plans to launch a site on Fly.com in February. Related posts:Printer.com Sold for $800,000 According to an article in the Dutch online publication WebWereld.nl...Prop...

I am looking to sell FuelAssistance.com. I had a mini site built and optimized by Site Graduate, and the results have been strong. The site has been live for about 2-3 months now. For those not in the northern part of the US, a number of states offer fuel assistance programs to people who are [...] ...

I am still away for DomainFest, and two of my friends have written guest posts related to topics in which they are experts. On Monday, Jeff Behrendt of INForum.in, wrote about investing in Indian domains. Yesterday, Richard Douglas discussed social media for domainers. Today, Richard discusses inve...

As with most industry conferences, the first day of DomainFest Global was mostly spent catching up with old friends who I don’t get to see on a regular basis.  It was good to see most people in positive spirits, and it looks like the tough economy is helping people step out of their comfort z...

While I am away for DomainFest, a couple of my friends have written guest posts related to topics in which they are experts.  Yesterday, Jeff Behrendt of INForum.in, wrote about investing in Indian domains. Today, Richard Douglas discusses social media for domain investors. Richard has a diverse ba...

While I am away for DomainFest Global, I asked a couple of industry friends to write guest posts for my blog.  My preference was to write about something with which I am not familiar, to help me learn as well.  Today’s guest post is from Jeff Behrendt of INForum.in, the leading Indian domain...

I landed in Burbank, California last night, ahead of the DomanFest Global show. It was neat having Michael Eisner (former CEO of Disney) on my flight from JFK to Burbank, although the unexpected stop in Salt Lake City to refuel (and then deice in a snowstorm) wasn’t exactly appreciated. When ...

Today, I saw a domain name on a drop list that had two strong keywords, and I almost bought it.  I did a bit of research, and I immediately realized why it hadn’t been renewed by the owner - it didn’t make sense as a domain name.  Calcutta is one of the largest cities in [...] Relate...

Development is the way to go for premium domain names if your company has the time and/or inclination to develop. There are many great development options, as I have mentioned several times on this blog, some of which can be found under the “Sponsors” title to the right. However, I wou...

Before you buy a domain name, especially an acronym, check to see what is currently being displayed on the website to make sure it’s not infringing on another company’s mark. If you buy a domain name that had infringed on a company’s mark in the past, you could be held liable for t...

I don’t edit comments that readers post on my blog, because there isn’t a reason to do it.  Once or twice a day, I check my blog’s spam filter for posts that were inadvertently flagged as spam.  If you post more than one link, or if the filter thinks your link is spam, it will [....

I noticed some pretty good legal domain names on Snapnames dropping in the next few days. I really like town/city + attorney or lawyer names, and there are several. I pointed a few of them out in my “Top Drops” page, but there are some other pretty good ones at good prices. [...] Re...

I decided I am either going to sell TrickOrTreating.com in the next few days or I am going to develop it.  First, here’s a brief sales pitch. The keyword “trick or treating” appears to be highly searched, according to Google’s Keyword Tool.  As one can imagine, most of the ...

There are many great reasons for a person to consider leasing a domain name.  Although the cost of leasing a domain name rather than buying it can be much larger over the long run, it’s a great opportunity for a fledgling business to get started with lower upfront costs.  The company is able...

LH.com is back online. As you may recall, Lufthansa Airlines won a highly criticized UDRP decision for the name, but Future Media Architects, the owner of LH.com immediately filed suit to prevent the transfer of the domain name. FMA owns a tremendous number of great domain names, and they have a pol...