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  • Available .in domains
    mediawizard April 27, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Register .IN for $2.49! (Offer expires 30th Sep 2010) The following domain names are currently available: accrue.in acidrain.in actingcareer.in adjectives.in adultcartoons.in advancedserver.in adverbs.in advertisingpromotion.in adze.in aerialphotos.in africanamerican.in aligned.in alternativehealing...
  • TRAFFIC Update – Sponsors Wanted
    mediawizard April 4, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Nope, not the domain conference, I mean my blog traffic. March was a good month, 85k+ page views, 17k+ visits. Traffic breakup per feedjit: Country Page Views for mwzd.com United States [42%] United Kingdom [10%] India [7%] Australia [4%] Germany [4%] Canada [3%] Italy [2%] Norway [2%] Philippines [...
  • The Alternate .TV Auction
    mediawizard April 3, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    A lot of .TV domains are currently on Sedo Auction, aside from the Premium .TV auction. Here is the complete list: Domain Price Bids Time Remaining watchhd.tv 650 EUR 1 2d 3h 2m kickboxen.tv 100 EUR 1 2d 13h 17m veggie.tv 110 $US 2 2d 23h 0m analyst.tv 70 $US 2 3d 4h 57m arbitration.tv...
  • The .TV Relaunch
    mediawizard April 3, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    As you must already be aware from the recent reports, Enom and Verisign have decided to remove premium annual renewal fees on unregistered domains which they had held back for the last ten years and make them available to investors for a flat one time fee and standard renewal thereafter. They re-cla...
  • Available Domains: Industry + Apps [.net & .org]
    mediawizard March 11, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    accountingapps.org advertisingapps.net advertisingapps.org agricultureapps.net agricultureapps.org bankingapps.net bankingapps.org broadcastingapps.net broadcastingapps.org capitalapps.org consultingapps.net consultingapps.org consumerapps.net consumerapps.org electronicsapps.net electronicsapps.org...
  • Bulk Pro MiniSite Development
    mediawizard March 1, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    It gives me great pleasure to announce the limited launch of MiniSites.Pro – it’s a mass development platform based on WordPress for those that need 100 to 2000 sites developed, fast. Aside from being highly effective in terms of SEO, it’s also probably the lowest cost per site ser...
  • ccTLDs lead from the front!
    mediawizard January 25, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Everyone seems to have woken up to ccTLD investments all of a sudden. The big ticket sales in 2009 – 2010 have really seem to peaked an interest in ccTLDs from all over the world. Specially since these chart breaking sales are seen in the Global contenders charts now, instead of just the ccTLD...
  • Some very nice available .ws domains!
    mediawizard January 21, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    MOVIERENTALS.WS DVDR.WS HOMEBUILDING.WS FAMILYTRAVEL.WS SLIDESHOW.WS BLANKETS.WS SPYSOFTWARE.WS CENSUS.WS PILLOW.WS DISCOUNTSOFTWARE.WS CAMPGROUNDS.WS FREEGAMBLING.WS ORLEANS.WS VALVES.WS CRUISELINES.WS DOUBLE.WS HOMEGARDEN.WS COMPUTERSYSTEM.WS MAJOR.WS WALKERS.WS FLOORLAMPS.WS DVDRECORDER.WS DISKS....
  • Available two letter ccTLDs
    mediawizard January 18, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    CA.GD DC.GD GC.GD GW.GD HQ.GD HZ.GD IQ.GD KR.GD NU.GD NY.GD OC.GD OD.GD OU.GD PR.GD RK.GD RV.GD SF.GD SJ.GD VG.GD VS.GD WM.GD XY.GD YD.GD YG.GD YH.GD YI.GD YK.GD YM.GD YN.GD YO.GD YQ.GD YR.GD YS.GD YV.GD YW.GD YX.GD ZB.GD ZC.GD ZD.GD ZE.GD ZF.GD ZK.GD ZL.GD ZN.GD ZO.GD ZT.GD ZU.GD ZV.GD...
  • A worldwide readership!
    mediawizard January 17, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    So, its official, a lot more than three people read my blog. :p Here’s a complete visitor’s world map for today as provided by feedjit (click on it for a larger image): Here’s the countrywise breakup of this blog’s traffic: United States  [48%] India  [11%] United KingdomÂ...
  • Five Top Domain Investment Strategies – Part 2 of 5
    mediawizard January 14, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Ok, this is part two of my five part series on what kind of domains make good investments. I hope the three people who read my blog will find this interesting. Investment Strategy # 2: First Names & Last Names First name domains are extremely rare, specially if they’re common enough and ...
  • Sedo’s New Fee Structure Explained
    mediawizard January 14, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    A lot of people seem to be asking about Sedo’s new fee structure. Specially now that they charge a flat fee if the domain is not parked with them AND not with a fixed fee. I did some digging on their new price list and though not comprehensive, here are the results. Parked and Fixed Priced Dom...
  • Happy New Year 2010
    mediawizard January 1, 2010 | Comments Off  Comments
    Here’s wishing all of you a very Happy New Year 2010. I hope it brings you much health, joy and prosperity. And since its a brand new beginning, we’ve decided launch our services network HQ at MediaWiz.in and have created a service brand Emm Interactive for our media business. We look fo...
  • The BIDO Update
    mediawizard December 17, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    I’m sure all of you must have received the updates from Bido about the latest updates that it has undergone. The whole site layout has been changed to make it easier for you to see what domains are in auction. I’ll try and explain what I understand from the updates. Voting Credits Think ...
  • CNN invests millions in a .IN
    mediawizard December 10, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    … or so says the headline at the popular TheDomains blog. Partially correct is what I would say CNN has invested in Outside.in – a startup which provides local feeds to news organizations in the US. How much is unknown but it should be seven figures going by the info released by the co...
  • Google to take on Online Scammers
    mediawizard December 8, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Well, not all, but just the ones who use their brand to promote ‘google money’ etc. “Use Google to Make 1000s of Dollars!” or “Easy Cash with Google: You Could be Making up to $978 a Day Working from Home!” You may have seen offers like these using Google’s ...
  • Five Top Domain Investment Strategies – Part 1 of 5
    mediawizard December 3, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    There are essentially five domain investment strategies that work better than most others. This is not information most people would be willing to share, but I thought I’d let it out there – if it helps one person register better domains, all the better. Investment Strategy # 1: Geo Doma...
  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29
    mediawizard November 29, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    SpyShop.in at Bido today – No Reserve – 50k exact matches every month – http://www.bido.com/Auction?name=spyshop.in # Obama greets India with a Namaste – http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2009/11/25/obamas-namaste-to-india-3166.html # Powered by Twitter Tools ...
  • 5 Essential Tools for Domain Owners
    mediawizard October 29, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    These are my top 5 recommendations for essential domaining tools that any domain owner MUST have in their arsenal. They are all extremely cool and allow domain portfolio owners by making information available extremely easily. 1. FreshDrop One of my favourite tools for finding domains about to drop ...
  • Domain News Roundup
    mediawizard October 26, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    a. Funniest domain blog on the planet – Domain Gang – nothing is real, everything is funny and the writer seems to be on the good stuff. Hats off, good job. Nice racy style, lots of fun reading. b. Sedo’s $50 commission is the new minimum commission. The rules for selling at a flat...
  • NamePros unleashes New Domain Auction System
    mediawizard October 25, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Its finally here. After what I assume must have been a lot of work for RJ & the rest of the auction team, an entirely new live auction system has been introduced at NamePros. How it works: List your domain, domain goes into a  ‘Silent Auction’ where people can prebid on it. Once 50%...
  • 5 Suggestions to Improve Bido
    mediawizard October 15, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    This post is in response to Sahar’s call for feedback on Bido: I’m here to ask from you, Bido member, or a Bido observer, to tell us what you like about Bido, what you don’t like, and anything else you have in mind. 1. Remove the absolute bid system It adds nothing to the auctions, just st...
  • In other news…
    mediawizard September 23, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Bido finally got their validation system done the right way. Emails for validation. Still a little buggy, press ‘resend email’ once and the system sends it 3 times :p But at least you’re spared the pain of adding the bido code to each and every domain. Now if they can only figure o...
  • Good Enough Tech
    mediawizard September 14, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    Read a really interesting article in Wired regarding dumbed down low cost tech products which are quickly overshadowing their quality led siblings in terms of sales figures. Actually the Chinese figured this out a couple of decades ago, why they are pretty much at the forefront of anything that req...
  • ModernDesktops.com on Auction
    mediawizard September 4, 2009 | Comments Off  Comments
    ModernDesktops.com has been sent to auction at Sedo. A huge generic keyword domain has been sent to auction on Sedo based on an offer received. The auction winner will sure get a bargain considering that this could be used for hundreds of niches related to computer hardware and software, as also the...