I am writing this post at the Cable Beach Caravan Park in Broome Western Australia, I am here for 7 days with my family on a holiday. Coincidentally yesterday the domain name www.CaravanParks.com.au sold on Drop.com.au for AU$10,100.00 I did not go after the domain myself but I did say to my wife Lo...

I was happy to notice today that Frank Schilling has started blogging again although he states it will not be as regular as he was blogging in the past. Great to hear from you again Frank, In my mind once a month or so is better than not at all. Here is the link to [...]...

As most of you know who read this blog or listen to my podcasts, I own quite a few ccTLD domains including .Com.AU (of course!!) .Co.UK, .IN & .CO.IN Over the last 6 months the traffic to many of my Indian sites .IN & .CO.IN such as WaterPurifiers.in & SolarPanels.in has at least tripled...

I have recently discovered heaven on earth, The Book Depository. On average their prices are 20% – 50% cheaper than what we pay in Australia and they offer Free Book Delivery Worldwide which is a huge saving alone for us in Oz as the shipping prices we can pay from sites like Amazon are someti...

Aftermarket Domain sales down in the great land of Oz are picking up pace. I think we have some very exciting times ahead for the .AU market. Here are some screen shots of some names that sold at auction last Friday 28th May on Drop.com.au Drop.com.au Secondary Market Domain Auction Part 1 of 3 28.0...

Sophie Dog I am sad to report the passing of our family pet Sophie Dog (a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel) who passed away in her sleep on Thursday morning, she was approx 10 years old. Sophie had some heart problems which is very common in Cavaliers. She has been a huge part of our family [...]...

Today I interviewed David Lye, CEO of Netfleet.com.au Australia's largest domain name aftermarket with over 30,000 domains up for sale on its website. I believe that the .AU market has huge potential and with the help of sites like Netfleet.com.au......

Achieve More Online is part of the Federal Government’s $14M Small Business Online program. The program will help small businesses, particularly those in tourism and professional services - get online and achieve more......

Perry Marshall This great newsletter came through to me yesterday from my mate Perry Marshall and is well worth a read. With Perry’s permission I have reproduced it here for you all to read. Enjoy! Ed, I just returned from Maui Hawaii, 100+ customers from a dozen countries face to face and pal...

Well today had some great names drop in the .com.au space, and it still blows my mind that these names are let drop!! First up www.CarParts.com.au went at auction on Drop.com.au for AU$18,012 and was picked up by Michael Sojevic from the domain blog www.DNTrade.com.au. Well done Michael, that is a r...

Well thats what many narrow minded domainers will tell you, but not this one! If you have been keeping an eye on what has been happening in the domain world over the past 18 months or so you will have noticed a significant increase in ccTLD sales across the globe. Most recently the sale of [...]...

As promised a few weeks back I have just finished interviewing my mate Perry Marshall who I consider to be one the worlds leading authorities on the subject of Google AdWords. I have learned a great deal from him over the years regarding Google AdWords and my AdWords Consulting business would not be...

AudioBooks.com.au Hi all, I am happy to announce that my business partners & myself have just picked up the domain www.AudioBooks.com.au from the www.drop.com.au (owned by Fabulous.com) auction yesterday. The name up until then had been registered since 1999 but had not been developed for whatev...

Hi All, Happy New Year! Over the past 2 + years since I started this domain names blog / podcast I have had many people email me who know I am a Google AdWords Consultant asking if I can do a podcast on Google AdWords relating to the synergies that it has with domain names......

OzDomainer & Family visits President Obama...

Hi all, I would just like to thank everyone who has supported this blog / podcast in 2009 and wish you all a very Marry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Years! I think 2010 is going to be a great year for domainers & domain names in general. Regards Ed...

My guest today on Domain Names Podcast is Andrew Miller co-founder & President of Internet Real Estate Group one of the men behind (along with Zappy Zapolin) leading internet brands such as Beer.com, Computer.com, Music.com, Debt.com, CreditCards.com, Diamond.com, Chocolate.com and many many mo...

I heard the very sad news today that one of the greatest Life & Business Philosophers of modern times passed away yesterday from Pulmonary Fibrosis. If you have not heard of Jim Rohn then you have been missing out as he is a one of a kind in the world of public speaking and business philosophy...

Recently I have been talking with Clay Cook a local (Perth, Australia) business person. I was reading his personal blog at http://claycook.wordpress.com/ and thought that his latest post was worth sharing. Entitled "Slow The Fuck Down"... (please excuse the F word but it makes a point!)...

The Australian domain after market is relatively new to the TLD market and has only been around for less than 2 years now. The only Drop service that I am aware of is www.drop.com.au (formally www.domain8.com.au up until a few weeks a go when it was sold to www.fabulous.com) There have been many na...

Hi all, Just a quick update about a couple of podcasts - First off the interview I had planned a while back with Johns Wu the creator and seller of www.bankaholic.com has had to be postponed until early next year due to contractual agreements with the sale of the site. I will let everyone know when ...

Morgan Linton from DomainVestors.tv and I caught up in Perth Australia (my home city) last Thursday when he was here on business. He had a few stops on the east coast of Australia in Melbourne & Sydney as well before arriving in Perth......

I just finished reading the great story about fellow Aussie Domainer Gregg McNair at DnJournal.com When you read this artice you could be forgiven for thinking that it is about 10 different people as Gregg has lived the life of at least 10 guys he has done so much! and he is just a young bloke!!...

Alan Stewart on KickBike An amazing milestone was passed on Saturday 27th Sept 2009 by my best mate Alan Stewart. Alan is a KickBiker (also known as FootBiker)  What the heck is a KickBike I hear you asking?? KickBikes were originally developed as a fitness and cross-training device for elite Nordi...

OK, I have had a gut full of people using the phrase "Premium Domain/s" to describe their piece of crap domain names! Every time I look in forums or on domain blogs there seems to be some dickhead trying to flog their worthless domains to some poor unsuspecting domain newbie that gets sucked into t...