Breitling sure does an excellent job marketing their watches. I notice more of them out and about around the town than most luxury watches. Perhaps it is because the watches themselves are so noticeable. After one of my guys saw my post on the Rolex Daytona that I had put up on Monday and he pointe...

I was particularly excited about creditcardmachines.com when I saw the agreement come in. I myself have had small businesses with a physical presence and know how expense these things can be. In late August, at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Dublin we’ll be auctioning off this domain and it is starting in t...

This watch is a chronograph which means it tracks time, like a stop watch. What makes it unique is its tachometer. That’s why they call it a driver’s watch. The bezel helps you measure the elapsed time over a pre-determined distance. You can measure up to 400 units per hour whether meas...

SaaS – or software as a service – is the biggest technology buzzword today; and Latona’s Domain Brokerage and Auction House will be bringing SaaS.com to T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Dublin for auction. If you aren’t familiar with the term, Google it. The advertiser list is a who’s who of the Int...

A common response from a .com domainer about ccTLDs is that the rules are regulations of different registries are difficult to keep track of. And the restrictions of certain countries are not welcoming to foreigners. Let’s take a look at a good reason why registries make restrictions for their...

In the luxury watch world its usually the men’s watches that stand apart. This Van Cleef & Arpels diamond studded watch is a notable exception. The photos on our site don’t fully do it justice. It’s a modern timepiece and very elegent. It’s got pizzazz and diamonds but I ...

For those that don’t know, a domain hack is when you use the extension to complete a word or phrase like watch.es or jesuschri.st. We’ve all heard the success of companies like Blo.gs and Del.icio.us. Those sites have helped raise consumer awareness in the United States that sites don&...

Inspired by Cortez the conquistador, Frank Muller designed this complicated wristwatch to be bold and intimidating. The watch is large and heavy in its solid 18k white gold case. You can sense the value while you wear it. It’s not so heavy that its uncomfortable. Rather, it has a manly feel to...

Most in the watch industry consider Patek Philippe the world’s best watch maker. Today we got in inventory their most iconic of designs, the men’s Calatrava 5120. It’s not just any Calatrava though, it’s a solid 18k gold Calatrava complete with box and papers. The Calatrava, ...

In the past 8-12 months if you have completed, started or even thought of a business idea, we want to know about it. Test Track is looking for candidates to pitch their ideas at the next conference, August 24th -26th in Dublin, Ireland.  If you are new here, Test Track is a segment in our [...]...

I was talking with a friend of mine who sold a domain recently for a large 6 figure sum. He told me he sold it on the first phone call he made. That’s incredible if you think about it. I’ve been selling domains for many years and I’ve never sold a large company a large [...]...

South Africa is not only on the world stage hosting the World Cup, but its country code (.co.za) started off 2010 with a bang. Latona’s auctioned off fly.co.za in Las Vegas for $65,000 …. which a lot of people have done this month to get to South Africa. Other notable .co.za sales have b...

As most of you know I have tried hard to be flexible with the show community. I have lowered ticket prices further then ever before and even brought T.R.A.F.F.I.C. over to our European community, giving our Euro domainers a break from all those LONG flights. Needless to say I am aware that there are...

Someone asked me recently what my favorite website was. It’s an interesting question really because I rarely have time to use the web as entertainment. To me the question implies that industry related sites don’t count. I’m also discounting the must visit sites like Google, Faceboo...

This is my third post in my Lessons Learned series and my first about sales and marketing. I may come back to management in the coming days or weeks as I continue to work through these in my own head. As previously stated, this exercise is for my benefit as much as yours. I’m putting them in...

This is part 1b of my lessons learned series. Part 1 is about managing techniques and philosophies. As mentioned in part 1a, this exercise is as much for me as it is for you. I need to type this out to remind myself of what is important. Today’s lesson: Sometimes you hire the right person [...]...

Milan is ancient history at this point and we cruising towards  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West which will be in Vancouver this year at the beautiful Renaissance Hotel in the city center June 8th through the 10th. We’ve already sold a lot of tickets and it will be our biggest show so far this year, by a ...

Our T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan extended auction is live! It’ll run for a week, ending at 6 pm EST next Tuesday. I know I shouldn’t pick favorites but if I had to, it would be hear.com. The reserve has lowered yet again for this extended auction and it is really now a bargain. Financing is avai...

We deal with some pretty crazy transactions over here and there are many good stories to tell but I have one here that is worth sharing with everyone. It really goes to show that persistence and patience pays off. On November 20th, 2009 we sent out SZ.com in our newsletter at a heck of a low price...

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. should have a return on investment for our attendees and sponsors, not us. While we can’t promise this will continue, we would like to announce that we are dropping our price for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver all the way down to $395 (USD). This is the price for everyone. Those who h...

Monday at 6 pm EST we will begin to close 90 lots in our GEO Tourism auction. The reserve on each name is set to $100. Many of the names have traffic and some have revenue. NarragansettCondo.com CheapTexasHotel.com NarragansettCondominium.com CheapTexasHotels.com NaragansettBeach.com CheapParisHotel...

We have two slots still open for Test Track at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver. For those of you who aren’t familiar, Test Track is modeled after ABC’s hit T.V. show Shark Tank. In Canada they have a similar show called Dragon’s Den. To give credit where credit is due, it was actually the...

On the second day of our much anticipated T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver event we’ll be holding a .ca only auction. Well, there are some .com names in there which are relevant to the area but they are mostly .ca names. The auction will be held at 4 pm (16:00) Pacific time on June 9th. Please find ...

I’m not trying to imply that I don’t want more premium .com domain submissions for our Vancouver auction because I do. If you have some, please tell us about them. That said, we’ve got some monster .net names which have come in. Sometimes when it rains it pours. First, we inked a...

At T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver we will be auctioning off 50 .ca and Canada related domains. We still have room for submissions. We are looking not only for premium .ca domains but also relevant .com names related to Vancouver, British Colombia or Canada. Unlike our .eu auction we had in Milan, we will ...