Mel Gibson’s newly announced pregnant girlfriend is suing. The trouble, however, does not sit with Mel, rather a company called DreamHost.com. The company is accused of making OksanaGrigorieva.com look like her official website. The lawsuit was apparently filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the c...

When it comes to managing a large portfolio you really need to cut down on maintenance tasks. For that reason I usually renew my domains across multiple years. I also try to have a bunch of them renewing at the same time. It’s Friday night and what am I doing? Renewing a few names of course! T...

I was just paying for an auction I’d won at tdnam and went in search of some coupons. Here is a list of what works right now and what discount it got me. Hopefully it can save you some $$$ and time. gdbb776 - .com domain went from $10.69 to $7.50. best3 - .com went from $10.69 to $7.49 - *the...

I just received this email about the May auction and I have to say, I was not impressed. If you want domainers to buy at auction, are you really going to open up your email with this sentence: “With a new wave of college graduates entering the workforce, now is the perfect time to acquire a ...

Given the state of the auto industry in the USA, are you surprised that GM has registered gmrestructuring.com? While the GM website is currently blank, Chryslers one at chryslerrestructuring.com is full of Chapter 11 bedtime reading. I know what all you TM domainers are thinking: insert-acronym+rest...

Hi, I’m Simon and I have a problem. Its been 10 days since my last blog post and I’ve got a confession. I have relapsed and went back to reading Domaining blogs! I know what you are thinking…. how could he do this? It’s betrayal of the highest order! But you know what? IR...

For those that missed the live auction at Traffic ( like me ), the Extended Auction is a great opportunity to bid on a few names. I’ve been closely watching a few of them and its coming down to the wire. Here are a few interesting names across multiple price ranges, that I’ve hand picked...

ad.com sold for US$1.4M - was that too cheap? Here is the official list of domains and their sale prices. Ad.com $1,400,000.00 BottledWater.com $45,000.00 Athletic.com $40,000.00 Vixen.com $32,500.00 Shutter.com $25,000.00 Diets.net $21,000.00 NonProfits.com $20,000.00 OnlineTelevision.com $20,000.0...

While eating my hot cross buns this morning I received an email from Snapnames support. It seems that 4 months ago I won a domain at auction and did not receive the credentials from the registrar, Directi. This wasn’t a pro-active step on the part of Directi or Snapnames; I had contacted Snapn...

Elizabeth Murray has been named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Senior Vice President.  She will report directly to company President Jeff Kupietzky. Board Members Allen Morgan - Venture Partner at Mayfield Fund Scott Jarus - CEO of Cognition Technologies Background - Elizabeth Murray More than...

Late yesterday I received an email notification from Snapnames regarding the termination of their relationship with The Names Registration, Inc. What was interesting to me, was the recommendation to transfer my names (that I had acquired through the Snapnames process) to another registrar. The only ...

I just confirmed this a few minutes ago with CEO, Larry Kutscher. Not all of their customers had been affected, but it appears that some of their systems had suffered service disruptions as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. For those that don’t know, this type of atta...

Like most domainers I get my fair share of spam, scammers, discount offers from registrars and the like. Here is a scam that I received last night. – cut here – From: j.johnson98@rocketmail.com Subject: Regarding your domain YOUR-DOMAIN.COM Hello, I came across your domain name YOUR-DOMA...

Canadian politician Rodger Cuzner appears to have forgotten to renew his domain name rodgercuzner.ca. It was renewed by someone else and is now showing dating links for Senior Friend Finder. Cuzner told CBC News “Guys watch for these opportunities and they see the opportunity and then they co...

Kosovo is a disputed region in the Balkans. Its majority is governed by the partially-recognised Republic of Kosovo. There are 3 days left in the auction for Kosovo.com and its at EUR 32,500 right now. Considering iran.com sold for $400k and melbourne.com for $700k, Kosovo has a long way to go. Its ...

Live Current Media Inc. (OTCBB:LIVC) has announced that it has entered agreements to sell two more of its non-core domain names for $1.65 million. Live Current Chairman and CEO Geoff Hampson said “We believe the recent sales of three of Live Current’s non-core domain names for a total of ...

ICANN is apparently embarking on a million dollar campaign to convince us to buy their story on generic domains. Its reported that the campaign will start in Q4 2009 with a series of announcements and PR. The Australian is reporting that Dr Twomey said an independent panel would be appointed to dec...

Lately I’ve found myself getting distracted. There is too much noise in the industry and not enough real, fact-based, valuable information. I thought I’d share with you some strategies that are starting to get me more focused and back on track. After sitting down, I thought about everyth...

Early last year I posted my Top 10 Tips For Keeping Your Domains Safe. Tip #9 covered password protection and recommended that you use a program such as Password Safe and use the random password generator. If you followed that advice, then its likely that you only have to change one password. If you...

Domainers that don’t live in the United States have often reaped the benefits of the currency market. With world markets going up and down like a game of Donkey Kong (well actually more down than up) its having a serious impact on our cost of goods. As of today, 1 USD = 1.52384 AUD (Australian...

Kikabink News is running a series of articles around tips for domain name acquisitions. This is an area that is often under the radar of many people, not just newbies. Here are a few that I really like: “when it comes to making an offer… don’t…..instead…. ask the domain name ho...

Over the past week or so I’ve observed a number of premium names in the drop process. While not unusual I was surprised at how low they went for. I’ve always maintained that now is a great time to buy domains. Those that are focused on the short term (or need cash to pay off their mortga...

You may recall my live coverage of Traffic DownUnder 2008. For those people that couldn’t attend in person, the video is now available for streaming. You can view the agenda and two days of sessions as well as slides. A big thank you goes to Fabulous for a mind-blowing conference. They have se...

I was driving in Richmond today and noticed this massive domain name plastered on the side of the building. What a great use of a domain name! Look how big this thing is compared to a car - you can see it for miles away. Being the domainer, I had to park and take a photo. The strange thing is, thei...

Not a week goes by where I’m not sent portfolios to buy, auctions to promote, conferences to go to. Such is life. What was unusual about today was that I received an email from someone who actually did their homework! As such I thought it was worthy of a post. luv.me is for sale at Sedo and is...