Well, if you stay in this business long enough, it will eventually happen in one way or another. Especially if you deliver services to consumers. Domainers and wanna be entrepreneurs will exploit any avenue to make a dollar, yen, pound, or euro. While I was away, my domain SteveMorales.com expired. ...

What do you see when you look at the photo? The common answer will more than likely be cats playing instruments.  When I look at this photo, I see each individual cat focusing on doing their best at playing their assigned instrument and collectively delivering music. This photo inspired me to ...

Good news! SimplyGeo, LLC is offering free advertising on the blog and GeoDomainer.com until January 31, 2010. The holiday seasons are upon us and historically it is the time of year to give Thanks and additionally Give. So we want to give and say Thank You to our readers and business owners for all...

In this day of age, it has become important for business owners to protect their unique brands online. There are thousands of new businesses that form everyday, and eventually, someone is going to come along and establish a business name either the same as your business, or very similar. Additionall...

It is amazing how our vision is transforming into reality since we first established SimplyGeo.com LLC in February 2008.  Our vision has influenced the domain industry in ways no one would have imagined. There were a variety of topics in the domain industry when we first established the beginning ...

                                     (Image Source)     How would you like to own all of the United States and major U.S. cities for $108, 920,000? Well, it is unrealestic thinking, but according to Valuate.com, this is the price you could expect to pay if ...

BIA/Kelsey is launching their flagship event, Interactive Local Media 2009 (ILM:09), where the local online media community gathers to learn what’s working, make connections and do deals. The conference will be held in the historic Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles from 9-11 December. C...

The tag line, taken from the popular 1939 movie, “Wizard of Oz”, Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My! was customized to communicate my take of the events that have taken place in the Domain Industry in recent weeks. There already has been quite a bit said on the recent SnapNames.com/Ov...

The internet continues to change everyday life as we know it. New opportunities are arising monthly with many new industries, that did not exist in the past due to the advancement of technology and the recession. There have been a variety of people in the domain industry that have blogged (Sahar, An...

On June 26, 2008, Dr Paul Twomey President and CEO of ICANN, announced that ICANN had approved the expansion of new gTLDs to be offered after a final implementation plan is completed in early 2009. “The potential here is huge. It represents a whole new way for people to express themselves on t...

Domainers are some of the most interesting entrepreneurs in the World.  They come from all walks of life, with different levels of education and business/marketing experience. There have been a myriad of individuals who have become successful in the domain industry, with a small, but growing number...

The Power of the Internet and a Blog. President Elect Barack Obama is not only the first African-American to become President of the United States, but he is also the first Political candidate to use all popular resources available on the internet to promote his campaign that led to his win over Sen...

I have posted geo domain sales for the month of October for your viewing pleasure and for historical purposes. I will be back dating the geo tracker to July 2008.  There have been several of personal issues I have been working through that has prevented me from providing the information readers ar...

It has been quite some time since I have posted the Geo Tracker. This week Geo domain sales came to a halt for non ccTLD domains. However, the aftermarket for ccTLD geo domains continued to show strength outperforming .com sales. I found it a bit strange that Afternic.com/BuyDomains.com did not h...

This past month has flown by as I was away on military business.  I received tons of emails that will take me about a week to get answered.  Unfortunately, I did not have dedicated access to the internet due to us using only secret lan lines where I was at.  I can tell you that the secret side to...

National advertisers want to target local communities online according to a new study conducted by Sterling Market Intelligence and commissioned by Marchex, Inc. The down side to this new trend is National advertisers are confused on the best tactics and best traffic sources to use and how to...

As reported across the industry blogs, Moniker.com’s silent auction concluded yesterday.   Among the names that sold for top dollar was the geo domain/geo targeted domain NewYorkRestaurants.com for $30,240.  It took the number 5 position on high sales for the silent auction.  One year ago,...

Update: Here are the final results for the Auctions that were conducted during the Traffic Show.  The total came to approximately $4.7 million for all auctions held. Moniker.com Live Auction: Approximately $3 million Moniker.com Silent Auction: $907,649 RickLatonia.com Live Auction: $699,600 Afterm...

The 3 auction houses, RickLatona.com, Moniker.com, and Aftermarket.com have done a great job assembling premium acution lists. The domains being offered during this venue are impressive as well as many of the reserves associated with each of the names. I have gone through the major lists and listed...