There are many great reasons for a person to consider leasing a domain name.  Although the cost of leasing a domain name rather than buying it can be much larger over the long run, it’s a great opportunity for a fledgling business to get started with lower upfront costs.  The company is able...

Here are some things for domainers to consider now that the Kentucky case has been overturned. The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a trial court’s ruling that the state could seize domain names associated with online gambling. The Court of Appeals ruled that domain names weren’...

eWeek writer can’t get copycat whois record changed. I’ve heard people complain about “whois identity theft” before. Essentially, this is when someone uses your name on their whois record. You can imagine how this could potentially be troubling for you, depending on the dom...

The silent auction from the Internext show closes tomorrow, Thursday January 22 and 3:15pm, 12:15pm PST at snapnames.com. You can download the complete list here: (excel file) Going through the list I found some interesting domains. WARNING:  THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS ADULT TERMS For you .me lov...

Jeffrey Lindsay, senior analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. who follows Google, stated today that there has been a “weakness in keyword pricing” at Google. “”"”Online advertising agencies and Google AdSense affiliates suggest that the primary causes for decreasing...

LH.com is back online. As you may recall, Lufthansa Airlines won a highly criticized UDRP decision for the name, but Future Media Architects, the owner of LH.com immediately filed suit to prevent the transfer of the domain name. FMA owns a tremendous number of great domain names, and they have a pol...

An online resource where domain name owners can report domain theft and potential buyers can check to make sure that the domain name they are buying are not stolen. The site lists the most recently reported domain thefts as well as known scammers on some of the popular domain name forums such as DN...

Back in December of 1996, a man by the name of Martin Dürst at the University of Zürich came up with the idea that adding internationalized characters to domain names would be a good idea.  Much debate was had and now almost every Top Level Domain (TLD) available supports internationalized ch...

The Kentucky Appeals Court has ruled in a 2-to-1 majority decision against the Commonwealth of Kentucky in its attempt to seize 141 valuable gambling domains, overturning the previous decision by Judge Thomas Wingate of the Kentucky Circuit Court and finally putting an end to Governor Steve Beshear&...

There were several impressive sales on AfternicDLS this week including PhotoSight.com for $15,000, LaParisienne.com for $9500, and TTBC.com for$7480. Check out the entire sales list, with nearly $70,000 worth of domains, after the jump… Domain Price photosight.com $ 15,000.00 lapari...

On Election Day, I commented about how the aesthetics of politics assisted to the outcome of the elections. It was evident that the Obama campaign listened to the hopes and aspirations of the American people, offering visuals that support such a choice - a genius approach, given that millions of new...

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a local judge's controversial order that 141 gambling related domain names be turned over to the state. The appeals court ruled that the lower court was wrong in claiming that the domains were "gambling devices" that are illegal under Kentucky law. Michae...

Last week I was surprised to see only three Sedo sales reach over $30,000 USD. This week there were only two - BoutiqueHotel.com for $40,000 USD and CaptchaCreator.com for $30,000 USD. Although there aren’t as many high-profile domains changing hands, there are still plenty of valuable names a...

A little slow week for blog posts, so how about a super-simple way to hide affiliate links using PHP? I was at IDNChannel and Administrator mj made a post in July regarding hiding affilaite links using PHP. Ressurecting the thread to help some other members, I thought it might be useful for others w...

Here is the second in the domainer stereotypes series. Background: I was reading an article about stereotypes and how we love to categorize people and put them in boxes. I realized I hadn’t seen anyone create domainer stereotypes though we all know they exist. I thought I would put together a ...

Whether you have read my blog in the past or not,  you need to read this post if  this title does not ring a bell. More importantly you need to know what may determine about 90% of your happiness or misery. I will share with you  the words of  H. Jackson Brown Jr. These words [...]...

According to a report on Fox 17 in Nashville, the Kentucky Court of Appeals. has blocked the state’s attempt to seize gambling domains. The decision can be read online. Essentially, the appeals court ruled that domain names are not “gambling devices,” and as a result, the initial r...

The Kentucky appeals court has overturned the Domain Seizure order of 141 “gambling” domain names. You can read the decision here. In a 2-1 decision the Kentucky Appeals court found the trial court, did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the case because domains are not “gam...

I sure hope he does, because he is now our leader in the United States! I do get moved when I see the reaction of the people who attened the events in DC. Crying, hugging, cheering etc! A lot of excited people. This is something I have never seen before. Let along the million + [...]...

Go Daddy have announced they are adding .IN to their long list of domain offerings. The .IN extension is the official country code top level domain (ccTLD) for India and it has been available for registration to anyone in the world for a while now - it is only now though that GoDaddy customers can ...

Network Solutions have announced on their blog that their free whois tool has been voted as the number one whois tool on Google® gadgets. Google gadgets are mini-program applications that add features to an existing web page or mobile device and Network Solutions released their free whois tool to a...

You will see on the right side the dropped available names in one list and the names taken on another list. Real neat to scroll down the available names and see what is ready to be registered. See one, be ready at once to register as someone else may grab it before you. Live Chat + Domain Drop happe...

A new day has begun in American politics. The world watched as the first black man was sworn in as the President of the United States of America. President Barack Obama taking office for many, is like seeing a dream come true (Dr Martin Luther King). It was just simply historic. This is a day for ev...

'Obamanomics' Yields Big Bucks - Politics - CBN News"Profits from Obama-related merchandise are estimated at $300 million and climbing."... sounds like an understatement.How much will the trophy domain name 'Obamanomics.com' trade for? ...

Say you have a product that is in a quickly saturating market.  How do you get your product to the forefront of this market?  If you are Unilever, you rename the market and own the new market. I have high(ish) cholesterol mostly due to genetics, although it has been going down as a result of my [....