Update 2: NamePros.com is Live Again! I wish I had the answer but it appears NamePros.com has been down most of the day. I tried going to the site earlier this morning and tried again just now and got an error. I get a Failed To Connect, Page Load Error using Firefox. Using IE7 and typing in [...]...

The extended online adult auction from the Internext show in Las Vegas, closed yesterday at SnapNames.com with a total of $125,000 in sales. Here is a complete list of all the domains that sold. WARNING THE FOLLOWING DOMAINS CONTAIN ADULT TERMS footjob.com $53,388.00 sexyladies.com $29,...

Development is the way to go for premium domain names if your company has the time and/or inclination to develop. There are many great development options, as I have mentioned several times on this blog, some of which can be found under the “Sponsors” title to the right. However, I wou...

That may seem like a silly question but for somebody that may own several hundred domain names, you may Think you know what your domain names are doing but do you really? When was the last time you actually typed in a domain name that you own and paid a visit to it in your web [...]...

Please help me decode this article about gTLDs. I like reading opinions that are opposite mine. They help me either reinforce my opinions or consider the other side of the story. So when I came across an opinion piece by Naseem Javed this morning in E-Commerce Times that was in favor of new top le...

In  cost savings move, Yahoo announced this morning that effective immeditatly it would be freeze any wage hikes for the year. All employee’s are included in the freeze. WIth so many of its most talented people leaving the company already, one has to wonder if this is another Yahoo blunder. I...

It is estimated that a third of all registered domains are owned by domain speculators. These are people who register domains with the hope of selling them later for huge profits. Have you ever wondered who will buy your domain name, and what they will do with it? Chances are, if you can narrow down...

This article follows on from the previous two articles in the series that I've been developing on risk. I'd highly recommend that you read the previous articles that can be found be clicking on the links below: Part 1 Risk - Domain Business Model Analysis (index.php/20081209494/Domain-Ana...

The Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), Michael Collins announced his resignation today. The resignation letter emailed to supporters explains Collins desire to work on his own business ventures. The ICA is a non profit group organized to lobby on behalf of domain name ow...

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If you watched the inauguration of Barack Obama, Aretha Franklin sang the song "My Country, Tis of Thee". She also happened to be wearing a custom hat with a bow on it with some Bling! I have no idea how somebody would know who made it or even how to get ahold of the company or [...]...

Google said fourth-quarter profit, excluding one-time charges, was $5.10 a share, beating the average analyst forecast of $4.95 according to Reuters Estimates. Revenues rose 18% to $5.7 billion, in the 4th quarter up from $4.83 billion in the 4th quarter of 2007. Google owned sites generated 67 perc...

Several auctions of NameJet.com that were suppose to end today were extended due to technical problems. In a note send by NameJet.com tonight to customers they said: “”"Due to a configuration issue one of our web servers became unavailable during a portion of the auction process this af...

Michael Collins the Director of the ICA sent out a letter tonight announcing that he is leaving, the organization. In his “farewell letter” Michael said the following: “”"I have mixed feelings as I announce that I am leaving Internet Commerce Association as Executive Directo...

The now notorious islander domainer Frank Schilling, left us with what now may be one of the most important posts ever written about the business of domaining. I won't go too much into what Frank said, but if you have some time and you haven't read his last post in a while, go check it out again. Hi...

A special thanks to Snoop from Namepros/DomainState for compiling what follows: jqf.com 3,333 USD vzj.com 3,499 USD fgz.com 3,600 USD mwx.com 4,000 USD fzf.com $4027 USD (3,100 EUR) zzj.com 4,099 USD xts.com 5,000 USD vxx.com 4,650 USD mrq.com 6,001 USD upw.com 5,998 USD koz.com 9,600 USD Reserve no...

About two weeks ago Bob Parsons insinuated on his video blog that the domain extension .TV would vanish with the sinking island of Tuvalu. Because of this brand new discovery (sarcasm) Bob is jumping ship and getting on the .me wagon. You can watch for yourself below. It is true that Tuvalu is sin...

As it turns out NamePros Auction was held today and since last time, some great names was entered into the auction. Here are some that sold CarSupplies.tv - Sold for $41 159 of l-l.biz - Sold for $41 JesseJackson.info sold for $46 NiceTummy.com Sold for $26 Foamer.org and Conducts.org Sold for $32,...

Michael Collins has resigned as Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association in order to work on transitioning a retail business he owns from brick and mortar to the Internet. Collins delivered the news in an email to ICA members....

WhyPark, LLC is pleased to welcome Rod Underhill, successful venture capitalist, noted technologist and attorney, as a senior advisor to its team.An expert in assisting high-growth businesses, Underhill is no stranger to the technology sector. He quickly made a name for himself as the co-founder of ...

We’ve begun accepting Landrush pre-orders for .tel domains. TEL is a very special type of domain name that allows both individuals and organizations the ability to have their contact information on the web without the need to build a website. By utilizing the telHosting Platform you can easily...

A new domain buying inquiry makes the rounds. Michael over at Coin Network has received several domain inquiries lately with an interesting twist. The buyer says his or her first name is the domain name they want to buy. Here’s an example: Hello, My name is Latroy Beneters and Im interested ...

This is a second post analyzing a Google document from 2007 entitled “Google Guidelines For Quality Raters”which somehow found its way onto the Internet. In second half of this document, some common examples of spam websites are described. Understanding the signs of spam websites will help you a...

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...

Live Auction Queue. Due to time constraints, all names may not be featured at the live auction. The order of the auction lots is subject to change until 30 minutes prior to auction time. Pre-bidding is enabled. Live Auction Rules All auctions are conducted in USD. Most sellers will accept either Pa...