The highly anticipated second DOMAINfest show has been announced. Actually I have not received any official word on this, I’m going off their DOMAINfest.com website. The event will be held at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. It begins October 6th, 2010 and end October 7t...

Dominers have discussed the issue for years. What is the bleed over from a an advertised extension other than .com to the .com due to the fact that users often default to a .com since its the best known extension. Now I know for sure. 27,000 visitors. On a sleepy Sunday morning, the last day of the ...

LuxuryNames.com is holding another auction! In fact, it started earlier today. It opened up today, March 2nd, and will end on Thursday, March 4th at 3:15 EST. The auction itself is being held at SnapNames.com. These domain names stood out for me as I browsed the list: BallerinaShoes.net Chandeliers....

Registration for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference coming up in Milan, Italy April 27-29 opened today with some exceptionally low early bird prices offered to those who are quick on the draw. A rate of €499 ($679 at today's exchange rate) will be given to the first 50 people who register for the off...

Michael "Zappy" Zapolin has scored a major honor for his latest category killing domain name development project - PrescriptionDrugs.com. The Harvard Business School has selected the site as a candidate in their "New Ventures" competition. Zappy will present to a panel of judges this month with a sp...

Press Release Atlanta, Georgia USA – March 2, 2010 – Targeted TRAFFIC is gearing up for its first 2010  European show, which will be held on April 27th-29th 2010 in Milan, Italy. Milan is the largest metropolitan area in Italy with an estimated population of 7.4 million. The city has the larges...

Want to get your business noticed in a region that holds 60% of the world’s population? Your very own .ASIA domain is a great way to do just that. The Asia-Pacific region is incredibly diverse and it is currently experiencing enormous economic and technological growth. Now is your chance to e...

Johns Wu has a new favorite past time — domaining. Here’s an interesting story about Johns Wu, who founded the Bankaholic blog and sold it for about $15 million to Bankrate. He’s investing in high quality domain names — part of his “Grand Slam” strategy: Thankfu...

Rick asked me to shoot out an update today.  There are three things that I wanted to cover: 1) It is Day 3 of the Mount Kilimanjaro climb.  Since the group is taking the Machame route, they should be at Shira Camp now.  Tomorrow, they will pass through Lava Tower and hit Barranco Camp (3950m).�...

Metal.com and StockPrices.com sell for solid money. Sedo has finalized the sale of Metal.com for $165,000, leading the company’s sales chart for the past week. The whois record for the buyer is protected by whois privacy, and the domain name is currently parked at Go Daddy. The company made ...

Johns Wu is most famous for building a website on Bankaholic.com and eventually selling it to BankRate for a reported $15,000,000. Wu is a well-known Internet entrepreneur, and he is knowledgeable about generic domain names. This afternoon, I read an interview with Johns Wu on MO.com, with considera...

Study sheds light on how many brand managers register domain names defensively. Minds + Machines, which offers services to new top level domain name applicants, has released a new study showing how brands register their domain names in newer top level domain names. The report’s authors certa...

On Friday I announced my first domain name sales newsletter was going out on Monday of which I asked for domain submissions. Well, I received around 90 emails with about 1,000 domain names for consideration. I still have not had the opportunity to sort through them all. I wanted to share with everyo...

First European TRAFFIC show of the year coming next month. Registration for the next TRAFFIC domain name conference, taking place April 27-29 in Milan, is now available. Early bird pricing for TRAFFIC Milan is 499 EUR, and there’s an added special for people planning to attend the Dublin conf...

Targeted TRAFFIC is gearing up for its first 2010  European show, which will be held on April 27th-29th 2010 in Milan, Italy. Milan is the largest metropolitan area in Italy with an estimated population of 7.4 million. The conference will be held at The Milan Marriott which is adjacent to the Milan...

LuxuryNames.com begins its second domain name auction. LuxuryNames.com has kicked off a new auction titled 4 Days – 40 Names. The auction runs through Thursday. The auction actually has 41 names in .com, .net, and .org. Like the last auction run by LuxuryNames.com, many of the domain name...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Skull.net, the new media sharing website dedicated to humor and funny stuff is officially launched. London, United Kingdom, March 02, 2010 –(PR.com)– Widest Media has officially launched a new website at www.Skull.net. The website is a media-sharing community whe...

Kili2010 kicks off to support clean water in Africa. About two dozen domainers have begun their ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in an effort to raise awareness and money for The Water School, a charity. The group, organized by Rick Latona and Gregg McNair, is attempting to reach the summit which peak...

The .ME registry has partnered with NameJet yet again to offer up another batch of .ME domains at auction. This time it’s personal . . . as in personal names.  The list of 300 domains includes some of the most popular first and last names such as Adam.Me,  Michelle.Me, OConnor.Me, and Smith....

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The .ME Registry and NameJet announced the that it would be auctioning off 300 “personal” domain names reserved by the registry, starting in just over a month on April 5th. When it comes to .me I think I know the extension well as I’m the guy who bought the most expensive .me sold ...

Press Release LIKE YOUR NAME? HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO OWN IT ONLINE More Than 300 Names & Surnames Up for Grabs in the Next .ME Auction Podgorica, Montenegro – March 2, 2010 – The .ME Registry and NameJet announced the Internet’s largest online auction of personal names today. If you’ve ...

The travel industry continues to grow online, with more businesses and individuals planning and purchasing trips themselves  The travel industry continues to grow online, with more businesses and individuals planning and purchasing trips with sites like Fly.com and Hotels.com. With this trend i...

The travel industry continues to grow online, with more businesses and individuals planning and purchasing trips themselves  The travel industry continues to grow online, with more businesses and individuals planning and purchasing trips with sites like Fly.com and Hotels.com. With this trend i...

The travel industry continues to grow online, with more businesses and individuals planning and purchasing trips themselves  The travel industry continues to grow online, with more businesses and individuals planning and purchasing trips with sites like Fly.com and Hotels.com. With this trend i...