According to this article, EurID has confirmed that resellers will not be allowed to sell .eu domain names. EurID is the registry for all .eu domains, which should be available for registration in 2006. Resellers have been blamed for a number of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
sTypo product review
· ServicesThere are a number of tools on the market for finding "typo" domains. I personally am not a fan of such domains, especially when it comes to buying typos of trademarks. But there are legitimate circumstances for buying typo domains, such as typos of ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Communicate.com “frees” its domain
· ServicesI'm a believer in Communicate.com's business model. (OTC: CMNN.ob). The company owns premium domains, like karate.com and makeup.com, and creates businesses around these. Other domains in the company's portfolio are parked with advertisements. One ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DNForum’s paid parking service ready to leave beta?
· ServicesDNForum's new paid parking service, ParkingSite.com, should be out of beta testing my mid-July. This is according to Adam Dicker, who owns DNForum. I have high hopes for this service, given that Adam typically knocks projects out of the park. I'm a bit ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Pool.com to snag .EU domain names
· ServicesPool.com has just added a new feature for customers to order .EU domains. It will work much like Pool's existing dropping domains service. You can order any .EU domain you wish, and then when .EU domains are become available for registration Pool will ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Early bird admission price for TRAFFIC East ends June 30
· ServicesThe TRAFFIC East domain name conference will again be held in Delray Beach, Florida. This year's event will be Oct 18-22. If you want to take advantage of the lowest prices for admission, sign up by June 30. The price goes from $995 to $1295 after June ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
TrafficClub domain parking service continues to impress
· ServicesI've written about TrafficClub, the paid parking service from Moniker, in the past. Here's an update on how it's performing for me. As of June 21, I'm running an excellent RPM (revenue per thousand views) of $44.50. This is up sharply from $10-$20 in ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Sedo domain name parking now in 20 languages
· ServicesSedo has announced that its domain name parking services are now available in 20 languages. What's neat about this system is that it automatically changes the language of the site content and links based on the country of the visitor, so you don't have ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Anatomy of a domain name appraisal scam
· Policy & Law, Services[Update March 23, 2009: a similar scam has surfaced.] One of the oldest and most popular scams against domain name owners is the domain appraisal scam. It works like this: someone emails you interested in buying a domain. When you reply, they require ... Continue Reading39 Comments
No word yet on Yahoo “Adsense” launch
· ServicesI received an e-mail from Yahoo yesterday, sent to their "Publisher Notification" checklist. I was excited and hoped it would be a message inviting me to join the new Overture ad syndication program. Unfortunately, it just said that that program is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment