Ryan Allis' book should resonate with domain investors. I had the good fortune to meet entrepreneur Ryan Allis at a retreat in Mexico last month. Ryan is a successful entrepreneur who has built several companies to $1 million in revenue. He's not a ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Zero to One Million Book Releases Today
· UncategorizedRejected: $6M Offer for Cricket.com
· Domain SalesCommunicate.com rejects $6M for premium domain name. Domain name company Communicate.com (OTCBB: CMNN.ob) rejected a $6M offer for the domain name Cricket.com, according to an article in Kiplinger magazine. The article by columnist Andrew Feinberg ... Continue Reading18 Comments
What Would Microsoft-Yahoo Mean for Domainers?
· ServicesThe acquisition could mean a lot. Or maybe not. I had a conversation with myself this morning about Microsoft's (MSFT) proposed buyout of Yahoo (YHOO). It went something like this: Me: So, Andrew, what do you think this deal will mean for ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Microsoft Makes Offer for Yahoo!
· ServicesMicrosoft offers to buy search giant. Microsoft Corporation (NADSAQ: MSFT) has made an offer to by search company Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) for $31 per share, a premium of about 60% over yesterday's closing price. If this $44B offer is accepted and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Roundtable Heads to San Francisco
· ServicesName Intelligence show leaves the Seattle area for fourth show. For its fourth Domain Roundtable (DRT) conference, Name Intelligence (parent company of Domain Tools) is moving the conference to San Franciso. The event will take place at The Palace ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CADNA Releases Report on Domain Name Drop Catching
· Policy & LawSpecial interest group suggests that non-refundable $.20 fee is not enough to stop domain tasting. The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) released a report today about expired domain drop catching. It's an interesting report and contains good ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google Duped Us
· Policy & LawGoogle is smart, and it proved it with its "we are not evil" approach to domain kiting. I knew those engineers at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) were smart. But they also have smart PR skills. Last week, Google decided to let the world know it was going to ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domain Name Wire Goes Mobile
· UncategorizedRead Domain Name Wire from your mobile phone at DomainNameWire.mobi. Readers can now get the latest domain name news via their mobile phone at DomainNameWire.mobi. Reading blogs on mobile phones can be difficult, but now visitors using a mobile ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Auto-Generated Web Sites, Part 2
· ServicesNew services show the trend continues, but are automated site generators the future of domain parking? In September 2007 I wrote about DomainEmbarking.com, a service that generates a parking page that looks more like a real web site than a parked page. ... Continue Reading7 Comments
TrafficClub Closing Its Doors
· ServicesParking aggregater to shut down service at end of month. Moniker's TrafficClub will shut its doors at the end of the month. TrafficClub allowed customers to maximize revenue from parked domains without moving domains between different parking ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment