DNJournal has just posted a new article, Chris Chena Takes Charge: How the Whiz Kid from Paraguay Is Building A Spanish Domain Empire. Editor Ron Jackson has written another great piece--this article is one of my favorites. Who's Chris Chena? He's a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Rags to Riches: A domain name story
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US to retain key internet role
· Policy & LawThe U.S. government announced that it intends to continue playing a key role in the internet by not giving complete control over to ICANN. The U.S. government will continue to maintain the root master file that controls top level domains. ... Continue ReadingLeave a 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
Sedo sells over 1,000 domains in May
· Domain SalesSedo, one of the biggest and best domain name aftermarkets, announced that its sold 1,020 domains in May for a total of $1.7M. The average price of domains sold was $1,661.18. Of course, the median sale is better information...but Sedo doesn't release ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Net domain sells for $29,000
· Domain SalesWith the risk of sounding a like a broken record, it was another great week for domain sales! Last week England.net sold for $29,000 on SnapNames. This means that someone let this incredible domain expire. Someday I'll contact one of these people that ... 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
A Spanish week for domain name sales
· Domain SalesLast week was a big week for domain name sales. The crazy thing is that 6 out of the top 10 sales were Spanish words! That's thanks to a $500k spending spree by Chris Chena. Among the spanish-equivalent .com domains he bought were jobs, university, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy aftermarket – I finally got my domain
· Domain Registrars, Expired DomainsOn May 6, I wrote about winning an expired domain auction on GoDaddy's new TDNAM.com. On June 6, I wrote about receiving an e-mail from GoDaddy saying the domain was mine, although it turns out it wasn't yet. Today, about 6 weeks after winning the ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Register.com gets J.D. Power certification, but who cares?
· Domain RegistrarsRegister.com sent out a press release this morning touting that its customer call center is now a J.D. Power and Associates Certified Call Center. According to the release, "The J.D. Power and Associates certification illustrates how Register.com's ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
