Conference in Spain kicks off the evening of July 25. The United States hosts its share of domain name conferences each year, but meetings outside of the US are rare. Sedo hosted a UK meeting a while back and TRAFFIC plans to expand overseas. But ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domainer meeting his Barcelona
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· Domain RegistrarsWeb site offers consumer reviews of domain registrars. Everyone has their horror story. The registrar that suddenly changed the DNS on their domains. The registrar that loses their domain in the system so it can't be edited. The registrar that won't ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Com research in Wall Street Journal
· UncategorizedToday's Wall Street Journal has a column about .com domain name registration data. It features Dennis Forbes, who has run extensive research on the list of 47M registered .com domains. Dennis Forbes was able to acquire the entire list of 47M ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Salient Properties buys Wifi.com for $225,000
· Domain SalesAfter failing to sell at a number of live domain auctions, Wifi.com finally found a buyer in Salient Properties. The past couple domain conferences have featured Wifi.com, but it didn't sell at its high price tag. According to DNJournal, Sedo helped ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Coupon codes for free domain names
· ServicesI have coupon codes for free domains at Dotster. Want one? This is a shameless plug for my sister site, FreeDN.com. FreeDN offers free domain names in return for completing simple offers, many of which are free. I have purchased over 100 domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
pcNames.com Review
· Expired Domains, ServicespcNames makes it easy to find available, expired, and pre-release domain names. I use a number of web sites to find quality domains names. For example, if I need a domain name related to phones, I might search at SnapCheck or DomainTools.com to find ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain name reassignment foils Google
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawDirect reassignment of expired domain names is foiling Google in its attempts to clean up its search results. When Google announced it had become an ICANN-accredited registrar, the world questioned what the company's ambitions were for domain names. ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Adsense.com is sold
· Domain SalesThe domain Adsense.com has sold to an undisclosed buyer. One of the great mysteries about Google is why it launched a service called Adsense without owning the domain name Adsense.com. A company with unlimited resources fails to purchase a domain name ... Continue Reading1 Comment
PrimeRate.com sells for $110,000
· Domain SalesAfternic landed a 6 figure sale, just one of many great sales in recent weeks at the venue. Domain aftermarket Afternic.com has sold PrimeRate.com for $110,000. The domain had received offers from five different buyers on Afternic, all for over ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Marketplace in Morocco
· Policy & LawThe domain monetization discussion at the Marrakech, Morocco ICANN meeting on June 27 included lots of fireworks. First, a disclaimer. I wasn't at the meeting. I just finished reading the transcript of the meeting. Much like reading an e-mail, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment