Another day, another series of domain name article is major publications. The front page of today's The Wall Street Journal covers the .xxx debate. It's a fascinating story discussing the US Department of Commerce role in influencing decisions about ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New USA Today and Wall Street Journal articles
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedDotster gears up for next happy hour
· Domain RegistrarsDotster is offering domain names for $1 this Thursday. Domain Registrar Dotster is having another "Domain Name Happy Hour" this Thursday at 4PM EST. The first 1,000 visitors to Dotsters web site will receive a coupon for a $1 domain. Eligible domains ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Jawpain.com – Small business, great domain
· UncategorizedA good domain name is critical for a small business--but you rarely see small businesses using good domains. Your local car wash might be austin-h20-carwash.com. Your dry cleaners might be mikesdrycleaning.net. These names aren't memorable and have ... Continue Reading2 Comments
DirectMailMarketing.com cashes in $17,750
· Domain SalesSnapNames auctions off a three word domain for $17,750. An auction for DirectMailMarketing.com has closed for $17,750 at SnapNames. Payment is pending. This is a high price for a three word domain, although "Direct Mail" has pay-per-click bids over ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Yahoo ads to get an upgrade
· ServicesYahoo Search Marketing (also known as Overture to the domain community) is getting an upgrade. The upgrade is long overdue to compete with Google. Overture invented the pay-per-click search market but in this case being second to market was a benefit ... Continue Reading2 Comments
TRAFFIC auction nets $2M
· Domain SalesThe live domain name auction at the TRAFFIC conference in Las Vegas last week resulted in over $2M in doman name sales. Among the big winners was a groundbreaking .net sale of Sex.net for $450,000. CD.com sold for $275,000 and POS.com for $250,000. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Only speculate with what you can lose
· UncategorizedAn article about a student who blew his tuition money on domain speculation is an important reminder to people entering the domain industry. Recent articles in Business 2.0 and The Wall Street Journal make it seem easy to make a quick buck in the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ValuableNames.com Review
· Expired Domains, ServicesThe ValuableNames.com domain service is expensive but worth the price. Yesterday I reviewed NameSpy, an expiring domain service that I don't think is worth the $39.95 monthly fee. So you might be surprised that today I'm going to recommend a domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Review of NameSpy
· Expired DomainsActive domainers are familiar with dozens of expired domain tools. In this entry I review NameSpy. We all know that expired domains are an important part of any domain portfolio. Many expired domains come with existing link popularity, have been ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Yahoo is wrong target for Typo-Squatting Critics
· ServicesYahoo has been sued for placing ads on typo-squatting ads, but Yahoo is the wrong target. The Washington Post is reporting about a lawsuit against Yahoo for placing text ads in adware and on typo domains. More than likely Yahoo is unaware that its ads ... Continue Reading2 Comments