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When you have secured a deal to purchase a domain name, especially one that has significant value, you need to do your due diligence. The most important research you need to do is to ensure the domain name is owned by the party that you think owns it, and the second is to make sure traffic/PR/directory listings and all other promises can be met.
In my opinion, ensuring a domain name is owned by the person/company you believe owns it is the most important thing. Having a Domaintools account allows me to search the Whois history for a domain name. If you are ever unsure of whether a domain name is rightfully owned, you should contact the previous owner to confirm that the name was sold. Phone calls are generally the best way to confirm it, although having an email record is also important.
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Here is the final part of the “Developing A Geo Domain” series from the
Domainer’s Magazine October issue. This last part discusses monetizing you Geo domain site. I hope you found the series to be informative in some capacity. I wanted to share it with you all, because if any of you are considering getting into Geo domaining, it does cover some of the basics. Make sure to read part
one,
two,
three or
four here if you missed any of them!
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I am very happy to share the first of many videos recorded at
TRAFFIC in Las Vegas. Ron Jackson from
DNJournal joins us and discusses how he created DNJournal, his thoughts on current trends as well as some great comments on ccTLD’s. Ron is a legend in the Domaining industry and it is my honor to begin my TRAFFIC 2010 interview spotlight with his interview!
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Ouch! An hour and a half down the rabbit hole. Some great scripts.
Ever wanted to have a site designed like Facebook or Twitter? Now you can.
There are plenty of existing clones that offer the near functionality of popular
websites. ScriptCopy.com
is a database of available scripts that mimic sites such as Google, Wikipedia,
eBay and more.
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Bill, I can see that you are in the industry since 1994, how many domains do you own?
I’ve bought and sold a few domains over the years, but the portfolio that I focus on these days is the awesome one that I manage for Tucows, and that consists of tens of thousands of domains.
Being the General Manager for YummyNames, can you tell us a little bit what YummyNames is all about and how long are you with them. And who came up with the name YummyNames?
YummyNames is a service from Tucows that allows marketers, advertisers (and anyone else who appreciates the value of a good domain name) to purchase or lease a premium domain name from the Tucows Domain Portfolio. From a business point-of-view, YummyNames is the consumer or ‘end user’ brand for the sale of premium domain names owned by Tucows, although it is just one of many retail channels we use every day to sell domains from our portfolio.
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I recently tried to buy a domain name for several hundred dollars, and the negotiation came down to the owner wanting $100 more than I wanted to pay. With escrow fees, it would have been less than a couple hundred dollars more, but I thought (and still think) the name is worth between $2-3,000 on a quick flip. I ended up walking away from the deal because I thought the seller would figure that having my cash would be better than keeping the domain name he hasn’t sold in 8+ years of ownership.
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U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow is asking the plaintiffs bringing a class action against Snapnames over the insider bidding scandal to show that the controversy exceeds $5 million.
Under the Class Action Fairness Act, the amount at issue in a lawsuit must exceed $5 million (not including interest and costs) to qualify for class action status.
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Now that we have the results of both extended auctions we switched the Poll over so you can vote on what you think was the best buy from the extended auctions.
You can vote for your favorite on the right and/or place your comments below.
Here is a complete list of the domains that sold:
46.com $80,000
precisiondesign.com $590
shoppingmalls.com $26,770
skincleaner.com $590
fitnesstrainer.com $20,888
bargainbedding.com $550
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I caught up with
Escrow.com president
Brandon Abbey during DOMAINfest last week. When I asked him about current trends in sales, he said the company is seeing more people wishing to do payment plans when they acquire domains.
