Thursday, September 30, 2010
First of all, the registrar has already paid for the renewal because the domain registration auto-renews at the registry. So, for all intents and purposes, your registrar is now the owner and for a brief period they often do what they want with the…
Thursday, September 30, 2010
12. You FIRST purchases are VERY important so you MUST get these right or you are off course and out of the game until then and by that time you will likely be broke and confused and frustrated and angry.
13. Pick a category. Any category.
14. Make sur…
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Great tip and a tool I didn’t know about.
Using DomainTools.com Sales History function, I simply typed into the search box playgroundequipment and clicked search. This resulted in 5 records displayed:
There is very important informa…
Thursday, September 30, 2010
1. DO NOT set a price right away
2. Don’t answer questions
3. Ask Questions
4. Ask more questions
5. Answer the questions they pose with a question
6. Buy time
7. Don’t commit, think about it
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The second part of the story takes place in April 2008, a year and a half after purchasing the site when I received this email:
Hi there ,
If you are interested in selling ‘blackjack fiesta dot net’, please respond to this mail so that we can discu…
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Starting Bankroll: $191.38
PHP Programming for Shrnkr.Com – $20
PLR Software Sales: + $32
Adsense Revenue + $6.75
Fiverr.Com Revenue + $4
Ending Balance: $214.13
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
As a domain seller, the quicker I can move inventory, (usually) the better. When I win an auction at NameJet, I try to find an end user or domain investor buyer as quickly as possible. I’ve never encountered an issue with this until last week.
I rece…
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
EFF calls bill “misguided gift to a shortsighted industry”.
Electronic Frontier Foundation is weighing in on the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, and it doesn’t like what it sees.
In an analysis EFF posted online, the group s…
Monday, September 20, 2010
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HatTip to Elliot
Internet media company Internet Brands this morning announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity investment firm Hellman & Friedm…
Monday, September 20, 2010
Prince.com was the top selling domain name in the week to 22 August according to the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales, selling for $235,000 through MediaOptions. It was the only six-figure sale for the week with the second biggest sale of…
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Here is a story about one of my web adventures that might be interesting to my readers. Along with domains I also buy/sell and maintain many websites, some of these are adsense sites with unique content, seo traffic and stable history. I purchased ma…
Friday, September 17, 2010
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Shane is really becoming the ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ (early in the morning of a long day of work) guy for domainers.
The Online world is growing more savvy every day. There is a reason why parking doesn’t pay. Visitors a…
Friday, September 17, 2010
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Great post. Thank you MB.
Trademarks are generally categorized as fanciful, arbitrary, suggestive or descriptive. A “fanciful” mark is a combination of letters or other symbols signifying nothing other than the product or serv…
Friday, September 17, 2010
Mike: Has has owning the domain Cloud.com impacted your business?
Peder: It has had a significant impact on the growth of the business as we came out of stealth mode. For one, having a top level domain brings instant traffic, awareness and, in ma…
Thursday, September 16, 2010
So there you go, $4350 in revenue for this part time domainer so far this month. I figured I made about $2550 in profits unless the IRS is reading and then I’m pretty sure I lost money. It makes me glad I don’t have to make a living doing thi…
Thursday, September 16, 2010
If you are looking to renew or register domain names with privacy with Godaddy you are looking at paying a minimum of $6 for the privacy itself – unless you have a coupon that is.
Using the coupon code gdbba1550 you can now get private registration f…
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Jason Calacanis & Steve Huffman
Steve Huffman, co-founder of Reddit and Hipmonk was recently the guest on This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis. In this audio clip, Steve and Jason share their frustration with acquiring good dot coms and discu…
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Now that we’re well-into the second half of 2010 I thought it would be an excellent time to write a post about how my strategy has changed this year. By strategy I mean the way in which I generate revenue for my business. I think tha…
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Moniker.com will be holding a live domain name auction from the Epik Development Conference tomorrow September 16, Thursday at 4:30pm ET / 1:30pm PT.
Remote bidding will be available on SnapNames.com and actually pre-bidding on the auc…
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
When he checked the account he was astonished to find a message from the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, proposing a sale of the username for a reported six-figure sum.
A spokesperson for the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Yigal Palmor, conf…