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Test Drive a Directory

(author unknown) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:00:50 +0000

Link To Full Story: Epik Blog

Test Drive a Directory As readers of this blog well know, Epik has developed several platform to cost-effectively create useful and profitable websites for the domain owners. The Epik | Directory platform is used to build out domains whose names can best be represented as a directory of information, whether is ...

Guess What I Just Found Out? You Have to Spend Money to Make Money | Domain Shane

(author unknown) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:49:09 +0000

Link To Full Story: domainshane.com

You hear me talking constantly of my 5L domains and how I think they have a great risk to return. I realize that it’s only good for $5 to 10,000 a year. I couldn’t live on that but fortunately I don’t have to so I can afford to play around with it. What I have done is taken the $500 domain and worked my way up to buying $10,000 domains. I started with a 5 letter name and sold it. Paid $500 and sold it for $800. Then I bought another name for $1000 and flipped it for $2200. Then I bought a name for $5000 a few weeks ago and flipped it for a little under $9K. Luck and chance? Maybe, but by carefully choosing a name and concentrating on the sale I’ve been able to take $500 and turn it into almost $10K this year. I am now on the prowl for a $10,000 domain to flip

.:: Howard Neu :: Howard Neu's Blog :: The Internet Lawyer ::.

(author unknown) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:59:04 +0000

Link To Full Story: howardneu.com

Thus, Courts have framed this as the “who-are-you/what-are-you” test. “A mark answers the buyer’s questions ‘Who are you?’ ‘Where do you come from?’ ‘Who vouches for you?’ But the generic name of the product answers the question ‘What are you?’”

Ultimately, the Court inquires whether consumers who ask for the product by the mark are describing the type of product, (apple) or are seeking the product of a particular producer (Apple).

So, the bottom line is that if you believe that your domain name is "generic" and not subject to attack by a trademark holder either under the UDRP or the ACPA, you need to ask the above questions which will determine if you will win or lose.

Entrepreneur Interview with Elliot Silver of ElliotsBlog.com | MO.com

(author unknown) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:28:08 +0000

Link To Full Story: www.mo.com

Elliot is the founder of Top Notch Domains, LLC, which he started as a grad student at NYU. Later, in 2008, he founded Silver Internet Ventures, LLC, an Internet media company that currently has several developed web properties. Elliot also leads the award winning ElliotsBlog.com, one of the most popular blogs in the domain name industry.

MO:

Stepping away from a successful corporate career is a bold move and one that every entrepreneurial mind dreams of. What was it like to do that and what steps did you take to make it happen? Did you have a backup plan? Any regrets?

Elliot:

I had been with AIG for 2.5 years, and it was just my second job after graduate school. Although I felt that I was doing well at the company, I wasn’t loving what I was doing (direct marketing management of insurance products). This was probably one of the key reasons I continued to pursue my domain business on the side. Just before I resigned in October, I had a couple of large deals lined up for the following January, and I knew just those deals could carry me for a year even if business fell off of a cliff for some reason.

DropDay.com Alternative To FreshDrop.net Domain Tool DotWeekly.com Domain Name Blog

(author unknown) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:27:15 +0000

Link To Full Story: www.dotweekly.com

DropDay.com is a much better value IMO, since they offer very similar metrics on the most popular feeds of domain names! I don’t know about you, but I would rather pay $18.90 a month than $98.95!

DropDay offers a free 10 day trial without requiring you to input any financial details, which is also nice. You simply create a free account with your name and email address and you are set up!

Cloud.com Floats Higher with Good Domain Name

Andrew Allemann — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:21:40 +0000

Link To Full Story: Domain Name Wire

Cloud computing company gets more marketing punch with good domain name.

Cloud.com VP of Business Development Shannon Williams admits that he wasn’t a huge believer in the power of a generic domain name for marketing. But when the opportunity for his company to purchase Cloud.com was discussed internally, he finally came around. Now he is a believer.

I caught up with Williams during HostingCon this week in Austin. He explained some of the benefits of having the company named Cloud.com:

-When Williams meets people and mentions his company, people think they’ve already heard of the company because of its good domain

-People think the company is bigger than it is

-Value for Search Engine Optimization

Putting on his corporate sales hat, Williams says that the domain itself doesn’t add value without a good underlying product. Their product was already selling, and they were doing well because of the product, but he says the domain is like putting some extra gas on a good fire.

It’s certainly more memorable than the company’s old name, VMOps.

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Getting Back To Selling Domain Names! DotWeekly.com Domain Name Blog

(author unknown) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:11:58 +0000

Link To Full Story: www.dotweekly.com

I need to be flipping!

Grant it, you need to know when to hold but I need to start flipping domains and developing the goodies that I am passionate about!

Flipping to me, is different than when I first started domaining. I know a lot more now! eBay buyers of the "good" domains are often flippers. Same thing goes for the forum buyers. Flippers that know end users are the right buyers. Sometimes the buyers are "big buyers" and from past contacts.. they become "go to" buyers.

Contacts and your research are KEY!

Example: I have been sitting on this one domain for a little over a year. I was stuck in my "holding" mode and waiting for the buyer to come to me. The domain didn’t make much, if any parked. It’s a strong keyword domain but parking it isn’t going to bring in the traffic. Development is best for the domain due to its keywords.

Sat on it over a year.

Reached into my contacts list today that I knew of a past buyer of a similar domain i sold. I sent out one email to this buyer and a fair price for the domain. SOLD

Announcing Geographic .CO Acquisition | Elliot's Blog

(author unknown) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:05:27 +0000

Link To Full Story: www.elliotsblog.com

I’ve been excited about this for the past few days, and I needed to make sure a few things were in place before announcing it. After reviewing my Founder’s Program application for a web development project, the .CO Registry has awarded my company the geographic domain name Bahamas.CO. I love the Bahamas and I plan to visit sometime this winter, and I will be back there again in March for Domain Roundtable.

China’s Popular Search Engine Gets Go Ahead from Judge to Sue Register.com

(author unknown) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:20:00 +0000

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Grant McCool reporting in Reuters: "China's leading search engine, Baidu Inc, can sue its U.S.-based domain name service provider, Register.com Inc, for breach of contract, gross negligence and recklessness related to an attack by hackers, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday. The January 11 attack prevented Internet users around the world from gaining access to Baidu for five hours and disrupted its operations for two days..."

Read full story: Reuters

DomainExpert.com Sells for $15k+

AndrewHazenCom — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:36:59 +0000

Link To Full Story: Domain Investing - Internet Marketing Blog by Andrew Hazen

I noticed this morning in my Domain Closing Auctions report that DomainExpert.com was up for auction via SEDO…..

After checking out the auction listing, I decided that it would be worth $2k to purchase DomainExpert.com; the auction was to end around 12:15pm EST today….Of course I got lost in the day and when I just checked the SEDO auction page, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the domain sold for $15,112 – (of course I wouldn’t be pleasantly surprised if I really wanted to buy it, LOL)

Who do you think bought this??

@AndrewHazen