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How to Buy Domain Names Like a Pro: 10 Tips from the Founder of PhoneTag.com

9. Negotiation
Here are the typical negotiation responses after you get in contact with the owner:
a. “I will sell it to you for $800,000” When you get ridiculous offers, I typically go back with what I think they are worth, so for Bulk.com they as…

Founders Block » Blog Archive » Is Your Ideal Domain Name Already Taken? Here’s What You Can Do About It

Each deal is individually negotiated, a process which can take months, but one of the more common financing agreements he’s structured involve the startup paying some portion of a fair price up front (usually 1/3 or 1/2) and getting three years to b…

The Dangers of Optimism -or- Don’t Develop | DomainArts.com

There are successes.  Warren Royal’s Bobbleheads.com may be the best example of a domainer successfully launching an online business that sprung from his domaining business.  Warren, I believe, has devoted himself fully to the Bobbleheads business,…

Making Millions Through Adult Domains and an Affiliate Network – With Evan Horowitz

Evan Horowitz is CEO of HuntingMoon.com, a leading domain name brokerage and marketplace, and Essociate.com, an affiliate advertising network guaranteeing a “100 percent leak-free” experience for publishers and domain name owners.

Courthouse News Service

we conclude that Congress meant ‘registration’ to refer only to the initial registration,” Judge William Fletcher wrote for the unanimous panel. “It is undisputed that Edward Hise could have retained all of his rights to gopets.com indefinitely if he h…

New Domains for You and .me — Blog — WordPress.com

Today we are adding .me (to .com, .org and .net) as a new option for upgrading to your own, custom domain name on WordPress.com. All of our domain mapping options cost just a couple dollars per month for your domain name and hosting. You don’t have…

A VC: Finding And Buying A Domain Name

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I’ve linked to this Fred Wilson post before, but this comment is priceless. Sounds like a Rick Latona level player and he’s doing us all a favor by describing how to approach a sale.
So what do most domain owners do? IGNORE YOU. Th…

Lady Gaga Sued Her Own Fansite And Lost | Styleite

Lady Gaga loves to talk about how much she loves her fans. So why would she try to shut down one of her biggest fansites, LadyGaga.org?
The Mother Monster filed a claim against that website through the National Arbitration Forum, alleging that the site…

Puerto 80 Explains How Rojadirecta Domain Seizures Violated The First Amendment | Techdirt

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Go justice!
The appeal of a district court’s refusal to return the Rojadirecta domain names has moved forward. Our original post discussed a filing to ask the Second Circuit appeals court for an expedited hearing of the case, which …

Fritinancy: Does Creative Spelling Make a Name More Protectable?

A domain must be unique—and, yes, altering the spelling may get you a cheap domain. But a trademark follows a different standard: it need not be unique, but it must be distinctive. (And it should not be descriptive.) An important test of a viable tr…