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Here’s how to maximize your chances of getting the .co domain names you want — without breaking the bank.
.Co domain name registration will be open to the public July 20. But if you want to get a good domain name, you’ll need to pre-register the domains prior to the general release. On July 20 the registrars will be pinging the .co registry servers like mad in a bid to get domains that were pre-registered. Going at it by hand will be difficult.
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The Epik Wiki solution has grown quickly since the announcement on July 4. Our Wiki platform provides a free solution for building sites that are crowd-edited. It is perfect for How-to sites, People sites and Reference sites. And now, we go one step further by offering a Wiki marketplace where the Epik-powered sites can be bought and sold.
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"I also recall chatting with Frank Schilling late in 2000 after we both had purchased many domains at the time that .ca was deregulated. We talked about the .ca vs .com space and about our respective strategies. I remember Frank saying “your kids will thank you”. He knew then that while .ca was a good investment, it would take years before ccTLDs would chip away at the .com market," Silver added. "Realizing that people would start using the internet over print directories to find local products and services, I spent weeks researching and purchasing English and French domains covering the main headings for local search. During that early stage I successfully acquired many domains like Limos.ca, Plumbers.ca, Photoraphers.ca, Schools.ca, etc. |
"Armed with a strong portfolio of generic .ca domains, I gathered a talented team of designers, developers and marketers to help build a powerful local business advertising platform – n49 Interactive was born," Silver said.
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Shared by JohnHWhether you agree with the bp trademark registers or not is not important. He gave you a little taste of how to make money on current events and and a glimpse of how they usually end. You make your money when you can and then compost up the shit and move on. As I’ve always said, there are a million ways to make money in domaining but one thing always remains true. In order to get the grow a good crop of domains you have to add a little shit to the soil.
Rick responds in the comments too.
Personally I totally agree with Stephen Douglas (see his comment as well). What kind of message does the 'Domain King' send by regging a bunch of disaster related TM names? Was it to prove a point and create material for a blog post? Being successful doesn't make you right. No wonder people hate us.
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Well, I hated it at first as I assume many did. I couldn’t even find my "watched" domains. I felt lost!
I never really used the search functions on the site because several services like FreshDrop.net offer so many more stats, it was just not worth it. Well, FreshDrop is still king of metrics but GoDaddy is king of search options that other services like NameJet, SnapNames, Sedo, Afternic and Pool need to take note of.
Here is the overall redesign of the domain name auction page at GoDaddy
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Skip Hoagland has always preached that partnerships are the way to get high quality domains developed into popular websites. Hoagland cut deals with experts in hunting and automotive media to transform two more of his domains - Shooting.com and CarClassifieds.com - into online destinations that just launched.Link To Full Story: sullysblog.com
Rob: We take a platform based approach to development in most cases. We look to see if a particular site fits one of our platforms. But in some instances, it doesn’t fit any of the cases. If we think the name is strong enough, we may agree to take on a custom development.
An example of this case would be when Craig Peterson brought us Chat-Rooms.com. We thought that a chat room network would be a very good fit with what we are building network wide. That means that any site in the Epik network could be enabled with text, voice, or video chat. This would tie back to your portable identity and portable reputation framework. Single sign-on to any site, navigate to the chat tab and you should be able to log in and participate in chats without having to register at that site.
So we look at domains as to where they may fit in and is that domain big enough for stand alone development.
Mike: Do you offer different levels of service? Do you partner with some domain owners while other might just pay for your services?
Rob: With every domain, we take the approach that we are a partner in the development. The setup fee we charge for a given development, product portal is $249, video portal is $499, directory portal can be as low as $249 for a local geography and as high as $999 for a national directory like Dining.com. In each case, the purpose of the setup fee is not to make a margin. The purpose is to cover the hard costs associated with developing that domain name into an income producing website. Ultimately, the value we create is in the ongoing hosting and monetization of traffic which generates revenue.
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I was reading TechCrunch this morning, when I saw the article about the launch of Soap.com, a new website owned and operated by Quidsi, the company that owns and operates Diapers.com. According to the article, the company plans for Soap.com to “offer more than 40,000 products by the end of 2010 and more than 100,000 by the end of 2011.” These plans are clearly ambitious, but the company CEO has said Diapers.com revenue is over $300 million annually (video of that below), so it is very plausible this will happen.Link To Full Story: domainnamewire.com
It’s time to stop talking about Yahoo search rankings and the traffic the search engine delivers to your site. Starting as early as next month, no one will care how well you’ve tricked Yahoo into ranking your site well.
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I’m now making as much money from my Whypark domains (300 count) as at least one popular PS with 1500 domains I’ve parked there. This is amazing for two reasons, one obvious:
1) I’m making the same or more revenue from 1/5 the domains I have parked at a high profile PS.
2) The domains I moved to WhyPark are longtails, esoteric, and obscure. They were making NOTHING prior to moving them to WhyPark.