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Domain-me.com - Scam or Stupidity?
2008-05-22 13:42:00 As you all know I reported about the new .me domain extension en masse in the past and the extension launched recently. Interestingly, today I did a search on Google checking for “register me domain” (without the quotation marks) and the website domain-me.com appeared as the third result of the search. Ok, so it’s some sort of ... More About: Domain , Stupidity , Scam
American Idol winner?s domain names
2008-05-22 02:41:00 Seems like finally famous or famous-to-be people are starting to think ahead when it comes to domain names and what they mean in terms of their overall marketing plan. The American Idol winner is to be announced within the next few hours and the winner will be chosen between David Archuleta and David Cook. A quick check ... More About: Domain , Domain Names , Winner
Steven Spielberg to launch UFO social network at TheRising.com?
2008-05-22 01:53:00 According to various online rumours Steven Spielberg is about to launch a UFO/Paranormal social network called The Rising or Rising. TechCrunch indicates that both .com domains have been acquired by Spielberg’s company however a whois check indicates that rising.com is part of Tucows’ portfolio while TheRising.com is registered via Godaddy to Reel Alluring, Inc - ... More About: Social , Network , Launch , Social Network
80th NamePros Live Auction Today
2008-05-22 01:42:00 NamePros.com, one of the top domain name forums around is holding a live domain auction today in it’s chatrooms. Owner Ron James has been holding these auctions for a while now and according to DomainNews this is the 80th domain name auction at NamePros to date. Having attended quite a few of the NamePros auctions in ... More About: Auction , Today , Live
DNXpert Domaining And Blogging Contest Update
2008-05-21 00:31:00 As you may or may not be aware I am running a contest here at DNXpert.com where $9,000 worth of cash and prizes will be given away on 19 June 2008. I have a couple of important announcements with regards to the contest: 1. I am currently thinking that I will hold the contest draw ( to ... More About: Contest , Blogging , Update , Domaining
Linkbait or Fraud - it?s a tough one!
2008-05-20 22:44:00 If you are a long time reader of DNXpert.com you will remember a couple of Linkbaits I posted in the past in order to generate traffic and earn extra publicity for my blog. I wrote the “Top 10 Things Shoemoney, ProBlogger And Britney Spears Have In Common” blog post profiling similarities between the three in a ... More About: Fraud , Tough
Zuora - new online billing system
2008-05-20 17:31:00 Zuora a new online billing solution is launching today. The company aims to minimize the need for online businesses to develop their own billing systems, especially to handle recurring payments like subscriptions. According to TechCrunch: Its so-called ?Z-Billing Platform? that goes live today handles four main billing-related areas: customer accounts and subscriptions, product catalogs, billing operations, and ... More About: System , Online
Greatest Domaining Blogging Contest Ever
2008-05-19 09:51:00 Want to win over $8979.13 in real cash and prizes? I am happy to announce the launch of the DNXpert contest / prize giveaway that is going to shake the foundations of the blogosphere. This contest comprises of over 62 genuine prizes including cash, material goods and quality digital products that a domainer / blogger can make ... More About: Contest , Blogging , Domaining , Greatest
145 Expired domains
2008-05-17 20:24:00 List of 145 expired domain name sent to newsletter subscribers on 17 May 2008. If you wish to learn more about domaining and how I find expired domains you should read my 80 page domain ebook. ungeneration.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy wealthygorilla.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy captivefish.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy onebids.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy highestpick.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy mydaz.com Buy ... More About: Domains
Domain Flipping hits Jacksonville news
2008-05-16 10:53:00 First Coast News discusses domain flipping with an interested story about Natalie Williams, a Jacksonville - Florida resident who has gone from being on welfare to owning a home and 2 cars by apparently flipping domains, pulling in as much as $2500 a month. In my opinion this is a pretty cool story that in ... More About: Domain , Flipping , Hits
Alleged Spitzer call girl files domain lawsuit
2008-05-16 10:20:00 Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the alleged call girl involved with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has filed a $10 million lawsuit in a US Court. The defendants are: MRA Holding, LLC a California Limited Liability Company; and Mantra Films, Inc., an Oklahoma Corp. Dupre is seeking damages for unjust enrichment based on videos and DVD?s sold ... More About: Lawsuit , Domain , Girl , Call , Files
CBS buying CNET
2008-05-16 10:17:00 The broadcast company CBS (CBS) is making a biggerer push on the web by acquiring CNet (CNET) for $11.50 a share, or $1.8 billion, in a deal that will make them one of the top 10 web companies in the US. The deal offers CNet shareholders a 44% premium to Wednesday?s closing price and comes ... More About: Buying
Big DNXpert Event To Shake Domaining Blogosphere
2008-05-15 14:30:00 We here at DNXpert towers are happy to announce we have been deep in preparation of a domaining blogosphere event of enormous proportions that will go live on Monday 19 May 2008. If you want to be informed the instant the event that will shake the foundations of the domaining blogosphere goes live, you should subscribe ... More About: Event , Blogosphere , Domaining
Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, Reference.com and Thesaurus.com
2008-05-15 13:24:00 Ask.com have announced they have acquired Lexico Publishing Group which operates dictionary.com, reference.com and thesaurus.com. Terms of the deal, set to be announced today, aren’t being disclosed. With the addition of the widely used reference tools, Ask hopes to make more money showing ads to people looking for answers to basic questions and to distinguish itself from ... More About: Thesaurus , Reference , Dictionary
127 Expired domains
2008-05-15 10:21:00 List of 128 expired domain name sent to newsletter subscribers on 10 May 2008. If you wish to learn more about domaining and how I find expired domains you should read my 80 page domain ebook. supremequeen.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy beermuda.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy exotichotcars.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy superbequipment.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy workbazaar.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy exorcismhotline.com Buy ... More About: Domains
A better way to track website data?
2008-05-13 17:23:00 If you have developed your domain names into websites in order to raise their value before flipping them on the website/domain market, or if you have looked at purchasing already created website you will agree with me that website stats cause a major headache in your decision making process. Alexa, Compete, Quantcast, Hitwise and various other ... More About: Website , Data , Track
Domains.org acquired by WickedFire owner
2008-05-12 16:06:00 Affiliate marketing guru Jon Fisher ( owner of affiliate marketing forum WickedFire.com ) has acquired the domain name domains.org. He says on his blog he plans to develop it and it is his “once in a lifetime project“. Considering the success he has had with WickedFire I am pretty sure this will be another winner and I ... More About: Domains , Owner
Toll Free Number 1-800-COMPANY Sells for $10 Million
2008-05-12 16:00:00 The toll free number, 1-800-COMPANY, was acquired today by a document filing company that forms corporations, LLCs and trusts for $10 million. The associated website that promotes the company’s services, www.1800company.com, was recently launched as well. The acquiring party is associated with Companies Incorporated (www.companiesinc.com) a corporation and LLC formation service that started business in 1977. ... More About: Company , Free , Toll , Million , Number
.Org registry raising prices
2008-05-12 15:51:00 The .ORG registry, Public Interest Registry (PIR) has announced their intention to increase registration fees for .org domains by 10% as of November 9th, 2008. The price increase brings the price for registrars up to $6.75 from $6.15 after last year?s price increase of 2.5%. Verisign already announced a price increase for .com and .net effective ... More About: Prices
128 Expired domain names
2008-05-10 18:18:00 List of 128 expired domain name sent to newsletter subscribers on 10 May 2008. If you wish to learn more about domaining and how I find expired domains you should read my 80 page domain ebook. blogpassport.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy profiledevil.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy squaks.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy articlelounge.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy specialplays.com Buy with Moniker Buy with Godaddy sportinasia.com Buy ... More About: Domain , Domain Names , Names
128 Expired domains
2008-05-08 17:38:00 Yesterday I sent my newsletter subscribers a list of 128 expired domains. If you want access to that and all past lists you can subscribe to my FREE newsletter in the top right corner of this screen. Here is a sample of that list ( all domains are quick linked to Moniker registration page for quick ... More About: Domains
Sunrise begins for .me domain names
2008-05-07 13:14:00 I reported about the .me tld over the past months here, here, here, here, here and here. The .me country code top level domain is the ccTld for the newly independent country Montenegro ( in the Balkans ). From today until May 20, anyone with a trademark is eligible to apply for a name with the .me ... More About: Domain , Domain Names , Sunrise , Names
MyDomain.com announces marathon domain name giveaway
2008-05-07 13:08:00 MyDomain .com today announced a “Marathon Giveaway” promotion to be held on Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Visitors to the MyDomain.com Web site will get a chance to win one of 25 free .com, .net, .org and .biz domains every hour from 9:00am to 4:00pm Pacific Time. During the giveaway, MyDomain is promoting its full array of ... More About: Domain Name
101 expired domain names
2008-05-07 11:00:00 Yesterday I sent my newsletter subscribers a list of 101 expired domains. If you want access to that and all past lists you can subscribe to my FREE newsletter in the top right corner of this screen. Here is a sample of that list ( all domains are quick linked to Moniker registration page for quick ... More About: Domain , Domain Names , Names
Jobs.ca sells for $600k
2008-05-06 21:11:00 Jobs.ca is a big sale for the Canadian CIRA cctld .ca as reported by Sahar Sarid of Conceptualist.com. Ogopogo Media, an Internet media company that acquires and develops geotargeted destination and category specific domain names, recently announced it has acquired the rights to Jobs.ca from Domed Technologies, Inc. of Montreal, Canada. The purchase of Jobs.ca is the ... More About: Jobs
TDNAM Coupon
2008-05-06 10:27:00 I’ve recently been purchasing expiring domains with traffic from TDNAM ( Godaddy’s The Domain Name After Market ). Since Godaddy controls the expiring domains here - their expiring domains go to tdnam to be auctioned off - they also offer you the opportunity to use a tdnam coupon code to save money on your purchases. I used ... More About: Coupon
Godaddy removes 60 day lock on transfer
2008-05-05 19:45:00 There was a lot of talk over a long time on domaining forums and the ICANN public forums about registrars ( in particular Godaddy ) putting a 60 day lock on a domain following any change of the domain whois information, whether it be a simple spelling mistake fix or a transfer between godaddy accounts. As ... More About: Transfer , Lock
Want to own America?
2008-05-05 00:04:00 I noticed America .com is up for auction at GreatDomains via Sedo. The reserve price is above $1,000,000 and this is one Geo domain name which will certainly raise a lot of interest. In my opinion this is one of the best Geo domains around. The auction will commence on 22 May 2008 and end on 29 May ...
228 Expired domains
2008-05-04 21:33:00 Yesterday I sent my newsletter subscribers a list of 228 expired domains. If you want access to that and all past lists you can subscribe to my FREE newsletter in the top right corner of this screen. Here is a sample of that list ( all domains are quick linked to Miniker registration page for quick ... More About: Domains
A new way to resolve domain disputes?
More articles from this author:2008-05-03 18:02:00 TechCrunch today featured an interesting new site called AllRise.com. Although still in beta invite only mode it is a very interesting concept. The site allows users to file a complaint against anyone and anything and utilize the public to resolve the “dispute” by voting. Users can choose to prosecute, defend as well as vote particular arguments ... More About: Domain , Disputes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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