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Dollar.com bidding up to ?500,000
2008-04-17 14:15:00 A couple of days ago I reported the auction of dollars.com for ?750,000 at Sedo. It appears there has been some bidder withdrawal as the current bid stands at ?500,000 with a bit over a day to go. We shall have to see how this one pans out. More About: Dollar , Bidding
Top 10 most expensive domains ever
2008-04-17 14:10:00 Pizza.com made the headlines recently when it was brokered by Sedo for $2.6 million. Surprisingly this domain does not even make it in the top ten most expensive domain names ever - names whose sales figures were actually made public of course. The Ten Most Expensive Domain Names Ever Sold 1. Sex.com, $12.5 million 2. Porn.com, $9.5 million 3. ... More About: Domains
Godaddy declares April 29th webmasters? day
2008-04-17 00:14:00 Here is an interesting piece of news. Godaddy have announced they are declaring April 29th Webmasters day. “to honor the professionals responsible for the content on Web sites across the world, GoDaddy.com is declaring April 29 Webmasters’ Day.” I think it’s a bit of linkbait from Bob Parsons and his crew, but hey it’s working - I ...
Wordpress 2.5 Upgrade How To
2008-04-16 17:23:00 Wordpress 2.5 came out a few weeks back and my WP 2.3.3 installation kept asking me to upgrade with that yellow warning bar just under the main admin menu. I kept putting it off until I had nothing else to do today so I went about preparing to do the upgrade. Having done this before I ... More About: Wordpress
Domaining How To - A Recap
2008-04-16 13:20:00 I noticed quite a few people visit this blog using search terms like how to start domaining, domaining how to, domaining ebook, domain ebook, domain name ebook so I thought this was as good a time as any to recap some of the articles I have written in the last few months that teach you ... More About: Recap , Domaining
Preliminary list for Domain Roundtable Live Auction
2008-04-16 10:15:00 Domain Tools have put together a preliminary list for their upcoming live auction to be held at the Domain Roundtable domaining conference in San Franciso (April 18th to 21st). The list is still preliminary and is subject to change depending on more entries and some order reshuffling. More About: Domain , Auction , List , Live
Godaddy coupon codes
2008-04-16 09:42:00 I was doing some renewing and registering today with Godaddy and found some cool coupon codes. $6.95 .com (Register,Renew or Transfer) cjc695dom cjchea695 10% off anything cjcsave10 cjchea10 $1 off your order cjcheaone $5 off any order of $30 or more cjchea30 $10 off any order of $50 or more cjchea50 15% of your order of $75 or more cjchea75 25% off your order 75$ or more gds0124a GLW031908 $20 off any order ... More About: Coupon , Codes
202 expired domains
2008-04-16 09:30:00 I was in a really productive mood today. I have posted some 86 lists in the expired domains category in the past, but never has a list contained more then 200 expired domains. This time around, I sent my newsletter subscribers a whopping 202 expired domains! Because you are not subscribed you get to see only ... More About: Domains
The Soviet Union extension .SU just won?t go away
2008-04-15 17:46:00 ICANN is still attempting to get rid of the obsolete SU (Soviet Union ) extension with little success. While they have managed to turn off the .YU (Yugoslavia) extension successfully last year, they are finding rebellion among Russian webmasters, ISPs and the Registry itself. To summerise the dispute so far, September saw ICANN release a statement urging ... More About: Extension , Soviet Union
Canada reaches one million .ca domains
2008-04-15 17:41:00 CIRA - The Canadian Internet Registration Authority - have announced they have hit the magical one million domain names mark for their top level domain name .ca (dot ca ). As one of the world’s most wired nations, Canadians continue to use the Internet for personal and business reasons in ever increasing numbers. Reaching the one ... More About: Canada , Domains , Million
Amateur gives bad domaining advice
2008-04-15 09:56:00 I just read a really interested story over at domainnamewire where Andrew discusses some advice given out by an amateur who believes he has cheated the system somehow. The interesting thing is that the guy dispenses bad domaining advice on a couple of fronts including legal matters. The guy, Zack Katz, writes a post explaining ?How ... More About: Advice , Amateur , Domaining
Latest issue of ICANN Magazine published
2008-04-15 09:44:00 ICANN have announced that The April issue of ICANN?s magazine is out. It was emailed to ICANN’s subscribers on Friday night and has been posted online today, Monday 14 April. You can find it at www.icann.org/magazine In it, they provide updates on three policy areas: translation, SSAC, and new gTLDs. It also provide summaries of all ... More About: Magazine , Published , Icann , Issue
Sedo brokers sale of 770.com for £175,000
2008-04-15 09:42:00 Sedo have release a press release announcing the sale of 770.com for £175,000. Sedo, the leading online marketplace for the buying and selling of Internet domain names, has brokered the sale of 770.com for £175,000 GBP to Casino770, an online gaming operator. Casino770,has purchased the domain name from a private investor. The acquisition of the domain name ... More About: Brokers , Sale
Electron Interactive acquires Storage.com
2008-04-15 09:39:00 Internet advertising firm Electron Interactive has acquired the domain name Storage .com. The exact terms of the transaction were not disclosed, however, it is reported to be one of the largest domain name transactions in 2008. “We are building out our local advertising network one major vertical at a time,” said Electron’s Chief Strategy Officer, Joe Davison. ...
Domain Names Revealed - a domaining ebook
2008-04-14 23:52:00 I just finished reading Domain Names Revealed, a domaining ebook by someone called Ben Page. There are some 72 pages in total in the book. The book starts of explaining the basics about domaining including domain registrations, domain extensions, regulatory bodies, registrars. It’s all quite legible and easy to follow and a good introduction for domaining newbies. The ... More About: Domain Names , Ebook , Domaining
High dollars for dollars.com
2008-04-14 15:29:00 There is an auction going on at Sedo.com at the moment for the domain dollars.com. There are 4 days left till the end of the auction and the current high bid is a massive 750,000 Euro which equates to some $1,187,590 USD. Will definitely be interesting to see this story develop. More About: High , Dollars
Funny twitter account sale on ebay
2008-04-14 13:19:00 There is an interesting post over at Shoemoney pointing to the auction of Andrew Baron’s Twitter account on ebay. The auction has currently reached a pretty high $1,125 considering the fact there are 1,400 twitter followers to the Baron account - and most of those followers could pretty much leave at any time. Baron’s twitter account ... More About: Marketing , Funny , Ebay , Sale
iReit domain pricing blunder
2008-04-14 11:22:00 Someone at iReit.com was probably fired last week. The company sold the following domain names at Afternic at the following prices: ZLI.com $500 RLU.com $900 LLJ.com $602.50 WJA.com $734.50 PQT.com $571.00 Say.org $500 Gut.org $500 Now is it just me or am I right on saying WTF??? That’s about $50,000+ in domain name value minimum! Apparently whoever listed the domains on sale at Afternic ... More About: Domain , Blunder
Domain privacy coupons with Godaddy
2008-04-13 17:58:00 I like to get domain privacy with all the domain names I buy. We all know that currently if you buy 5 and more domain names with Godaddy you get free domain privacy, but what if you are buying less then 5 domain names? If you try and buy 4 domain names and purchase domain privacy ... More About: Domain , Coupons , Privacy
Essential Wordpress Plugins
2008-04-13 02:03:00 Like any blog running on Wordpress , I don’t know where dnxpert.com would be if it weren’t for the numerous wonderful wordpress plugins that it uses almost daily. Because I know there are many people still learning about blogging and using wordpress and all its wonderful features, I thought I’d put together a post outlining the various ... More About: Wordpress Plugins , Plugins , Essential
Aussies rejoice - T.R.A.F.F.I.C coming down under!
2008-04-13 01:29:00 November 18-20th 2008 will see the T.R.A.F.F.I.C conference held at the Sheraton Mirage Restore on the Gold Coast in Queensland Australia. Seeing this is only about 70km from where I live, I for one am extremely pleased with the news. Here is the preliminary agenda as published on the TrafficDownunder site: 17 Nov 2008 (Monday): Pre-Conference Activities ... More About: Aussies
Money.co.uk sold for $2,400,000???
2008-04-13 01:25:00 It appears domainnews has dugg up a bit of interesting news today… money.co.uk selling for $2,400,000! There is no official news yet, but it’s definitely a nice sum if true! The original lead comes from an article on Digg. More About: Money , Sold
130 expired domains
2008-04-12 02:12:00 Another day, another list of expired domains. I sent my newsletter subscribers 130 expired domains today. Because you are not subscribed, you only get to see a sample of that list. All is not lost though, you can subscribe to the newsletter for future lists using the form in the top right corner. It’s free. Without further ... More About: Domains
Free Access To DotSauce Premium Content
2008-04-11 15:42:00 My friend Mark Fulton of DotSauce.com has informed me that for a limited time he is waiving the registration fee for his premium content section. You would usually pay $10 per month for that but you can get it for free now. I would go for that while he is in a good mood :). What ... More About: Free , Content , Access , Premium
159 expired domains
2008-04-10 02:13:00 Today I sent my newsletter subscribers a list of 159 expired domains. Because you are not subscribed to my newsletter, you get to see only a sample of that list. All is not lost though - you can subscribe to the newsletter using the form in the top right corner. It’s free. Here is the sample of ... More About: Domains
Registrars preparing for the .me extension
2008-04-10 00:48:00 The .me extension has been in the works as reported by me here, here and here in the past. Well, it finally looks like the extension will be launched as domain registrars are preparing the sunrise and landrush periods. The .me registry services will be provided by the Affilias Global Registry Services ( affilias.info ), a ... More About: Extension
GoDaddy rollsout Buy It Now feature on TDNAM
2008-04-08 15:47:00 Some exciting news from Godaddy. As you all know they run The Domain Name Aftermarket TDNAM where most of us have picked up a bargain or two over the years - some more then others. Anyways, Godaddy/TDNAM have announced that a new feature has been rolled out for some of the expired domain names at ... More About: Feature
Revenue Domains Exposed - new domaining ecourse released
2008-04-07 13:41:00 My good friend Brian Johnson has just released an e-course that takes you from choosing the right expired domains to buy at various expired domain auctions ( he teaches you how to research and decide which domain is worth the effort ), to developing and monetizing that domain name for maximum profit. When I heard about another ... More About: Released , Domains , Revenue , Domaining
Pizza.com sells for massive $2.6 million!
2008-04-06 01:29:00 Chris Clark of North Potomac, Maryland bought Pizza .com in 1994 with the hope that the domain name would get his firm a consulting contract with a pizza company. In 2000 he closed down his firm but kept paying the $20 renewal fee for the domain name. He sold ads on the domain up until January 2008. After ... More About: Million
110 expired domain names
More articles from this author:2008-04-05 01:25:00 I have put together another list of 110 expired domain names for my subscribers. I encourage you to register your domains through Moniker as they are one of the safest and most well supported registrars around. Because you are not subscribed you only get to see a sample of the 110 expired domains. All is not lost ... More About: Domain , Domain Names , Names 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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