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• DomainHoldings Rings Up Six-Figure Sale
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• Website Hacked
• Things to Look in Expiring Domain Names
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• Sales Observations
  I was just reading Sedo’s recent state of the domain report and these statistics jumped out: the lowest per quarter sales for at least the previous four quarters average sales price of $2,225 46 percent of total sales this past quarter were for dom…
  - 16 Nov 12, 7:55am -
• Hat Trick
  I just returned from the TRAFFIC domain conference in South Florida last night and was quite moved to have won the prestigious Domainer of The Year Award for the third time. The REAL honor (and award) is just being nominated, but getting the hat-tric…
  - 11 Oct 12, 12:29pm -
• Lobster
  I’m not sure what it is about summer that makes time spent working, seem to inch-by so slowly. The Olympics were an additional distraction this year, a one-two punch of long days and the spectacle of competition in London may help explain why colle…
  - 7 Sep 12, 2:38pm -

• newIf you want to be a Successful INVESTOR, Stop Being a WHORE!
  Morning Folks!! If you can't handle the truth then stop reading and go buy a comic book. I have stated for years that the bar to entering domaining is very low and when you look at how some look at their business it becomes obvious. Even domain flipp…
  - 11 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:32am -
• Office of Medical & Scientific Justice, Inc. GUILTY, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH)
  Morning Folks!! As reported by TheDomains.com last Friday...... Office of Medical & Scientific Justice, Inc. represented by Matthew H. Swyers of The Trademark Company, LLC, Virginia, USA. was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH)…
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 4:41am -
• The Domain Industry. The Industry that Doubts Itself.
  Morning Folks!! How can it be?? How does it happen? An industry of such strong willed folks that are also strong doubters in what they themselves do. It is so sad to see folks reacting in a short term manner in what is a life long marathon. There is…
  - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 5:39am -

• newWeekend Musings
  Hello, happy Saturday, and welcome to my weekend musings. As I said in my last musing, I’m going to be adding more photos to this weekly post, I’m a photo nut and loving sharing my photos and since I don’t do it much on my blog I thought my wee…
  - 9 hours ago, 18 May 13, 8:41am -
• Don’t Expect Your Buyers To Know Anything About Domain Name Transfers
  About 90% of the domains we sell at Linton Investments go to end-users, normal people who are buying a domain name for their company or a brand new business they’re starting. While they often have a particular domain in mind or a list of names they…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 5:34pm -
• Fashion Friday: Fashion Metric Founders Interviewed On WearToClick
  Good morning, happy Friday, and welcome to another Fashion Friday here on MorganLinton.com! It has been an incredibly busy and exciting time at Fashion Metric and this week an interview with me and Daina was published on WearToClick as a part of thei…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 9:42am -

• newYou snooze, you lose: HMI .com sold for five figures

  

   DomainGang : Domain investor and pilot extraordinaire, Andy Booth, was up late partying this Saturday morning; then he apparently noticed the quality domain name HMI.com being offered for sale with a BIN price. Despite receiving offers as high as $…
  - 13 hours ago, 18 May 13, 5:02am -
• newPortfolio of Assets or Portfolio of Liabilities? What is an Asset?

  

   Symbolics.com : An asset is any resource that a businessowns that can be of future economic benefit to the firm. That's a basic, oneline definition of an asset. An asset is purchased to generate cash flow and to increase the firm's operations … C…
  - 13 hours ago, 18 May 13, 5:02am -
• newYou *Can* Become a Successful Investor by Flipping

  

   Domaining Tips : Earlier today, Rick Schwartz wrote a post I kind of disagree with in the sense that his strategy is the optimal approach for his specific financial situation but not necessarily the best approach for everyone.Rick is probably the m…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 13, 4:19am -
• newFacebook Tells Appellate Court to Like Decision

  

   Howard Neu, The Internet Lawyer : Facebooks Like feature is vital to 500 million people who share ideas on the social network and must have freespeech protection under the U.S. Constitution, a lawyer for the company told a federal appeals court. An…
  - 15 hours ago, 18 May 13, 2:39am -
• newNumeric Domain Names are in Demand

  

   Eilliot's Blog : It seems like every domain broker is looking to get their hands on one type of domain name – numeric domain names. Every time I have a conversation with a broker where we are discussing domain names for sale, I am asked if I know…
  - 16 hours ago, 18 May 13, 1:45am -

• Hack Days at DomainTools

  

  For those of you not familiar with the term “hack day”, it’s commonly used among technical professionals when referring to free time at work to focus on something that is outside of your daily, required workload. I can only imagine that the phr…
  - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 9:16am -
• Analysis of .PW Domain Registrations One Month After Launch

  

  The launch of .PW has received a great deal of attention because it can indicate the kind of reception new gTLDs may receive.
  - 10 days ago, 8 May 13, 2:38pm -
• DomainTools on the Road

  

  This May is a busy month for DomainTools! We're exhibiting at three conferences this month (back to back) that are specific to the financial services, anti-counterfeiting and trademark audiences.DomainTools will be talking to conference attendees a…
  - 17 days ago, 1 May 13, 9:21am -
• 5 Things To Know About Managing Your Domain Information

  

  All too often the Support Team here at DomainTools receives disconcerting stories from registrants who have no control over their domain names or websites. What is entirely surprising is how many registrants shift control of their business’ domain…
  - 23 days ago, 25 Apr 13, 3:55pm -
• 5 Tips for Developing a Competitive Intelligence Strategy Using DomainTools

  

  As a marketer, I rely on a wide range of tools every day to track campaign ROI and gain insight into the health and impact of the various DomainTools marketing programs I run. Some of the tools I use (such as Twitter, ExactTarget, Facebook, and Link…
  - 33 days ago, 15 Apr 13, 11:14am -

• ICANN headcount exploding 50% this fiscal year

  

  Non-profit plans to continue hiring in all departments. ICANN expects to end FY 2013 this June with nearly 50% more employees than it began the year with. That’s according to the non-profit’s FY 2014 draft operating plan, which shows an expected…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 7:22am -
• ICANN expects 646 new TLD applications to be withdrawn

  

  ICANN forecasts 646 applications will be withdrawn, mostly after the initial evaluation period. 66 applications for new top level domain names have been withdrawn as of today. For budgeting purposes, ICANN projects that number will explode to 646 bef…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 6:54am -
• Donuts offers to participate in private auction for 63 new TLDs

  

  Largest new TLD applicant commits to resolve up to 63 new TLD contention sets through first private auction. Donuts, the company that applied for the most top level domain names, announced today that it will commit to private auctions for 63 of the 3…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 6:00am -
• What they’re saying about the GAC’s safeguard advice
  Is the GAC right? It depends on who you ask. The ICANN New gTLD Board Committee request for comment on the GAC’s safeguard advice has closed, and the reply period will open soon. Here are some select comments, along with links to the full comments.…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 11:16am -
• Are you dialing back domain investments as you wait for new TLDs?
  Are new TLDs changing the way you approach domain investing? Tucows filed its 10-Q yesterday. In the report, Tucows suggested that domain name investors may be proceeding cautiously with aftermarket domain purchases this year as they wait for new top…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 8:20am -

• Two failures among latest 44 new gTLD results
  ICANN has released its weekly batch of new gTLD Initial Evaluation results and it includes the program’s second and third failures. Two dot-brand applications — .olayangroup and .mckinsey, filed by Olayan Investments and McKinsey Holdings — did…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 10:30am -
• Donuts puts 63 new gTLDs to private auction, but at least 17 are dead on arrival
  Donuts has committed 63 of its 307 new gTLD applications to a private auction next month, but at least 17 of them are doomed already because rival Uniregistry won’t take part. Donuts, which does not want to enter into joint ventures with competing…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 7:06am -
• ‘Whistleblower’ claims cronyism and fear at ICANN
  An anonymous individual claiming to be an ICANN staffer has warned the organization’s board of directors about senior-level cronyism and a “climate of fear” among employees. However, DI’s private conversations with other ICANN staffers sugges…
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 5:26am -
• Donuts hires the face of the new gTLD program
  Portfolio gTLD applicant Donuts has hired Michele Jourdan, who until last week was head of new gTLD communications at ICANN. She has joined the company as director of sales and marketing, according to her LinkedIn profile. Applicants and others follo…
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 4:50am -
• Ombudsman probing “late” new gTLD objections
  ICANN’s Ombudsman Chris LaHatte has received complaints about some new gTLD objections that were apparently filed after the submission deadline but are being processed anyway. Two companies have officially called on LaHatte to tell ICANN that “la…
  - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 3:21am -

• newSHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 18th
  Long story short.  Godaddy sucks today and Namejet is pretty solid.  Aaron made it by the nursery yesterday and got a glimpse of my day.  He said I didn’t look comfortable just sitting and talking with him with all the activity and customers aro…
  - 14 hours ago, 18 May 13, 3:56am -
• SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 17th
  Aaron of AccidentalDomainer and I are going to try and get together again today to see how we can conquer this domain name business thing.  I figure if we get 15 minutes together we should both be millionaires in the next few months. I could be wron…
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 3:32am -
• SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 16th
  One of the better days for names in the last 3 weeks.  Couldn’t fit them all in and saved one for myself.  What is it?  That’s not important. You have to let me have at least one name every once in a while.   Enjoy the day and the names. “I…
  - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 3:22am -
• SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 14th
  Mark had a great little tidbit on buying domains yesterday.  He talks about people being cheap and missing the huge opportunity of putting in a little extra money and buying quality domains rather than a little each time on junk.  We don’t keep s…
  - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:33am -
• SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 13th
  Some decent names on the board but as we’ve all seen there aren’t very many good names coming up in the reseller market this spring.  But why would there be?  People aren’t letting the good names accidentally expire or drop and people are les…
  - 5 days ago, 14 May 13, 3:34am -

• Sedo Is In The Porn Business?
  Wait a minute, what? When did Sedo become a porn website? ***WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW – DO NOT LOOK IF OFFENDED BY NUDITY*** Let me start off by saying I don’t know how long or if anyone else has noticed this before, but this is a first for m…
  - 8 Feb 12, 10:09am -
• Submit A Domain Name For Sale On Domaining.com’s Newsletter Today!
  Francois, owner of Domaining.com, has organized a special domain name sales newsletter that will benefit sellers and bloggers. The idea is for the blogging community to promote January 9th’s Domaining.com newsletter, giving it more eyes for sellers…
  - 4 Jan 12, 5:09pm -
• .ME’s Premium Auction At Sedo Closed With $167,708 In Sales
  Although the .ME registry completed their premium .me domain name auction last week, I haven’t seen any posted sales, so I figured I would share some information about it. In short, of the 178 domain names listed for sale about 41% (73) met reserve…
  - 9 Nov 11, 12:11pm -

• Domaining Coupon Codes – May 9, 2013
  This week is the week of domain registrations under 2$ . here is the registrars which allows you to register domains under 2$ Register.com 99 cent Domains! ( Us and Canada Costumers only ) …….. Network Solutions: Limited Time Only 99 Cent Domains…
  - 10 days ago, 8 May 13, 9:32pm -
• Domaining Coupon Codes – April 30, 2013
  This week is the week of domain registrations under 2$ . here is the registrars which allows you to register domains under 2$ Register.com 99 cent Domains! ( Us and Canada Costumers only ) …….. Network Solutions: Limited Time Only 99 Cent Domains…
  - 18 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 7:48pm -
• Domaining Coupon Codes – April 10, 2013
  Hot .Com domain Offers: Godaddy .Com domains 3$ .Com domain names expires april 16 2013 . $3.00 price for the first year of one new or transfer .COM per customer. Additional years or .COMs may be purchased for $9.99 per year. Discounts cannot be used…
  - 38 days ago, 10 Apr 13, 5:50pm -

• Two Reasons Nashville.com's David Castello is Doing a Happy Dance
  Domain industry giant David Castello ( who is also a life long musician) moved to Nashville a couple of years ago to manage the career of an upcoming rock star and play drums in her trio. While there David has also been spending a lot of his time wor…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 2:31pm -
• Companies in the News: NameMedia's BuyDomains.com, Sedo & Hilco IP Auctions
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: BuyDomains.com has unveiled a slick new website aimed at end users, Sedo had good news and bad news in its latest quarterly financial report and Hilco Streambank added some new domains to a special IP auction th…
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 5:35pm -
• Select.com Tops This Week's Sales Chart With Seller Getting 1,100% Return on His Investment 
  Select.com has the penthouse suite on this week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart at DNJournal.com after veteran domain investor Michael Bahlitzanakis closed a $120,000 deal for the domain - one that Michael originally acquired for just $10,000.
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 3:56pm -
• TRAFFIC Keeps Live Auction Tradition Alive With Catalog Release for May 30 Sale in Las Vegas
  Live domain auctions have been a fixture at TRAFFIC conferences ever since the pioneering event staged the first one ever in 2005. Another live auction will be part of the 24th conference in the popular series at the end of this month in Las Vegas a…
  - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 6:46am -
• Stop the Presses! Change of Plans for the Big Water Night Party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas
  A big fund raising party for the Water School was going to piggyback on this month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference but the Water Night event has now been absorbed INTO T.R.A.F.F.I.C. and will run Thursday night (May 30) instead of opening night…
  - 8 days ago, 10 May 13, 2:00pm -

• newNFL’s ReggieBush.com Official Site’s Domain Name Drops
  The domain name ReggieBush.com dropped today and was picked up by NameJet.com where it currently at auction.The domain name had 61 backorders placed on it, and as usual in the cases where famous entertainer or athletes domains drop, we do not report…
  - 6 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:21pm -
• newZynga Claims Trademark Rights To “With Friends”
  According to Techcrunch,  Zynga who recently launched runningwithfriends.com, and also owns and operates Words With Friends®, Chess With Friends®, Scramble With Friends®, Hanging With Friends™, Matching With Friends™, Gems With Friends™ and…
  - 11 hours ago, 18 May 13, 6:42am -
• ANA: “ICANN Fails to Address Key Concerns About New gTLD’s”
  On a post on its blog, The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) rips ICANN for failing to “address Key COncerns About New gTLD’s“”ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) in late April announced that it would push…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 12:41pm -
• 40 New gTLD’s Apps Pass IE: .Chrome; .BBC; .AmericanExpress; .BMW; .Ads
  ICANN just released 40 more new gTLD’s that passed Initial Evaluation today.Some of the highlights of those applications passing IE are Google’s applications for .Chrome, .Soy, .How, and .Ads; The British Broadcasting Corporation application for…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 10:27am -
• ICANN Still Has Virtually No Revenue Coming In From Last Resort Auctions
  If two or more applicants applied for the same new gTLD unless the parties can resolve their contention between themselves the parties go to an ICANN last resort auction.We have chatted before that we expect some of the new gTLD string auctions to g…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 8:36am -

• Symbolics Turns To Selling Pixel Ads For Revenue
  The oldest domain name in the world – Symbolics.com – has turned to selling pixel ads to generate revenue. I’ve received an email from Aron Meystedt, owner of Symbolics.com and XF.com, informing me of the news. A press release has …
  - 26 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 6:04am -
• Sears Wins 96 Domain Name UDRP
  The National Arbitration Forum yesterday awarded Sears Brands, LLC (complainant) the transfer of 96 domain names previously held by Zhichao Yang (respondent) of China in a UDRP decision. Sears Brands LLC submitted a complaint on March 1, 2013 to the…
  - 39 days ago, 10 Apr 13, 1:29am -
• The Demise Of iMountain.com Web Host – Sad To See Them Go
  I think it was sometime at the end of 2007 or at the beginning of 2008 that I bought a clustered web hosting package at a solar-powered web hosting provider called imountain.com. It was then that my 5 year experience …
  - 45 days ago, 4 Apr 13, 12:20am -

• newNumeric Domain Names are in Demand

  

  It seems like every domain broker is looking to get their hands on one type of domain name – numeric domain names. Every time I have a conversation with a broker where we are discussing domain names for sale, I am asked if I know of any good number…
  - 10 hours ago, 18 May 13, 7:45am -
• Domain Due Diligence: Previous Marketing

  

  Before buying a domain name, it’s a given that you need to do your due diligence for a variety of reasons. The primary issue I want to discuss today is previous marketing attempts for the domain name. In my opinion, there are two reasons you will w…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 8:42am -
• NameMedia Job Opening: Premium Domain Name Analyst

  

  I saw a NameMedia job opening on LinkedIn, and I want to share it in case you might have an interest. NameMedia, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is looking to hire a “Premium Domain Name Analyst.” Usually, I hear about job openings at domain ind…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 1:01pm -

• .IN.NET - New Internet Address for India, Launching June 17th
  The Directi Group, India's largest supplier of domain names, has launched a new internet addressing domain '.IN.NET'. The new privately operated, Indian focused address will offer shorter, more memorable, first choice names which are otherwise hard t…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 10:45am -
• ICANN at the Inflection Point: Implications and Effects Of the GAC Beijing Communique
  Author's ForewordAlthough this article was first published just a few days ago, on May 8th, there have been several important intervening developments.First, on May 10th ICANN released a News Alert on "NGPC Progress on GAC Advice" that provides…
  - 5 days ago, 13 May 13, 11:38am -
• What New gTLD Applicants Need Is a Quick, Lightweight Answer to the World's Governments. Here It Is.
  It's safe to say that with just a week to go before ICANN intended to sign the first contract for a new gTLD, the last thing anyone wanted was a 12-page document from the world's governments with 16 new "safeguards", six of which it wants to see appl…
  - 8 days ago, 10 May 13, 2:39pm -

• newDomain Flips and Flops: $100k on Fotograf.de, 10x on Purchased.com, 2x on Domains.in, more
  AccidentalDomainer.com: Here are a few more recent domain flips, with data courtesy of DN Journal and NameBio. HolisticGroup.com – Sold for $2,000 recently, vs $200 in 2007. Acquired by a company that uses HolisticCommunityCare.com for their email…
  - 5 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:35pm -
• newNFL’s ReggieBush.com Official Site’s Domain Name Drops
  TheDomains: The domain name ReggieBush.com dropped today and was picked up by NameJet.com where it currently at auction.The domain name had 61 backorders placed on it, and as usual in the cases where famous entertainer or athletes domains drop, we…
  - 6 hours ago, 18 May 13, 12:21pm -
• newYou snooze, you lose: HMI .com sold for five figures
  DomainGang: Domain investor and pilot extraordinaire, Andy Booth, was up late partying this Saturday morning; then he apparently noticed the quality domain name HMI.com being offered for sale with a BIN price. Despite receiving offers as high as $15…
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 13, 11:02am -
• newYou *Can* Become a Successful Investor by… Flipping
  DomainingTips.com: Earlier today, Rick Schwartz wrote a post I kind of disagree with in the sense that his strategy is the optimal approach for his specific financial situation but not necessarily the best approach for everyone.Rick is probably the…
  - 8 hours ago, 18 May 13, 10:19am -
• newFive Figure Website Sales at Flippa For The Week
  DNF Blog: There were no six figure sales this week on Flippa, the high sale was BetterVitamin.com at $28,000. There were a couple cool concepts in this weeks sales chart. Flippa even had a .mobi site sell for $10,000. BetterVitamin.com $28,000 27 bi…
  - 8 hours ago, 18 May 13, 10:08am -

• newYou *Can* Become a Successful Investor by… Flipping
  Earlier today, Rick Schwartz wrote a post I kind of disagree with in the sense that his strategy is the optimal approach for his specific financial situation but not necessarily the best approach for everyone.Rick is probably the most talented domai…
  - 8 hours ago, 18 May 13, 10:19am -
• The Renewal Cost of a Domain = Pocket Change
  … but that doesn’t mean you should register thousands of “meh, it’s only 8 bucks” domains because when renewal time is around the corner, it would definitely add up I said this a while back as well: let’s assume you have a budget of $8,…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 12:18pm -
• Dot Coms at $0.99, $2.49 and $2.95
  Time for this week’s GoDaddy coupons I’m pretty sure the $2.49 and $2.95 coupons work for all countries, not sure about the $0.99 one though.It might work as well but I don’t know for sure, didn’t try it personally.The $2.49 and $2.95 co…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:16pm -
• Step Away from Your Keyboard… Sloooowly
  Most domainers/entrepreneurs *need* to spend more time away from the Internet in order to become better at… making money on the Internet?!? It sounds weird but it’s true.Too much of a good thing can be bad for you and the Internet is no exceptio…
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 1:11pm -
• To Sell or Not to Sell?
  Some people don’t sell unless they genuinely receive an offer they can’t say no to, nothing wrong with that. However, in my opinion, it isn’t the optimal approach for most domainers due to budget-related constraints. Sure, if you have a *lot*…
  - 4 days ago, 14 May 13, 5:36pm -

• newYou snooze, you lose: HMI .com sold for five figures
  Domain investor and pilot extraordinaire, Andy Booth, was up late partying this Saturday morning; then he apparently noticed the quality domain name HMI.com being offered for sale with a BIN price. Despite receiving offers as high as $15,000, the Dut…
  - 7 hours ago, 18 May 13, 11:02am -
• Dunkin Donuts to offer free domains
  Coffee and donuts shop, Dunkin Donuts, is expanding its deliciousness into new, untapped territory: domain names. Often challenged by supposedly hip and pseudo-upscale coffee shops, such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts is on the rise in large metropolita…
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 9:33am -
• Mosquitno abuzz with failure to sting .com in UDRP
  Mosquitno is a family-run business based in Kansas City, Missouri, that formed in 2009. That same year they rolled out a range of “all-natural mosquito repellent bracelets” and applied for a trademark in 2010, which was granted in 2012. They also…
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:45am -
• Pinup.com: A few thousand short of $90,000 on Flippa
  The top tier domain name, PinUp.com, was put up for sale on Flippa – the smart bidder’s marketplace for buying and selling domains and web sites. Wayne, its lucky owner, has sold several premium domain names on Flippa for thousands of dollars. Su…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:48pm -
• Chiropractor’s video goes viral: Adam, here’s your answer!
  A week ago, Adam Dicker of DNForum asked the following question: “What would an END user type into Google to find a company that develops websites for Chiropractors?” Adam’s inquiry was related to search terms, such as: Chiropractor websites Ch…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:11pm -

• Domain Fresh Ideas
  I hear about the movie industry how hard it is to make a movie these days because 'everything's been done". The Internet and web pages are a relatively newer medium but you get a whisper of this sentiment in developer's discussions and in domainer fo…
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 4:52am -
• The Search Engine Marketing Process
  There are several phases when it comes to the SEM process. A couple of the first steps that you will need to focus on are planning and research, content creation, and campaign creation. Planning and Research When you start the process of planning and…
  - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 4:45am -
• Domain Optimizing – Increase Domain Wealth
  Submitted By: Raaj Kalappuraka Many domainers easily give up on their domain wealth quest after a few months. This happens due to a low CTR (Click Through Rate) or domain keywords that pay pennies which even when totalled over a month makes little ch…
  - 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 4:31am -
• Domaining Weekly Recap
  ICANN switched the June meeting from Jordan to Singapore, proving that ICANN members must have elevated Frequent Flyer miles to enjoy than us common folk. I can't even figure out how I would look across the aisle to a Middle Eastern person with the p…
  - 8 days ago, 11 May 13, 4:06am -
• Drilling for Mobile Clicks
  This is the age of the mobile domain name. Everyone has got not just a cellphone but a smartphone, an Internet portal users can hold in their hands in line at the fast food place, waiting for the movie to start in the theater, and waiting for the kid…
  - 10 days ago, 9 May 13, 3:48am -
• Hot Domain Website Markets
  The domain buying and selling world functions on its own, but the channel where the real websites predict which domain names can become blockbuster successes is also an ongoing dynamic in the domain game online. If you want to get started buying a do…
  - 12 days ago, 7 May 13, 3:38am -
• WTF is the new domain craze? Dot-WTF?
  It came to my attention today that the Polynesian island realm of Wallis and Futuna was launching the registry for its country code .wf. I then started thinking that if they added one island, one tiny dot to the barely sea level Paradise, and named i…
  - 14 days ago, 5 May 13, 3:21am -
• Radio Shack Out of Headphones
  Want headphones? Don't head for the Radio Shack. According to every search I performed this morning, absolutely no headphones are for sale. Even though they feature three sections with multiple categories inclusive for over the head and under the ear…
  - 16 days ago, 3 May 13, 3:01am -
• Domain Business Drivers
  If you are like me you started out in the domain world with very few instructional courses or any type of formal teaching associated with the domains, reselling, webmaster site origination, but the domain world today chases every industry and every h…
  - 18 days ago, 1 May 13, 2:38am -
• Be a Drop Registrar
  Have you ever seen this term? Do you know what it is? Here is my very simple take on this subject. A person that is considered to be a “Drop Registrar” is someone who registers expired internet domain names as soon as they become available or are…
  - 20 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 2:14am -

• What I Learned From Being A Geek In The Adult Industry
  Photo Credit: 401(k)2013Today's post is by Brad Gosse, a self-taught marketer from Ontario, Canada. Brad started his web business in 1997, and has learned a lot from an unexpected source: his work as a self-professed geek in the adult industry.Bef…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 9:57pm -
• Learn From History: Why The Internet Archive Is So Important
  Photo credit:  ecstaticistIn 1996, visionary and research aficionado Brewster Kahle founded The Internet Archive. It's housed in an unassuming San Francisco building, but stores some incredible data: the Archive currently boasts over 281 billion p…
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 7:54pm -
• How To Baseline Your Business In The Philippines
  A laptop and a GoDaddy account - That's all you really need to get started on your entrepreneurial journey today.This wasn't always the case. Some of you are old enough to remember growing up before the internet...before cat pictures and Good Guy…
  - 5 days ago, 14 May 13, 12:03am -
• How I Stalked My Way To a Flippa Guest Post
  Note: Ashwin's guest post pitch cracked me up. He has some great tips on landing a guest blogging spot. Interested in doing the same? Read on: we're always looking for talented contributors to the Flippa blog, and you'll now know exactly how to submi…
  - 6 days ago, 12 May 13, 7:57pm -
• Why smart entrepreneurs are selling their money-making websites
  When you scan through the listings of sites for sale, you'll often see some .... ummm ... unique if not downright comical reasons that people give for wanting to sell their site or internet business. In fact, can you remember the last time someone l…
  - 9 days ago, 9 May 13, 7:10pm -
• Content Marketing: How to Handle Multiple Authors on One WordPress Site
  Many people who use WordPress for their websites are not the only writers on the site. In fact, many may not write anything at all. Instead, they’ll hire others to produce the content for them.Having multiple writers on one site can be tricky bu…
  - 11 days ago, 7 May 13, 7:12pm -
• Why AdSense Went To Shit In 2012
  Barely a day passes without more news reports of our foundering global economy. The impacts of the flaky financial markets impact business online just as much as they do our offline counterparts.We’ve seen this first-hand at Flippa: ad network e…
  - 12 days ago, 6 May 13, 8:10pm -
• How To Write Your Own Terms of Use
  In my last post, I promised to share with you some tips for the creation of good Terms of Use documents, that people would actually read and that would protect you in case of legal trouble. Here's what you need to know to get started:1. Start wit…
  - 13 days ago, 5 May 13, 7:50pm -
• A Quick Guide To Redirects for SEO
  One of the most common mistakes made by website owners is the incorrect use of redirects. Redirects are simply directive your website sends to bots/visitors/crawlers on what to do if they are requesting a specific page, media item or domain. Sounds…
  - 16 days ago, 2 May 13, 11:31pm -
• New on Flippa: Categories
  Let's say you're interested in buying your first website on Flippa. You're an SEO expert, so you search for sites in the SEO category. Thing is, until today, many sites that were about Search Engine Optimisation were listed under Internet Marketing…
  - 17 days ago, 2 May 13, 1:06am -

• newICANN: New gTLD Contracting Webinar
  Join ICANN staff for a New gTLD Contracting Webinar.This webinar session is intended to focus on the Contracting process and identify what information must be provided by the applicant prior to executing a Registry Agreement.Read more...
  - 12 hours ago, 18 May 13, 5:55am -
• new40 New gTLD Applications Pass Initial Evaluation,inlcluding .Chrome , .BBC and .BMW
  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) just passed 40 new gTLD applications,bringing the total numbers of passed applications to 344.Read more...
  - 20 hours ago, 17 May 13, 9:45pm -
• newYale University files UDRP Complain over YaleInvestments.com Domain Name
  Yale University has filed a UDRP complaint at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).The whois records for the domain name shows a registration date of 2012 .Read more...
  - 20 hours ago, 17 May 13, 9:44pm -
• Donuts puts 63 of its 307 new gTLD applications to private auction
  Donuts Inc announced today that it has committed 63 of the 307 new gTLD applications to a private auction to be held on June 3,2013 .This is the first of a planned series of applicant auctions .Read more...
  - 1 day ago, 17 May 13, 8:33am -
• Two More New gTLD Applications Withdrawn : .BOOK and .KIEHLS
  As reflected on ICANN's website,two other new gTLD applications have been withdrawn ,bringing the total number to 66 .Read more...
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:51am -
• Yahoo wins BrandYahoo.com Domain Name in Arbitration
  An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has recently awarded the domain name BrandYahoo.com to Yahoo .The company submitted a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center on March 15, 2013 ,asserting legal rights ove…
  - 2 days ago, 16 May 13, 9:06pm -
• Swedish Prosecutors Ask Court For Right To Seize Pirate Bay Domains
  Swedish prosecutors are attempting to close down The Pirate Bay through having the domain names piratebay.se and thepiratebay.se deregistered.Read more...
  - 3 days ago, 16 May 13, 3:33am -
• Select.com Wins Weekly Sales List at $120,000
  Select.com domain name sold for $120,000,topped Domain Name Journal weekly sales list of reported domain names for the week ending Sunday,May 12,2013. Read more...
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 9:13pm -
• Sedo's No Reserve .CM Auction Ends Today
  Sedo's No Reserve .CM auction ends today .There are 160 .CM domains listed for sale at auction and many good keywords up for auction .Read more...
  - 3 days ago, 15 May 13, 9:12pm -
• Three more New gTLD Applications Withdrawn : .INC , .MAIL and .LTD
  As reflected on ICANN's website,three other new gTLD applications (for .Inc , .Ltd and .Mail) have been withdrawn ,bringing the total number to 63.Read more...
  - 4 days ago, 15 May 13, 4:49am -

• Is Content Still King?
    Without a doubt! (And I am not just saying that because I own a content writing marketplace.) Google updates have come and gone. Some of my network of sites have been killed, others are still at the top and from what I can tell it is the ones tha…
  - 12 Jul 12, 12:15pm -
• What I have seen from Google Penguin
  The best way I can describe the Google Penguin update is chaos. Having almost 50 of my own websites to look at traffic data, analytics, and ranking reports for has provided me with some interesting insight into how I think the update worked. Each on…
  - 22 May 12, 9:00am -
• Back From School and Ready to Go
  I arrived home from Emory yesterday and after a great year I am ready to spend the summer focused on domains and development. I am hoping to apply some of the lessons I learned inside and outside of the classroom to my business. This summer I am goin…
  - 21 May 12, 2:19pm -
• .Me and Godaddy Partner for Scholarship Again and Interview Me
  As some of you might remember last year I applied for and later won a scholarship from Godaddy and the .Me registry. They gave away $100,000 to 10 bright students going into college and this year they are doing it again.   Masa from the .Me team con…
  - 27 Mar 12, 12:19pm -
• How Often to Update Your Website
  One of the most popular questions and comments I get is how often should I update my website? The answer is it totally depends on the industry and site you are looking to maintain. Some ultra competitive areas might need an article a day or week whil…
  - 28 Jan 12, 7:00am -
• Alternatives to the Google Adwords Keyword Tool
  The Google Adwords Keyword tool is one of the most useful tools on the web. I almost always have it open in one of my many tabs in chrome. I have begin to also use a few other tools when doing researching for article, domain names, and competitor re…
  - 11 Jan 12, 6:48am -
• Does Developing Domains Hurt Their Sales Potential
  To put it simply Yes and No. Most people know that I have developed out many of my domain names into small and medium sized websites. But like almost all developers I have more names that I have time to develop so I keep a number of them parked. On…
  - 10 Jan 12, 11:16am -
• Simple Guide to Writing SEO Friendly Articles
  Recently I was trying to explain basic search engine optimization practices for writers to a friend and freelancer and I could not find a good guide on the internet so I figured I would put something quick together. I am by no means an SEO expert, I…
  - 9 Jan 12, 6:57am -
• 9990% Flip with Godaddy Premium Listings
  Since 2009 the stock market (DOW) has moved from 8,000 to around 12,000 which is a huge increase in value. Also in 2009 I purchased the domain PoopBeGone.com for $10 on namepros. Over the 3 years which I owned the domain I received 8 emails about the…
  - 8 Jan 12, 7:41am -
• More Lead Generation in 2012
  One of my major plans for 2012 is going to be to add a new type of monetization to my network of sites.  I have currently use adsense, various affiliate programs from sites like CJ.com and ShareASale.com, direct ad deals, and now I want to add…
  - 5 Jan 12, 7:49am -

• Domain Name News: May 17 Week in Review
  The Week of Domaining In Review: May 17, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Straat Withdraws Application for .book..., GoDaddy.com Bowl Drops .com for..., Ombudsman Probing “Late” New gTLD..., Healthcare Dot, Fiji Moves It Offi…
  - 2 days ago, 17 May 13, 12:05am -
• AirportParking.com: Building the Travelocity of Airport Parking – With Raj Beri
  Oversee.net already had a profitable online ecommerce business with AboutAirportParking.com. So why did they buy AirportParking.com?Learn how Oversee is diversifying their parking aggregator offering, how one site helped jump-start the content of the…
  - 6 days ago, 13 May 13, 5:00am -
• Domain Name News: May 10 Week in Review
  The Week of Domaining In Review: May 10, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.This is How Stupid The..., 887,000 .vn IDN Domains Registered, Domain Name Change Leads to..., Yahoo Wants Out of Its..., Scott Wagner Takes COO and..., Th…
  - 9 days ago, 10 May 13, 12:05am -
• How Chicago.com Is Capitalizing on Place Identity – With Josh Metnick
  Chicago is one of the greatest cities in the world. And the CEO of Chicago.com is preparing to auction off you@chicago.com and http://you.chicago.com to the highest bidder.Hear how Josh Metnick acquired and evolved Chicago.com to its current form, an…
  - 13 days ago, 6 May 13, 4:00am -
• Domain Name News: May 3 Week in Review
  The Week of Domaining In Review: May 3, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Marchex: $36.2 Million Revenue in..., Neustar Reports: Revenue Up..., The 20 ccTLDs That Google..., A Look at .tel’s 14..., YouPorn Owner Settles Lawsuit…
  - 16 days ago, 3 May 13, 2:30am -
• Share a Vision to Sell Your Domain Name – With Michael “Zappy” Zapolin
  Do you have a domain name that defines a product, service or industry – one that a company should want and buy from you if you could only reach the right person at that company with the right pitch?Mike “Zappy” Zapolin is back to help you accom…
  - 19 days ago, 29 Apr 13, 7:00am -
• Domain Name News: April 26 Week in Review
  The Week of Domaining In Review: April 26, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Moms.com Sells for $252,000 in..., Avaya Inc. Found Guilty of..., Network Solutions Files Domain Privacy..., GAC Claims Its First New..., Hilco to Auctio…
  - 23 days ago, 26 Apr 13, 2:05am -
• The Hardest Working Man in the Domain Name Industry – With Shane Cultra
  You are probably like today’s guest: You learned about the Internet and domain names in 1995 or 1996, but domain names were expensive and “the good ones” were taken. Although Shane Cultra dabbled in domaining, he mainly considers his fruitless…
  - 26 days ago, 22 Apr 13, 7:00am -
• Domain Name News: April 19 Week in Review
  The Week of Domaining In Review: April 19, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Google Reports: Revenue Up 31%;..., Texas Fertilizer Plant Explodes;..., Lawyer Asks: How The Hell..., Paul.com Fights Pauldotcom.com Over Trademark...,…
  - 30 days ago, 19 Apr 13, 2:05am -
• ZipSmart.com Revisited: How to Google-proof Your Business – With Jake Ackerman
  In the past, through its portfolio of category-killer, industry-defining domain names, ZipSmart sites hosted geography-based directories and allowed companies to own their zip code online for products and services and – in the process – to genera…
  - 34 days ago, 15 Apr 13, 4:30am -

• Lucasfilm registers slew of domains for Star Wars Alliance, Bothan Spies, Order 67, Star Wars Rebels, many more
  It was announced this week, that Electronic Arts and The Walt Disney Company signed a multi-year video game agreement which allows them to create Star Wars games. Now Lucasfilm, which was acquired by Disney last year, has registered a slew of new dom…
  - 11 days ago, 8 May 13, 2:11am -
• Electronic Arts registers domains for Battlefield 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20
  Call it defensive or call it long-term planning, but Electronic Arts has gone out and registered dot-com domains for Battlefield 13 all the way through Battlefield 20. On May 2, EA registered each of the names through the brand protection agency Corp…
  - 11 days ago, 8 May 13, 12:34am -
• Beware: Fake ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ beta websites already springing up online
  Another new video game announcement, and with it comes the scammers. Activision officially revealed Call of Duty: Ghosts this week, and now a number of fake beta websites are already online promising unsuspecting users free beta keys to the game. Not…
  - 16 days ago, 2 May 13, 5:36pm -
• Will Microsoft call its next generation console the Xbox Fusion? Domain names point to yes
  If Microsoft has learned anything from its previous mistakes with launching a product without the matching domains — then it’s quite possible that the company’s next generation console will be called the “Xbox Fusion”. Microsoft owns the na…
  - 18 days ago, 30 Apr 13, 5:24pm -
• Salesforce starts redirecting $2.6MM domain social.com to its Salesforce Marketing Cloud site [UPDATED]
  After acquiring the domain name social.com nearly two years ago, Salesforce.com is finally putting it to use. Earlier today, the cloud computing company began redirecting the name to its Salesforce Marketing Cloud website, located at www.salesforcema…
  - 31 days ago, 17 Apr 13, 3:58pm -
• Take-Two continues legal fight over Grand Theft Auto V beta domain names
  Take-Two Interactive has been plagued with scammers who register domain names, and then set up websites that falsely claim to offer beta codes to Grand Theft Auto V, which will release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC later this year. The legal team at Take-T…
  - 42 days ago, 7 Apr 13, 12:56am -
• Microsoft Corporation wins dispute for Xbox Gold domain name
  A single-member panel with the National Arbitration Forum has ordered the domain Xbox-Gold.com be transferred to Microsoft.  Microsoft continues to grow its portfolio of “Xbox Gold” domains, having privately acquired or registered several relate…
  - 47 days ago, 1 Apr 13, 4:29pm -
• Microsoft takes ownership of XboxGold.org domain as rumored reveal date nears
  In no surprise, Microsoft has taken ownership of the domain XboxGold.org, weeks after filing a complaint (Case Number: 1483759) with the National Arbitration Forum. While no official ruling has been announced online, the name was transferred to Micro…
  - 61 days ago, 18 Mar 13, 5:58pm -
• Take-Two going after more Grand Theft Auto V beta scammers, additional complaints filed
  In February, Take-Two Interactive won a dispute over the domain getgtavbeta.com, which was followed by a win over betagtav.com, a phony website that claimed to have beta keys to the game.  Now, Take-Two has a total of four open cases over Grand Thef…
  - 63 days ago, 17 Mar 13, 4:30am -
• Facebook acquires the domain name Instachecker dot-com
  According to WHOIS records, Facebook is now the owner of the domain Instachecker.com. Facebook acquired the name through the internet brand protection company MarkMonitor. Considering the word “insta” in the domain, instachecker likely has someth…
  - 63 days ago, 17 Mar 13, 3:22am -