Monthly Archives: December 2009

Wed 2nd December 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
DNW Radio: Rick Latona Discusses TRAFFIC Conference - DNW Radio interviews Rick Latona about the upcoming TRAFFIC Conference. It’s hard to believe, but the next domain name conference is next month. This will be the second TRAFFIC conference organized by Rick Latona, but the first under his multi-year licensing agreement with TRAFFIC’s founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu. What does Latona have in store? Find out in the latest episode of DNW Radio. You can listen to the podcast below, or read the transcript. If ... read more ...
Tue 1st December 2009
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Cyber Monday Kicks Black Friday’s Ass - Marketing-optimization firm Coremetrics said today sales from Cyber Monday were up, almost 14% from last year. Other findings for Cyber Monday Coremetrics included: Consumers spend an average of $180.03 per order this year, compared to $130.24 in 2008, an increase of over 38%. Consumers bought almost 30% more items per order this year. Coremetrics said apparel and jewelry retailers enjoyed the “biggest jumps in the average dollar amount consumers spent per online order, up 26.4% and 14.3%, respectively.” Department ... read more ...
 
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“Discover How we Make $100-$300 A Day Flipping Domains” - That is the title of course offered by the QuickFlipFormula.com which was the subject of a press release issued today. The course is the product of the world famous domainer, Ivan Correces, and for a mere $47, Mr. Correces will teach you: “””The exact flipping formula you can use over and over again to generate cash you can pocket.  How to purchase $10 domain names and double, triple or quadruple its online value.”” “”All you need is a laptop and an internet connection. Start ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Scores Another Whois Privacy Patent - Domain name registrar firms up patents related to whois privacy. GoDaddy was today awarded U.S. patent 7,627,633 (pdf), a divisional patent for its previously awarded whois proxy patent 7,130,878. This patent for “Proxy email method and system” relates to the email masking portion of its whois privacy service. In the system, a proxy email address is displayed in whois. Email sent to this proxy email address is then forwarded to the domain owner’s actual email ... read more ...
 
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SnapNames Awarded Patent for “Demand formed domain name auctionability” - Domain auction site awarded another patent. Domain name auction platform SnapNames has been awarded U.S. patent 7,627,628 (pdf) for “Demand based domain name auctionability.” The patent’s abstract describes a system that triggers a domain as auction worthy if there is a certain level of demand for it: A method for identifying a registered domain name as auctionable is provided. The registered domain names may be pulled from a database of desired domain names, ... read more ...
 
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Three Registrars Lose ICANN Accreditation - ICANN sends termination notices to three registrars. ICANN is terminating the accreditation of three domain name registrars for failing to pay their bills. The three domain name registrars — Hosting365 Inc, OOO “Russian Registrar”, and R.B. Data Net LTD — each owe past due accreditation fees. Hosting365 Inc owes $28,089.20 according to ICANN. Apparently there have been some disputes with the registrar and its owners in the past. Operating under the name ... read more ...
 
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Octane360 Monetizes Long Tail Geo Domain Names - Company provides scalable solution to monetize long tail geo domains. Connecting local businesses to customers is a huge business. But it has always presented a challenge to owners of long tail geo domain names, such as (City)DaySpa.com. A couple scalable platforms exist to let you build out these domain names, but monetizing them with anything other than PPC has proven elusive. That’s where Octane360 comes in. The Los Angeles-based company provides a platform ... read more ...