Tag Archives: rick latona

Wed 24th June 2009
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Domain Name News Worth Reading - Two articles you should take the time to read. Over the past 24 hours I’ve read two great domain name articles I want to pass along. The first is an editorial by Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Law at George Mason University. Rabkin discusses what ICANN independence from U.S. oversight would actually mean. He points out that independence may be a bad thing, even for countries that disdain U.S. control: Down the road, one can imagine demands from Brussels that ICANN ... read more ...
Fri 19th June 2009
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Can Rick Latona Save TRAFFIC Conference? - Latona will add needed spark to domain conference franchise. TRAFFIC was the first big domain name industry conference. It was also the first to do many innovative things, such as offer a compelling live domain auction. But lately its star has faded. Attendance is down, and don’t just blame the economy. When I asked people before the last TRAFFIC if they were going, a common response was “It’s not relevant anymore”. They blamed lackluster programming ... read more ...
Fri 22nd May 2009
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Two Unique Domain Conferences on Tap for June - TRAFFIC ccTLDs and Domain Roundtable round out first half of year. Domain conference goers have been treated to many options this year, and two more events are coming up next month. These conferences will be very different from the typical conference, with unique programming and cities as a backdrop. TRAFFIC ccTLDs will take place in Amsterdam June 1-4. Rick Latona is organizing the event, which will focus exclusively on country code domain names. Many of the speakers ... read more ...
Wed 8th April 2009
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Domain Name News Bytes for Apr 8 - Brief notes about what’s going on in the domain world. There are a lot of stories I haven’t gotten to lately. Here they are in brief. Don’t want your WordPress site to get hacked? Richard Douglas, who helped me yesterday when it happened to me, put together a great post of WordPress security tips. Since many of you have asked about my conference schedule for the next few months, my current plans are to attend GeoDomain Expo in San Diego and Domain Roundtable ... read more ...
Mon 6th April 2009
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Rick Latona Auctions Extended Auction Ends Sunday - Extended auction from Phoenix Forum ends Sunday. Yesterday Domain Name Wire published an interview with Rick Latona about his live adult domain name auction at the Phoenix Forum. Although the auction failed to meet expectations, the silent online auction may pick up some of the slack. The auction, hosted at Proxibid, includes over 600 adult domain names. At the high ends are category killer domains such as XXX.com and WebCam.com, but there are also many names ... read more ...
Sun 5th April 2009
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Rick Latona Speaks His Mind About Domain Auction - Latona explains what went wrong in live domain auction. Rick Latona’s adult domain name auction at The Phoenix Forum didn’t go as well as expected. In an e-mail interview with Domain Name Wire, Latona says what went wrong and his take on live domain auctions at non-domainer events. 1. How do you think the results were? What were you shooting for? Latona: We think the results were terrible and completely unacceptable. I take full responsibility and know that ... read more ...
Fri 13th March 2009
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Name.com Launches Domain Name Sales Newsletter - Registrar will send list of domains for sale 5 days a week. Domain name registrar Name.com is joining a growing list of organizations offering “domains for sale” newsletters. The first newsletter was sent today. The newsletter is sent Monday through Friday and includes domain names owned by Name.com’s brokerage and managed clients. Prices will range anywhere from $20 to tens of thousands of dollars. Sign up information is on Name.com’s web site. Domain ... read more ...
Mon 9th March 2009
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Country Code Domain Name Forum Launches - Rick Latona launches ccTLD forum. Domain name investor Rick Latona has launched a forum dedicated solely to the discussion of country code top level domain names. Fittingly, he bought a premier domain name for the forum: ccTLDs.com. The forum includes separate sections for each of the major, non-commercialized top level domains (no .tv or .me here). It appears that Latona’s director of marketing Ray Neu (son of TRAFFIC co-founder Howard Neu) will be spearheading ... read more ...
Thu 20th November 2008
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A Tale of Two Auctions - Yesterday’s Aftermarket.com auction started out great. Then it flopped. I thought yesterday’s Aftermarket.com auction went great. And I still thought that well after the auction was over. Why? Because I didn’t watch the second half. I watched the first 25 or so auctions from my office, and then packed up and headed home. The first 25 lots went great. The sell through rate was high and the auctioneer was lively. The online interface was greatly improved ... read more ...
Fri 3rd October 2008
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Top 5 Domain Name News Stories Sep 2008 - A look back at the past 30 days in domain news. As the world’s economies made headlines, the domain industry chugged along. Here are the top 5 news stories on Domain Name Wire for September, ranked by views. 1. Dell: “We’re F’d” – Dell is either creating a new line of highly interactive computers or is making defensive domain registrations. Within minutes of this article going up, the traffic from Dell HQ in Round Rock, Texas started hitting Domain Name ... read more ...
Thu 25th September 2008
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Backdrop for this Week’s Domain Auctions is Shaky - This week’s onslaught of domain auctions couldn’t have come at a more unstable time. Call it the week of domain name auctions: two from Moniker, plus auctions from Rick Latona Auctions, Aftermarket.com, and Sedo. Also call it the week of economic uncertainty. Yesterday afternoon the backdrop for the Aftermarket.com auction was knowledge that President Bush was going to address the nation about the financial crisis just a few hours later. In that speech, he ... read more ...
Wed 24th September 2008
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Rick Latona Domain Name Auction Off to Screaming Start - Rick Latona’s highly anticipated auction takes place in New York today. Update: Here are the results. Rick Latona Auctions, LLC’s first live auction will take place at the TRAFFIC conference in Brooklyn today. The auction goes live at 1:30 PM EDT today. Last night Moniker held the first of its two auctions, which was modestly successful but certainly didn’t quell fears about how much money people have to invest in domains right now. But today the story will ... read more ...
Wed 10th September 2008
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Rick Latona Auctions Teams adult With Domain Capital - Latona inks agreement with Domain Capital to provide financing. Rick Latona has partnered with Domain Capital to provide financing for domains purchased through his newsletter and Rick Latona Auctions, LLC (which will be holding a live auction at this month’s TRAFFIC show). Additionally, Latona is paying 10% of the down payment on domains he sells when financed through Domain Capital. In a press release, Latona noted that Domain Capital typically requires a 40% ... read more ...
Wed 27th August 2008
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Rick Latona Auction to Be Simulcast on Web; Other Updates - Auction at TRAFFIC conference will allow for remote bidding. Rick Latona announced that his auction at next month’s TRAFFIC conference will be simulcast on the web. The auction will use Proxibid, which Latona calls the “biggest and best online auction company in the business.” Latona’s auction will include his own domains, including some real winners such as SecurityAlarms.com, LotteryNumbers.com, and Cyberspace.com. It is unclear how the reserves and pricing ... read more ...
Fri 22nd August 2008
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How to Edit Domain Submissions to TrafficZ Auction - If you submitted domains to the TrafficZ/Aftermarket.com auction at TRAFFIC, here’s how to add descriptions to each of your domains. If you’ve already submitted domains to the TrafficZ auction taking place at TRAFFIC next month in New York, you should consider adding descriptions to each of your domains. (If you haven’t yet submitted domains, here’s a quick tutorial.) The process for adding descriptions is fairly simple. Log in to your auction manager at ... read more ...
Thu 17th July 2008
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Rick Latona Enters Live Auction Circus - Latona latest to throw hat into TRAFFIC conference auction hoopla. Rick Latona has announced on his blog that he will be auctioning domains at September’s TRAFFIC conference in New York. Latona joins Moniker and Thought Convergence (TrafficZ) at the conference, and up to two other auctioneers. In his post, titled “Go Big or Go Home”, Latona writes: I’ve become the largest individual reseller and broker of domains in the business because I’m a domainer ... read more ...
Mon 16th June 2008
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July Issue of Modern Domainer Ships Soon - Latest issue of Modern Domainer features domain blogs. The July issue of Modern Domainer magazine will be shipping soon, and Domain Name Wire got a sneak peek. The issue tips the scales at well over 100 pages and is Modern Domainer’s biggest issue yet. This issue’s main feature is the “Domainer’s Blog Bible”: As Modern Domainer chronicles the domaining and parked industries, the voices of a small handful of those on the avant-guard continue to be the ... read more ...