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Tue 1st February 2011
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Record Crowd Gathers for DOMAINfest in Santa Monica - Biggest crowd ever packs house for DOMAINfest 2011. DOMAINfest just kicked off today in Santa Monica and new registrations are still coming in. Yet the crowd has already surpassed last year’s record and is quickly approaching 700 people. And while the rest of the country braces for a severe cold spell it’s a beautiful 62 degrees in Santa Monica. At 2 PM local time Oversee.net CEO Jeff Kupietzky will take the stage to talk about the state of the industry and where ... read more ...
Fri 28th January 2011
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Stars Aligning for .Nxt Conference - New gTLD conference timing might end up being perfect after all. Just days after .Nxt Conference organizer Kieren McCarthy lamented that some supporters were asking him to postpone his new gTLD conference, it looks like the timing is better than ever. Yesterday ICANN released documents showing that it is formally invoking the GAC-Board consultation process and intends to approve the final applicant guidebook for new TLDs in March. That makes .Nxt’s February timing ... read more ...
Thu 27th January 2011
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Use a VeriSign Trust Seal to Get More Search Traffic and Conversions - Hidden value of Trust Seal is in higher search click-throughs. When eNom announced last summer that it would start selling VeriSign’s Trust Seal I kind of chuckled to myself. Why would anyone pay $299 a year to display a VeriSign seal on their site? After all, you can get a full-blown SSL certificate from some providers for only $20 a year. But the benefits are more than meets the eye. Perhaps the biggest is increased search engine clicks. Many people who use ... read more ...
 
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Are You Going to DOMAINfest? - Biggest domain conference of the year starts next week. DOMAINfest officially kicks off next Tuesday, February 1 in Santa Monica. Organizers expect to meet or beat last year’s attendance of 650 people. So far attendees are from 28 countries. Registration is still open at a discount rate of $1,295 until Sunday. The conference has a record 37 sponsors (including BigJumbo, which I’ll be representing in addition to covering the event for Domain Name Wire). The ... read more ...
 
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VeriSign Loses Money (Sort Of) as .Com and .Net Top 105 Million - Excluding a one time charge VeriSign reports nice earnings for Q4. VeriSign reported a loss for the fourth quarter of 2010 in earnings just released. So how can the company that prints money with the .com and .net registry lose money? It was a one time charge related to contingent interest on a special dividend that swung the company to a loss. Ignore this one time event and VeriSign had a great quarter thanks to rising domain registrations. The company earned and ... read more ...
Wed 26th January 2011
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Battle of a Forums: Which Domain Forum is Best? - Provide your input on the best domain name forums. Are you one of the 1,000 people who have already taken the 6th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey? That’s how many people have participated in the survey already, and one of the questions they’re answering is “which domain forum is best?” Last year DNForum took home the most votes. The popular gathering spot for domainers has taken home the top prize 4 out of 5 years on the survey. NamePros came in second, ... read more ...
Sun 23rd January 2011
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Dine With an Expert during DOMAINfest, But Frank Schilling is Booked - Hurry if you want to “dine with an expert” at DOMAINfest. DOMAINfest is trying something new at its conference the first week of February: Dine With An Expert. Attendees can reserve a spot at the breakfast or lunch table with a handful of the event’s speakers. So who are the hottest tickets? Frank Schilling and SEO expert Bruce Clay. All 9 of their seats have already been reserved. You also need to hurry if you’d like to sit with Sedo’s Kathy Nielson ... read more ...
Wed 19th January 2011
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Left of a Dot Media Hires Frank Michlick as CTO - Familiar face joins startup domain name monetization company. A new monetization service for owners of premium domain names has hired domain consultant and writer Frank Michlick as Chief Technology Officer, Domain Name Wire has learned. Left of the Dot Media enables domain owners to sell subdomains (i.e. third level domain names) on their existing domains. The company is currently working on Villa.com. For example, a villa owner in Orlando could register orlando.villa.com. ... read more ...
Tue 18th January 2011
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The Biggest Party, err, Domain Conference, is Just a Couple Weeks Away - DOMAINfest quickly approaching. The biggest domain name conference and domainer party of the year is just around the corner. DOMAINfest Global 2011 kicks off Tuesday, February 1 at the Fairmont Hotel in Santa Monica, California. And although you’ll certainly learn a lot at the event, you have to admit a big draw happens each evening. On Tuesday night .Co Internet will host a Polynesian Paradise Party at the hotel’s Pool Terrace and Miramar Gardens. .Co tried ... read more ...
Mon 10th January 2011
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Domain Conference Heads for a Rockies - Conference brings together domain names and snow. Mike Law, who writes the NameTalent.com blog, is organizing the first ever Rocky Mountain Domain Conference (RMDC) February 26 in Denver, Colorado. I’m a big fan of smaller, regional domain name conferences and meetups. They attract a lot of locals that don’t make it to large domain conferences and also bring in some larger domainers and companies from around the country. RMDC will be a one day event on February ... read more ...
Fri 7th January 2011
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Domain Roundtable Bahamas Q & A - What you need to know about this year’s Domain Roundtable Conference. After taking a year off in 2010, Domain Roundtable is back this March. And it’s back in style, traveling to The Atlantis in the Bahamas. I checked in with the Domain Roundtable (DRT) to get the scoop. DNW: Your last Domain Roundtable was in Washington, DC in 2009. Why did Domain Roundtable take a year off in 2010? DRT: We don’t feel compelled to have a show every year; we prefer to host a ... read more ...
Thu 6th January 2011
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DomainTools Turns on “Recent Whois” For Go Daddy Domain Names - Site begins showing older whois records. DomainTools has come up with a (perhaps interim) solution after Go Daddy started blocking some whois services from accessing its full records. Searches at DomainTools for domain names registered at Go Daddy now include a “recent whois record” with the note “We provide this record when data provided by the registrar is missing key information.” Here’s an example: It’s not clear how recent the whois records are and ... read more ...
Tue 28th December 2010
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Two Smart Financial Moves for DOMAINfest Conference - Conference cost increases next week. The domain business’ biggest conference of 2011 is a month away. But you can make two smart financial moves by buying your DOMAINfest conference pass by the end of this week: 1. The price goes up $100 on January 1, so you can save $100 by getting your pass this week. 2. By purchasing in 2010 you can record your expense on this year’s taxes, thus lowering your current tax liability. (You can also do well by purchasing your ... read more ...
Tue 21st December 2010
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Adam Strong Buys NameBio.com - Domain sales database switches hands. Domain investor Adam Strong has purchased the NameBio.com web site, a searchable repository of domain name sales. NameBio was the second notable site of its kind after DNSalePrice.com. Both sites aggregate information about various public domain name sales and present them in an easy-to-filter database. The original owner of NameBio made some great search interface upgrades back in 2008 to the site. He then sold the site earlier ... read more ...
Sun 19th December 2010
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A Fun New Tool to View Today’s New Domain Registrations - Site shows latest registered domain names. There’s a new site to search through today’s (OK, yesterday’s) newly registered domain names: AddedDomains.com. All you do is type in a search term and the site displays domain names including the term that were registered yesterday. It uses an instant search technology, so as soon as you start typing letters you’ll see results displayed in a colorful, whimsical way. Soon you’ll be able to set up e-mail alerts ... read more ...
Wed 8th December 2010
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Like Fantasy Football? Try Fantasy Domaining. - Fantasy domaining contest runs through January 15. Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest conference has an innovative contest going on right now: fantasy domaining. It works similar to fantasy football. But instead of drafting players and watching their Sunday afternoon performance, you draft domain names and watch their pay-per-click performance. Here’s how it works: 1. Select 35 domain names out of 1,000 owned by Oversee.net 2. Pick 25 of these to be your “in game” ... read more ...
Sun 28th November 2010
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Art World Gets Title Insurance, Are Domain Names Next? - You can insure the title of art, but domain names lag behind. I’ve written numerous times about the potential of domain name title insurance. I’ve argued it’s not a profitable product to offer. Although I still feel that way, I was surprised to see an article in the latest Economist about title insurance for art. The article discusses Blanchisseuses souffrant des dents by Edgar Degas, which Sotheby’s listed for sale in an auction. Someone viewing the ... read more ...
 
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Domaining.com To Launch New Domain Escrow Service - New escrow service coming in December. Cybertonic, the company behind Domaining.com, is readying a new domain name escrow service at eCOP.com. The service appears to be only for domain names sold for $5,000 or less and will charge a flat $25 fee. eCOP will not take ownership of the domain name and will only be an intermediary to hold the money until the domain name is transferred. Focusing only on smaller domain name transactions is an interesting idea and I’ll ... read more ...
Fri 19th November 2010
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DOMAINfest Announces Keynote and Improves on Winning Formula - Biggest domain name conference tweaks formula and adds famous author to agenda. The biggest annual conference geared to domain name investors is less than three months away. DOMAINfest Global 2011 will take place February 1-4 in Santa Monica, California. Last year’s event brought together over 600 internet and domain name professionals. Yesterday DOMAINfest organizer DomainSponsor announced a fireside chat/keynote with Ben Mezrich, Author of “The Accidental Billionaires: ... read more ...
 
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Live Current Nixes Karate.com Deal, Changes Course on Perfume.com - Changes in Karate.com and Perfume.com plans. Live Current Media is making some changes. First, back in August the company terminated a venture with Rob Monster’s Domain Strategies, Inc. to co-develop the Karate.com domain name. The agreement was originally inked on May 15, 2009. The two parties decided to discontinue the venture and the domain name was returned to Live Current. Second, Live Current’s new management is changing course on the company’s Perfume.com ... read more ...
Wed 17th November 2010
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New Smartphone App Hopes to Replace Phone Numbers with Domain Names - Product takes advantage of how domain names are easier to remember than phone numbers. I got a pitch for an interesting product today called Siter.com. The idea is that instead of needing to know a phone number to call someone or business you just need to know their domain name. For example, let’s say you need to call your bank to ask a question. Normally on your smartphone you’d need to go to the banks web page and search for their phone number. With Siter.com ... read more ...
Wed 10th November 2010
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Elliot Silver Launches Domain Q&A Site DomainQuestions.com - New site makes it easy to ask and answer questions about domain names. Elliot Silver of ElliotsBlog.com launched a new site for the domain name industry today — DomainQuestions.com. The site makes it easy for domainers to ask questions and get answers from the community, including Elliot himself. The idea stemmed from a problem Elliot encountered. “Just about every day, I receive at least a couple of emails asking for some insight and advice about domain names ... read more ...
Tue 9th November 2010
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Registration Opens for New Top Level Domain Conference - .nxt conference registration now available. If you think you’ve heard a lot about new top level domain names over the past couple years, you haven’t seen anything yet. Next year we may finally see the opening — and perhaps closing — of the application round. Which means it’s crunch time. Anyone interested in new top level domain names should consider attending the .nxt conference. Organized by former ICANN employee and journalist Kieren McCarthy, the ... read more ...
 
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HostingCon Opens Registration for 2011 Event - Early bird registration now available for next year’s HostingCon. HostingCon has opened registration for its 2011 event in San Diego, CA. The show will take place August 8 – 10, 2011 at the San Diego Convention Center. I attended last year’s event in Austin. There were about 1,500 people in attendance, over 100 exhibitors, and a lot of domain name companies. Some of the domain companies that exhibited last year include: Afilias DotMobi eNom ResellerClub and ... read more ...
Fri 5th November 2010
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Epik’s IceCreamMaker.com Back during Top Spot on Google - Site that was de-indexed is back at number one position on Google. That didn’t take long. Epik’s IceCreamMaker.com, which was one of the most cited examples of the network’s sites that were de-indexed from Google about a week ago, has been indexed again. It’s also ranked number one in Google when you search for Ice Cream Maker. Epik’s Luke Webster sent an email to customers today announcing other changes the company has made following the de-indexing of ... read more ...