Archive for June, 2010
What off the beaten path websites do you visit regularly?
Someone asked me recently what my favorite website was. It’s an interesting question really because I rarely have time to use the web as entertainment. To me the question implies that industry related sites don’t count. I’m also discounting the must visit sites like Google, Facebook and your favorite news site. So my question to [...]
Registrars To Increase Domain Prices Tomorrow
Today (30 June 2010) is your last chance to buy or renew .com and .net domain names at existing prices.
As of tomorrow, your favorite registrars will increase .com and .net Read more »
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- Godaddy .net And .org Prices Drop
- Godaddy .com prices go up by 12%
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Top Sedo Sales of the Week: VideoDating.com, KnowYourOptions.com @ $50k USD
Sedo’s sales report for the preceding week has just been released. Highlights include videodating.com and knowyouroptions.com at 50,000 USD each, and vermietung.de (German for “rental”) at 23,000 EUR (appx $28,000 USD). According to the updated whois, KnowYourOptions.com was purchased by Fannie Mae, a secondary mortgage market company. VideoDating.com, now owned by someone who lives near [...]
Afternic Adds API for Large Portfolio Owners
This morning NameMedia has announced the launch of the Afternic Portfolio Manager, which is a web service API that can be used by large domain portfolio holders to manage their names listed on the Afternic Markeplace remotely in realtime.
TurnCommerce [ed. mostly known from their NameBee site], a leading domain development company, has been using the [...]
List #421 of Available Domain Names
Great Names Bring Traffic One the best ways to gain and keep traffic is through a memorable, relevant domain name. Not only does it help your site stand out in search results, it povides instant information about your organization without further explanation. Look through our latest list today and find one of those keyword gems [...]
ICANN Snubs Bulgaria’s Cyrillic Internet Domain Name
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has turned down Bulgaria’s proposal for a domain name in Cyrillic with a “бг” suffix. Bulgaria’s Ministry of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications said it has been informed about the decision late on Tuesday with a letter, which cites the similarity with Brazil’s domain name with [...]
ICANN Approves Chinese IDN
Brussels, Belgium… 25 June 2010… Millions of Chinese language users will soon be able to access the Internet using Chinese script following a decision today by ICANN’s Board of Directors to approve a set of Chinese language internationalized domain names. “This approval is a significant change for Chinese language users worldwide,” said Rod Beckstrom, President [...]
World Class Coupon…$.99 Domains from GoDaddy!
World Class Coupon $.99 Domains! GoDaddy is celebrating the World Cup with a great deal. We have a new GoDaddy coupon for you. Get a new .com/.net/.org registration or transfer for less than a dollar–$.99. We just picked up FairfaxPawn.com a few minutes ago. It will expire after a few thousand registrations so act now. [...]
Lessons Learned Part 2a – The only 3 ways to increase your revenue
This is my third post in my Lessons Learned series and my first about sales and marketing. I may come back to management in the coming days or weeks as I continue to work through these in my own head. As previously stated, this exercise is for my benefit as much as yours. I’m putting them in [...]
Lessons Learned Part 1b – Move Your People
This is part 1b of my lessons learned series. Part 1 is about managing techniques and philosophies. As mentioned in part 1a, this exercise is as much for me as it is for you. I need to type this out to remind myself of what is important. Today’s lesson: Sometimes you hire the right person [...]
.XXX TLD To Be Approved Tomorrow?
According to Kieren McCarthy ICANN’s general counsel read a statement at the start of the public forum at the current ICANN meeting in Brussel, stating that the Board had accepted the results of the independent review panel and thus would approve the .xxx TLD tomorrow. The board had delayed the decision until the 38th ICANN [...]
List #420 of Available Domain Names
Time to Grab Some Names? Now is the time to act for getting a great domains, at the lowest possible price. These domains are all available and ready for registration. What are you waiting for? Let us know your plans and overall thoughts and maybe we will grant you a bonus. You can post your [...]
Trellian Launches Direct Navigation Ad Network
The Australian based company Trellian has just sent an email to its registered users announcing the launch of the “Trellian AdNetwork“, which allows the purchase of direct navigation domain traffic. The traffic originates from the domains parked on the Above.com Domain Parking Manager. According to the note the network reaches over 200 million unique visitors [...]
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Dublin Ireland August 24 – 26
The next T.R.A.F.F.I.C. event takes place in Dublin August 24th – 26th. This will be our fourth event in 2010 and I must say, we are getting better at this. The best part of bringing the show to each corner of the world is meeting the local domainers. We had many domainers from British Colombia [...]
Tucows Donates Domain to Freddie Mercury’s Estate
According to news posted on QueenOnline, the Tucows/OpenSRS’ YummyNames Unit has donated the domain FreddieMercury.com to Freddie’s estate.
From the statement on QueenOnline:
In a recent act of fantastic generosity, domain registrar company Tucows Inc. secured the domain name FreddieMercury.com and donated it free of charge to Freddie’s estate.
We would openly like to thank Bill Sweetman and [...]
Lessons Learned – A new series – Part 1a – Hiring
I’ve decided to take my own advice. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of reorganizing and repositioning within my organization. I’ve been basing many of my decisions on the same cliché‘s I’m always preaching. The thing is, I don’t always listen to my own sermons. So I’m writing a new series based on those simple [...]
Some Nice Names On SnapNames Right Now
The following domain names are either listed for sale on SnapNames, are in auction or are about to drop and can be back-ordered with SnapNames. They are directly linked to Read more »
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List #419 of Available Domain Names
Combing Through the Lists Welcome back to FreshAvails.com. We hope you are able to find a few names you can use. We have combed through the lists of available domains to come up with your best possible keyword and brandable options. We would love to hear your comments. Admin@FreshAvails.com. Happy hunting and Cheers. Like the [...]
Sedo Sells 027.com for $100,000 USD
This week’s reported sales by Sedo are lead by the sale of 027.com, pengyou.com & pengyou.net, each with a sales price of 100,000 USD.
See the full list of reported Sales by Sedo after the jump.
Domain name
Date
Price
Currency
Translation
.COMs
027.com
2010-06-15
100,000
USD
pengyou.com
2010-06-15
100,000
USD
rage.com
2010-06-17
49,999
USD
afiliados.com
2010-06-16
25,000
EUR
Affilliates in Spanish
maro.com
2010-06-14
20,000
USD
fxasia.com
2010-06-16
15,000
USD
conformance.com
2010-06-17
10,560
USD
pluspay.com
2010-06-15
10,000
USD
mirrus.com
2010-06-16
10,000
USD
acebrand.com
2010-06-14
9,999
GBP
savingsaccountrates.com
2010-06-14
8,666
GBP
rentalcarhawaii.com
2010-06-14
8,600
USD
wois.com
2010-06-16
7,600
EUR
rueckenschmerzenhilfe.com
2010-06-16
7,200
EUR
Back pain help in German
todotusoft.com
2010-06-15
6,300
EUR
textpay.com
2010-06-18
6,000
USD
funtree.com
2010-06-14
6,000
USD
starflash.com
2010-06-17
5,600
USD
debtdirect.com
2010-06-17
5,150
USD
ecred.com
2010-06-17
5,000
USD
freelanced.com
2010-06-16
4,999
USD
pvq.com
2010-06-17
4,900
USD
socialgear.com
2010-06-14
4,500
USD
cutv.com
2010-06-15
4,477
USD
visiontec.com
2010-06-18
4,200
USD
evology.com
2010-06-17
4,000
EUR
getglasses.com
2010-06-17
4,000
USD
topdeal.com
2010-06-15
3,995
EUR
adhesivelabels.com
2010-06-18
3,816
USD
acsys.com
2010-06-17
3,600
EUR
ultimatejob.com
2010-06-16
3,500
GBP
abmachines.com
2010-06-17
3,500
USD
jeuxetjouets.com
2010-06-17
3,500
EUR
Games and Toys in French
indiansoulmates.com
2010-06-14
3,400
EUR
360mortgage.com
2010-06-14
3,250
USD
madava.com
2010-06-14
2,800
USD
soulmatefinders.com
2010-06-18
2,573
USD
fourseasonsnurseries.com
2010-06-14
2,500
USD
decoursey.com
2010-06-16
2,500
EUR
deba.com
2010-06-21
2,500
EUR
it-daily.com
2010-06-14
2,500
EUR
solarpanelsystems.com
2010-06-14
2,500
USD
barakuda.com
2010-06-18
2,500
EUR
blankart.com
2010-06-21
2,500
USD
cigaretteswholesale.com
2010-06-18
2,466
USD
aimesn.com
2010-06-17
2,400
EUR
fryzury.com
2010-06-18
2,400
USD
redspace.com
2010-06-14
2,350
GBP
stylea.com
2010-06-15
2,300
EUR
freelancenow.com
2010-06-14
2,288
USD
speers.com
2010-06-16
2,250
EUR
4football.com
2010-06-21
2,250
USD
ullstein.com
2010-06-15
2,200
EUR
antiquesmarket.com
2010-06-18
2,125
USD
your-ad.com
2010-06-21
2,115
USD
handy-flatrates.com
2010-06-16
2,050
EUR
one97.com
2010-06-18
2,000
USD
anniethemusical.com
2010-06-15
2,000
USD
chromeblog.com
2010-06-15
2,000
USD
jeather.com
2010-06-16
2,000
USD
tunika.com
2010-06-21
2,000
EUR
removalsandstorage.com
2010-06-14
2,000
USD
gezocht.com
2010-06-21
2,000
EUR
ibin.com
2010-06-18
1,960
USD
thelem-assurance.com
2010-06-15
1,888
USD
busreizen.com
2010-06-15
1,725
EUR
Bus Trips in Dutch
sicher24.com
2010-06-18
1,676
EUR
capeas.com
2010-06-15
1,650
EUR
jewishsoulmate.com
2010-06-21
1,650
USD
crossalliance.com
2010-06-21
1,553
USD
weedlist.com
2010-06-16
1,500
USD
sexo-brazil.com
2010-06-16
1,500
EUR
Sex Brazil in Spanish
tenio.com
2010-06-14
1,500
USD
oxmi.com
2010-06-16
1,500
GBP
alvinrealestate.com
2010-06-14
1,500
USD
golden-root.com
2010-06-14
1,500
GBP
design247.com
2010-06-18
1,500
USD
8secrets.com
2010-06-21
1,500
USD
ungrateful.com
2010-06-16
1,500
USD
injurylawyeronline.com
2010-06-16
1,500
USD
hostelworlds.com
2010-06-14
1,400
EUR
airpurifierguide.com
2010-06-16
1,400
USD
officesense.com
2010-06-15
1,400
USD
7399.com
2010-06-18
1,300
USD
besthdtv.com
2010-06-15
1,260
USD
worldslump.com
2010-06-21
1,250
USD
howtowinatroulette.com
2010-06-16
1,250
USD
uksoulmates.com
2010-06-18
1,250
USD
usasoulmates.com
2010-06-18
1,250
USD
schweizerkredit.com
2010-06-18
1,250
EUR
rentexec.com
2010-06-18
1,200
USD
estant.com
2010-06-16
1,200
USD
6269.com
2010-06-16
1,200
USD
3626.com
2010-06-15
1,200
USD
anica.com
2010-06-15
1,199
USD
manikuere.com
2010-06-15
1,151
EUR
Manicure in German
jeanberaud.com
2010-06-18
1,150
USD
findnorth.com
2010-06-18
1,100
USD
businesscardshop.com
2010-06-17
1,100
USD
webmasterevent.com
2010-06-21
1,000
USD
solasol.com
2010-06-14
1,000
USD
fuelyourschool.com
2010-06-15
1,000
USD
remodel360.com
2010-06-15
1,000
USD
linkwave.com
2010-06-15
1,000
USD
pingwizard.com
2010-06-14
1,000
USD
hygene.com
2010-06-16
1,000
USD
billglazer.com
2010-06-18
1,000
USD
highspeedscanning.com
2010-06-16
1,000
USD
ezguard.com
2010-06-15
1,000
USD
chromeapplications.com
2010-06-18
1,000
USD
tradimenti.com
2010-06-17
1,000
USD
seslimekan.com
2010-06-18
1,000
EUR
vollkasko.com
2010-06-18
999
EUR
halogenheaters.com
2010-06-18
999
USD
mycreditcare.com
2010-06-15
995
EUR
worde.com
2010-06-14
985
USD
phdinpsychology.com
2010-06-18
975
USD
golfpartner.com
2010-06-16
950
USD
myschoolnotes.com
2010-06-14
950
EUR
salestaxrates.com
2010-06-18
950
USD
ecofast.com
2010-06-18
950
EUR
everycourse.com
2010-06-17
906
USD
musicora.com
2010-06-17
900
EUR
quixilver.com
2010-06-16
900
EUR
elicius.com
2010-06-21
900
EUR
bespokesuits.com
2010-06-15
900
USD
tntgames.com
2010-06-15
899
USD
textty.com
2010-06-18
875
USD
mgmg.com
2010-06-15
850
EUR
date-safe.com
2010-06-18
850
USD
pinews.com
2010-06-17
850
USD
verifiedpositive.com
2010-06-14
825
USD
cruisershop.com
2010-06-21
800
EUR
interback.com
2010-06-15
800
EUR
isafetynet.com
2010-06-16
800
USD
recoweb.com
2010-06-14
800
USD
7element.com
2010-06-16
800
EUR
susta.com
2010-06-18
800
EUR
traslochiroma.com
2010-06-17
800
EUR
chromeplugins.com
2010-06-14
799
USD
salesjokes.com
2010-06-16
799
USD
forgottenfoods.com
2010-06-18
789
USD
digitalbargains.com
2010-06-14
777
USD
kkff.com
2010-06-16
751
USD
austinrvrentals.com
2010-06-14
750
USD
unterhosen.com
2010-06-18
750
EUR
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Communication Problems, finance, support and domain transfers to happen more smoothly
A few months ago we made a radical switch to move all finance, support and domain transfers to our team in Manila. To say that some of our customers have been frustrated would be an understatement. The time difference has been a major hassle. We’d send an email to them, only to get a question [...]
