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Elliot's Blog
Guest Post: The Domain Market Is Booming, And It’s No Wonder Why
This is a guest post from Jason Miner, who oversees Afternic’s Sales, Business Development & Customer Service departments while also guiding the Product and Development teams. With over 6 years at Afternic and more than 15 years o...
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Guest Post: The Domain Market Is Booming, And It’s No Wonder Why
This is a guest post from Jason Miner, who oversees Afternic’s Sales, Business Development & Customer Service departments while also guiding the Product and Development teams. With over 6 years at Afternic and more than 15 years o...
Discussion
March 21, 2012, 12:35 pm
Elliot's Blog
Mike Mann Launches Two .CO Websites Using BankAds
New landing sites of ours using premium .Co #domains: “www.Bank.co” and “www.CreditCards.co” — Mike Mann (@mikemanndotcom) March 20, 2012 A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article discussing the launch of BankAds...
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Mike Mann Launches Two .CO Websites Using BankAds
New landing sites of ours using premium .Co #domains: “www.Bank.co” and “www.CreditCards.co” — Mike Mann (@mikemanndotcom) March 20, 2012 A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article discussing the launch of BankAds...
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March 20, 2012, 4:20 pm
Elliot's Blog
Escorts.com Saga Over for National A1 Advertising
It appears that the Escorts.com saga involving National A1 Advertising (and R.S. Duffy, Inc.) has finally come to an end. Last November, the companies pled guilty to a money laundering conspiracy charge, and the companies were sentenced yesterday in ...
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Escorts.com Saga Over for National A1 Advertising
It appears that the Escorts.com saga involving National A1 Advertising (and R.S. Duffy, Inc.) has finally come to an end. Last November, the companies pled guilty to a money laundering conspiracy charge, and the companies were sentenced yesterday in ...
Discussion
March 20, 2012, 12:44 pm
Elliot's Blog
Will gTLDs Change the Domain Industry?
Will gTLDs Change the Domain Industry? I don’t want to weigh in here to possibly influence the vote tally, but I am curious whether you think the new gTLDs are going to change the domain industry. I am not asking about specific changes to any p...
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Will gTLDs Change the Domain Industry?
Will gTLDs Change the Domain Industry? I don’t want to weigh in here to possibly influence the vote tally, but I am curious whether you think the new gTLDs are going to change the domain industry. I am not asking about specific changes to any p...
Discussion
March 20, 2012, 11:07 am
Elliot's Blog
Have You Used a Video to Sell a Domain Name?
I haven’t tried this method before, but I heard about someone using a YouTube video to try and close a domain sale, and I thought it was interesting. The domain name listed for sale in the video is Electronic.com, and there is a link to its Sed...
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Have You Used a Video to Sell a Domain Name?
I haven’t tried this method before, but I heard about someone using a YouTube video to try and close a domain sale, and I thought it was interesting. The domain name listed for sale in the video is Electronic.com, and there is a link to its Sed...
Discussion
March 19, 2012, 5:07 pm
Elliot's Blog
Break Down of My Domain Names TLD
Compared to many full time domain investors, I have a pretty trim domain portfolio. I keep anywhere from 15-25 significantly valuable domain names in my portfolio (like Torah.com, Burbank.com, Planners.com, CallCenters.com, DogWalker.com…etc) ...
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Break Down of My Domain Names TLD
Compared to many full time domain investors, I have a pretty trim domain portfolio. I keep anywhere from 15-25 significantly valuable domain names in my portfolio (like Torah.com, Burbank.com, Planners.com, CallCenters.com, DogWalker.com…etc) ...
Discussion
March 19, 2012, 12:20 pm
Elliot's Blog
NameJet Bidding: I Wish There Was a Reminder Email
I was outbid on the NameJet auction for VisitSouthAfrica.com, and I didn’t want to bid higher until the final moments of the auction. I figured that I would end up having a better chance to get the name at a better price if I was bidding increm...
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NameJet Bidding: I Wish There Was a Reminder Email
I was outbid on the NameJet auction for VisitSouthAfrica.com, and I didn’t want to bid higher until the final moments of the auction. I figured that I would end up having a better chance to get the name at a better price if I was bidding increm...
Discussion
March 17, 2012, 2:48 pm
Elliot's Blog
Rick Schwartz Sends Email Regarding SaveMe.com UDRP
I read about the recent UDRP filing for SaveMe.com, a domain name Rick Schwartz bought over 10 years ago. The company that filed the UDRP owns a ccTLD version of the domain, which appears to have been registered just in 2010. In my opinion, this look...
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Rick Schwartz Sends Email Regarding SaveMe.com UDRP
I read about the recent UDRP filing for SaveMe.com, a domain name Rick Schwartz bought over 10 years ago. The company that filed the UDRP owns a ccTLD version of the domain, which appears to have been registered just in 2010. In my opinion, this look...
Discussion
March 17, 2012, 12:20 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sedo: “We Will be Compensating You For The Parking Decrease”
Last Friday, Sedo informed its parking customers about a malicious Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack the company was facing, which impacted its parked domain names. Apparently, Sedo techs were able to alleviate most of the affects of the at...
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Sedo: “We Will be Compensating You For The Parking Decrease”
Last Friday, Sedo informed its parking customers about a malicious Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack the company was facing, which impacted its parked domain names. Apparently, Sedo techs were able to alleviate most of the affects of the at...
Discussion
March 16, 2012, 2:34 pm
Elliot's Blog
Contest: Guess the Sale Price of Social.org
I told you about the upcoming auction of Social.org on NameJet. Backorders for the auction need to be placed by March 19th, and the no reserve auction will run from March 20-23. There are already over 300 bidders and the current bid is close to $4,00...
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Contest: Guess the Sale Price of Social.org
I told you about the upcoming auction of Social.org on NameJet. Backorders for the auction need to be placed by March 19th, and the no reserve auction will run from March 20-23. There are already over 300 bidders and the current bid is close to $4,00...
Discussion
March 15, 2012, 3:08 pm
