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Elliot's Blog
Occupy Protests Moving Smartly Online
Although the “Occupy Wall St.” protestors’ messages may not be cohesive, their domain name strategy is. I was curious to see if those in the “Occupy” city protests have been buying related domain names, and it appears th...
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Occupy Protests Moving Smartly Online
Although the “Occupy Wall St.” protestors’ messages may not be cohesive, their domain name strategy is. I was curious to see if those in the “Occupy” city protests have been buying related domain names, and it appears th...
Discussion
October 9, 2011, 4:09 pm
Elliot's Blog
Saturday Afternoon Updates: Several Large Sales Reported This Week
Hope you’re having a nice weekend. As much as the death of Apple’s Steve Jobs was somewhat expected, it was still really sad to hear about. In looking around at the devices I use on a daily basis, almost everything important to me is from...
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Saturday Afternoon Updates: Several Large Sales Reported This Week
Hope you’re having a nice weekend. As much as the death of Apple’s Steve Jobs was somewhat expected, it was still really sad to hear about. In looking around at the devices I use on a daily basis, almost everything important to me is from...
Discussion
October 8, 2011, 12:05 pm
Elliot's Blog
Using .CO & .ME Locally
I saw this newspaper dispenser in Portland, Maine this morning and thought of you so I snapped a photo and want to share it. A number of companies in Maine (state abbreviation is ME) are using .ME as if it were its own local ccTLD. This afternoon, I ...
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Using .CO & .ME Locally
I saw this newspaper dispenser in Portland, Maine this morning and thought of you so I snapped a photo and want to share it. A number of companies in Maine (state abbreviation is ME) are using .ME as if it were its own local ccTLD. This afternoon, I ...
Discussion
October 6, 2011, 7:33 pm
Elliot's Blog
Guest Post with Ned O’Meara: Aussie Domain Market News
Firstly, thank you to Elliot for inviting me to do a guest article. I was delighted to be asked. I’m pleased to say that little by little the Aussie market is opening up at last. For those of you that thought there were just too many rules and ...
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Guest Post with Ned O’Meara: Aussie Domain Market News
Firstly, thank you to Elliot for inviting me to do a guest article. I was delighted to be asked. I’m pleased to say that little by little the Aussie market is opening up at last. For those of you that thought there were just too many rules and ...
Discussion
October 6, 2011, 11:48 am
Elliot's Blog
Banks.com Wants to Sell Look.com
Banks.com, a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange / American Stock Exchange, sent out a press release this morning announcing that the company has put Look.com up for sale as part of a divestiture of its “non-core domain asset...
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Banks.com Wants to Sell Look.com
Banks.com, a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange / American Stock Exchange, sent out a press release this morning announcing that the company has put Look.com up for sale as part of a divestiture of its “non-core domain asset...
Discussion
October 6, 2011, 10:10 am
Elliot's Blog
BMA.com Hit With UDRP
When I think of the acronym, BMA, nothing really comes to mind off of the top of my head. Unfortunately for the owner of BMA.com, a company believes its rights supersedes that of the registrant, and it filed a UDRP for the domain name at th...
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BMA.com Hit With UDRP
When I think of the acronym, BMA, nothing really comes to mind off of the top of my head. Unfortunately for the owner of BMA.com, a company believes its rights supersedes that of the registrant, and it filed a UDRP for the domain name at th...
Discussion
October 5, 2011, 6:38 pm
Elliot's Blog
Potential Domain Buyers: Affiliate Programs
I have never been very successful with affiliate offers on my websites, but there are plenty of people that use companies like ClickBank and LinkShare to make a whole lot of money. I am confident saying that there are many young millionaires in that ...
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Potential Domain Buyers: Affiliate Programs
I have never been very successful with affiliate offers on my websites, but there are plenty of people that use companies like ClickBank and LinkShare to make a whole lot of money. I am confident saying that there are many young millionaires in that ...
Discussion
October 5, 2011, 12:44 pm
Elliot's Blog
Go Daddy Gives Hope to Other Charities via “Round Up” at Checkout Option
Earlier this year, I wrote about Go Daddy offering customers the opportunity to “Round Up and Give to Hope for Haiti” while checking out and paying for their products. If selected, the total would be rounded up to the next dollar, and tha...
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Go Daddy Gives Hope to Other Charities via “Round Up” at Checkout Option
Earlier this year, I wrote about Go Daddy offering customers the opportunity to “Round Up and Give to Hope for Haiti” while checking out and paying for their products. If selected, the total would be rounded up to the next dollar, and tha...
Discussion
October 5, 2011, 9:21 am
Elliot's Blog
Afternic Records Nearly $1m in Sales
Afternic had a strong week last week, recording just shy of $1,000,000 in domain name sales, despite not having much in the way of a blockbuster sale. The top three sales, EmergencyShelter.com, EmergencyHousing.com, and Picked.com, were all DLS sales...
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Afternic Records Nearly $1m in Sales
Afternic had a strong week last week, recording just shy of $1,000,000 in domain name sales, despite not having much in the way of a blockbuster sale. The top three sales, EmergencyShelter.com, EmergencyHousing.com, and Picked.com, were all DLS sales...
Discussion
October 4, 2011, 6:05 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sedo Reports $800k in Domain Names, Not Including $700k Sale
Last week’s sales report from Sedo came out today, and the total amount of reported sales is about $800,000 USD. The highest reported sale was 3gstore.de, which looks like it’s been an active website. Memes.com was the second highest sale...
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Sedo Reports $800k in Domain Names, Not Including $700k Sale
Last week’s sales report from Sedo came out today, and the total amount of reported sales is about $800,000 USD. The highest reported sale was 3gstore.de, which looks like it’s been an active website. Memes.com was the second highest sale...
Discussion
October 4, 2011, 4:58 pm
