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Elliot's Blog
Skip Hoagland Making News in Hilton Head
In my opinion, Skip Hoagland and his companies own some of the top geographic domain names (in addition to great descriptive domain names). According to various articles on DN Journal, Hoagland and his companies own names like Atlanta.com, BuenosAire...
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Skip Hoagland Making News in Hilton Head
In my opinion, Skip Hoagland and his companies own some of the top geographic domain names (in addition to great descriptive domain names). According to various articles on DN Journal, Hoagland and his companies own names like Atlanta.com, BuenosAire...
Discussion
January 29, 2012, 9:21 am
Elliot's Blog
TossPillows.com – A Buying Opportunity?
I spent the morning at the New York International Gift Fair piers, and one of the things I noticed was that there were a lot of companies selling toss pillows. There were all sorts of fabrics, colors, sizes, and designs – literally thousands of...
Discussion
TossPillows.com – A Buying Opportunity?
I spent the morning at the New York International Gift Fair piers, and one of the things I noticed was that there were a lot of companies selling toss pillows. There were all sorts of fabrics, colors, sizes, and designs – literally thousands of...
Discussion
January 28, 2012, 3:04 pm
Domain Shane
A Quick Poll: Will These Three Names Sell at DomainFest?
It’s simple. Click yes or no……..and one personal question at the bottom .. . And the bonus Quipol
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A Quick Poll: Will These Three Names Sell at DomainFest?
It’s simple. Click yes or no……..and one personal question at the bottom .. . And the bonus Quipol
Discussion
January 28, 2012, 11:52 am
Domain Shane
The Weekend’s Big List of Domains At Auction or Dropping
Hoping to unveil a new layout to the blog this weekend if all goes well. Some will like it, some will not. Kind of like my new haircut that I also will be unveiling this weekend. So as you can see, its going to be a very exciting tw...
Discussion
The Weekend’s Big List of Domains At Auction or Dropping
Hoping to unveil a new layout to the blog this weekend if all goes well. Some will like it, some will not. Kind of like my new haircut that I also will be unveiling this weekend. So as you can see, its going to be a very exciting tw...
Discussion
January 28, 2012, 3:03 am
The Domains
One Of The Top Spanish .Com In The World Just Changed Hands: Viajes.com (Travel)
One of the top Spanish .com in the world just changed hands yesterday. The domain name Viajes.com which is Spanish for Travel has been transferred by Domain investor Christian Chena to World Internet Projects, of Barcelona Spain. Chris is a very succ...
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One Of The Top Spanish .Com In The World Just Changed Hands: Viajes.com (Travel)
One of the top Spanish .com in the world just changed hands yesterday. The domain name Viajes.com which is Spanish for Travel has been transferred by Domain investor Christian Chena to World Internet Projects, of Barcelona Spain. Chris is a very succ...
Discussion
January 27, 2012, 4:06 pm
Domain Shane
Imgur.com Has Become the 35th Most Visited Site in the U.S.: Meet Its Creator Alan Schaaf Part 2
Back in 2009 I met a young man named Alan Schaaf. Alan had created a site called Imgur that was catching fire. It was becoming THE photo hosting site for social aggregation sites like Reddit and Digg. Two years and 6 MILLION visits ...
Discussion
Imgur.com Has Become the 35th Most Visited Site in the U.S.: Meet Its Creator Alan Schaaf Part 2
Back in 2009 I met a young man named Alan Schaaf. Alan had created a site called Imgur that was catching fire. It was becoming THE photo hosting site for social aggregation sites like Reddit and Digg. Two years and 6 MILLION visits ...
Discussion
January 27, 2012, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Moniker publishes final DOMAINfest auction list
Two more valuable domain names added to auction. Moniker has published the final list of domains for next week’s live domain auction during DOMAINfest, as well as the online auction to follow. Bargain.com and Democracy.com have been added to th...
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Moniker publishes final DOMAINfest auction list
Two more valuable domain names added to auction. Moniker has published the final list of domains for next week’s live domain auction during DOMAINfest, as well as the online auction to follow. Bargain.com and Democracy.com have been added to th...
Discussion
January 27, 2012, 11:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com’s Quidsi about to launch home decor shop Casa.com
Casa.com is next online store from Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit. Mi casa su casa… Earlier this month I scooped that Quidsi, the company behind Diapers.com, Soap.com, Wag.com, and YoYo.com, was working on a new store called Casa.com. Quidsi h...
Discussion
Amazon.com’s Quidsi about to launch home decor shop Casa.com
Casa.com is next online store from Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit. Mi casa su casa… Earlier this month I scooped that Quidsi, the company behind Diapers.com, Soap.com, Wag.com, and YoYo.com, was working on a new store called Casa.com. Quidsi h...
Discussion
January 27, 2012, 11:22 am
Domain Name Wire
USPTO to Karsten: not so fast with .PING
Trademark office sends office action to PING Golf brand owner. On Wednesday I posted a list of 115 trademark applications that could be related to new top level domains, along with their current status. The USPTO has a policy of not granting trademar...
Discussion
USPTO to Karsten: not so fast with .PING
Trademark office sends office action to PING Golf brand owner. On Wednesday I posted a list of 115 trademark applications that could be related to new top level domains, along with their current status. The USPTO has a policy of not granting trademar...
Discussion
January 27, 2012, 11:10 am
Elliot's Blog
Use the Hello Bar to Sell a Website
I believe it’s more difficult to sell a domain name with any type of development as compared to a parked domain name. Many people who are unfamiliar with the Whois database will type in a domain name to see if someone is using it. If they see a...
Discussion
Use the Hello Bar to Sell a Website
I believe it’s more difficult to sell a domain name with any type of development as compared to a parked domain name. Many people who are unfamiliar with the Whois database will type in a domain name to see if someone is using it. If they see a...
Discussion
January 27, 2012, 11:03 am
