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Elliot's Blog
BigJumbo Facebook Challenge to Raise $500 for Ronald McDonald House
As you are well aware, I’ve been raising money from the Ronald McDonald House, and things have been going well so far (thank you for that!) I was speaking with Andrew Allemann about ways to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House, and he and ...
Discussion
BigJumbo Facebook Challenge to Raise $500 for Ronald McDonald House
As you are well aware, I’ve been raising money from the Ronald McDonald House, and things have been going well so far (thank you for that!) I was speaking with Andrew Allemann about ways to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House, and he and ...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 5:20 pm
The Domains
HireAHitman.Net Taken Down After Someone Pays Someone $19K For A Hit & Is Now A Landing Page
According to Cnet.com, HireaHitman.net was a site where you could do just exactly that, Hire a guy to whack someone (and the government thought Craigslist was bad). So according to the story Marissa Mark of Jersey ...
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HireAHitman.Net Taken Down After Someone Pays Someone $19K For A Hit & Is Now A Landing Page
According to Cnet.com, HireaHitman.net was a site where you could do just exactly that, Hire a guy to whack someone (and the government thought Craigslist was bad). So according to the story Marissa Mark of Jersey ...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 3:20 pm
Elliot's Blog
Domain Names for Sale
Below are some domain names I am currently offering for sale. First to post “sold” will get the name. Unfortunately, I will not permit comments, as they tend to distract from the sale, and it’s a sale rather than a discussion. Berge...
Discussion
Domain Names for Sale
Below are some domain names I am currently offering for sale. First to post “sold” will get the name. Unfortunately, I will not permit comments, as they tend to distract from the sale, and it’s a sale rather than a discussion. Berge...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 2:42 pm
Elliot's Blog
5 With John Ferber… Interview with Advertising.com Co-Founder
John Ferber is most well known for being the co-founder of Advertising.com, with his brother, Scott Ferber. The Ferber brothers later sold Advertising.com to Time for somewhere in the ballpark of $500 million. While with Advertising.com, John wa...
Discussion
5 With John Ferber… Interview with Advertising.com Co-Founder
John Ferber is most well known for being the co-founder of Advertising.com, with his brother, Scott Ferber. The Ferber brothers later sold Advertising.com to Time for somewhere in the ballpark of $500 million. While with Advertising.com, John wa...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 1:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Former Oversee.net Employee Plans Daily Deals Conference
The “Daily Deals” business is now big enough to have its own conference. You know “daily deals” such as Group are big. But big enough to support an dedicated conference? You bet. Jay Weintraub, who worked at Advertising.com be...
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Former Oversee.net Employee Plans Daily Deals Conference
The “Daily Deals” business is now big enough to have its own conference. You know “daily deals” such as Group are big. But big enough to support an dedicated conference? You bet. Jay Weintraub, who worked at Advertising.com be...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 1:07 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sedo’s Travel Auction Begins Today
Sedo is running a travel-related domain auction beginning this afternoon (March 24) at 1pm EST and running through March 31, 2011. There are over 225 domain names in this auction, and all of them are related to travel (or could be related to tr...
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Sedo’s Travel Auction Begins Today
Sedo is running a travel-related domain auction beginning this afternoon (March 24) at 1pm EST and running through March 31, 2011. There are over 225 domain names in this auction, and all of them are related to travel (or could be related to tr...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 12:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Octane360 Domain Monetization Review (One Year Later)
An update to my review of geo domain monetization solution. It’s been over a year since I provided early results from monetizing domain names on Octane360. I titled my review “Octane360 Takes Domain Monetization Beyond PPC“. Althoug...
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Octane360 Domain Monetization Review (One Year Later)
An update to my review of geo domain monetization solution. It’s been over a year since I provided early results from monetizing domain names on Octane360. I titled my review “Octane360 Takes Domain Monetization Beyond PPC“. Althoug...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
India May Try to Block .XXX
Government may block access to .xxx. India’s government will block access to the .xxx top level domain name, according to an article in The Economic Times. A senior official at the ministry of IT said that the domain goes against the country&rs...
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India May Try to Block .XXX
Government may block access to .xxx. India’s government will block access to the .xxx top level domain name, according to an article in The Economic Times. A senior official at the ministry of IT said that the domain goes against the country&rs...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 10:11 am
The Domains
Apple Starts Enforcing Its “App Store” Trademark Against Amazon & Adult App Site Even Though Microsoft Is Appealing The Trademark
Apple seems to have gone on the offensive to defend it App Store trademark, although the mark has not been approved and actually has a pending objection from Microsoft. According to Bloomberg.com, Apple Inc. filed suit against Amazon.com...
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Apple Starts Enforcing Its “App Store” Trademark Against Amazon & Adult App Site Even Though Microsoft Is Appealing The Trademark
Apple seems to have gone on the offensive to defend it App Store trademark, although the mark has not been approved and actually has a pending objection from Microsoft. According to Bloomberg.com, Apple Inc. filed suit against Amazon.com...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 9:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Sequoia and Bain Capital-Backed Startup Was $350,000 Color.com Buyer
Startup with big funding bought Color.com for $350,000 in December. In December I wrote about a GoDaddy-brokered sale of Color.com for $350,000. We now know the buyer — a hot photo sharing startup with $41 million in funding from Sequoia Capita...
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Sequoia and Bain Capital-Backed Startup Was $350,000 Color.com Buyer
Startup with big funding bought Color.com for $350,000 in December. In December I wrote about a GoDaddy-brokered sale of Color.com for $350,000. We now know the buyer — a hot photo sharing startup with $41 million in funding from Sequoia Capita...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 8:20 am
