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12 Ways to Get Rich in the New TLD Gold Rush (Part 1)
Get your creative juices going. A lot of people in the domain name industry are opposed to new top level domain names. But their eventual approval is inevitable. Rather than focusing on what’s wrong with a massive introduction of new top level ...
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12 Ways to Get Rich in the New TLD Gold Rush (Part 1)
Get your creative juices going. A lot of people in the domain name industry are opposed to new top level domain names. But their eventual approval is inevitable. Rather than focusing on what’s wrong with a massive introduction of new top level ...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 11:11 am
Domain Name Wire
Sorry, You Can’t Boycott a Top Level Domain Name
Some adult operators want to boycott .xxx. Yeah, good luck with that. I understand why some adult web site owners are upset about .xxx. But trying to boycott the new top level domain name is a ridiculous idea. Before its rally at the ICANN meeting in...
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Sorry, You Can’t Boycott a Top Level Domain Name
Some adult operators want to boycott .xxx. Yeah, good luck with that. I understand why some adult web site owners are upset about .xxx. But trying to boycott the new top level domain name is a ridiculous idea. Before its rally at the ICANN meeting in...
Discussion
March 28, 2011, 10:15 am
Domain Name Wire
Norwest-Backed Startup Buys BlueJeans.com for $150,000
Blue Jeans Network pays six figures for ideal domain name. Last week I wrote about how a startup with $41M in backing from venture capital heavyweights Sequoia and Bain Capital bought Color.com for $350,000. Now comes news from old school domain inve...
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Norwest-Backed Startup Buys BlueJeans.com for $150,000
Blue Jeans Network pays six figures for ideal domain name. Last week I wrote about how a startup with $41M in backing from venture capital heavyweights Sequoia and Bain Capital bought Color.com for $350,000. Now comes news from old school domain inve...
Discussion
March 27, 2011, 11:33 am
Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest Goes to Barcelona
Show returns to home of first ever DOMAINfest. DomainSponsor‘s DOMAINfest conference has announced dates for its June conference in Barcelona, the site of the first ever DOMAINfest conference back in 2006. The event will take place June 7-9, 20...
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DOMAINfest Goes to Barcelona
Show returns to home of first ever DOMAINfest. DomainSponsor‘s DOMAINfest conference has announced dates for its June conference in Barcelona, the site of the first ever DOMAINfest conference back in 2006. The event will take place June 7-9, 20...
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March 25, 2011, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Picks Senegal for October Meeting
ICANN heads to western Africa this fall. ICANN’s October 2011 meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the non-profit announced today. Dakar is Senegal’s capital and is home to two million people. The last meeting ICANN held in Africa was ...
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ICANN Picks Senegal for October Meeting
ICANN heads to western Africa this fall. ICANN’s October 2011 meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, the non-profit announced today. Dakar is Senegal’s capital and is home to two million people. The last meeting ICANN held in Africa was ...
Discussion
March 25, 2011, 12:04 am
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
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
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
Domain Name Wire
Tim Gordon Can Keep Gordons.com Despite Jeweler’s Complaint
Jewelry giant goes after guy’s last name. Tim Gordon registered Gordons.com back in 1995. It was an obvious domain name for him given his family’s last name. But in 2011, more than 15 years after he registered the domain name, a Zale Corp...
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Tim Gordon Can Keep Gordons.com Despite Jeweler’s Complaint
Jewelry giant goes after guy’s last name. Tim Gordon registered Gordons.com back in 1995. It was an obvious domain name for him given his family’s last name. But in 2011, more than 15 years after he registered the domain name, a Zale Corp...
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March 23, 2011, 10:15 pm
