Archive for February, 2008

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I'm continually amazed to see how many new domainers are joining the industry every month. Let's face it: Domaining is the perfect business, and word is spreading quickly around the world. There are no barriers to entry, there's a thriving wholesale and growing retail market, and you don't have to be a superstar to make […]

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Live blogging the Affiliate Summit Domain Auction Results - no guarantees on accuracy etc. The list below only contains sold domains.

Domain
Reserve
Sold at

clientdiscount.com
No Reserve
$300.00

PortableInkJetPrinters.com
No Reserve
$200.00

LowInterestRateCreditCards.net
$1 - $5,000
$300.00

AnnuityPolicy.com
$1 - $5,000
$2,500.00

SkateboardsForSale.com
$1 - $5,000
$4,250.00

PaymentPlan.org
$1 - $5,000
$750.00

MoneyBackOffers.com
$1 - $5,000
$2,000.00

AffiliateNetworkSales.com
No Reserve
$200.00

PregnancyCenters.com
$5,001 - $10,000
$6,750.00

SinglesWeekend.com
$1 - $5,000
$2,750.00

WomenInformation.com
$1 - $5,000
$800.00

AffiliateLists.com
$1 - $5,000
$500.00

ChineseNoodles.com
No Reserve
$8,000.00

ChemotherapyClinics.com
$1 - $5,000
$600.00

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Forgive me for missing out on the obvious additional misuse of another racist domain name, Niggers.com which is owned by the “Anti Hate Association” and currently is displaying a parking page by Sedo. Is the Anti Hate Association aware of how their domain is being used?
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UPDATE : Within minutes of running this story we are receiving reports that the http://www.Nigger.com page has been taken down, while http://nigger.com may still be up. I’m guessing DNS will propogate throughout the day and this page will no longer show by day’s end.
Nigger.com, a domain name containing likely of one of the […]

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As many of you know I'm exploring how much capital value domains are worth. As a part of this while I was at TRAFFIC I conducted a little experiment. Each person that I spoke to I asked them how much they thought progolfer.com was worth.

It was a really interesting…

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According to a press release from the law firm Kabateck Brown Kellner, a federal class action lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California against domain name registrar Network Solutions and ICANN. The suit clam that the NSI has forced customers into buying domains from the company rather than through […]

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According to their press release, Go Daddy is the first registrar to follow participate in the new ICANN Data Escrow Program. The company is partnering with Iron Mountain, the ICANN designated Registrar Data Escrow Agent.
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I think that the aeroplane hadn't moved about 10 feet from the Las Vegas terminal before I was sound asleep. In fact, I can't even remember the plane taking off or landing in Los Angeles. The same could be said for the long haul flight from LAX to Melbourne.

So…

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