By: Raymond Hackney Elliot Silver wrote an interesting article today about Frank Schilling and .xxx. Make sure you read it its a good post. The most interesting thing for me was the fact that Frank Schilling purchased .xxx names before there was an approved .xxx extension. The article says he paid seven figures for some […]
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Music Industry has concerns over .Music
In an article on Billboard.biz, it seems there are many in the music industry concerned over the possibility of a .music extension. From the article:This time, they're taking their case to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an agency of the Department of Commerce that is soliciting feedback on new proposed rules for how new […]
Continue ReadingHow domain related companies fared in a big market sell off today
Demand Media, symbol DMD has its relationship to domaining through its ownership of ENOM. The stock traded at a new low of $8.27 before closing at $8.46. Marchex Inc., symbol MCHX a large internet advertising play and the company that purchased the domain portfolio of Yun Ye for $165 million, traded off 5.3% to close […]
Continue ReadingI got your back, I mean your backorder
Showing again how when you run a registry with no consistentcy, several other things pop up that are ridiculous. In March of 2010, .TV changed their game. They did away with premium renewals. The thing that made the extension get called out in a negative light, looked like it had been fixed. But while people […]
Continue ReadingSeoShare.info at $9805 on Go Daddy Auctions, REALLY ?
The one year old domain, seoshare.info has 40 bids and a price of $9805 on Go Daddy Auctions. There is no Alexa score and Go Daddy shows little traffic listed in the auction listing. There are almost five days left on the auction, so it will be interesting to see where auction ends. UPDATE, looks […]
Continue ReadingA chat with Igal Lichtman (Mrs. Jello)
Some know the name others new to the industry may not. Known to the domaining world as Mrs Jello, Igal Lichtman has been a successful entrepreneur for over 25 years. Lichtman started out in 1986 as the founder, chairman and CEO of Magic Solutions International, a software company in the field of help desk & […]
Continue ReadingGo Daddy Auctions lowers commission to 10 %
On 6/13/11 we wrote a post about Go Daddy raising auction commission to 15 % from 5 % Today the sales commission has come down to 10 %. This is for Go Daddy Auctions, not premium listings which is 30 %. So the worry about will new investors change Go Daddy ? Has one change […]
Continue ReadingQuick chat with Thunayan Khalid AL-Ghanim (elequa)
Thunayan Khalid Al-Ghanim founded Future Media Architects and is best known in the domaining world as Elequa. Thunayan first came on the radar screen of domain investors when Ron Jackson interviewed him for DN Journal. Dn Journal interviewed him in April of 2003 in the second cover story ever done at the time, and then […]
Continue ReadingDr. Chris Hartnett turned down $250,000 for StockMarket.tv in 2007
We get to hear what the big .com guys turn down all the time. Berkens through WWMI.com, Schilling at DomainNameSales and Schwartz at Ricksblog.com. In an interview at Allthings.tv, Dr. Chris Hartnett a long time domainer and someone with an incredible story, told Ammar that he turned down $250,000 for StockMarket.tv in 2007. He also […]
Continue ReadingYou have to punch at your own weight class
By: Raymond Hackney I think its good to read the stories of successful people and try to learn from them. The domain industry has a lot of success stories and they are worth reading. But you have to be careful in this business with such a low barrier to entry. People think hey Rick Schwartz […]
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