Sedo released their 2014 first half domain market study on July 31. One of the things that stood out to me was a quote from Tobias Flaitz, the CEO of Sedo. Mr. Flaitz said, ““It’s exciting to finally start seeing new TLDs being traded and already commanding significant market value,” Where is the excitement ? […]
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Not everyone is Dot “Sexy”
The right actors in a video can help it really pop, and then sometimes the skit is so outrageous that the actor can’t keep from breaking character. There is a new video out from DNPost.com that was giving .sexy a little plug. The video is a parody of the “I’m a Mac and I’m a […]
Continue ReadingA Parody Video on New gTLDs
DNPost.com put out a little parody video mocking the new gtlds. There was more to this post that will be posted in an updated post shortly. Here is the parody video
Continue ReadingFinally The One New gTLD I was Interested Made it to General Availability
Well the one new gtld I was interested in went into General Availability yesterday, .Media was the one extension I had interest in, that interest stems from media.com related names being a focus. It looks like according to Ntldstats.com that .Media did roughly 2883 registrations on the first day of GA. So we are clear […]
Continue ReadingGo Daddy Reviews/Ninja Auction Today – Here is a look at the corresponding .coms
With only 5 out of 25 names getting bids so far, the .Ninja/.Reviews auction will close tonight on Go Daddy at 8 pm Eastern time. I decided to take a look at the corresponding .coms when you remove the dot. Some think these are the beneficiaries of any new gtld development, while others think those […]
Continue ReadingWhen It Comes To New gTLD Investing Stick to your gut
As a domain investor, and this article is geared to those who look to buy and sell domains only, other registrants will have different reasons and philosophies. For the domain investor focus on you first and foremost, what you think, what you see. Read to learn more, read the opinions of those you respect, but […]
Continue ReadingColin Campbell from .Club Goes Where Most Registry Operators Would Not
Colin Campbell from .Club is a brave man, he has decided to leave the luxury box and get down into the mosh pit. Mr. Campbell joined Namepros and got right into it in the “Official I Hate Gtlds Thread” His first post: I just joined Namepros. Although, I have been in the industry for years […]
Continue ReadingWin an iPad from .Club – Courtesy of Name.com
Name.com (an advertiser of this blog) is running a contest with .Club to win a free ipad.In typical Name.com fashion the name of the game in non conformity, third place is the best place. You-can-make-your-own-rules-when-you-get-your-own .CLUB Contest 1st place: a trophy filled with candy. 2nd place: Google Hangout or Skype call with the name.com office where we all […]
Continue ReadingIt’s A Profit Deal
In the 1979 Steve Martin classic The Jerk, Martin plays Navin Johnson, a likeable rube who at one point is working at a carnival and guesses the weight of people walking by for a small fee. I’ve already given away eight pencils, two hula dolls and an ashtray… …and l’ve only taken in $15. Navin, […]
Continue ReadingQuartz “An anti-Obama dentist just bought up the best new Democrat domain names”
Leo Mirani wrote an article today for Quartz, that profiled a Florida dentist who went out and regged dozens of high profile .democrat domains. USA.democrat might not be a bad one but some of the others not so sure. On Wednesday (May 21), the .democrat top-level domain (TLD) went on sale to the general public. […]
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