Unlike Charlie Sheen, Sofia Vergara does control her domain, the Colombian born actress who is the star of the ABC hit comedy "Modern Family" has had her name www.sofiavergara.com regged since 1997. The site features a bio and a wide variety of pics of the actress. There is also a few video clips of Sofia and a […]
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Will Charlie Sheen go after CharlieSheen.com
With all that has gone on over the last few days, Charlie Sheen got fired from two and a half men, he started doing shows on Ustream.tv using the show title Sheen’s Korner. There have been a lot of Charlie Sheen related domains registered. Names like torpedoesoftruth.com and unemployedwinner.com have been regged. But Charlies does […]
Continue ReadingNamepros creates the Namepros Business Directory
Namepros now has at the bottom of each page a box called the Namepros business directory. You can list your business there if you are a business member. Namepros is usually thought of as the "free" forum, but they have added other tiers to their membership. They now have personal,supporter and business. Personal is still free, […]
Continue ReadingProperty.tv sold for $100,000 in 2007
In an exclusive interview conducted by Ammar from allthings.tv, Ben Van Dyk of Farm.tv stated that he sold Property.tv for $100,000 in 2007. Ben mentions he has all the documentation on the sale, it was not reported to DN Journal. I will not post the interview here as the interview is an Allthings.tv exclusive. Here […]
Continue ReadingEpisode 2 of The Domainers
Jon now has to tell his girlfriend he quit his job to be a full time domainer.
Continue ReadingApple wants to trademark “App Store” Microsoft does not agree.
Techcrunch is reporting on the tm application for App Store. Apparently Apple believes its not a generic term but Microsoft disagrees. Interesting position for Microsoft who has a famous tm for a generic word. Is App Store any different than Windows ? Read the story : http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/01/is-app-store-as-generic-as-microsofts-windows/
Continue ReadingMake sure you really want to sell the name
I was having a talk with a friend who mentioned he needed money. I asked him why he didn’t sell a few domains? His reply was an interesting look at the psychology of selling. He told me that if he sold a name for $100 or $200 and the name resold for much more, he […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times does piece on shorter extensions
The New York Times wrote this piece about how countries are marketing their extension. One excerpt from the article : With a few exceptions, Internet addresses that end with country codes have failed to catch on with consumers, and “.com” remains the suffix of choice for marketers seeking to establish their Web credentials. Now companies […]
Continue ReadingThe history of the Dot Tv extension
A history lesson When it comes to country code extensions, the .tv extension is one of the most talked about. A repurposed country code extension that represents Tuvalu and all things media. The .tv extension is the country code for the tiny island nation of TUVALU the world’s smallest country. Tuvalu is a Polynesian island […]
Continue ReadingWhy doesn’t Facebook own Facebook.tv
Will Ferrell wants to know
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