Another Ville.com sells but this time its not Zynga buying. No the company is much larger than Zynga, its Cablevision. American Movie Classics the network owned by Cablevision is the new registrant for Fanville.com. The name was sold by my friend Lance from Swells.com an ecommerce company that runs LicensePlateFrames.com among others. He took a couple minutes to tell how the sale […]
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Free Speech Coalition responds to .xxx approval
DarkLady.com runs a site all about opposing the .xxx called www.dotxxxopposition.com They also have done a really funny movie spoof called .xxx the movie, who ever made the movie did a great job imo, its really funny. http://dotxxxopposition.com/2010/08/08/xxx-the-movie/ March 18, 2011Contact: Diane Duke ICANN Approves .XXX sTLD SAN FRANCISCO – The ICANN Board voted today […]
Continue ReadingMarch 17 is St.Patrick’s day, March 16 was Chef Patrick’s Day
With all the coverage on all the blogs and forums it certainly seems that March 16, was Chef Patrick’s Day. You got plenty of coverage and a lot of opinions. They range from blaming Patrick,to blaming Rick Schwartz for making it a bigger deal then some think. DomainShane.com did a well thought out, balanced piece IMO The […]
Continue ReadingCelebrity Domains – SofiaVergara.com
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 […]
Continue ReadingWill 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 […]
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