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Network Solutions advertising under DomainNames.com

July 9, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Back on 6/4 we wrote about a new ad format on Google. Network Solutions had a button that said “View Offer” and it took you to a coupon page. Well today I noticed another site using the same format. The site is DomainNames.com. It is a different url, but its the same company. Network Solutions […]

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Filed Under: Google, Network Solutions

The Register “Top level domain explosion could wreak MAYHEM on NET”

July 5, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

In an article out today The Register talks about how things could get screwed up with the new gTLD program. From the article: A plan to populate the internet with hundreds or thousands of new top-level domains has security researchers pondering some of the unintended consequences that could be exploited by online criminals. Some of […]

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Filed Under: New Tlds Tagged With: Domain Names, Go Daddy, Icann, Internet, New Tlds

.com vs .co

July 3, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 11 Comments

.Com has had enough and looking to kick some butt.  

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Filed Under: .CO

BestDiets.tv sells on Flippa for $17,000

July 2, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

BestDiets.tv a website dedicated to dieting has sold on Flippa.com for $17,000. From the sales page: BestDiets.TV — The Inside Story. BestDiets.TV is a HUGE video website, with over over 2,000 diet videos — and growing at the rate of 30-50 new videos per day with over 15K visitors so far in June…. over 130K […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Flippa

With possible buyout coming, Go Daddy does away with $1 auctions

June 30, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 5 Comments

For those not familiar with Go Daddy auctions, when an expiring name gets no bid at its starting price of $12 it moves to what is called “Closeouts.” Now you do not have to even have a membership to Go Daddy Auctions to participate in closeout auctions. The names start at $11, you have 24 […]

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Filed Under: Go Daddy Tagged With: auctions, Domain Names, Go Daddy, Internet, Websites

Sedo and Afternic homepages leave a lot to be desired

June 29, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Sedo and Afternic are the two most prominent domain marketplaces.  Its where many who know nothing or very little about the domain market go to look for a purchase. These sites should be displaying names on the front page imo. Taking up the majority of the homepage with recent sales, auctions and a place for […]

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Filed Under: Afternic, Sedo Tagged With: Afternic, Domain Names, Internet, Sedo, Selling Names

Namecheap giving you a chance to win $5000 in cash

June 28, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Do you have a Twitter account ? Go here and check it out http://www.namecheap.com/contest/namecheap-rocks.aspx If no one tweets the message with the required elements after 7 hours, the LAST person who tweeted wins! To sweeten the deal, we are giving away $500 per week for eight weeks. Winner will be chosen at random from the […]

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Filed Under: Namecheap, Twitter

BtoB online covers marketers debate on new Gtlds

June 28, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

BtoBonline.com has come out with article about the debate between marketers on the new gtlds. Although most marketers have declined to comment publicly about their intentions, a handful, including Canon Inc. and Hitachi have disclosed preliminary plans to use top-level domains; Canon will use .canon, and Hitatchi will use .hitachi. Behind the scenes, other marketers […]

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Filed Under: New Tlds Tagged With: B to B, Domain Names, Go Daddy, Internet, New Gtlds

Interesting thread: The coming bear market for Geo domains ?

June 27, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

In a thread getting a lot of interest on Namepros.com, a poster has called a major bear market for Geo domains due to the new Gtld being passed. Seems a little presumptive with a lot of info still to come. Read the thread here :http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/720489-major-bear-market-expected-geo-domains.html

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Filed Under: Namepros, New Tlds

Peter Thiel on why he would not have started Paypal if he knew then what he knows now

June 26, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

In an interview with CapLinked.com (which Thiel is an investor in) Peter Thiel stated "My general analysis of my PayPal experience is that if I knew then everything I know now about the payments space, I would never have started the company. It would be too intimidating. There were a lot of extremely difficult challenges […]

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Filed Under: Web/Tech

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