Domain Boardroom & Escrow.com Charity Auction Update! I want to give a big thank you to those of you who placed bids on the auction to benefit the American Red Cross and another thank you to those who offered up domain names and services. I also want to thank the people who wrote blog posts about the auction as well as those The post Domain Boardroom & Escrow.com Charity Auction Up...
Elliot Silver - 3 min ago
Bill Sweetman Announces New Consulting Venture, Name Ninja Last month, Bill Sweetman announced his departure from YummyNames and Tucows, and he informed us that he would be starting a new domain consulting business. At the time of his announcement, Sweetman didn’t offer many details about his venture, but in a press release that was distributed to me this morning, we now know it’...
Elliot Silver - 4 hr 42 min ago
Sedo May Great Domains Auction Picks Sedo’s monthly Great Domains auction for May is concluding in a few hours, and there are 233 domain names up for auction this month. At the time of this post, just over 100 of the auctions have bids on them, although many have not yet hit their reserve prices. There are quite a few ccTLD The post Sedo May Great Domains Auction ...
Elliot Silver - 5 hr 11 min ago
Domain Boardroom and Escrow.com Sponsoring Auction to Help Oklahoma Tornado Victims I am sure you’ve heard about the devastation caused by tornados and extreme weather in Oklahoma this week. Many lives have been lost, hundreds of people have been injured, and countless homes and businesses have been destroyed. I can’t even imagine the pain these people are going through. In an effort to raise funds for T...
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:1
Tweeter.com Auction Pushed Back I received word this afternoon that the auction for the Tweeter.com domain name and related assets has been pushed back. The new auction date has not been set by Hilco Streambank, the company running the auction on behalf of the domain owner, a lender to Tweeter. According to Hilco Streambank’s David Peress, “There has be...
Elliot Silver - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 14:34
Coca Cola Acquires AHH.com I was checking out some three letter .com domain names this morning, and I came across an interesting landing page on AHH.com. The landing page says “There are over 34,755 ways to explain how Coca-Cola makes you feel, and one way to describe them: Ahh.” There’s a button below the graphic imploring people to click Th...
Elliot Silver - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 12:1
NameJet & Afternic Sponsoring Meet Up to Benefit One Fund Boston I am excited to announce a Boston area domain investor meetup, and I am even more excited to announce that proceeds from the meet up are going to benefit One Fund Boston, a non-profit organization that is helping victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. The event is sponsored by NameJet and Afternic.
Elliot Silver - Monday, May 20, 2013 - 13:8
1800Mywebsite Auction Canceled In the event that you were planning to be a bidder on the Hilco Streambank auction for the domain names and intellectual property package related to 1800mywebsite.com, I want to let you know that the auction has been canceled. Included in this auction were the 1800mywebsite.com and 1‐800‐mywebsite.com domain names as well as matching...
Elliot Silver - Monday, May 20, 2013 - 11:41
Michael Cyger Launches SEOBlog.com Search engine optimization continues to be one of the most discussed topics online for web developers and publishers. Every second there is an average of 3.5 searches about the topic on Google, and there are over 3,000 books about SEO on Amazon. SEO is a booming business, and many millions of dollars are spent by The post Michael Cyg...
Elliot Silver - Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:3
TRAFFIC Offering One Day Passes I wanted to pass along the news about the TRAFFIC conference offering one day passes to those who can’t attend the entire conference or don’t wish to pay the full amount to attend. There are two options for the one day pass, which will go on sale tomorrow (Monday, May 20). Here are the two The post TRAFFIC Offering One Da...
Elliot Silver - Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 20:28
Sunday Updates We’re in the middle of a nice weekend, and hope you’re enjoying your weekend as well. We bought a bbq grill a few weeks ago, and it seems like we’ve been grilling most weekends. It’s one of the perks of living in the suburbs. Here are some news bits, updates, and a domain tip or The post Sunday Updates appeare...
Elliot Silver - Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 10:15
Numeric Domain Names are in Demand It seems like every domain broker is looking to get their hands on one type of domain name – numeric domain names. Every time I have a conversation with a broker where we are discussing domain names for sale, I am asked if I know of any good number names that are for sale. From The post Numeric Domain Names are in Demand appear...
Elliot Silver - Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 10:45
Domain Due Diligence: Previous Marketing Before buying a domain name, it’s a given that you need to do your due diligence for a variety of reasons. The primary issue I want to discuss today is previous marketing attempts for the domain name. In my opinion, there are two reasons you will want to investigate how the domain name was marketed The post Domain Due Diligence...
Elliot Silver - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 11:42
NameMedia Job Opening: Premium Domain Name Analyst I saw a NameMedia job opening on LinkedIn, and I want to share it in case you might have an interest. NameMedia, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is looking to hire a “Premium Domain Name Analyst.” Usually, I hear about job openings at domain industry companies that aren’t really focused on domain name values or inv...
Elliot Silver - Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 16:1
Why You Should Give Feedback A couple of weeks ago, someone emailed me about an embarrassing error on one of my websites. It wasn’t a big deal and was an easy fix, but I was embarrassed that it was there for 2+ years without anyone telling me. On a site that sees hundreds of visitors a day, I am sure that many The post Why You Should Give Feedback appeared...
Elliot Silver - Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 12:26
Domain Brokerage Listings – 5/15 Listed below are the weekly domain brokerage listings from various brokers and brokerages. If you have an interest in one of the names below, contact the broker directly. You are welcome to share one name for sale if you’d like in the comment section. The name must be new to the market (not marketed before The post Domain Broke...
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 19:28
VP of Marketing Karen Dixon Discusses Revamped BuyDomains Website It’s an exciting day at NameMedia. Today we re-launched BuyDomains.com, our domain sales platform that was founded over ten years ago. Our goal for the new site was to simplify the process of searching for and purchasing premium domain names, and to provide an ideal user experience and valuable resources that our small busines...
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 16:17
Deposit Necessary for Hilco Streambank Auction I assume you already know about the Hilco Streambank domain name and IP auction that is happening in a little over a week. I wrote about the Bargain.com and ETM.com auctions in a blog post last month, and the company shared a press release yesterday announcing the addition of the auction for the Tweeter.com domain name, a The post De...
Elliot Silver - Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 10:33
Hidden Costs of Domain Name Leasing I’ve written a number of articles about domain name leasing. I’ve discussed the benefits of leasing a domain name, and I’ve also discussed the downsides of domain name leases. In 2009, I also wrote about additional problems with domain leasing. In the last three or four years, I’ve leased a few domain names (a...
Elliot Silver - Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 14:46
Ryan Colby Starts Domain Aftermarket Insights Newsletter At the end of 2011, Domain Holdings hired Ryan Colby as its Senior Vice President of Product Management. Lately, Ryan has been working quite a bit on the brokerage side of the business, and he just started a periodic newsletter called “Domain Aftermarket Insights.” This newsletter has been emailed weekly for the past coup...
