Greetings from France. I’m a US centric guy so I never thought I’d be writing from France, let alone gushing about how enjoyable it is to be among the French people in the summer. They really have a great panache and a style and it’s neat to hang out where everyone tries hard to be [...]
Hello again and happy summer holidays (July 4th, Bastille Day, Canada Day) to all my friends.
There’s been a great deal of change in the world since I wrote my last blog post. By way of a rewind, my blog became pretty popular for a time and it became all consuming, so I had to stop. [...]
The Financier writes:
“”I am neither here nor there with my opinion on NAME as an investment. This is really one that you would have to base on the quality of all of their domain assets (they’ve sold a ton of the good stuff and a lot of the remainder is priced at “wish we didn’t [...]
http://www.conceptualist.com/?p=618
Sahar talks about Elliot’s interview with Rick Schwartz, and subsequently talks about how development of funeralhomes.com has changed what was once a 10 cent click on a parked page, to a $10,000 sale of funeral services. From the bottom of Sahar’s post:
Quote: “We see that every single day with FuneralHomes.com. A click that used to [...]
Both Danno and Josh send this one .. I’m sure you’ve all seen it already, but here is how “not” to be a domainer :
German job-seeker holds Google domains hostage
http://valleywag.com/tech/careers/german-job+seeker-holds-google-domains-hostage-317158.php
http://valleywag.com/tech/plentyoffish/how-much-is-a-one+man-dating-site-worth-316950.php
Quote: “”But what would he need VC money for? Being cash-flow positive means never having to say you’re sorry. There’s a simple reason why Plentyoffish hasn’t garnered more attention: Silicon Valley is only interested in stories it can grab a piece of.””
***FS*** If there’s a downside about the Valley it’s just that … The best [...]
Danno sends three little vignettes:
1. NameMedia Announces Strategic Marketing Partnership with Network Solutions
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20071030006018&newsLang=en
***FS*** Strategic reliances make for great press.. But this one could be juicy for NameMedia. Story intimates that they get some kind of back-end passthrough to offer Name Media’s names to front door customers looking for new domain registrations at NetworkSolutions.com .. It’s [...]
Josh writes: “”Elliot Silver writes about how data from parked domains can reveal important information to the current domain owner. Potentially useful if the current owner is planning to develop or to a future buyer that might develop on that domain.””
http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/10/26/direct-marketing-via-parked-domain-name/
***FS*** There’s a relevant dynamic here for keyword marketing or arbitrage as well.. The best [...]
And why not.. They auction new airwaves and radio frequencies.. Why not coveted domain names?
http://blog.domaintools.com/2007/10/single-letter-domain-auctions/
Google running with G.cn in China today, illistrates the allure of single character names.
Karl Auerbach posts that 1/4 to a 1/3 or all the ICANN meetings this week are closed to the public.
http://www.cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000328.html
***FS*** ICANN in a nutshell: those who don’t add anything or don’t “get it”, are permitted to participate.. those who could make a difference don’t get to participate or are so beaten down by the process that they don’t [...]