Danno writes: “”Watched a TV comercial this morning, advertising this website: http://www.discovernursing.com/ Johnson & Johnson ‘gets’ generic domain names. Maybe someone should invite the person in charge of their marketing to speak at domainfest about how generic domain names have added value to their business(s).”” ***FS*** So right Danno.. these folks have done a [...]
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When Domain Managers Go Bad
Andy sends link: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_microsoft_domain_fraud.html ***FS*** So much loose money and price swings in the domain business… a perfect opportunity for ne’er-do-wells to profit.. Only one problem.. it’s hard to keep a secret on the Internet. Crime doesn’t pay.. especially online.
Weekend Linkfest
Everyone is Doing It http://www.elliotsblog.com/index.php/2007/12/07/everybodys-doing-it/ ***FS*** Investing in domain names that is Domain Valuations : Chris Stewart Domain Value (DV)=Traffic Value (TV)+Brand Value (BV)+Utility Value (UV)+Discretionary Value (DiV) : Part 1 http://marketforlemons.com/?p=5 Via.com sells for 157,000. (scroll down.) http://www.domainstate.com/showthread.php3?s=bf857a50211d7889c72645f54b38beb6&threadid=84867 Great name to build on. Good price for buyer (fully valued for name-investor), esp if they [...]
Chris Stewart’s New Blog
http://marketforlemons.com/?p=4 Domainer Chris Stewart runs through the numbers for us and explains why Name Media’s leveraging up is a “good thing”. Chris is a very bright guy and this is an excellent post and argument. Posted in it’s entirity with permission: Why Companies Borrow, and Why I Think NameMedia Borrowed Smart This is the first [...]
The Donald Does Some Frontrunning
http://thesuperficial.com/2007/12/donald_trump_is_a_big_tipper.php Witty commentary from this blogger … link courtesy of Adam ***FS*** I left a $15,000 tip at “Light” in Las Vegas once.. but then I called my credit card company and they corrected it back to the $1,500.00 I “actually” left. I also had a very large charge from a restaurant called the ”Olympic Garden” that night.. But the [...]
Thursday Linkfest
Invest.com bid up to 431k at Auction auction is still live. 4 hours to go, as of 10 a.m. EST. Friday, Dec 6, 07 Reserve is 200,000 – 499,999. http://www.greatdomains.com/auction/auction_detail.php?language=us&auction_id=21998&tracked=&partnerid=32392 ***FS*** Great name.. This is fully valued from a wildcat-return investor’s perspective. Which domain extensions have increased in value the fastest. Between 2004 – 2007. [...]
The 20 Most Influential People in Domains
Nice list.. missing the founders of Domainstate.com and also I think Paul Sloan/ Josh Quitner (writer and former editor) of Business 2.0 should have made this list.. Their coverage of the disruptive technology embodied in the name-biz helped to shine the light on the industry for other ”legitimate web” participants to see – and their stories provided the [...]
WIPO Increasingly Says Okay to Using Trademark Brands as Protest Tools
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,39291329,00.htm This is the kind of direction we need to see more of.. It’s an unhealthy and unsafe dynamic when brand holders can beat you up because you told the world “their brand stinks” via a website which incorporates their brand-name. Taken to it’s illogical conclusion, we’d have to invent codewords to talk about the products and services we [...]
Larry Flynt joins Paul Allen in Cayman
Paul’s still here.. and last night Larry popped onto the island.. He had dinner at my favorite spot (Pappagallo). The world seems to be decending on the island.. makes me wonder why I’m leaving for Christmas. .. Rumor Oprah was here too.
Fairwinds Sending Spam to Drum Up Memberships?
http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2007/12/is-fairwinds-pa.html Those trying to do good, caught doing bad? .. I couldn’t make this stuff up if I tried.. as reported on Rick’s blog. Let he who is without sin cast the first unsolicited email. I think Rick is chagrin that those who would label the domain space as uncouth, go ahead and themselves “do [...]