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Spotlight Review - ReviewMe

DomainingBlog.com — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:33:00 +0000

Spotlight Review

Make More Money with Your Blogs

ReviewMe is a new service from the creators of Text-Link-Ads, specifically for bloggers. For those domainers monetizing domain names via blogs, this service is truly a great way to monetize. It virtually makes any blog you have more valuable by giving you the ability to add reviews to your website and since we run a blog, we are very pleased to hear about this new revolutionary service, that is ultimately making blogs around the world more valuable than ever before.

The way ReviewMe works is, they get advertisers that are interested in having their product and/or service reviewed by bloggers in exchange for a fee. ReviewMe then posts the information in their database and any blogger can come along and conduct a review and be fully compensated for it. ReviewMe even has a built-in algorithm, which calculates your blog’s Alexa, RSS and Technorati data to adjust the amount of compensation allotted per review.

We really like this new service and are very excited about some of the opportunities it will lend to those monetizing with blogs. We are using this service ourselves and are nothing but pleased with it so far. In fact, we just signed up moments ago and are already slated to be paid for this review of ReviewMe! Talk about a great deal and you can do the same if you act fast. They are giving away $25,000 to the first bloggers to act on this tremendous offer.

To sign-up head over to ReviewMe.com.

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DNJournal's Weekly Domain Name Sales Report

DomainingBlog.com — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:07:00 +0000

Domain Name Sales

DNJournal's Weekly Domain Name Sales Report

The top 10 reported domain name sales of the week go to:

1. Gays.com - $500,000 (Sedo)
2. Cafe.com - $300,000 (GreatDomains)
3. UncleSam.com - $185,750 (SnapNames)
4. SPN.com - €95,000 = $121,266 (Sedo)
5. Yonkers.com - $70,750 (SnapNames)
6. Series.com - $45,500 (Sedo)
7. Online-Gambling.co.uk - €35,000 = $44,657 (Sedo)
8. USGrants.com - $40,000 (NameCollecting)
9. Ostomy.com - $37,361 (SnapNames)
10. VactionPlans.com - $35,700 (Enom's Club Drop)

CLICK HERE to view the rest of this week's reported domain sales.

*These are merely the top reported sales of the week. Many private transactions take place in addition to these that are never reported.

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Q&A with Pinky Brand, of dotMobi

DomainingBlog.com — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:42:00 +0000

Domaining Industry Q&A

With the recent introduction of the world’s first mTLD, .mobi, and the extremely successful initial launch, which included a very early $200,000 sale of Flowers.mobi at the recent T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference and expo, we thought that it would be more than appropriate to get in contact with the people behind the extension that has everybody talking right now. We managed to secure a Q&A with Pinky Brand, Director of New Markets for the dotMobi extension, and he had a lot of great information to share.

Here is what Pinky Brand, of dotMobi, had to say:

Q: db – What is your full name and where are you from and what did you do prior to getting involved in the domaining industry?

A: PB – Hi, my full name is Pinkard Alan Brand. Everyone calls me “Pinky.” I am the Director, New Markets for dotMobi (mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd) You can obtain a full background of my domain name industry experience by visiting my personal web page at www.pinkybrand.com . I’ve owned and operated two corporate domain name registrars, one sold to Network Solutions in 1998 (idNames) and the other (Arcemus) to Iron Mountain in 2004. I would describe myself as a “serial entrepreneur” prior to be being involved in the domain industry in 1996. I had invested in and operated several businesses in various industries including such advertising, marketing and restaurant retailing before starting up idNames with Marc Ostrofsky in 1996. My original background is in the television news industry as a photographer, editor, producer, reporter and then involved in TV advertising sales and traffic management.

Q: db – What inspired you to get involved in the domaining industry, more so get involved with the creation of an all-new domain name extension?

A: PB – I have been impressed by the undeniable trends toward mobile computing and browsing and had contacted Neil Edwards (the CEO of dotMobi) earlier this year. Neil and I had worked together at Network Solutions during the early days of .com as well as at VeriSign. The mTLD investors’ and Neil’s vision for the mobile Internet and dotMobi along with the sensibility and creativity the truly global-thinking staff brought to the table were big pluses in my book.

Q: db – When did you originally come up with the concept for .mobi and how much effort went into to bringing it to a reality?

A: PB - I did not come up with the concept. The original concept for dotMobi was developed by its sponsors (hence we are a sponsored top-level domain). Our investors include Ericsson, Google, GSM Association, Hutchison, Microsoft, Nokia, Orascom Telecom, Samsung Electronics, Syniverse, T-Mobile, Telefónica Móviles, TIM and Vodafone.

Q: db – .mobi is the world’s first mTLD. Can you tell us more about what an mTLD is?

A: PB - .mobi is the first and only top level domain dedicated to delivering Internet content to mobile phones. Built on the open standards developed as part of the Worldwide Web Consortium's Mobile Web Initiative, the .mobi domain makes accessing Internet sites on a mobile device faster, less expensive and more reliable by offering content tailored for the mobile Internet. This all means that the .mobi domain increases the profile and the reach of any company, organization or individual who wants to get business, visibility or traffic from the Internet.

Q: db – Can you tell us more about .mobi? What registrars carry the .mobi extension and what exactly are the fees and rules associated with registering a .mobi domain name?

A: PB – We have 118 registrars in Europe, Asia and America. Fees vary by registrar. Most are competitive and want to help content-providers reach users on the mobile Internet. Several have developed tools that allow registrants to create mobile friendly and dotMobi compliant web pages that work on all mobile phones in any country---and many more are planning to introduce the same so I believe things will continue to stay rather competitive on the pricing end. A list of registrants with links to their pricing and services can be found on our web site at www.mtld.mobi .

Q: db – There were multiple land rush periods prior to .mobi’s official worldwide launch. How did everything go? Was it all as smoothly as planned?

A: PB – I’m not sure what you meant by multiple land rushes as we conducted only one land rush. We did have a trademark sunrise period and limited industry sunrise period prior to our land rush. From what I heard, the land rush launch went very well for us and our registrars. Individuals and businesses in more than 100 countries around the world registered more than 100,000 .mobi domains in the first four days, demonstrating a strong demand for the next evolution of the Internet. In contrast, it took ten years for the general public to register 100,000 PC-based domain names in the early days of the Internet.

Q: db – A lot of premium .mobi domain names were auctioned off recently. Some fetched as much as five-figures. Were you surprised by this or was this excepted?

A: PB – We have been monitoring some of the early after-market sales from land rush and general registration. There is no surprise to me that the market is catching on to the dotMobi message. We noticed four names in Top 20 sales for week ending October 15th according to the Domain Name Journal. They were:

mortgages.mobi $10,500
freeringtones.mobi $ 9,100
call.mobi $ 8,200
mybank.mobi $ 7,110

Q: db – Many of the best single word generic .mobi domain names were reserved for a private auction at the recent T.R.A.F.F.I.C. event. Can you say which domains were sold and how much they were auctioned off for?

A: PB – We attended the TRAFFIC East Conference in Miami last week and offered nine names from our Premium List during the live auction. All of them were sold for the following prices:

flowers .mobi $200,000
fun.mobi $100,000
hot.mobi $40,000
stockquotes.mobi $27,000
party.mobi $13,000
wow.mobi $9,000
gossip.mobi $5,000
laugh.mobi $3,000
celebs.mobi $2,250

As a result it appears that dotMobi will have two entries in the top 20 domain sales for 2006. The results also indicate that the market believes in the mobile Internet and is bullish on our approach to improving the mobile browsing experience and eventual traffic that flows from such an improved experience.

Q: db – How may .mobi domain names have been registered up until this point and how many do you predict will be registered come 2008?

A: PB - We have registered over 200,000 names and look to have 1 million registrations within the next 12 months. More .mobi web sites are coming online every day from a wide variety of content providers. Examples include:

Bmw.mobi
Kicker.mobi
Businessweekonline.mobi
Neckermann.mobi
Live.mobi
Utexas.mobi
Thalys.mobi
Flirtbox.mobi
Bestswimsuits.mobi

Q: db – What does the future have in store for the .mobi extension?

A: PB - We want to work with enterprising organizations and individuals who register new names or acquire premium names to help them generate relevant content to mobile Internet users. To that end on November 6th we will launch a Developer Forum that will assist in fueling further mobile Internet content development.

Also, on November 6th we expect to announce the release of several Premium Names to be allocated via a request for proposal (RFP) process. We will disclose the actual RFP process for those select names on that date as well.

In 2007 we expect to release additional names via various auction processes and additional RFPs, so stay tuned to our site at www.mtld.mobi for further details and to download the entire list of Premium Names.

Q: db – Are there any tips you can give to domainers looking to make the most of their .mobi domain names?

A: PB – I can’t say it enough. Develop content. The mobile Internet sorely lacks it at the moment. dotMobi and our investors are working hard to make sure that consumers, mobile operators and content providers are aware of our value proposition. Domainers who are first on the block with content have a much better shot at attaining success in the rapidly growing mobile world vs. those that just sit back and do nothing. Think where .com was ten years ago. I believe it won’t take nearly as long for .mobi to have an impact.

Q: db – Do you have any additional domain name extensions or projects in the works the domaining community should be on the lookout for in the anytime in the future?

A: PB – There are no immediate plans to apply for or develop other TLD domain extensions per se as it relates to dotMobi. However we will continue to roll out developer tools, education and certification services for mobile content and messaging. I also suggest that any serious domainer that wants to have an impact on the mobile world to look at possibly joining the dotmobi Advisory Group (MAG). It is the "eyes and ears” of mTLD. Through the MAG, mTLD can reach out to the mobile Internet consumer, keep in touch with trends and understand, assess and prioritise the needs of the entire community. In turn, the MAG gives its members the opportunity to shape the future of the mobile Internet. More info can be found on our web site.

CLICK HERE to check out dotMobi's mobile phone emulator.

Source:(Pinky Brand)

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Vint Cerf Says Internet Could Break Permanently

DomainingBlog.com — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:29:00 +0000

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IDNs have helped internationalize the Internet but many believe that it is not enough and they don’t want to be forced to use Latin alphabet, as many feel it is holding them and their people back. For this reason Vint Cerf, chairman of ICANN and Google’s VP, is attempting to put together a solution and accommodate the world with a multi-lingual Internet before further separation happens similar to China going off and creating their own DNS.

Vint wants to satisfy the world’s needs but also believes it is going to be a tremendous technical challenge without interfering with the current domain names and domain name system. Cerf said, "A miss-step could easily and permanently break the Internet into non-interoperable components."

At this time, ICANN is currently testing the introduction of the new scripts into the domain name system. At any moment the Internet could suddenly be broken permanently.

CLICK HERE for an article by BBC.co.uk about just this very topic.

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YET ANOTHER RECORD DOMAIN NAME SALE

DomainingBlog.com — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:26:00 +0000

Domain Name Sales

The domain gays.com was recently sold for $500,000 (US) through Sedo, the world’s largest marketplace for domain names and internet addresses.

The new domain owners are Julius and David Dreyer of Germany. “We are very proud to have invested in such a representative domain as gays.com. Building an internet portal for the gay community has always been one of our biggest goals,” said Julius Dreyer. “We are confident that we will be able to introduce an entertaining and informative website in the near future; one that will meet the needs of the gay community.”

At Sedo, high value domain sales are negotiated regularly. This year alone, bike.com and blue.com were each sold for $500,000 (US) over Sedo. The highest sales record for any domain also occurred in 2006, when sex.com sold for $14 million (US).

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Christian Chena Sells Crown Jewel Juegos.com

DomainingBlog.com — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:36:00 +0000

Domain Name Sales

Christian Chena, legendary 27 year-old South American domaining prodigy, has just made a post on his blog, ChrisChena.com, announcing the sale of one of his crown jewels, Juegos.com, for $10 million to an European skill games and mobile games company that is looking to expand into Spain and Latin America. For those that aren't aware, juegos translates to "games" from Spanish to English. If you have done your due diligence then you will see why it commanded as much as it did to make it not only the second highest reported domain name sale of the year but of all-time.

Only Sex.com has been reported to have been sold for more, which sold earlier this year for an estimated $12-$14 million. This sale will, however, top the DNJournal sales chart for the year because the finite details of the Sex.com sale were never really officially disclosed. Might we also add this is the highest reported Spanish keyword domain of all-time. While Christian may reign from the poor third-world country of Paraguay, he reigns supreme on the net.

If you don't know who Christian Chena is by now, you should. He holds many of the world's best Spanish keyword domains including but not limited to; Animacion.com, Cocina.com, Dominio.com, Fotos.com, Horoscopo.com, Mensajes.com, Nutricion.com, Peliculas.com, Publicidad.com, Sitios.com and Viajes.com. It appears that many of Christian's prized domain names are currently being forwarded to parking pages. Usually these domain names are in a fully developed state. The only thing that we can think of that would explain such an instance is a possible large scale buyout of many of Christian's premiere names but this is only speculation at this point.

We would like to take this moment to congratulate Christian on this truly monumental feat. It is not everyday that the all-time reported and fully disclosed domain name sale of all-time occurs. Yet, another one in the record books for the young phenom.

CLICK HERE to read our Q&A with Christian Chena.

CLICK HERE to read his cover story with DNJournal.

CLICK HERE to visit Christian's blog, ChrisChena.com.

CLICK HERE to visit Christian's company website, Chena.com.

CLICK HERE to read a thread at DomainState about the sale.

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Flowers.mobi Commands $200,000 at Auction

DomainingBlog.com — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:38:00 +0000

Domain Name Sales

Pinky Brand, of dotMobi, has just recently told us that Flowers.mobi has been auctioned off at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. for a a very impressive $200,000. That is a considerable amount of money for such a new extension. Nothing like this has ever happened in domaining history. Obviously, it is sign of many good things to come for dotMobi and other domain name extension releases to come. That is what an auction environment can do to the price that somebody is actually willing to pay for a domain.

Other dotMobi domains auctioned off at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. include:

Fun.mobi - $100,000
Hot.mobi - $40,000
StockQuotes.mobi - $27,000
Party.mobi - $13,000
Wow.mobi - $9,000
Gossip.mobi - $5,000
Laugh.mobi - $3,000
Celebs.mobi - $2,250

Be on the lookout for our Q&A with Pinky Brand, of dotMobi, in the next couple of days. The Q&A is about 90% complete at present, so it will not be too much longer. dotMobi is a great new extension as you can tell by the early sale of Flowers.mobi. There is a lot more substance behind dotMobi than ordinary extensions. dotMobi is the world's first mTLD and Pinky Brand will be educating us on this further in the Q&A.

Source:(Pinky Brand)

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Camera.com Leads the Pack at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

DomainingBlog.com — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:03:00 +0000

Domain Name Sales

Over $4.7 million worth of domain names were auctioned off at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2006. This is more than double the number of sales at the previous T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction. This time lead by a true premium, Cameras.com, which ultimately sold for a hefty $1.5 million. The buyer was none other than Sig, of Parked.com and DirectNIC.

This is the unofficial list that has been floating around the Internet:

CertifiedDiamonds.com - Not sold
Yearbook.com - Not Sold
Alberta.org - $10,500
Firefighter.org - $6500
Remortgaged.com - Not sold
KWM.com - Not sold
FunTrip.com - Not sold
Commercial.net - Not sold
PregnancyCenters.com - Not sold
IncomeTax.net - Not sold
Pensions.net - Not sold
StockExchange.net - Not sold
MeetGirls.com - Not sold
SumoWrestling.com - $11,800
WifiAccess.com - $11,500
Idea.us - Not sold
PortablePrinters.com - $9,000
SpinalCord.com - Not sold
HomeMortgage.net - Not sold
PromQueen.com - Not sold
Advertisement.net - Not sold
DMN.com - Not sold
MiamiSingles.com - Not sold
GPN.com - Not sold
BeachfrontRentals.com - Not sold
GroupRates.com - Not sold
GroupRate.com - Not sold
BookSellers.com - Not sold
Credits.com - $95,000
Top100.com - Not Sold
AccountsPayable.com - $12,000
Stereos.net - $5900
vvp.com - Not sold
Cams.mobi - $23,600
SportingEquipment.com - Not sold
Vancouver.info - Not sold
Tampa.info - Not sold
ConcertPromoter.com - Not sold
FemaleEscorts.com - Not sold
ShoppingMalls.com Not sold -
Coast.com - Not sold
Order.com - Not sold
CosmeticSurgery.net - $20,000
ET.com - Not Sold
AustraliaVacations.com -
Tiger.net - Not sold
SchoolBook.com - Not sold
Dorms.com - Not sold
Answer.net - Not sold
Met.net - $10,000
Mortgage.net - $149,000
ForeignInvestments.com - $8,000
HighDefinition.com - Not sold (Reserve $188k)
Dope.com - Not sold (Reserve $88k)
DSL.com - Not sold
UniformRentals.com - $18,000
Psychologists.com - Not sold
Remarkable.com - Not sold
Prohibited.com - Not sold
Hell.com - Not Sold (Reserve $2.35M)
Rake.com - Not sold (Reserve $150K)
Audit.com, Audits.com - Not Sold
DigitalCameras.com - Not sold (reserve: $1.6M)
MovieTheaters.com - Not Sold (reserve: $250k
EmergencyClinics.com - $11,000
HomeValues.net - Not sold
Dote.com - Not sold
Broker.info - Not sold
Workshops.com - $48,000
Lethal.com - Not sold
WellingtonBoots.com - Not sold
Dance.com - Not sold
SinglesOnline.com - Not sold
Text.com - Not sold
Forclosures.com - $150,000
Elections.com - Not sold
CheapTickets.mobi - Not sold
CosmeticDentist.us - $2500
OneWayFares.com - Not sold
Fun.mobi - $100,000
LargeCapFunds.com - Not sold
XV.net - Not sold
PN.net - Not sold
Clock.com - Not sold
Cost.com - Not sold (reserve $1.165M)
Guatemala.com - Not sold (reserve $706k)
SleepingPills.com, SleepingPill.com - Not sold
PetProducts.com, .net, .org - Not sold
CreditCards.net - $120,000
LimousineService.com - Not sold
PetBreeders.com - Not Sold (Reserve $59k)
CityUniversity.com - $14,000
FloridaRealEstate.net - Not sold
Sitcoms.com - $22,000
WIFI.us - Not sold
LakerTicket.com - $1500
HI.net - Not sold ($206k reserve)
Gyms.com - Not sold
Dancers.com - Not sold
StockQuotes.com - Not sold
GD.net - Not sold
5B.com - Not sold
HMO.com - Not sold (reserve $850k)
Brothels.com - Not Sold
ND.net - Not Sold
Topsail.com, TopsailIsland.com - Not Sold
GolfClubsDiscount.com - Not Sold
BillCollection.com - Not Sold (Reserve $4k)
ForeignExchanges.com - $4,000
Laugh.mobi - $3,000
ClosetDesign.com - Not Sold
FreshFood.com - Not Sold
Finances.com - Not Sold
TravelBookers.com - Not Sold
Bubble.net - Not Sold
Cherries.net - Not Sold
Party.mobi - $13,000
Bourbon.com, Whiskey.com - Not sold
Decay.com - Not sold
302.com - Not sold
Tuscan.com - $11,800
GameRules.com - Not sold
ForeignCurrencyOption.com - Not sold
PJ.net - Not Sold
PrimaryHealthCare.com - Not Sold
MM.net - Not sold
GolfClubRentals.com - Not Sold
Discounts.org - $10,600
Sectional.com - $5,000
StockData.com - $8,000
Globe.net - $11,000
DVDMovie.com - Not sold
Edmonton.info - Not sold
PureBullDogs.com - $1,000
Disqualified.com - Not sold
Rocket.net - Not Sold
People.net - Not Sold
Snuff.com - Not sold (passed on bid of $50k)
KO.net - Not sold
AmericanTrucking.com - Not sold
WorkingOvertime.com - Not sold
OrlandoSingles.com - Not Sold
CaymanIslands.com - Not sold
CanadaMortgageRates.com - $6,000
Deputy.com - Not sold
Accelerate.com - $28,000
BabyOutlets.com - $7,000
SystemFailures.com - $1,000
Hot.mobi - $40,000
HouseKeepers.com - $30,000
TJ.com - Not Sold
LP.net - Not Sold
Program.com - Not Sold
bathrooms.net - Not Sold
BigBargain.com - Not sold
Apples.net - Not sold
SportsCars.co.uk - Not sold
Acre.com - $22,500
Wagering.com - Not Sold
DownloadGames.com - Not Sold
Concerned.com - $3,500
Bisexuals.com - $60,000
Flowers.mobi - $200,000
XS.net - $13,000
Iran.com - Not Sold
Mushroom.org - Not Sold
GolfClubDiscounts.com - Not Sold
CyberWedding.com - $1,500
CableBox.com - $9,000
Exchanged.com - Not Sold
StormInsurance.com - Not Sold
VoiceMail.net - Not Sold
46.com - Not Sold
PO.net - Not Sold
MA.net - Not Sold
Seminars.com - Not Sold
SexEducation.com - $120,000
Readers.com - Not Sold
Trusted.com - $37,500
OHL.com - $30,000
Deposit.org - Not sold
Kiss.us - Not sold
Oakland.info - Not sold
BookSelling.com - $5500
FixedLoans.com - $10,000
DigitalDates.com - $1,000
TelephoneCall.com - $20,000
Dealerships.com - Not sold
Settlement.com, StructuredSettlement.com - Not sold
06.com - Not Sold
PAX.com - Not Sold
OilRefinery.com - $3,000
FileElectronically.com - $7,000
DDE.com - $21,200
Johns.com - Not sold
Rebound.com - Not sold
YG.COM - Not Sold
Punt.com - Not sold
TickerSymbols.com - $7,000
Producer.org - Not Sold (Reserve $7k)
62.com - Not Sold
HB.com - $100,000
Account.net - Not sold
NewFuels.com - Not sold
Locals.com - Not Sold
ATF.com - $40,000
PersonalHealthAccount.com - Not Sold
StockExchanges.com - $6,000
WO.com - $65,000
eGreeting.com - $30,000
Babies.net - $26,000
Science.info - Not sold
Hook.com - $67,000
DodgerTicket.com - $1,000
RetirementLoans.com - $10,500
SearchRealEstate.com - Not sold
Ply.com - Not sold
Duplex.com - Not sold
JB.net - Not sold
Salsas.com - Not Sold
Raise.com - $25,000
BarbequeSmokers.com - $3,000
ValueFlights.com - $7,000
AmericanHistory.org - $5,500
Dial.net - Not Sold
Fortress.com - $60,000
Shows.net - Not sold (passed on $35k bid)
University.org - $100,000
FamilyPhotos.com - $25,000
Pit.com - Not sold
Hun.net - $35,000
VintageAutos.com - $16,500
Blogs.info - $6,000
Antibiotics.net - $5500
CosmeticsCenter.com - Not Sold
PartyGuides.com - Not Sold
Today.us - $3600
ComputerJunky.com - $2,000
AUX.com - Not sold
StorageServer.com - $5,000
RentalCarRates.com - $7,000
Medal.com - Not sold
bb.org - Not sold
MakeupArtist.com - Not Sold
InternetDating.com - Not Sold
Trinity.com - Not sold
StockQuotes.mobi - $27,000
Amethysts.com - $9,000
Brooches.com - $15,000
Airplanes.net - Not sold
MusicClub.com - Not sold (passed on $100k bid)
VB.com - $130,000
Physicians.org - Not Sold
So.net - $13,000
Queens.net - $5,000
HighGasMileage.com - Not sold
HighYieldCD.com - Not sold
StockTickers.com - $27,000
SendFunds.com - Not sold
Dent.com - $30,500 (to Fabulous.com)
Appliances.net - Not sold (passed on bid of $10k)
Produce.net - $5,000
Gossip.mobi - $5,000
ForexQuotes.com - $5,000
Above.com - $50,000
FW.com - Not sold (passed on bid of $75k)
HotBabeSex.com - Not Sold
RentalHouse.com - Not sold
PX.net - Not sold (no interest at $20k)
CreditScores.net - Not sold (no interest at $15k)
Cloud.net - Not Sold
Auction.com - Not sold
ESP.us - Not sold
Golfer.org - $4700
Wow.mobi - $9000
Guacamole.us - $600
BookRack.com - Not Sold
LoanFinance.com - $8,000
Own.com - $115,000
Palace.com - Not sold (passed on $200,000)
wg.net - Not sold
VirtualRealty.net - Not sold
Puppet.com - Not sold
USCitizen.com - Not sold
ChicoBonita.com - Not sold
ComputerClass.com - Not sold
Idea.net - not sold
Sailboat.com - $120,000
Publication.net/Publisher.net - Not sold
ZN.com - Not sold
757.com - Not sold
Colossal.com - Not sold
18.org - Not sold
ShoppingGuides.com - Not Sold
GirlCams.com - $16,000
Outsourcing.net - $11,000
WineBuying.net - Not sold
Elvis.us - Not sold
Celebs.obi - $2,250
AutomotiveImports.com - $10,000
Cameras.com - $1,500,000
FreePorn.us - Not sold
Cults.com - $45,000
Homerun.com - Not sold
Debug.com - $15,000
CD.net - $20,000
VO.net - Not sold
JamaicaMusic.com - Not sold
Sweatpants.com - $8,500
Deal.us - $2,000
CSStore - Not sold
BeachfrontPropery.com - $32,000
CurrencyBroker - $3500
PDAGames.com - $8500

Source:(John Chow)

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Arshnet Technologies has Signed an Agreement with MaxMD, the Official Provider of .md Domain Names in the United States and Over 90 Countries

DomainingBlog.com — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:46:00 +0000

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Dallas, TX, October 24, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Arshnet, announced that Arshnet Technologies has signed an agreement with MaxMD, the official provider of .md domain names in the United States and over 90 countries worldwide. Arshnet is now providing personalized .md domain names and HIPAA-enabled .mdEmail™ to complement current website offerings.

Abbas Mirza, CEO of Arshnet Technologies, commented: "MaxMD's products are a tremendous complement to our website solutions. This agreement presents a unique opportunity for our customers to obtain a relevant web address and secure HIPAA enabled email in a medical-centric, top-level domain."

According to Manhattan Research there are 99 million e-health consumers currently online searching for healthcare information. This reinforces the need for medical professionals to develop an online presence. Research indicates that, 86% of physicians support .md as the only Internet domain intuitively linked to the medical community. Also, 80% of medical professionals stated that a .md Web address is either important or very important to their medical practice.

Retail channel partners can find information about the Arshnet services on the website: www.arshnet.net.

About MaxMD

MaxMD, the official provider of .md domain names in the U.S. and over 90 countries worldwide, provides personalized Web addresses for physicians, healthcare providers, medical associations, healthcare corporations, and medical institutions in the only Internet domain dedicated to the medical community. Additional offerings include .mdEmail™, a secure HIPAA enabled email solution. Visit www.max.md to learn more.

About Arshnet

Arshnet Technologies provides integrated Web solutions to the healthcare industry that help them effectively manage their practice and provide a more valued service to their members and patients. To deliver best technology solutions, we have tapped industry-leading technologies and then tuned and optimized them for the healthcare arena. Visit www.arshnet.net to learn more.

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T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Opens Up Bidding to Outsiders

DomainingBlog.com — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:27:00 +0000

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Monte Cahn, of WADND's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference and CEO of Moniker, has just recently announced that they will, indeed, be opening up the bidding to all parties, even those who cannot make it to the conference itself. This is the first time in history that T.R.A.F.F.I.C. has allowed individuals to bid on their auctions while not actually in attendance. This should only result in more sales at even higher prices, which may bring even more mainstream attention to the event itself. At the last T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference over 2 million dollars worth of domains were auctioned off. They are expecting a lot more sales this time around.

Take at look at some of the domains at Moniker's new MarketplacePro.com:

http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/index.html

To get in on the bidding contact Monte Cahn, Founder/CEO of Moniker.com and TrafficClub.com at Monte--at--Moniker .com or 954-984-8445.

You can also get more information at this thread at DNForum:

http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?p=979468#post979468

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DomainSponsor - New Lander Designs

DomainingBlog.com — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:11:00 +0000

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Dear Domainers,

DomainSponsor is proud to announce the launch of four new lander designs as of today, October 23, 2006.

If you are an existing DomainSponsor publisher, these new landers will automatically become available to you. If you are not currently a DomainSponsor publisher, now is a great opportunity to experience the benefits of partnering with us to profit from our advanced optimization technology in combination with these new designs.

These landers are automatically chosen through our “Auto-optimizer” feature which looks to revenue payouts per domain to determine the share of traffic each lander should receive. You do not have to do anything to take advantage of these new lander designs if you have selected the auto-optimization option. Our technology will determine when and how often to use these new landers to maximize your revenue.

We are positive you will see a meaningful increase in revenue from your portfolio over the next few weeks. We’ve been working on designing and testing new landers for months, and these 4 landers were handpicked among hundreds for their maximum payout.

As always, it takes a few weeks for new domains or new landers to reach their full potential. DomainSponsor, as you know, relies on complex optimization technology to analyze your visitors’ behavior and adjust designs and navigation on the fly to maximize your revenue.

If you want to see the new landers, simply go to any of your domains that are on the auto-optimizer, and hit reload to see the landers in rotation.

If you have any question, please feel free to email us, or contact your Account Manager directly. If you are at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East this week in Miami, please stop by our booth to see these new landers and learn more about the exciting things we’re doing to better serve you--DomainSponsor is dedicated to increasing your revenue payout potential!

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Top 3 Reasons Why .Asia Should Succeed

DomainingBlog.com — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:20:00 +0000

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If you weren’t aware of it by now ICANN has recently approved the .Asia extension, which will be managed by the DotAsia.org registry.

CLICK HERE to view the official ICANN copy.

Top 3 Reasons Why .Asia Should Succeed:

3. Thus far, regional TLDs have been tremendously successful. .EU was the first and no extension in history has ever experienced the kind of explosive growth that .EU has.

2. Asia is the world’s most populated continent with an estimated 4 billion inhabitants. That is more than half of the world’s entire population. The entire European Union doesn’t even have a population of 1 billion, yet millions of .EU domains were registered during the initial land rush. With over four times as many people than the EU, there is most certainly a market for the .Asia extension.

1. The Asian economy is sweltering and it is almost a certainty that China and India will be economic superpowers sometime in the very near future. Buy now, hold and sell after the number of successful businesses in Asia doubles, triples and even quadruples before you know it. There should be people in need of good .Asia domains for their businesses at some point in the future.

And those, folks, are top 3 reasons why .Asia should succeed.

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PCNames Domain Search Powered by Web 2.0

DomainingBlog.com — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:21:00 +0000

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PCNames Domain Search is rapidly gaining popularity thanks to their recently rebuilt Ajax Lookup. This tool is based on the idea of web 2.0 and checks domain availability as the user types.

(PRWEB) October 23, 2006 -- Web 2.0 is described as the evolution of the Internet. It is the idea of second generation Internet services using technology which was previously unavailable. One part of Web 2.0 is known as Ajax, the technology which allows a site to run smoothly and interrupted similar to an operating system based program. "PCNames uses Ajax technology to automatically suggest domain names as the user is typing into the search box… think Google Suggest for Domains" SearchEngineJournal.

Despite the popularity of the Ajax Lookup, it is the Word Search (www.pcnames.com/search/) which gets so many visitors coming back day after day. This tool accepts up to eight keywords as input to be searched across 100's of millions of domain names. PCNames (www.pcames.com) has just completed an upgrade to their ranking algorithm for this search. This is the application which allows PCNames to show the very best domains first. It now does a better job of scoring domain names especially those containing industry specific terms. PCNames does a complete update of their entire database each morning and periodic re-verifications throughout the day to ensure greater accuracy. To help users view the domains which have just become available, today’s date can be selected from the date added box. These are the names that are known to the industry as deleted domains.

PCNames has just added a sixth domain tool to their site for bulk lookup (www.pcnames.com/bulk/). With this new tool a user can paste in an unlimited number of domains into a search box to be checked for availability. This is valuable to those who have a large number of possible ideas for their site name. Instead of typing in one after one the entire list can be inserted into the search box. Each name is checked for availability in .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, and us and shown instantly. This is obtained by tracking a database of all registered domains which PCNames uses for their search tools.

This free domain search engine can be found at (http://www.pcnames.com). For additional information or to schedule an interview, contact Chris Richmond at (http://www.pcnames.com/contact.php).

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The Domaining Q&A Archive Has Been Updated

DomainingBlog.com — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:25:00 +0000

The domaining Q&A archive has been updated. Two new Q&A's have been added and all of the old Q&A's have been given a facelift. Currently, there are 16 total Q&A's in the archive. Many new Q&A's are on the way including but not limited to; Luc Lezon, of Plesmo, the people behind .mobi and the world's largest domaining conglomerate, NameMedia.

Please keep checking back for the latest updates and Q&A's.

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What Happens When Your Prized Domains Are Hijacked? Q&A With Michael Bahlitzanakis

DomainingBlog.com — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 21:16:00 +0000

We recently caught up with one of the top domainers in the industry, Michael Bahlitzanakis. Michael’s company, BP Holdings Group, Inc., owns many top domain names such as mall.com, prices.com, seo.com, is.com and the list goes on and on. Recently many of his top domains were hijacked and not too long ago he was fortunate enough to get them back.

Here is what he had to say:

Q: db - What is your name, where are you from and how long have you been domaining?

A: MB - My name is Michael Bahlitzanakis I’m from NYC particularly from a small town in Queens called Astoria. I’ve been involved in domains indirectly for about 7 years, meaning I never really took notice of their value since the last 3 years.

Q: db - Do you own or work for a domaining industry related company? If so, who and for how long?

A: MB - Well, actually when I decided to pretty much leave my traditional IT consulting world, I decided I wanted to do something really exciting, passive and most certainly lucrative. I managed to convince a long time friend of mine to go into this business
and let me tell you, if I had video taped myself, I almost sounded like one of those guys you see on extremely late night infomercials trying to sell you a make-money-quick program. I mean I had print outs of the ULT Search articles and showed him various domain sales and how we could make money though PPC to you name it. But nevertheless, he was convinced and I knew right then and there, I had a partner that GOT it. We formed our company using our last names’ initials BP and we formed BP Holdings Group, Inc. AKA (BPHG).

Q: db - It's understood that you recently had some of the best domain names in existence stolen from you? How did this happen and what were the domain names?

A: MB - Yes, unfortunately this was probably one of the most stressful times of my life. This happened on Friday April 8th of this year (2005). I will never forget it, one of my other partners who manages that portfolio calls me up screaming telling me how we LOST mall.com, development, yourmatch.com, greeknews.com, nachos.com and an additional lot of 25 small names As a matter fact the same person managed to steal typ.com, Americans.com and bulk.com.

Q: db - Do you have an idea of how much these domain names have been speculated to be worth? Which domain name is considered to be the most valuable of the bunch?

A: MB - Well, MALL.COM is probably one our most prized properties but I can’t really comment on specific numbers. One can and I’m sure do the math on how recently domain pricing has spiraled upwards in recent years.

Q: db - How much traffic/revenue does each ones of these domain make on the average month and how? Were these your best domain names that were stolen or do you have even better domains that were not stolen? How many domain names do you own and what is the most valuable domain name that you own? How much is it worth?

A: MB - Again, I can’t really get into too much detail on traffic and revenue so I’ll pass on that. As for our other properties, actually MALL.COM is one of our top holdings but I think you will find actually bigger names under our ownership, such as IS.COM, SEO.COM (which we recently purchased for an undisclosed figure), CITY.COM, PRICES.COM (Which we just recently launched), ASP.COM and just to name a few.

Q: db - What did it feel like when the domain names were stolen? Did you ever think that you would get the domain names back? How exactly did you go about getting the domain names back? Would you have consider it a difficult or easy process? Has the thief been caught and if so has he been punished? If not, is he/she awaiting a trial of any sort? What measures do you suggest people to take to avoid having their domain names stolen?

A: MB - Well, initially when having heard the news, I was sick to my stomach. It’s like one day you have something and the next day it’s gone. It’s an indescribable feeling of helplessness, anger, frustration and humility all rolled up into one.

Yes, we felt very confident in getting our names back, we have strong relations with our current registrar and coupled of course by one the sharpest legal minds in our industry and our overwhelming proof of ownership legal documentation it was simply a matter of time.

Overall the initial process was a bit chaotic trying to gather all the information but nevertheless easy and a little time consuming.

Unfortunately, the thief was tracked somewhere in IRAN. He has been described to us as Computer Science student who did this for the purpose of extortion and profit.
Unfortunately, we didn’t go any further then that. No further information was gathered such as home address and what not so we couldn’t pursue any further legal action.

My only advice is for anyone to truly secure your names are one thing only. Always log-in from a trusted PC never use unsecured wireless hotspots. If you have been the victim of a domain being stolen from you, ACT quickly and gather as much proof supporting ownership of your domain, such as IDs, purchase agreements, Escrow.com transactions and what not time is of the essence and lastly, seek immediate council.

Q: db - How do you generally go about purchasing your domain names? Did you register them early on or did you later get them in the domain name aftermarket? If you got them in the domain name aftermarket how did you go about it: auctions, drops, resellers, other? What has been your biggest success story as a domainer? What is the biggest profit you have ever made on a domain name? What is the biggest profit margin you have made on a domain name? Do you have any tips for other domainers out there that might help them become more successful?

A: MB - We bought a small few back in the day but for the most part, we got most of our big ones during the post Internet bubble era. We approached a few companies that we’re willing to part for there names for quick suitcase cash. We like to shock people when we make an offer to buy names. We managed to get a few also from drops but for the most part we like making deals on the side away from our competition.

I can’t really discuss on profits or anything related there.

As for tips, I can only say this, start making your moves now. I predict what I like to call a coming ice age. The big companies have taken notice in our industry and for the most part, they are out buying all of us out. Once this happens, these high profile properties will stay with them indefinitely and the market will freeze and essentially squeezing the little guys out. I’m not saying we’re getting bought out but we’re a small investment media company looking to develop our own holdings.

Q: db - Do you have anybody that you would like to thank or do you have any existing or up and coming projects that you would like to let the domaining community in on?

A: MB - Well I like to thank our attorney John Berryhill who has been an outstanding legal powerhouse to our company and of course the people who cooperated and our registrar Godaddy who helped in recovering our names in a timely fashion.

Currently, we’re working on a few projects, we’re in the process of launching the following:

IS.COM
Which happens to be an ICANN Accredited registrar, the company will revolve around small business solutions such as domain registrations, web-hosting, e-mail and many other Information Services solutions.

PRICES.COM
We partnered with valueclick to launch PRICES.COM, a price comparison shopping presence. We’re very excited by this and it’s looking very promising.

And lastly, as I mentioned earlier, we just recently acquired from US defense contractor, SEO.COM. We plan to develop it into a Search Engine Optimization solution center for businesses and individuals.

db - We would like to thank Michael for taking the time to participate in this interview and helping the domaining community fight domain name hijackers.

Please share all of your thoughts on this interview by commenting on this post. Also, feel free to start up a conversation on this interview in the chat box or chat room.

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