September 2009

.Biz Banks Big Bucks, Sedo Co-Founders Sell Out & U.S. Loosens ICANN Leash

(September 30, 2009)

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: .Biz bags over $360,000 in an auction of 1-character domains (including $66,000 for a single domain), Sedo co-founders sell their remaining stock to the Adlink Group and the U.S. government loosens (but doesn't release) its leash on ICANN.

Six-Figure Country Code Sale Beats All Comers in This Week’s Domain Aftermarket Action

(September 30, 2009)

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A British ccTLD reigns over our weekly Top 20 Sales Chart and takes a place among the year's 10 biggest country code sales. Three other ccTLDs also made the all extension leader board, along with a .org, a .net and the usual dominating pack of .com domains.

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Hand Five of Next Year’s Six Shows Over to Rick Latona

(September 29, 2009)

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu say they will turn responsibility for five of six 2010 conferences over to new partner Rick Latona and his team. In another note, the venue for Skenzo's official show party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York next month has been announced.

Castello Brothers Secure the Services of a Legendary Local TV Personality for Nashville .com

(September 28, 2009)

GeoDomainers continue to raid traditional media for talent as the Castello Brothers secure the services of legendary local TV Personality Tim Ross for Nashville.com, one of the flagship properties at Castello Cities Internet Network.

1000 Consecutive Days of Training by my mate Alan Stewart, Wow!

(September 28, 2009)

Alan Stewart on KickBike An amazing milestone was passed on Saturday 27th Sept 2009 by my best mate Alan Stewart. Alan is a KickBiker (also known as FootBiker)  What the heck is a KickBike I hear you asking?? KickBikes were originally developed as a fitness and cross-training device for elite Nordic Athletes, the KICKBIKE is [...]

People Who Use the Internet Have a More Positive View of PPC Than SEO. Really?

(September 25, 2009)

Do people who use the Internet have a more positive view of PPC ads than SEO? A search engine called "What Does The Internet Think?" says they do. WDTIT also says Yahoo is viewed far more positively than Google and even new kid on the block Bing nips the #1 search engine.

Companies in the News: DOMAINfest Global, Neustar and Sedo

(September 24, 2009)

DOMAINfest Global has named the Keynote Speaker for their January conference in Santa Monica, California, Registry operator Neustar goes .Green and Sedo fuels continued growth by acquiring a former competitor.

The High End of the Domain Aftermarket Stages a Comeback With Five 6-Figure Deals

(September 24, 2009)

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the aftermarket staged a comeback this week with five 6-figure transactions. One of those ranks among the year’s top dozen sales. We also saw the year’s 2nd highest .org sale and the 3rd highest ccTLD sale of 2009.

5 Tips on Selling Domain Names for Maximum Profit

(September 24, 2009)

I would like to present some tips on being a frugal domainer and keeping 100% of sales profits for yourself. By not paying sales commissions and doing some…

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

5 Tips on Selling Domain Names for Maximum Profit

New ICANN CEO Takes a Slap at Domain Investors in Letter to Congressmen

(September 23, 2009)

Those who have been wondering where new ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom would come down on the organization's highly controversial plan to flood the Internet with new gTLDs now have some answers.Those came in a detailed letter Beckstrom sent two U.S. Congressmen, responding to their concerns about the plan.

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