December 2011

Braden Pollock: Could He Be the Domain Monetization Messiah People Have Been Looking For?

(December 31, 2011)

DNJournal.com rings in the New Year with a new Cover Story. Ever since domain parking revenue went into a tailspin a few years ago, people have been looking for an alternate means of monetization that would restore the returns their domains used to produce. Some think lead gen whiz Braden Pollock may have a solution.

Thank You Aggregators

(December 31, 2011)

Yesterday, I thanked the advertisers who financially support my blog, allowing me to post new content daily. Today, I want to thank another important group that also helps my blog considerably. Aside from Google, Bing, and Yahoo, there’s another group of websites that sends consistent traffic to my blog at no cost to me, and [...]

Thank You Advertisers

(December 31, 2011)

I don’t ask for anything from people who read my blog, aside from posting respectful comments to help enhance the articles that I write. In order to continue writing my blog daily, I rely on advertisers to financially support this endeavor. Frankly, if it wasn’t for the advertising revenue, I couldn’t afford to take the [...]

How To Find Potential Domain Name Buyers

(December 30, 2011)

I wrote an article the other day about buying domain names that contained exact match terms to domain names that people already own and Joe asked a question in the comment section on how I would go about contacting the potential buyers I mentioned in the article. So this is how I would do it. [...]

Miami Police Dept. Lets MiamiPolice.com Drop – Gives Cybersquatter Early Christmas Gift

(December 30, 2011)

Despite warnings from a local citizen that they were about to lose MiamiPolice.com, the Miami Police Department let the domain drop because they didn't want to pay the renewal fee. To absolutely no one's surprise a cybersquatter grabbed the name and parked it. Now a Miami news outlet is blowing the whistle on the police.

Final, Final Year End Sale

(December 30, 2011)

I’ve had several successful sales in the last couple of weeks, but this truly is the final, final sale of the year. A couple of these domain names may be under Enom’s auction lock, so transfer may take some time. If that is the case with a name you want, you may opt to wait [...]

Domain Industry Professionals: “One Thing I Learned in 2011″

(December 30, 2011)

In my opinion, the best way to improve your business is to learn how others are achieving success and to learn from mistakes. I’ve learned quite a bit this past year, and I reached out to a number of domain industry colleagues to ask if they’d share one thing that they learned. Several people responded [...]

GoDaddy Goodies: 70 Super Hot Expired Domain Names

(December 30, 2011)

Welcome to another exclusive series of GoDaddy Goodies! The following is a hand pick list of expired, no reserve domain names that are currently on public auction. I filter a huge list of over 400,000 domain names and come up with a manageable list of domain names that I think are worth considering to invest [...]

Domaining.com To Give Back, Hot 100 Domain List Coming

(December 29, 2011)

Francios Carrillo, the owner of Domaining.com has been setting up a list of 100 domain names to be offered for sale with some of the funds going back to domain name bloggers like DotWeekly. You can submit a domain name for sale to be included in the 100 domains! This list of domain name is [...]

Namecheap Hits 25,000 Transfers Today

(December 29, 2011)

As I mentioned earlier this week, Namecheap sponsored Move Your Domain Day, and the company pledged to donate $1.00 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for every transfer initiated to the company today. By early this afternoon, the company surpassed 10,000 transfers, and Namecheap CEO Rick Kirkendall doubled down on his offer, in news that broke [...]

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