Author: Elliot

Domain Pricing Tip

(February 21, 2011)

I bought a new pair of skis a couple of weeks ago, and my wife is in the process of listing my older pair on Craigslist. In creating the listing, she initially wrote, “Asking $65 or best offer,” and I suggested that she not post a price like this. I’ve seen other people sell the [...]

Saving Photos from Facebook

(February 20, 2011)

Up until recently, you could hold down your mouse on a Facebook photo and drag it to your desktop to save it. This would allow you to print photos or use them for other things, such as backgrounds, images for websites…etc. Today when I was trying to download a photo from Facebook, I was unable [...]

Domain Acquisition Tip

(February 20, 2011)

Here’s a tip for you when you’re in the process of buying domain names, no matter if you’re buying to re-sell, park, or develop. Don’t use an email address that alludes to the fact that you’re a domain name buyer. This might seem like a rather obvious tip, but I use one, and it’s backfired [...]

The Art of Shaving Lets ArtOfShaving.com Expire: Domain Going to Auction

(February 19, 2011)

Since I work from home, I can easily go two or three days without shaving. My wife doesn’t exactly love it when I’ve got too much scruff, but there’s less incentive to shave, although I love a good shave. The Art of Shaving is a high end shaving store that offers expensive shaving tools and [...]

Name.com Contest Contestants

(February 19, 2011)

I want to share with you the 5 finalists for the Valentine’s Day domain name poetry contest sponsored by Name.com. The winner will receive a $250 credit from Name.com, which can be used to buy domain names as well as renew them. Thanks to Name.com for sponsoring this fun contest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPgRAodq9hw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go9__KQ8CVU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs9_RgpM4OU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7y-hb1yiC8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYtltv9o23Y [...]

Sign Up for Your Competitors’ Newsletter

(February 19, 2011)

I’ve read a number of websites that recommend you use Google and Yahoo to see where your competitors receive inbound links, allowing you to go after similar links for SEO purposes. This is smart and can help you keep up with (or beat) your competition in SERPs. Something else you should always do is sign [...]

Domain Name for Radical Football, Founded by Mark Cuban, Has Interesting Provenance

(February 18, 2011)

Mark Cuban announced plans for a new company called Radical Football, which is expected to compete with college football’s BCS. I will spare you the company details since you’re probably not interested in that, but the domain name history for RadicalFootball.com is very interesting. In 2007, a company called Maverick Media purchased RadicalFootball.com. Interestingly, it [...]

Network Solutions Promoting .XXX

(February 18, 2011)

Although the launch date and pricing for .XXX domain names have not been officially announced yet, that isn’t stopping Network Solutions from promoting .XXX domain names. On the bottom of its home page under Promotions & Free Offers, there’s a link to “.XXX Coming Soon.” This internal promotional page touts the .XXX extension and how [...]

Rocky Mountain Domain Conference Coming

(February 18, 2011)

As I was skiing at Stowe last weekend, I was thinking about how cool it will be for domain investors who attend the Rocky Mountain Domain Conference in less than two weeks. Unfortunately, my ski trip out west is not taking place until after the conference, otherwise I would probably drop by to say hello. [...]

Mike Mann on Sedo .CO Auction

(February 18, 2011)

As you may or may not be aware, many of the domain names in yesterday’s .CO domain auction held at Sedo are owned by legendary domain investor, Mike Mann. Mike was the founder of Buy Domains, which he sold to NameMedia, and he currently operates DomainMarket.com. He remains the largest non-institutional shareholder in NameMedia, and [...]

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