Elliots Blog

Why a Winning Bidder May Become a Non Paying Bidder

(February 8, 2012)

Just about every domain sales venue and platform has to deal with non-paying bidders on domain listings, sales, and auctions. It’s happened to me before and I am sure it will continue to happen to others as well. Frankly, it’s frustrating as hell when you reach a deal to sell a domain name and the [...]

DealDash Buys Swoopo Domain Name

(February 8, 2012)

A few years ago, I learned about Swoopo, an interesting type of online auction website that had bidders pay for bids. As I recall, there was some controversy surrounding the type of auctions on the site, because a $100 item that sells for $10 could conceivably have hundreds of dollars worth of bids to get [...]

DogGroomers.com: Feedback Request

(February 7, 2012)

I’d love to hear some feedback regarding one of my projects, DogGroomers.com, a website that helps dog owners find a local dog groomer. The site has been live for a year, and it isn’t gaining the traction I would have expected (fewer than 20 paid listings). For starters, DogGroomers.com was built using the same platform/theme [...]

Did You Sell Any Go Daddy Premium Domain Names During the Super Bowl?

(February 7, 2012)

Domain Name News reported that Go Daddy planned to have their premium listings appear during the Super Bowl. This was big news because GoDaddy spent upwards of $10 million producing and airing its two Super Bowl commercials, and as a result, the company always experiences a huge traffic surge to its website. Since domain names [...]

Challenge of Being a Domain Flipper

(February 6, 2012)

Most of my business comes from flipping domain names. I buy domain names in private or at auction, and I try to sell them at a profit as quickly as possibly. I subscribe to the churn and burn method of domain sales, aside from those names I keep for development. One of the most difficult [...]

Another Way to Use End User Lead Generation Website

(February 6, 2012)

I previously discussed how I used the Estibot lead generation tool* and how I used LeadRefs.com to find buyers for domain names I was looking to sell. I also discussed how you might go about using the tool to find a buyer. I want to share an “alternative” way to successfully use tools like these [...]

Willis McGahee in Name.com Spoof of GoDaddy .CO Super Bowl Commercial

(February 5, 2012)

The tradition of spoofing Go Daddy’s .CO commercial has continued in 2012. Name.com posted this humorous video of Denver Broncos star running back Willis McGahee in a spoof of Godaddy’s “Body Paint” Super Bowl commercial. With all due respect to McGahee, I prefer the Godaddy commercial starring Godaddy girl Natalia Velez.

Super Bowl Sunday Updates – GO PATS!

(February 5, 2012)

I think my favorite day of the year is Super Bowl Sunday, especially when my New England Patriots are playing. I don’t ever miss a Pats game, even when I’m on vacation. Anyways, here’s a brief Super Bowl Sunday update. - I don’t know about you, but it’s been strange seeing some Super Bowl commercials [...]

I Wouldn’t Want To Be in The Domain Registrar Business Serving Domain Investors

(February 3, 2012)

I was going to write this long comment/rant in response to a couple of the comments left in the Moniker sale post, but I believe it merits its own post. I can only imagine the domain registrar business would suck if the primary target audience is domain investors. As a domain registrar catering to the [...]

Video: Lana Del Rey on Letterman

(February 3, 2012)

By this point, I would bet you’ve heard of Lana Del Rey. Lana has a new album called Born to Die, and here’s the video of her singing her hit song Video Games last night on the Late Show with David Letterman. I know it’s not domain name related, but there are a lot of [...]

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