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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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Companies
& Events in the News: Sedo Charity Auction,
Latonas.com, ParkLogic.com & DomainSherpa.com
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Sedo.com
will be holding a special charity auction
tomorrow
(Thursday, March 31) through Thursday, April
7. Unlike
traditional auctions, the proceeds will be going
directly to The Strausses, a terminally
ill couple associated with the Torah High
School in San Diego, California.
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The
Strausses, who are known as pillars of their
community, are suffering from degenerative
illnesses. Several years back, Jerry Strauss,
a successful real estate entrepreneur, saw the
value of domain names and invested in many of
them to build a sizeable portfolio but when he
became ill most
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of
the domain portfolio was donated to a Hebrew
high school. Unfortunately, as their medical
bills piled up The Strausses have had to rely on
donations from family and friends to survive.
Sedo's
North American Director of Sales Kathy
Nielsen said, "We
are honored to host an
auction event that directly benefits such an
important and worthy cause. We are confident
that each sale will help foster the emotional
and physical well being of the Strausses;
providing them peace of mind during these trying
times. The domain inventory is a solid selection
of names and we encourage investors to take
advantage of the opportunity to make an offer
and to make a difference!
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The complete auction
inventory can be viewed here.
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Elsewhere, Rick
Latona has announced
his company will no longer hold domain
auctions on their Latonas.com
platform. Latona said he would use Sedo
to auction his names instead. In a blog
post Tuesday he wrote, "I’m back
to being a customer now, buying and
selling through intermediaries and I’m
fine with that. Frankly, it’s a lot
less stressful." |
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In case you
missed it, I want to draw your attention
to a new
feature story that we
published Tuesday. As most of your know,
Michael
Gilmour, the founder of ParkLogic.com,
is one of the most familiar figures in
the domain industry. If you have ever
attended a major domain conference you
have likely seen Gilmour on the dais.
His expertise in domain
monetization and management have
made him one of the most wanted speakers
among show organizers.
While
you have probably seen and heard a lot
about Gilmour, you may not be as
familiar with ParkLogic, the parking
services provider he founded. That is
because ParkLogic has always been very
selective about the portfolios they
accept in their system. Gilmour has
quietly built the company (with close to
a half million domains
under management) through personal
contacts and word of mouth
recommendations - a strategy that has
allowed him to aggregate a very high
quality flow of traffic.
His
clients have been rewarded with a
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Michael
Gilmour
ParkLogic.com |
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advanced
system that, after five years of
development work, has morphed into a
phenomenal all purpose domain
management platform. In fact that is
what caught my attention and led to this
story, rather than the company's domain
parking component alone. You can
get all of the details here. |
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A few days
a go I had the pleasure of being
interviewed by Michael Cyger for DomainSherpa.com,
his new site that is rapidly becoming a
robust industry resource. That in-depth
interview (running 78 minutes) was
posted today (you can view
it here). |
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Michael
came up with a lot of fresh questions
that resulted in us covering a lot of
ground that I haven’t publicly talked
about before, including a lot of
detailed domain selling tips. One think
I really like about Michael's interviews
is that he makes them available in separate
video, audio and text versions, so you
can pick the format that you like
best. I hope you enjoy the interview
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One
final note - I will be en route to Boynton
Beach tomorrow so we can attend the South
Florida Domainers Group meeting
being hosted by John
Ferber at his home Thursday evening
(March 31). As a result, there won't be a
Lowdown post Thursday but I'll be back here Friday
with some photos and highlights from the
meeting.
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(Posted March
30, 2011)
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