Domain Name Journal - located at DNJournal.com - is the domain industry's premier trade publication. This award winning online magazine features industry news and information that is updated on a daily basis. http://www.dnjournal.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:33:55 -0400 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:13:05 -0400 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.dnjournal.com/images/ronjackson-50x71.jpg http://www.dnjournal.com/ Domain industry news and information updated daily. 50 71 I'm currently in Sarasota, Florida where our son will be getting married on the beach this weekend. While I'm in Sarasota - the place where I began a TV sporstcasting career - I will also be researching a possible geodomain project. More details in what will be my last Lowdown post until Tuesday. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100901.htm 5D5803EB-A134-457F-8DFE-709E730E7191 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:13:05 -0400 The curtain came down on Canada's first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference Thursday evening in Vancouver, BC. The event closed with a live domain auction that netted nearly $700,000 thanks to a pair of blockbuster 7-figure sales. Attendees also watched E.CO sell for 81K on closed circuit TV. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100611.htm 57A50E43-F388-49E0-9C41-0EA95937583D Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:56:05 -0400 Day Two at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver conference featured a fireside chat with the father of Canada's .CA extension, John Demco, and a panel discussion about its future. There was also a .CA domain auction and a panel discussion about the future of domains in general. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100610.htm 51A38F59-5841-4C42-A901-7A29E6DBA7EF Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:17:21 -0400 Canada's first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever attracted the show's biggest audience of the year when the event got underway Tuesday in Vancouver. Attendees turned out to network with fellow domain investors in a town that has produced some of the most successful domain investors of all time. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100609.htm 13477C87-7DAC-492B-A3B5-76E4BEA90D0A Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:18:31 -0400 After getting up at 4am so we could catch an early flight from our home base in Tampa, Florida to Vancouver, British Columbia for this week's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver conference, my wife Diana and I arrived in the spectacularly beautiful Canadian city this afternoon. Here are some pre-show photos and notes. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100607.htm 56E66793-6219-423F-A227-61DE488DD132 Mon, 7 Jun 2010 21:45:36 -0400 Many of the domain industry's movers and shakers are converging on Vancouver, British Columbia for Canada's first-ever T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference + notes on some new industry websites and events. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100605.htm EC246F6F-2D6D-457E-A85D-6267C6C6A106 Sat, 5 Jun 2010 17:10:24 -0400 The weekly DNJournal.com domain sales report is out and it was a very solid 7 days for the aftermarket. After three straight weeks without a sale above the five-figure level, the market broke loose with the biggest sale of 2010 entering the books along with a pair of nice 6-figure sales, http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100609.htm 8601DCED-1CBF-42D2-861D-C9044524ED3E Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:33:06 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, some background on our new Cover Story about Dan Warner, plus concerns about how a proposed ICANN policy could harm aftermarket sales and our take on a newspaper story that says .mobi has at least one foot in the grave. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100601.htm 9321406C-87D7-4172-A8DB-38CEE440BC64 Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:19:37 -0400 New DN Journal Cover Story: The life of former Fabulous.com leader Dan Warner. He has done a hitch in the Navy, worked as a carpenter, paramedic, fireman, software developer & pharmaceutical salesman + survived a near fatal accident & a thieving CFO who wound up in jail after destroying Warner's multi-million $ company. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2010/may.htm 7202A8C7-911F-4B49-8294-E771B6FC0DDE Mon, 31 May 2010 16:14:03 -0400 A holiday weekend news roundup from DN Journal includes: The latest update on T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver - Photos from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan - DOMAINfest Europe Releases Agenda and Opens Registration - Former SnapNames VP Nelson Brady Admits Shill Bidding in Response to $33 Million Lawsuit + E.co Goes Up for Bid http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100529.htm CAF01178-5242-4A0D-969E-5D730793FE65 Sat, 29 May 2010 12:30:06 -0400 Verisign staged a 25 Years of .Com Gala Wednesday night in San Francisco co-hosted by comedian Dana Carvey and Sun Microsystems Co-Founder Scott McNealy. We have a first hand account from Aron Meystedt, the current owner of the first .com domain ever registered, who was among those recognized at the event. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100528.htm 92E9CD9A-FBA5-43C7-9395-3953D87642E5 Fri, 28 May 2010 13:38:47 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A dozen .coms took places on our latest Top 20 Chart with the ccTLDs also turning in a strong showing with six chart entries. A pair of .nets gave the non .com gTLDs representation on the elite list as well. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100602.htm AAE963CA-135A-41FB-B139-113F54726728 Wed, 26 May 2010 19:13:54 -0400 Yesterday we ran a video interview with CentralNic Founder Robert Pooke who explained how he assembled the world's greatest collection of 2-letter .com domains - a portfolio that includes US.com, UK.com, EU.com and LA.com to name a few. Today CentralNic GM Joe Alagna details how the company utilizes their LL domains. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100526.htm 0F0AEC44-DF01-41B2-A36C-32F628376F8F Wed, 26 May 2010 11:49:27 -0400 Wouldn't it be great to own a 2-letter .com domain like US.com, UK.com, EU.com or LA.com? Or perhaps NO.com, DE.com, CN.com or SA.com. Well, one guy, CentralNic's Robert Pooke, owns ALL of those domains and many more. Pooke tells us how he acquired those great domains and how he decided on his current business model for them. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100525.htm D5625E34-71DF-43AF-A0A0-3EC5367CCC99 Tue, 25 May 2010 18:50:30 -0400 The .CO registry's innovative Founder's Program is awarding high profile domains to early adopter developers who submit the best plans for a relevant .CO website. Today the registry announced that TechCrunch is one of the companies that has been awarded a .CO domain that is hosting a new website. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100524.htm 3F45AD11-9F88-49C8-962D-6FC439D8C367 Mon, 24 May 2010 19:27:08 -0400 May has seen the launch of new domain industry websites as well as the addition of new features at existing sites. The new resources offer everything from domain promo codes that will give you registration discounts to an extensive list of categorized and rated sites that will help you find better domain names. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100521.htm 79F22B1B-C85D-44C9-A759-9B5EAD312FCE Fri, 21 May 2010 20:18:03 -0400 The .com extension turned 25 years old this year and as part of a year-long celebration to mark the anniversary of the world's most popular extension, Verisign will hold a special 25 Years of .Com Gala, hosted by comedian Dana Carvey, on Wednesday in San Francisco. Here is a preview of what will be happening there. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100520.htm 5A285ACC-094B-4EC9-94B5-8B3DA523F095 Thu, 20 May 2010 18:52:33 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the second straight week no reported sales broke the six-figure barrier, however a couple of even bigger blockbusters are waiting in the wings. The 16 .coms on the leader board are joined by a trio of ccTLDs and a pair of non .com gTLDs. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100526.htm BFE42A42-587F-44E6-9622-E249A68B30D1 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:13:18 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The recent surge in high end domain sales continues with another 6-figure sale. Plus, the high value of generic domains on the aftermarket is the subject of a new white paper that could be useful in educating your customers about what constitutes a good name and why your price is justified. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100518.htm C9D41DB2-25EB-427B-8E06-3AC1DFB7F7EB Tue, 18 May 2010 14:37:33 -0400 One of the most highly anticipated T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences in years is coming up June 8-10 when the pioneering industry trade show makes its first ever appearance in Canada...and a very special place in Canada at that. Vancouver is the epicenter of an area that has played a huge role in domain industry history. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2010/traffic-vancouver-preview.htm A8785C52-45BC-4807-A6E5-A4E863DB975A Thu, 13 May 2010 22:31:02 -0400 As of this writing, three public 7-figure domain sales have been completed so far in 2010, but all of those were at or just above the $1 million mark. In the past couple of days reports of bigger pending sales indicate that high ticket domain transactions are heating up along with the temperature as summer approaches. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100513.htm F282729E-C131-40E7-8DBB-B4DB7A77F413 Thu, 13 May 2010 18:38:34 -0400 There were no six or seven figure blockbuster sales this week as the domain aftermarket throttled back to the always busy four and five figure lanes. DrunkDriving.com wound up being incarcerated at the top of our latest all extension leader board after receiving a $60,000 citation. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100519.htm CF763203-993B-4A29-9250-2C6030571FA9 Wed, 12 May 2010 18:01:45 -0400 With domain conferences popping up everywhere these days, show organizers are trying out new locations, formats and pricing plans to attract attendees and spread the "domain gospel". The DOMAINfest conference will roll out a new one-day power networking format for the first time Thursday in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100511.htm 7E4ECE06-39E7-4EEC-B0CA-431E8DF72830 Tue, 11 May 2010 20:14:51 -0400 When Rick Latona announced today that he slashed the registration price for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver show to $395, the first thing I thought of was the Crazy Eddie electronics ads that blanketed TV in the 70s & 80s. A "crazy" character would scream "Prices are so low they're INSANE!" and it became a catch phrase in the ad world. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100510-2.htm BA9FE875-4B0E-4D4A-A9EE-9AB9EECE845D Mon, 10 May 2010 20:07:34 -0400 DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2010 GeoDomain Expo is now online, It features dozens of previously unseen photos, plus business session details that we didn't have time to go into in our daily Lowdown items that were posted when the show was underway at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2010/geodomain-expo-review.htm 34848044-DF31-4534-B0CF-A586036FB41E Mon, 10 May 2010 18:20:41 -0400 As we reported last Monday SanDiego.com was scheduled to be sold in a foreclosure auction Friday (May 7). This morning I received information about what happened on Friday. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100510.htm E16E3184-75A9-4897-9071-8407ACF81E01 Mon, 10 May 2010 11:24:06 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: 28-year-old Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia is profiled on national TV in India, Sedo reports a surge in domain sales, IDN Newsletter operators Gary Males and Aaron Kravitz land a big deal with Register.com and Comwired Inc. reels in a monster domain name - DNS.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100506.htm FD3F30A2-3332-4268-B22B-2FEC3D33BBC4 Thu, 6 May 2010 16:28:41 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. I was away covering the GeoDomain Expo in New Orleans last week so you will be seeing double this week as we expand all of our charts from 20 to 40 positions. The biggest sale reported so far in 2010 tops the new chart, followed by the year's #2 ccTLD sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100512.htm 7B3321AE-8A1E-4F0A-8D12-307442CDCEB6 Wed, 5 May 2010 20:44:37 -0400 I was surprised and saddened to get today's news that innovative domain auction service Bido.com is closing down effective tomorrow (May 5). Sahar Sarid & Jarred Cohen built a unique sales platform with some cool social media twists, but in the face of a brutal recession and heavy competition they finally threw in the towel. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100504-2.htm 86F14116-D71C-4B10-ACAE-52B99A34E254 Tue, 4 May 2010 19:15:18 -0400 SnapNames.com and its parent company Oversee.net today announced they have filed suit against Nelson Brady in federal court in Oregon. The company said that Brady, a former SnapNames VP, used the false name Hank Alvarez to improperly bid in certain SnapNames auctions. The suit seeks to recover $33 million from Brady. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100504.htm 14DA27D6-6714-4BD0-9ADF-8D8D6EC969A8 Tue, 4 May 2010 16:29:44 -0400 I have learned that the assets of SD Acquisitions LLC, owner of the SanDiego.com domain name, will go up for public auction at 5PM (Pacific Time) Friday (May 7), in the SanDiego.com offices at 610 West Ash Street, Suite 1405, in San Diego. Get the inside scoop in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100503.htm DE1F6C24-DFA5-4668-B072-A75151D289E3 Mon, 3 May 2010 20:14:07 -0400 An analysis of domain sales reported to us in the 1st quarter of 2010 showed that total dollar volume was down 18% from the same quarter a year ago, however the entire year over year difference can be attributed to three big sales made in 1Q-2009. On the bright side the median sale price topped both the previous quarter & 1Q-2009. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100426.htm 8920016D-75C7-4653-BD2D-4A1B258D204F Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:08:20 -0400 A new cover story is out at DNJournal.com. Few domain sales have set more tongues wagging than the $350,000 sale of CookingGames.com in January. A lot of people didn't believe the price but it was real and it was worth every penny to buyer Bill Karamouzis who has had enormous success developing gaming websites. This is his story. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2010/march-april.htm D2CDF85E-CEB0-42E7-9A8E-BBB7D54B9698 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:52:05 -0400 In the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we're closing the week with a roundup of recent developments led by some embarrassing shenanigans involving both complainants in UDRP proceedings and NAF panelists. New revelations cast doubt on how well justice is being served in some UDRP domain proceedings. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100423.htm 8D61D7EF-3B0A-4D55-B0A5-F3857DDA0C2F Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:39:55 -0400 When I head over to New Orleans for the GeoDomain Expo next week I will be looking forward to seeing two of the sharpest developers in the space again; Scottsdale.com's Fred Mercaldo and Bruce Marler of the Missouri.me Network. Both will be coming to the show fresh off major expansions of their businesses. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100422.htm 34B3864A-B05E-4A6A-9B87-03264D5A09E9 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:00:40 -0400 1-800-BUSINESS LLC, a company that was formed to operate a business around the toll-free vanity number, 1-800-BUSINESS and its numerous URL’s, including www.1-800-BUSINESS.com plans to sell off essentially all of its assets in a May 27 auction. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100421.htm 32AF51A6-F5FE-421C-898A-3C60378D4872 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:12:05 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, The year's 2nd biggest ccTLD sale and the largest sale ever reported for Brazil's .com.br extension leads our latest Top 20 Sales Chart. The .com.br domain changed hands for $300,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100428.htm 451A5415-20DF-4A66-817E-2F48D883FAE7 Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:38:56 -0400 Fans of the .tel extension got a new resource to draw on today when the TelMasters.com website went live. The site was founded by Mark Kolb and Scott Smith, two early adopter .tel evangelists who saw a need for an exclusive .tel "domain boutique" to address the unique requirements of the .tel community. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100419.htm E7374DAA-4FDD-4A2D-A1D3-CF0A1B2CC92F Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:52:13 -0400 GeoDomain Expo organizers have posted more speaker and session information for the event coming up April 28-30 in New Orleans and DOMAINfest has announced the launch of a pre-auction bidding system for the Moniker/SnapNames live auction coming up at DOMAINfest Fort Lauderdale May 13. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100416.htm 99E03AE4-F873-4871-869B-25691BCAE5B8 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:06:19 -0400 GoDaddy Auctions, the AfternicDLS and LogicBoxes all announced new service offerings today. GoDaddy added a public fixed price "closeout" section on their website, the AfternicDLS announced another free webinar for April 29 and LogicBoxes added two free value added features for their registrar clients. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100415.htm CB8EA9B8-F505-4E32-9078-CDF3FDFCF756 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:48:16 -0400 Oversee.net says things are looking up for the domain aftermarket. Their Moniker and SnapNames divisions reported a 42% jump in 1Q-2010 sales compared to the previous quarter. Their results got a boost from a private 7-figure sale and a half dozen six-figure blockbusters. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100414.htm BB1876AD-7343-401B-91FB-D4B2D07913B6 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:29:23 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of six-figure sales head our latest Top 20 list. Five ccTLDs and a pair of non .com gTLDS joined the 13 .com domains on the all extension leader board. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100421.htm FA776FD6-03DB-4439-8B59-9B38AD665912 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:21:37 -0400 Tessa Holcomb, who brokered several million dollars worth of domain sales at Sedo has taken a new dual position with PPX International and DomainManager.com. Ms. Holcomb will be DomainManager's Director of Business Development and PPXi's Director of Philanthropy. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100413.htm 4F08F3D0-BE9D-46BA-A28B-0F3505CEE1D9 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:52:17 -0400 I was interviewed for an article posted on AOL News today. The reporter asked for my reaction to a comment from an attorney/new gTLD consultant who said "Some day people will look upon .com as the less professional, mom-and-pop segment of the Web where only small businesses and amateurs dwell." http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100412.htm E78D5F32-8585-40EF-9EEA-99A2646F3136 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:01:39 -0400 It's not often that you see freewheeling entrepreneurs like Patrick Ruddell taking a job in a big corporation, but it just happened with Chef Patrick joining Oversee.net. For those who can't envision the Chef punching a time clock, we ran him down to get some answers to the question - "Dude, what were you thinking!?" http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100409.htm 5C1A4A52-9E31-4FD5-8F4B-AF75E556B862 Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:12:07 -0400 Rick Latona converts his popular domain sales newsletter into a daily 24-hour auction that will run on the Latonas.com platform. Plus, Sedo rings up over $785,000 in .TV sales through an online auction topped by Business.tv at over $100,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100408.htm 5EA9A8C0-BAC9-4640-96DF-1CAA904FF8F6 Thu, 8 Apr 2010 18:12:30 -0400 With the opening sessions at two major domain conferences, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in Milan, Italy and the GeoDomain Expo in New Orleans, less than three weeks away the agendas are firming up for both events. Here is the latest on what you can look forward to from these events. Plus news on another geodomain sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100407.htm 907DF486-95BE-4594-92CB-1EE325F0E470 Wed, 7 Apr 2010 18:39:13 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was a good week for the aftermarket with a 7-figure blockbuster that now ranks as 2010's biggest sale, plus a trio of solid 6-figure sales led by a $370,000 geodomain deal. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100414.htm C7EC7EFD-A72E-4464-8BB0-47E8AAA47291 Wed, 7 Apr 2010 15:46:14 -0400 Major registrar Register.com has signed an agreement to join NameMedia’s Domain Listing Service, the AfternicDLS. The deal gives Register.com customers (mostly small to medium sized business end users) access to more than two million domain names currently offered for sale through the DLS service. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100406.htm 61ABF99C-A225-4159-9F14-ACE5D2BC3377 Tue, 6 Apr 2010 09:00:02 -0400 In a Sunday surprise, Rick Latona announced that he and Rick Latona Auctions President David Clements are going their separate ways. Both said the split was an amicable one. David's brother Toby, who worked with Rick to start Latona's domain brokerage business, will now run the auction company with Latona. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100405.htm 96882820-B2CB-44A1-90AC-8B0EEEABB627 Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:02:41 -0400 The 2010 GeoDomain Expo will run April 28-30 at the historic Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New Orleans. To give you a taste of what is in store for this year's show, we hooked up with Associated Cities Executive Director Patrick Carleton for more details about the big event in the Big Easy. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2010/geodomain-expo-preview.htm 91555139-CDD0-441E-A6EF-70E586BF3FC6 Mon, 5 Apr 2010 14:43:37 -0400 If you plan to go to the 2010 GeoDomain Expo and have not yet booked a room for the April 28-30 show at the Roosevelt Hotel time is running out. With the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival going on at the same time, rooms in the city are scarce so those being held for the Expo will be taken back by the hotel after Tuesday. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100401.htm 299C80EA-48F3-4DFF-8034-51AA8879BEF5 Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:58:41 -0400 A vast majority of respondents in a new Sedo survey of digital marketers said owning the right domain name is a key factor in successful marketing campaigns. Plus, the Yahoo Publisher Network decides to call it quits. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100331.htm 92DD2EE4-8A58-433C-B4C0-0CC93C7F4278 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:14:16 -0400 The 2nd best .com domain sale reported so far this year gave Sedo the top spot on DN Journal's new Top 20 Sales Chart. This sale ranks #4 overall on the YTD List because a .org and a ccTLD still rank as the two highest sales reported in 2010, Six ccTLDs made the new all extension leader board along with a pair of .orgs. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100407.htm 3DEFDEC0-399C-4B20-AA48-6E5E117D768E Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:39:55 -0400 Associated Cities, the association of geodomain owners that stages the annual GeoDomain Expo, has transformed itself from a for-profit partnership controlled by a limited number of founding shareholders into a non-profit trade association in which all members will have a voice in operations. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100329.htm 752F2471-0F12-4D01-B728-B0D22D2CBC09 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:11:21 -0400 The constantly growing domain conference calendar expanded yet again today when DomainSponsor announced a pair of new one-day events to be held in Ft. Lauderdale (in May) and New York City (in August). Meanwhile the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan show announced a 2nd domain auction featuring .eu domains. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100325.htm 014F8B67-1544-4FC1-BEAA-1DBC5F26EDC1 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:22:33 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Sedo's parent company gets a new but familiar name. Plus, news from DomainConsultant.com, a new social networking site at SocialDomainers.com and Domainbie.com who is offering an industry beginners ebook that you can try before you buy. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100324.htm CD84CA51-D694-4FA4-8D3A-B14C433B57DC Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:50:06 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com with high ranking sales reported in every category. We saw the 2nd biggest non .com gTLD sale of 2010, as well as the 3rd biggest .com sale year to date and the 5th highest country code sale thus far in 2010. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100331.htm EBA65F16-FD45-4CD8-93E5-E47F5B5275CE Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:21:07 -0400 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu has entered the blogosphere after receiving HowardNeu.com as a birthday gift from his son Ray. Neu said the new blog will range far beyond the world of domains. Also today, Sendori gains approval of two patents related to domain leasing.  http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100322.htm 8D39A24F-8FA1-4A1D-9A56-0B28E3214FBE Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:39:01 -0400 .TV registry operator Verisign has blown up their previous business model for the extension. Prices have been slashed on premium domains and renewal fees drop to standard rates for new registrants. It's all good except for those who bought premium .tv domains before the change and are still stuck with sky high renewal fees. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100319.htm B0CFA35D-1130-4E6A-9706-5035B2BF5D31 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:13:51 -0400 With spring on the way temperatures aren't the only things heating up. Auction activity is breaking out all over. SnapNames just reported a $335,000 sale in their latest monthly showcase auction and two other big events are underway - Domain Madness 2 and a GreatDomains online auction. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100318.htm 0C71A0D9-E693-4D59-9BC9-DC8F2E65996B Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:43:15 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Industry veteran Victor Pitts, who recently left his position as a Vice President at Moniker.com, has accepted a new executive position with Cincinnati, Ohio based registrar DomainIt.com. Also, a legal move has resulted in cancellation of the Sex.com auction that was scheduled tomorrow. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100317.htm AE4F0D28-F9B8-4002-9443-6DA7D161B4F9 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:30:16 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. One of the five biggest sales of 2010 took the top spot on our leader board and we also saw the year's biggest .info sale to date. The ccTLDs also rocked again with five charted domains including one that hit #3 on the all extension Top 20 list. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100324.htm F02F5E36-5D80-4563-8166-0A22EC9B1874 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:44:34 -0400 Sedo announced today that they are teaming up with Verisign (the operator of the .tv registry) to stage an exclusive auction for the entire available catalog of 115 premium .tv domain names. Unlike other premium .tv domains, those sold in this auction will have a standard registry renewal fee. The online auction will run April 1-8. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100316.htm 57566EFB-998C-4935-A3B3-90D31AE2CAB6 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:09:38 -0400 Time Magazine has published an Annual Special Issue that features an article about one of the biggest companies in the domain industry - Demand Media (the parent company of popular registrar Enom.com). Also, mainstream media is reporting on today's 25th anniversary of the 1st .com domain registration. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100315.htm DE723A11-AA39-4F01-9C02-8BEC9EA3F57E Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:47:47 -0400 DN Journal's new monthly newsletter has the first detailed account of a domain industry climb team's conquest of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa last week. In her own words, one of the climbers described what it took to scale the 19,340 foot mountain. The grueling 6-day mission raised almost $200,000 for a worthy charity. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2010/february.htm E27EA25F-47AD-443B-8D12-EF3BAB04F0DD Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:25:22 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A new online magazine focusing entirely on ccTLDs has launched at ccTLDInvestors.com. Plus, ICANN closes its meeting in Nairobi by announcing a new Trademark Clearinghouse database. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100312.htm 6B51742F-C083-4593-B863-EA734FD22876 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:01:13 -0500 ShopCity.com is rolling out an innovative nationwide local shopping network that is offering career opportunities to partners interested in operating their own local marketplace on one of 7,500 URLs. Founder Colin Pape will talk about the platform on a Domain Success webcast tomorrow (Friday March 12). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100311.htm 15A710B6-1A98-4CFD-A5DE-A68E9F33B150 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:11:09 -0500 If you have an early stage company with a great domain, great idea, or both, and you are looking for investors to help you reach the next level T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan wants you in their Test Track program. They are also looking for live domain auction submission. Also - GoDaddy reached a HUGE new milestone today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100310.htm 8E692373-99F5-4BD0-AEAF-EC1CF26A2F27 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:52:49 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Guns.com staged a clean getaway - topping the chart with a sale that was 8 times bigger than the runner up (which was also a six-figure domain). 6 ccTLDS also muscled their way onto the new Top 20 Chart, along with a pair of .net henchmen. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100317.htm DF38E203-9255-4728-A57D-B551CDBAA3A9 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:47:28 -0500 A major new market survey of American advertisers and marketers says this will be the year when digital advertising finally passes print media in ad revenue for the first time. Also today, the .CO registry announces its upcoming launch plan including a new Founders Program for early adopters that opened today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100309.htm 642CEB69-B079-4184-8E93-1EC61626A82C Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:42:37 -0500 We have learned that Moniker.com has completed the biggest .com sale reported so far this year at $800,000. It is the third highest sale of 2010 overall, trailing a million .org sale and a ccTLD sale of more than $850,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100308.htm CB6BBCE4-0FB1-40EE-AE02-6F4D9A7E8D06 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:39:29 -0500 New Cover Story: The 2010 conference schedule began with 3 shows in 23 days - an average of one every 8 days! Can the industry continue to support the number of shows that are now being held? We provide a detailed history of the domain conference business and look at its future prospects in an increasingly crowded field. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2010/february.htm FEC535A8-09DE-4AC1-8D63-7346D08D4193 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:18:53 -0500 The group of more than two dozen domain industry pros who went to Tanzania, Africa to climb Mount Kiliminjaro in a fund raising effort for The Water School have finished their mission. 26 of the 27 climbers reached the peak and in the process raised approximately $180,000 for the non-profit organization. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100307.htm C834B8B7-C4CB-4BD4-AD87-56A77B7B77A7 Sun, 7 Mar 2010 13:55:43 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Geodomain giant Skip Hoagland has joined with a partner to purchase a .com city domain website that represents one of Florida's most popular resort towns. Also, a huge new marketplace that sells only .CA domains (Canada's country code) has opened for business. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100305.htm F681DF4A-BEE2-4047-B285-DA35E46591D2 Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:38:13 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Domain conferences have been held on land in various corners of the globe over the past five years. In October, a conference will be held on the high seas for the first time! Also - we have an update on the progress of the two dozen domainers who are currently climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100304.htm CD6D2AE4-AFCC-4E27-BD0C-B433404844F7 Thu, 4 Mar 2010 17:25:21 -0500 Four years after their first European conference in Barcelona, Spain, DOMAINfest will return to the Continent for a big show to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic October 6-7, 2010. Here is what's on tap. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100303.htm 7BA1F374-552F-4280-B5B3-74332AB14531 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 20:15:08 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A 165K sale at Sedo scored a runaway win in this week's aftermarket race. Four ccTLDs and a pair of .nets broke through the strong .com defensive line to join 14 .coms on our new Top 20 Chart. Two of those country codes crashed the top ten. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100310.htm 6AC92B69-6A06-4B1A-8D61-AEAF243AE966 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:24:50 -0500 Registration for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference coming up in Milan, Italy April 27-29 opened today with some exceptionally low early bird prices offered to those who are quick on the draw. A rate of €499 ($679 at today's exchange rate) will be given to the first 50 people who register for the offer that expires March 15. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100302-2.htm C3C0CC18-ED66-4CEA-8F24-19B132C875A6 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:30:45 -0500 Michael "Zappy" Zapolin has scored a major honor for his latest category killing domain name development project - PrescriptionDrugs.com. The Harvard Business School has selected the site as a candidate in their "New Ventures" competition. Zappy will present to a panel of judges this month with a spot in the final 3 on the line. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100302.htm EE2267F3-D936-4BC5-A7A7-FF9F64FD5A6B Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:23:20 -0500 Bido.com sold UDRP.com for $16,500 last week. Considering the fact that each side in a single UDRP dispute typically spends several thousand dollars for legal services, we thought someone got a good deal on that domain. As it turns out the buyer was a both a domain investor and an end user. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100301.htm 5EE10793-2CD6-49DD-B968-AF768993E5C3 Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:38:53 -0500 DevHub just completed a big office expansion project. Next, Co-founder Mark Michael says DevHUb will be introducing some major upgrades to their site publishing and monetization platform. We show you the DevHub team in their new digs and Michael talks about changes designed to help bloggers make more money. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100225.htm 8E540A76-9AEA-44CE-901A-CB3B6E5F9323 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:36:35 -0500 Dn Journal's comprehensive review of the 2nd Annual Domainer Mardi Gras Conference has just been published. This wire to wire report has new photos and individual session details that were not seen in our daily Lowdown updates from the show. In fact every photo in this review is being published for the first time. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2010/domainer-mardi-gras-review.htm AC5B013B-B4C0-4FFB-BD18-8BF8CFC92A1E Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:58:48 -0500 On Monday at least two dozen men and women representing the domain industry will begin a climb of more than 19,000 feet to the peak of majestic Mount Kilimanjaro. They are doing it to raise funds for deployment of a water purification system that is helping to stop waterborne disease and save lives in developing nations. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100224.htm D8C7C99E-6F7D-4968-A0C7-D97152D98761 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:48:53 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The highlights include the year's first seven-figure sale, two more 6-figure heavyweights and the best week ever for the .org extension. A pair of ccTLDs also crashed the party on the all extension Top 20 Chart. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100303.htm AA7094AB-34EB-4CE2-9087-1F61C6502ADE Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:33:00 -0500 The 2010 GeoDomain Expo will be held in the Big Easy at the luxurious Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel April 28-30. Associated Cities, who produces the annual conference for domain developers, announced their keynote speaker today and they came up with a winner - Hotels.com co-founder David Litman. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100223.htm 94415C61-6D9F-46E1-86FB-E61D07E6CE51 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:44:16 -0500 Directi Co-Founder & Skenzo Founder, 28-year-old Divyank Turakhia, runs one of the fastest growing companies in all of Asia. Recognizing Turakhia's growing influence, Bloomberg's powerful UTV Network just featured him in a discussion of the Indian government's 2010 budget. Plus, how I spent my extended weekend mini-vacation! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100222-2.htm 83DA3BAA-25F7-4645-BDD5-3ED33AB92005 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:11:52 -0500 The owners of PokerCompany.com made history last week when they purchased Poker.org for $1 million, by far the highest price ever reported for a .org domain. We have learned that they also paid the second highest price ever reported for a .org domain in the previously unannounced sale we are reporting today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100222.htm 5278FEAA-8923-4049-B608-3A555EF2F580 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:19:48 -0500 After being away from home three of the past four weeks covering domain conferences (T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas, DOMAINfest Global & Domainer Mardi Gras), I owe my wife some time together. So, this afternoon we are off to a favorite place. Plus, Sedo confirms the $1 million sale of Poker.org - the highest .org sale ever reported. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100218.htm 32E02146-3406-4B4A-B26C-018FEF586B4E Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:19:06 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A case study in how to create goodwill for your business and drive traffic to your geodomaiin websites. Veteran domain investor/developer Rob Grant provides a successful template you can use for your own projects, but be ready to get involved in your community if you want to reap big benefits. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100217.htm B9E41E45-DF03-42F2-A324-23D1A63061F1 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:36:20 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Though no 6-figure sales were reported this week there was a flood of solid 5-figure sales. In fact we had almost enough of those to fill TWO Top 20 charts. In addition to the ones that did make our weekly leader board, we logged 18 other sales above $10,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100224.htm E04D1A19-F33D-42D7-8AFD-A9ADEFAE3BB3 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:45:09 -0500 The Castello Brothers have developed successful websites on a number of great domain names including PalmSprings.com, Nashville.com & Whiskey.com. They are doing it again with KingTut.com, a project that produced an unusual connection between the Castellos, Tutankhamun and DN Journal's Ron Jackson. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100216.htm 0293BB63-434D-4218-A11E-C4626A38FEDA Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:10:28 -0500 The Domainer Mardi Gras conference gets underway tonight in New Orleans. The forecast calls for a steady rain starting around 6pm that will last til noon tomorrow but in the Big Easy a little rain and cold weather will never stop a good party! Unfortunately snowstorms in the Northeast will stop some guests from getting there. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100211.htm C06D4F1D-B2D7-47DB-BB62-F7E56998FC36 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:39:58 -0500 At T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas and DOMAINfest Global Morgan Linton shot dozens of video interviews for an ambitious new series called Domainvestors TV. Linton has posted the opening episode in the series and upcoming episodes will feature a virtual who's who of the domain business. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100210.htm 24384851-2A35-49FE-A3C6-4D3BCE95175D Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:56:39 -0500 The new Weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Biking.com raced to the top of our all extension leader board with the biggest South African ccTLD sale ever reported taking the #2 spot. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100217.htm 01A42E35-203F-4DAC-94C3-7267FD99CD4C Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:29:15 -0500 The Castello Brothers, David and Michael, spoke at Borrell Associates' Local Online Advertising Conference in New York City today where conference organizers told executives from traditional media platforms "while you were sleeping these guys ate your lunch!" http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100209.htm DB4D57FB-FEAF-40C8-8239-7A1F804E31FF Tue, 9 Feb 2010 21:48:30 -0500 The Domainer Mardi Gras conference will be held in New Orleans Thursday through Saturday. With the Mardi Gras celebration as a backdrop, DMG already had a lot of appeal and now with the city also celebrating the Saints first Super Bowl win the show is shaping up to be one people will never forget. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100208.htm 9A99A6B8-86A0-4813-8DC6-7421BB83134B Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:05:24 -0500 DN Journal's comprehensive review of the DOMAINfest Global conference that ran January 26-28 in Santa Monica, California has just been published. Our wire to wire coverage has the show photos and details that you haven't seen yet! http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2010/domainfest-global-review.htm FE1F06F2-E42D-4B6F-A154-C77DEE3C0999 Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:18:49 -0500 DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2010 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference has just been published. Our daily reports from the event that ran Jan. 21-23 at the Hard Rock Hotel just scratched the surface. Here are the photos and details you haven't seen from the first show of the new year. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2010/traffic-lasvegas-review.htm 490C8E6E-3FEA-4C3D-A790-E78E9EB9DBF5 Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:36:42 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Sweden's .SE Registry claims victory over .Com. According to a report published by the government commissioned Central Bureau of Statistics (SCB), "The .SE domain is growing stronger while .com is losing its’ foothold in Sweden." http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100205.htm 14A61A65-B254-4EFA-A363-E86C860D1A0D Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:06:00 -0500 With the ccTLD market on an upward trajectory, dropcatching service Drop.com.au has joined the growing competition for expiring Australian domains. They are claiming a high success rate too - landing 82% of the .au domains they have gone after, including gems like Printing.com.au and MotorHomes.com.au. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100204.htm 40845B28-A021-4CDF-8A01-769337CAA7F0 Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:29:56 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The ccTLD that represents a place with a population of ZERO! Plus five more country codes that serve areas with less than 1,000 residents. One of those was once marketed at the "second coming" of .com but it never quite arrived. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100203.htm A55B50B3-6733-443E-BBBC-C889DC2EB1AE Wed, 3 Feb 2010 20:12:32 -0500 The latest domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Boating.com docked at $250,000 to top domain aftermarket action over the past 14 days. A pair of 6-figure ccTLD sales also made big waves and helped the country codes take 3 of the top 5 spots on our new all extension leader board. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100210.htm CAE81B68-9141-4EDE-9B4D-930DA56BCEFE Wed, 3 Feb 2010 17:23:52 -0500 DNJournal.com's new monthly newsletter is out. It reports that total reported domain sales dropped 12.5% in 2009, however ccTLD sales soared 28% over the previous year. The newsletter also has an exclusive inside look at Directi's Mumbai, India operations written by Gregg McNair. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2010/january.htm 34FF5139-E831-4EA6-9647-8D75E7E42A58 Tue, 2 Feb 2010 19:17:22 -0500 A Federal Appellate Court has ruled against AOL and given Advertise.com the right to continue doing business under their generic domain name. AOL claimed Advertise.com violates their trademark on Advertising.com. AOL's over-reaching claims also scuttled a $1.4 million auction sale of Ad.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100202.htm CDDC581C-E785-4FE5-84ED-F274DABF5BFD Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:55:07 -0500 An online domain auction to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims will get underway Friday... the .LU IDN sunrise opens...a free webinar on parking and selling domains is coming up Thursday... plus why Rick Latona and David Clements are riding bikes from Atlanta to New Orleans. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100201.htm 5BEF6586-A752-46CF-B366-A4E49036E2D6 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:55:13 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Pre-Bidding opens for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas auction, DOMAINfest Global posts the final agenda for next week's show in Santa Monica and Mocus.com launches an affiliate program paying 50% on domain sale profits. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100119.htm 423494A3-D7B1-41CE-86CA-5E52B532BB6C Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:50:10 -0500 Back to back domain conferences get underway Thursday when the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference opens in Las Vegas. DOMAINfest Global follows next week in Los Angeles. We're expecting two great shows so we're playing "beat the clock" in an effort to get the decks cleared before the big events. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100118.htm F9BBD362-2BA0-4A32-8599-1B936DD5DC2C Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:10:35 -0500 The January Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com and as we do at the start of every year, we asked some of the industry's leading domain investors and developers, top level company executives, monetization experts and attorneys to evaluate the past year and predict what is ahead. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2010/january.htm 564BF6FA-4039-4789-9A46-750C1677FFBD Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:00:34 -0500 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas names the Keynote Speaker for next week's conference at the Hard Rock Hotel. He has co-authored two best selling books with world famous peak performance coach Tony Robbins and he promises to help you succeed in your business. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100113.htm A71F57BB-126F-4E76-99AF-A2FDB1377E09 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:57:26 -0500 The New Year's first full week of domain sales is now in the books. Sedo helped get 2010 off to a rousing start by closing a huge ccTLD sale - one that is more than three times bigger that the largest country code sale recorded in 2009. A pair of IDN ccTLDs also cracked the all-extension Top 20 Chart. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100120.htm 0BCAA468-8D83-4F8B-97ED-738A44CEB9BA Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:28:05 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Rooms have sold out at the host hotel for DOMAINfest Global but organizers have found more rooms nearby - IDNTools makes a splash in New York's Times Square & free seats are available for a webinar on Top Parking/Selling Strategies for 2010. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100112.htm 55F3C05C-1AB7-44FA-926C-4A4F5244293F Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:53:14 -0500 While newspapers have been decimated by the economics transforming today's media industry, Web sites that report news and deliver other content at the neighborhood, or "hyperlocal" level, are bursting with life. The money being thrown at the larger operators in this sector is mind boggling. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100111.htm 1CBDDA59-93DB-46D0-8A0C-BD68C6A585AB Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:41:05 -0500 DOMAINfest Global 2010 is coming up later this month and all indications are that attendees will be enjoying another world class show when the event runs January 26-28 in Santa Monica. We hooked up Oversee.net President Jeff Kupietzky to find out what DFG has planned for you this year. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2010/domainfest-global-preview.htm 94E87FC3-CCA8-435A-A03A-98FF1994CE87 Fri, 8 Jan 2010 14:50:14 -0500 Another competitor joined the domain aftermarket fray Wednesday when T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu and Rodan Media Group's Danny Pryor joined forces to launch a new free sales platform at BestDomainsWebsite.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100107.htm 80A7C7D5-C16C-4586-BBC3-0341B14F655C Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:20:07 -0500 The final week of the 2009 domain sales season saw the kind of light overall activity you expect over the holidays but it still produced a pair of impressive six-figure sales. Setting the pace was a $350,000 blockbuster handled by NoktaDomains. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20100113.htm C6A0D898-2E53-413C-9692-49CA65B09467 Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:41:34 -0500 The debut album from recording artist and domainer's daughter Lizzy Grant (stage name Lana Del Ray) was released on iTunes today. Lizzy's dad is veteran domain investor Rob Grant. Ron Jackson (who is a former radio DJ and record store owner) reviews Lizzy's hypnotic new release. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100105.htm 0332FDA8-FC4A-47C4-91E4-DD1B69426F58 Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:27:10 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference introduces a private option for Test Track, an event that brings business owners together with angel investors. Also, owners of the DomainState forum have put the site up for sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100104.htm 855D844C-D1B6-4832-A0E4-5826F1884DE5 Mon, 4 Jan 2010 19:05:09 -0500 There have been many landmark shows in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. series and the upcoming show at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas January 21-23 promises to be another one as the Rick Latona team takes over production of the U.S. show for the first time. We hooked up with Latona for a special show preview interview. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2010/traffic-lasvegas-preview.htm 7FDAA3ED-E359-4B8B-88DB-70FD658E59F7 Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:36:34 -0500 A fleeting masterpiece appeared in my backyard this morning. I was struck by how appropriate it was to see this on the last day of another decade - to be reminded that despite recessions and wars and all of the other ills affecting the world - there is always a new day ahead, another chance to try to make today a little better than yesterday was for myself, my family and friends and those around us." http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091231.htm 08E34358-9887-47EB-8DC1-26771585AFD5 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:54:31 -0500 Another decade will end less than 36 hours from now and according to a new report from the The Pew Research Center people are not going to miss the "aughts." Yet, here I am - in the small minority that has a generally positive view of the decade that is about to close. Here is why. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091230.htm DFF3891F-1FA7-4D38-B834-BE57983C0A12 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:34:15 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A nice .com geodomain set the pace with four ccTLDs rounding out the first five. The country codes went on to take eight places on the all-extension Top 20 chart and a dozen country codes cracked the five-figure mark. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20100106.htm 71C6E164-6643-4FD1-B956-F80E059D805C Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:54:11 -0500 In an effort to persuade people to try their new domain leasing monetization system, Root Orange is running a contest that will give the winner a free hotel room and ticket to the DOMAINfest Global conference coming up January 26-28 at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, California. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091229.htm 91F08545-C8F8-40C4-9EF5-436E9BCE8F9D Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:12:07 -0500 A plunge in parking revenue this year left domain owners hunting for new monetization options that might offer better results. The new December newsletter at DNJournal.com takes a look at one new solution devised by two guys from Princeton University. We also have a special year-end letter from the ICA. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2009/december.htm FE2C29B6-5553-4CE7-9F10-1B50A461120A Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:34:22 -0500 Though overall Christmas retail sales were sluggish, online sales were a bright spot this year. comScore reported that Dec. 15th set a new one day record for online sales, crossing $900 million for the first time & easily surpassing the 2nd biggest day on record set on Cyber Monday (Nov. 30). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091228.htm F9A49F34-DE11-484E-A018-6C6C8188A48F Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:13:09 -0500 North Carolina based domainer Abdu Tarabichi has launched a new non-profit website - the Domain Name Knowledge Base - that aims to help educate the public about the domain name industry by providing easily accessible answers to common questions about the business. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091224.htm E53915CF-FBB0-4778-9F54-8ADF05C416CC Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:21:17 -0500 .INFO registry operator Afilias released its 2009 .INFO Annual Report this week. The extension currently ranks 7th in total registrations among the more than 270 Top Level Domains (TLDs) worldwide. With over 5.3 million domains registered, .INFO also ranks 1st among all new TLDs introduced since 2001. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091223.htm 0A575506-D353-45AA-89D8-F18D2D5340FA Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:13:12 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out DNJournal.com. A pair of previously unreported .de (German ccTLD) blockbusters set the pace, including one that ranks as the highest IDN sale ever reported (easily eclipsing Büromöbel.de - the previous leader reported just 1 week ago). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091230.htm E1D1D227-8381-4ACF-813B-F4815A39EBEB Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:09:45 -0500 Elliot Silver has announced his latest site development project at DogWalker.com.This site exemplifies two things you need to look for if you want to build a successful website. So, we've made Elliot's project part 3 of what has become an unplanned series about diversification through domain development. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091222.htm 82B1FE80-AB7C-4437-998E-E48ED3CB28FA Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:56:33 -0500 My last Lowdown post on Friday was about 4 domain owners who are taking control of their own destinies with domain development projects. Those 4 represent just a handful of domain investors who are going down the same path. Still another example just arrived on my door step today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091221.htm E4A29C81-A872-4A23-AAEE-6E0DD2EDDC93 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:49:39 -0500 The new December Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. This exclusive profile of a man who seems to be EVERYWHERE these days - Rick Latona - details how the 37-year-old serial entrepreneur has managed to turn the old order upside down, even though he didn't enter the domain business full time until 2007! http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/november-december.htm 39E4D47C-43B4-4F45-9F74-CCC130E4F400 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:02:15 -0500 The economy is crippled and PPC has fallen off a cliff, but skies are blue for many domain owners who diversified into development and freed themselves from the whims of Google and Yahoo. Here are four examples of people who have taken control of their own destinies. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091218.htm A46D81B2-CDBB-40E1-998D-0F7FA26A754D Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:36:56 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The 2010 domain conference schedule gets underway next month with two major shows and I am very much liking what I am seeing on their agendas. Plus, Verisign plays Scrooge again - announcing another big price hike for .com and .net domains just in time for Christmas. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091217.htm 26CDF069-ECE5-4F59-BE12-14DA975458DB Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:48:55 -0500 MiamiHerald.com is about to find out. In an effort to survive the historic media shift from traditional platforms to the web, a major newspaper with a rich tradition has been reduced to the electronic equivalent of panhandling. Why is a site with 5 million unique visitors a month unable to make any money? We have some answers. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091216.htm 02963D98-DE7A-4058-A499-A81DFB5B3346 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:30:40 -0500 A pair of nice six-figure sales headline this week's domain sales report at DNJournal.com. Barns.com bagged the top spot in a private transaction. The buyer already has an impressive ecommerce site up and running.The #2 domain is a landmark IDN sale that is the highest verified IDN sale ever reported to us. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091223.htm 8336440B-2D64-49E4-969E-DF20AAF36D4A Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:12:02 -0500 Many domain owners have seen their PPC revenue drop by 75% or more, but we may finally witness an end to the carnage in 2010. The latest indication of an upturn comes from Jefferies who raised their price target on Google stock to $695 a share based on strengthening ad revenue. Yahoo is seeing it too. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091215.htm DA818DB9-9F18-47EA-98A7-E62F45075323 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:45:31 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Ron Jackson is back from a family visit to the frozen north. A Christmas shopping excursion there led to another misadventure in brick & mortar land. Ron also has details on a WhyPark.com charity domain auction that just started on a classy new platform at Latonas.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091214.htm 245D593D-E9B1-4453-BB42-F45A40EC3A53 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:06:39 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo.com took the pole position on our latest Top 20 Domain Sales chart with a six-figure transaction that helped them sweep 12 of the 20 entries on the all-extension leader board. Sedo also put four ccTLD sales on the elite list. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091216.htm 4853A618-FEE0-4C17-921C-9DC0B36893B9 Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:23:32 -0500 A new survey of more than 1,000 global business leaders indicates that online ad spending will finally rebound in 2010. 48% of those surveyed said they plan to ramp up their online marketing efforts in the New Year. The biggest beneficiaries will be email marketing, social media marketing and search (SEO & PPC). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091208.htm 4F2614DD-FC2D-4691-8732-D3B125C953B8 Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:14:51 -0500 Are you among the many domain developers who are building sites aimed at attracting revenue from local advertisers? If so, a major conference in Los Angeles this week and an upcoming free webinar could help put some money in your pocket. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091207.htm 6141B43D-1BF8-4AAA-ABCB-4BFDC28C8DE0 Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:32:23 -0500 The number of options for buyers in the domain aftermarket continues to grow. Andrew Miller, co-founder of industry heavyweight Internet Real Estate Group (a company that sold CreditCards.com, Shop.com, Diamond.com, Beer.com & many others), has launched a premium domain sales site at SimpleDomains.com.  http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091204.htm 2716F7D4-3881-4667-88A5-C2502283CFC4 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:47:34 -0500 McAfee, one the of largest manufacturers of anti-virus software, just named Cameroon's .cm country code extension the riskiest domain to visit in the world. See the others that earned red flags as well as those McAfee says are the safest to visit. Domains are also in the news at the Wall Street Journal today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091202.htm EEEF75B4-01F2-4786-9441-187517438E7D Wed, 2 Dec 2009 21:23:29 -0500 The new weekly domain sales chart is out at DNJournal.com. There are three heavyweights totaling $2.2 million at the summit on our latest Top 20 list. The leader ranks as the year's 6th biggest sale. We also saw one of the year's six biggest non .com gTLD sales this week along with a pack of solid ccTLD deals. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091209.htm C5F5C553-C98F-48F6-AF83-5F054104A4F0 Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:25:44 -0500 Imagine what domain names that define various categories of products and services would be worth if websites replaced all (or even most of) the world's brick and mortar stores. Well, it's going to happen within five years predicts Laurie Sullivan in a provocative post on her MediaPost.com blog today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091201.htm 1AFD26C7-A7DB-446F-A0F0-38999843DDE3 Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:02:37 -0500 New online media platforms have siphoned away much of traditional media's audience, but a New York Times reporter says the future of media, in the hands of young writers and entrepreneurs who are a "bundle of ideas, energy and technological mastery" may not be a bad deal. Like The Who said, the kids are alright! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091130.htm F8B3BDB1-2E4D-4CA0-93C4-3A0F0E7A3521 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:55:17 -0500 With acquisitions of Mail.com, Fan.com, Deadline.com & others, the 30-year-old son of auto racing legend Roger Penske is building an Internet media empire. Here's how Jay Penske, backed by $35 million in venture capital, plans to be a big winner in the transition from traditional media to online publishing. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091127.htm DCD4C425-39D1-4508-BAC1-E4F03C17EE0E Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:50:26 -0500 We're getting the decks cleared here so we can join the rest of the U.S. in celebrating one of America's biggest holidays Thursday - Thanksgiving Day. Like many Americans we will spend some time on the road traveling to a central meeting place where 17 family members from near and far will gather to give thanks. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091125-2.htm 409E01CD-FE40-47DE-8289-C838A28A2492 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:24:04 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was another solid week led by one of the year's 10 biggest country code sales. We also saw two of the year's five biggest non .com gTLD sales this week as that category enjoyed its best outing so far in 2009. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091202.htm 37CB3A29-0B4C-474F-9A10-F70B0C44F964 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:55:04 -0500 DomainAdvertising.com has named industry veteran Dan Warner as the company's new CEO. Warner is a well-known figure in the domain industry having previously served as the Chief Strategy Officer and COO of Dark Blue Sea, the Australian public company that owns Fabulous.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091125.htm 19FE88A1-77FC-4FD2-805B-606048A87207 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:06:27 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A German geodomain website has won the $7,500 First Prize in the 2009 .INFO Awards Contest presented by registry operator Afilias. Cash prizes also went to the 2nd and 3rd place finishers. Also today, how the stolen domain name CFJ.com was quickly recovered. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091124.htm EBA4E975-81ED-40B9-816B-5D600967A553 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:24:35 -0500 The insider shill bidding scandal at SnapNames.com has resulted in a 2nd class action lawsuit being filed against SnapNames owner Oversee.net. In what could be a huge blow to Oversee if granted, the new suit asks the court to disgorge Defendants of ALL revenue earned from SnapNames auctions during the Class period. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091123.htm 3877F305-4DF7-48CE-A21C-08E1DEF57C82 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:32:04 -0500 Options in the domain aftermarket are expanding with the launch of several new sales platforms by established industry players. BargainDomains.com will focus on undervalued names, NoktaDomains.com has a portfolio of 200,000 names to choose from and a third new player will join them soon. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091119.htm 175C3009-0A17-4E6E-99AB-9DC544C30E90 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:31:26 -0500 DN Journal's new monthly newsletter features an interview with two IDN experts on what the new "fast track" process started by ICANN this week could mean for sales of internationalized domain names. People around the world will finally get a shot at domain names written entirely in their own local language and alphabet. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2009/october-november.htm 670EFBAB-3897-4002-9943-E24EBF00D589 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:13:19 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The boom in ccTLD sales is fueling interest in many extensions representing first world industrial nations. Canada's .ca is among the the beneficiaries. Meanwhile, back in the States, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu gets on the development bandwagon with two new websites. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091118.htm AB83B1D5-2DAF-412F-9706-23CD9DB4A955 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:14:14 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Whiskey.com washed down $185,000 to whip all comers. Another highlight of the past seven days was the huge number of solid five-figure sales completed - 41 in all. That is nearly twice the number we see in that range in an average week. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091125.htm AD22D839-3501-48FB-BDA9-B6BBEFF703D4 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:02:58 -0500 If you were watching HBO's hit comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm Nov. 8th, you may have noticed a familiar face in one scene. If you said to yourself, "Hey, that guy looks just like Ari Goldberger!" you would have been half right. The guy looked like the noted domain attorney because that's who it was. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091117.htm 6DCB0E02-9800-4D2B-8AAA-01FCBB6EF8D1 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:42 -0500 In August we told you about the arrest of Danny Goncalves, the man accused of stealing P2P.com and selling it on Ebay for six figures. This evening we are happy to report that Goncalves has been indicted by New Jersey's Attorney General - the first known instance of a domain thief being indicted on criminal charges. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091116-2.htm 32D46B6D-9848-4770-B84A-08BDB0B2DDA4 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:52:14 -0500 Steve Morales has resumed his geodomain duties at SimplyGeo.com LLC after a U.S. Army mission abruptly took him away for seven months. While his absence disrupted activity at the company's main sites, his service earned Morales a commendation from the Commanding General of the Quartermaster Corps. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091116.htm D8F0C1F1-1782-4F19-A288-2EC692B0C202 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:20:13 -0500 After reporting the departure of two NameMedia Senior VP's earlier today, we now convey the news that eNom Founder and Demand Media President Paul Stahura is leaving his post. The move comes 12 years after Stahura founded eNom and four years after he sold the registrar to Demand Media. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091113-3.htm B7767E84-52DC-4689-9999-465A6E794DAD Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:28:12 -0500 Earlier today we reported that NameMedia Senior VP Pete Lamson, who was also General Manager of the AfternicDLS and BuyDomains, left the company last week. This afternoon I heard through the grapevine that the company's Senior VP for Direct Search, Brian Carr, also left recently. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091113-2.htm B3B1D6CD-83FE-47B2-93C3-6A0412F7C73F Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:52:52 -0500 Senior Vice President Pete Lamson has left NameMedia where he ran two of the domain industry's biggest sales platforms; the AfternicDLS and BuyDomains. Over the past four years Lamson helped boost sales to small business end users through development of an expanded promotion platform. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091113.htm EE068ACE-4864-4D44-BCDC-20B66A73E06B Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:26:27 -0500 Skip Hoagland's company, Domains New Media, has teamed up with Databanq to launch a major new site at ChamberOfCommerce.com. The site's CEO, Databanq Co-Founder David Bayer, says the goal of the company is simply to build the largest local business directory in the world. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091111.htm E93DFCCC-09BA-4B99-9209-1979C1026495 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:07:26 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. There were no blockbusters this week but Sedo rang up a bucket load of solid five-figure sales to sweep the first 8 spots on our new Top 20 Chart. They also placed eight ccTLDs on the all extension leader board including a trio that ranked among the five biggest sales. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091118.htm CE215892-AE7C-4D1F-9490-E14065901774 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:08:12 -0500 Organizers of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference have posted the Initial agenda for their February 2010 show in New Orleans. Early Bird registrants are also being offered a free 500GB external hard drive for signing up by midnight Friday (November 13th). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091110.htm 1C067C24-6D74-47A6-BDC3-A71E27B740F4 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:51:03 -0500 The first class action lawsuit has been filed in the shill bidding scandal at SnapNames that continues to dominate conversation in the domain industry. In another development, SnapNames has given customers access to all of their old bidding records so they can calculate the damages suffered in the shocking scheme. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091109.htm 66421F9E-F19C-4EC1-A2DA-0E99F8CA92EE Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:24:29 -0500 DNJournal's comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference, including dozens of previously unreleased photos and details, has just been published. The event marked the end of an era as conference co-founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu have now turned the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. reins over to Rick Latona. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/traffic-newyork-2009-review.htm 34FA78BA-3D86-41E7-88B1-986DAFDA60C4 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 02:54:14 -0500 Today in t he Lowdown at DNJournal.com: News from Sedo, Moniker, Neustar, Pool.com and eBusinessDomains.com, Sedo kicks off our round up with 3rd quarter results from their popular aftermarket platform where sales volume rose 5.5% from the previous quarter and average sale prices soared 37%. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091105.htm 8B97AE18-C7F9-4C1F-8B69-896110037D5C Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:24:06 -0500 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos of alleged SnapNames shill bidder Nelson Brady and our thoughts on the scandal that is rocking the domain industry. The company's former VP of Engineering has been fired but the fallout is far from over. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091104.htm 4BF1823E-E229-4CD7-85AE-F4D7F0BAD101 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:20:20 -0500 I was away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference last week so we have published a double-length report for you this week that will bring you completely up to speed on all sales reported to us since our last column October 21. Leading the way is a trio of six-figure sales, http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091111.htm D21CB2EE-289F-4023-B766-5A1AA15A531F Wed, 4 Nov 2009 19:42:39 -0500 Sedo will open a week-long online auction featuring only two-character .com and .net domain names on Thursday. Names scheduled to go on the block include NL.com, RO.com, KH.com and 64.com. Meanwhile two extended online auctions associated with T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York are heading to the finish line. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091103.htm 0DA025AB-F056-44EF-B467-9AF3D5B1BB66 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:58:29 -0500 Owners of ten .info websites have been named finalists in the 2009 .INFO Awards Contest. That group will be whittled down to three winners in public voting this week. The developers of the three winning sites will split $15,500 in prize money with $7,500 going to the first place finisher. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091102.htm 26C607C3-2F98-4840-90BB-50DC31488E1A Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:25:28 -0500 The Lowdown at DN Journal has photos & highlights from the Closing Day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York: Annual Award Winners, Moniker Live Auction results, an inside look at the $3 million Candy.com deal, 2010 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. locations and dates and, just in time for Halloween, unveiling of a Ron Jackson bobblehead doll! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091029.htm C727C5AD-849A-4E56-B9BA-C62FD4B5F160 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:08:15 -0400 Tuesday was a busy day at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference, starting at 10am and running into the wee hours of this Wednesday morning. We have photos and highlights from all of the key events including the keynote address, Rick Latona's live auction and Skenzo's official party in Manhattan. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091028.htm 4D94935E-C998-446E-B007-11373F1652E1 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:59:35 -0400 The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference opened with a welcoming cocktail party last night. In private conversations we learned that an official announcement is to be made today naming four new international cities that will host T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences for the first time in 2010. We'll tell you where those shows are headed. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091027.htm 2FB570F7-7405-4DFC-8781-3B271F84F6F1 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:39:59 -0400 The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference gets underway this evening at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott. We will be there to cover the event and will be posting daily photos and highlights from the show. Here's a look at what's on tap in the Big Apple. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091026.htm 88C3E169-F917-451B-9DB9-A3149845920D Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:09:21 -0400 The new October Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Some say the really BIG opportunities in the domain business disappeared years ago, but people who entered the game late like Gregg McNair keep proving otherwise. McNair didn't enter the business until the end of 2005 but he is now one of the industry's biggest players. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/october.htm 665833EC-9E77-4286-87EC-C873504B4064 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:52:30 -0400 Sedo has provided us with statistics and individual auction logs showing that DDOS attacks against their site on Thursday did not materially impact sales results from their GreatDomains October auction - in fact overall results were better than they were in the previous month's auction. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091023.htm DF0CD1FA-DD06-455D-B60B-93E8E3C7971A Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:16:04 -0400 Though owners of traditional media outlets may still be hostile to the web, a new study says nearly half of their reporters want them to speed up their transition from print to online distribution. Also today, WhyPark announces a unique charity domain auction for December. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091022.htm 88B22091-7D3A-4636-A30C-E45FFE1E4D23 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:03:37 -0400 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York gets underway Monday evening and this will be the last show to feature multiple live domain auctions (starting in 2010, Rick Latona Auctions will be the live auction provider for T.R.A.F.F.I.C.). Both Latona and Moniker will be running live sales in New York and both have catalogs loaded with gems. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091021.htm AABCFBC5-8E9C-442D-AF2D-A3AF04C331EC Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:11:26 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo tops the chart with a pair of six-figure sales that rank among the year's highest transactions. The name at the top is one of the 20 biggest sales thus far in 2009 and the quarter-million dollar runner-up is the year's 2nd biggest ccTLD sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091028.htm DDA88C09-95EB-47EC-842F-BE2ABF4BCAE7 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:56:05 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A new video featuring a local comedian is driving traffic to Chicago.com....Afilias contest offers big cash prizes to the best .Info websites....our thoughts on the demise of AEIOU.com and Germany's .de registry prepares to offer one, two and three character domains. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091020.htm A2856562-3C46-42B4-8DF9-1CDD1022A9DE Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:16:32 -0400 The 2009 SedoPro Partner Forum was held at the Waldorf Astoria's Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Florida October 7-9. WIth our exclusive photos and show notes from the event, we'll show you why Sedo's annual gathering is a different animal than mainstream domain conferences. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/sedopro-keywest-review.htm B74D6A74-3679-411A-A82B-1387754818FD Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:01:43 -0400 A number of domain owners who have headed down the development path are reporting major product launches and growth in their enterprises. One just signed an official licensing agreement with the estate of Dr. Martin Luther King and another is rolling out a new statewide network this week. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091019.htm 3168F4BF-CE41-4752-94BC-5D6FC35DB8C8 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:16:51 -0400 The final agenda has been released for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference coming up in New York City October 26-29. We have details on that plus some other people and company news tidbits to tide you over this weekend. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091016.htm B114439D-A772-4C10-A5C4-2DFDA04EFDA8 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:40:45 -0400 I have always assumed that T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Rick Schwartz, all-around industry impresario Rick Latona, Moniker CEO Monte Cahn, Michael Castello of the Castello Brothers and newcomer Aron Meystedt owed their success to domains. I've now learned that much of their capital may have come from "moonlighting". http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091015.htm B7E0A4C5-4A19-4250-9D28-04FBDB9137CF Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:44:44 -0400 The new weekly DN Journal domain sales report is out (this one actually covers two weeks since we were away for a conference last week). Three blockbusters lead our expanded Top 40 sales chart and one of those is a previously unreported $600,000 sale handled by Moniker's brokerage service. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091014.htm 6A7A0EC3-0435-4E56-81B4-B9F4ABFD2F20 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:50:03 -0400 The Castello Brothers have joined Fred Mercaldo to launch another developed website at Manicure.com. The domain will serve as the foundation for a network tying together hundreds of domains. Also today, Moniker releases the catalog for their live domain auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York October 28. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091014.htm E8C0256A-0A69-4C55-BE2E-8333615D6802 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:28:12 -0400 Tonight in DN Journal's Lowdown: Ron's on the late shift after spending the day replacing a totaled SUV. More on that, plus news about T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York, including a newly released auction catalog and a new discounted "night pass." Plus links to a pair of webinars that could help you increase your domain profits. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091013.htm 2BAB91C9-65EB-4DD8-959C-EA1F6AFABDDC Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:26:48 -0400 CNN Anchorman Rick Sanchez will deliver the keynote address at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference October 27th. There is a $750,000 connection between CNN and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Rick Schwartz that made Sanchez a logical choice. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091012.htm BD65C555-A853-44A6-A70C-97B14412C8FF Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:46:42 -0400 The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is returning to New York October 26-29. At last year's NYC show, the economy had just entered a severe recession that continues today. We interviewed conference co-founders Rick Schwartz & Howard Neu to see how they have tailored the upcoming show to help domainers deal with the current landscape. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/traffic-ny-2009-preview.htm 88B54D7E-C182-4371-AF00-6EC60B80E78C Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:03:33 -0400 This weekend in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from from the final 24 hours at the SedoPro Partners Forum that closed Friday afternoon in Key West, Florida. We have pictures from the 1920's themed gala, Friday's closing day panel discussion and a farewell luncheon on the beach. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091010.htm 8135290A-DD3B-412E-B132-73F584A69185 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:39:20 -0400 Despite the recession, third quarter domain sales matched the year ago level for the same quarter and rose 15% from the previous quarter this year. On the flip side, while the total dollar volume of reported sales held steady, the median domain sales price dropped 8% from the same quarter in 2008. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091005.htm EEA5C58A-3518-4EA9-9F5E-4C7EF9813BAD Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:10:10 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from the 2nd Annual MeetDomainers Conference that concluded at the Marriott in Warsaw, Poland last Sunday. Conference founder Daniel Dryzek provided us with pictures from the 3-day show and its live domain auction. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091002.htm 76B07E63-EB94-479C-AF05-422C9864E458 Fri, 2 Oct 2009 17:54:25 -0400 Internet Commerce Association Legal Counsel Phil Corwin says the new Agreement of Commitments between ICANN and the U.S. Government that was inked Wednesday could speed up the introduction of ccTLD IDNs but is likely to further delay new gTLDs. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20091001.htm 6A4BFBA1-9B7C-42CB-BFB4-0CC88163E660 Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:06:32 -0400 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. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090930.htm D065ED45-2AAD-485F-BE7A-F5EDB39AF955 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:28:00 -0400 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. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20091007.htm 41776346-D65A-4376-986E-B667EC543675 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:48:33 -0400 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. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090929.htm A0A2C22B-DFDE-4B9F-949A-108BE14D23F5 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:52:35 -0400 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. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090928.htm 0709F970-FEEC-434D-8FCF-F1CD137B726A Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:29:31 -0400 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. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090925.htm B3DDCC65-525D-40ED-BA4B-ED1E2508F27A Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:59:07 -0400 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. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090924.htm 738BA067-9614-4807-B674-2D204D70FD67 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:29:40 -0400 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. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20090930.htm 589752D9-5949-42E1-BF9E-764F38DC2677 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:15:01 -0400 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. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090923.htm 003902E9-E7DC-4C41-AB8A-1597B8FC3EF5 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:33:16 -0400 The remainder of this week will be exceptionally busy ones for most of the major domain auction houses. Starting tomorrow and continuing every day through Monday one or more special auctions will be either opening for bids, taking final bids or reaching deadlines for submitting domains for upcoming auctions. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090922.htm BA00CCBE-43EC-4580-AF4F-E2762064C188 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:32:06 -0400 The new September Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Despite nearly a dozen false starts, 29-year-old entrepreneur Aron Meystedt refused to throw in the towel. Now the new owner of the first .com domain name ever registered feels he has finally found the business he was meant to be in - domains investing and development. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/september.htm 571643FE-C790-4288-9273-CBD394CA29BF Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:12:44 -0400 Verisign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief reports the total number of registered domains worldwide jumped 9% from the same quarter last year. ccTLDs rose even faster, soaring 14%, however growth has slowed across the board this year, with just a 1% quarterly increase from 1Q to 2Q. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090921.htm 0FDC6908-6408-4214-8C44-1397EB233905 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:50:00 -0400 A new six-year study provides good news for domain owners who are developing their own content-rich websites. Data from the Online Publishers Association indicates that if you are going down the development trail, you are headed in the right direction at the right time in Internet history. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090918.htm 71FE2AA6-26EB-4810-BE54-963B4D2FC92B Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:36:18 -0400 ICANN plans to begin its rollout  of an unlimited number of new gTLDs in the first quarter of 2010 but we are hearing that behind the scenes developments make it unlikely we will see any new extensions before the 2nd quarter of next year, at the earliest. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090917.htm C167F3A6-91D1-47D0-B457-8CD33210BF01 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:02:47 -0400 A free webinar next week is offering to show you "How to Sell Domain Names Fast and for Maximum Value." That is a tall order but the hosts for the event are BuyDomains.com and the AfternicDLS, two proven NameMedia aftermarket platforms that have sold thousands of domain names over the past decade. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090916.htm 0B68B916-8ACD-419D-9681-913326EEA8D7 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:27:47 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Hyphenated domains have always been viewed with disdain by American domain investors, but those in Germany take a different view and a company based there has paid the highest price for a hyphenated domain ever reported to us. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20090923.htm D522E5C8-FED4-4F1E-AE01-82FFB8BBDF94 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:00:29 -0400 A new conference coming to New York City in February plans to provide expert advice on selling your online ad space to local businesses. The 2010 Local Interactive Advertising Conference will be staged by local ad experts Borrell Associates whose CEO was a featured speaker at this year's GeoDomain Expo. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090915.htm F6863DB0-9A6D-4CE8-99E6-7FDC2CF6DEE7 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:42:48 -0400 A New York Times report says ad revenues for popular blogs soared in the first half of 2009 while their old media counterpart - magazines - saw their ad sales plummet 21%. Elsewhere, the .biz extension got a nice boost when a major company announced plans to launch a big new ecommerce site on O.biz. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090914.htm EB6B9B93-7DFF-4F93-B438-E0C721B49282 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:03:48 -0400 TrafficZ and General Manager Jonathan Boswell have parted company. Boswell has now turned his attention to his own SEM oriented domain monetization company. He talked with us about his plans to build portals on strong keyword domains that utilize multiple monetization methods. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090910.htm 1CD221D0-232B-4713-8922-FD0367E421CC Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:25:06 -0400 Organizers of next month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference in New York City and the Domainer Mardi Gras conference coming to New Orleans in February announced special deals for early registrants today. If you act quickly you can save hundreds of dollars and even pick up a free Flip video camera to use at Mardi Gras. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090909.htm BC9F4277-7751-44AC-AB46-688256C9C615 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 19:58:46 -0400 The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and it was an especially interesting week with Christian.com finding $600,000 in the collection plate, a .mobi domain selling for 6 figures and a $2.8 million ccTLD sale coming to light! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20090916.htm 5DCBB82D-F193-42D9-BA77-FE9849A15C55 Wed, 9 Sep 2009 14:34:39 -0400 Domain blogs, forums, publications, podcasts and video productions have provided the tools that have helped many newcomers learn about and flourish in this business. Domain media has also been a catalyst for economic growth in the industry at large. This key sector gets its turn in the spotlight in a new DN Journal Cover Story. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/august.htm 19E11E86-8B5D-46A7-88D2-654F08E79EA5 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:28:31 -0400 Oversee.net has announced that its Moniker.com division has successfully brokered a 6-figure sale of Casino.mobi to Infomeda Ltd. Oversee said Moniker co-founder Monte Cahn handled the blockbuster transaction - one that will be warmly welcomed among .mobi fans who haven't had a lot to cheer about lately. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090908.htm 1522698B-FC4C-4900-A24C-A6880A09F597 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 11:28:08 -0400 The content on Domaining.com consists of headlines culled from industry blogs and publications (including DNJournal.com). While we've always liked the site, an Internet billionaire says these kinds of news aggregation sites are "parasites" who should be exterminated! Newsweek Magazine just joined the lynch mob too. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090904.htm A60EF22E-B301-4267-B254-E85A0C1B4B44 Fri, 4 Sep 2009 19:41:06 -0400 New gTLDs are still months away but the lawsuits and recriminations have already begun. Turf battles over who gets to run the new registries reportedly feature everything from a delusional newbie who thinks new gTLDs will make her the "next Bill Gates" to a wacky group claiming the new TLD rights to every sport on earth! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090902.htm 8BF1D3B6-CED2-4EBF-94AF-BF0A2DB83B0D Wed, 2 Sep 2009 20:58:54 -0400 Sedo rang up the year's 6th reported 7-figure domain sale this past week and went on to sweep the first five spots on our weekly Top 20 Sales Chart (taking 8 of the first 10 positions and 12 of 20 overall). They also put a 6-figure sale and a pair of ccTLDs on the elite list. The AfternicDLS and Moniker also had multiple chart entries. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20090909.htm B641BB4F-FBF3-4042-8CB3-7AEC6057E879 Wed, 2 Sep 2009 14:25:25 -0400 With announcements yesterday and today, Neustar, the operator of the .BIZ registry, laid out plans to release all of their 1 & 2 character .BIZ domains. The company is also celebrating the news that Colombia has chosen their joint venture to run the .CO registry. Sunrise is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2010. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090901.htm 6AC52ED5-7401-44B7-9D81-113C843BDBB6 Tue, 1 Sep 2009 17:20:32 -0400 Last month we told you about a major domain hijacking incident in which more than a dozen names were stolen from industry pioneer Warren Weitzman's account at eNom. The stolen domains are back where they belong now and both Weitzman and eNom tell us how the thief (at least temporarily) made off with the names. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090831.htm 278C5107-6894-4938-8B8D-E89135CFC784 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:39:16 -0400 TRAFFIC is going back to Las Vegas for a big show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino January 21-23. That is just 3 days before Oversee's DOMAINfest Global in Santa Monica and Domainer Mardi Gras follows only 2 weeks later. That is 3 major shows in a 23-day stretch prompting a reader to ask "Are these guys nuts!?" http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090825.htm 937D122D-C900-42DE-9AF9-7D401E286CCB Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:54:10 -0400 Top Level Domain Holdings, Ltd. today announced that it has completed a merger with Minds + Machines, a leading registry services provider for top-level domains. TLDH is focused exclusively on acquiring and operating the new top-level domains that ICANN plans to start rolling out early next year. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090824-2.htm 53C6F5B1-DA2D-4ACE-9948-B24B3D338C68 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:37:36 -0400 Organizers of the Domainer Mardi Gras conference announced today that they will be back in the Big Easy next February at a new location in the French Quarter. In another show note, the Castello Brothers, who were keynote speakers at this month's Domain Convergence Conference in Toronto, give the show high marks. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090824.htm BAC6DCE8-A0DE-4369-84E5-61B033FAFD48 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:18:04 -0400 Richard Gabriel, the man who sold Auction.com for $1.7 million in March has just closed another blockbuster deal, moving DropShippers.com for $1.5 million in a private transaction. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090821.htm D4F2359C-6995-4767-9FD0-B92B113E119A Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:45:51 -0400 RegistryPro, the operator of the .pro TLD, says it has reached an agreement with ICANN that will allow them to release and allocate of one, two and three-character domain names starting in the fourth quarter of this year. Meanwhile .Mobi unveils a new "Resource Center" with a .com address, http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090820.htm 87F12D13-9E36-4615-BD59-1B4AD455513B Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:17:14 -0400 The AfternicDLS has expanded its global domain sales network again, this time through a partnership with FreshDrop.net. Elsewhere, Rick Latona Auctions has released the initial catalog for a themed online domain auction that gets underway Friday morning, http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090819.htm 83305090-85A3-4284-9AD7-C1F726A4AC26 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:35:36 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The new column actually covers the past two weeks of action in the domain aftermarket as Ron Jackson was away on vacation last week. At a time when things are usually slow, buyers were busy snapping up 6-figure domains and dozens in the five-figure range. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20090826.htm 5160176C-BE46-4213-95A7-C3BC7FF4B3D8 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:11:05 -0400 Marriages made in heaven? Veteran domain industry exec Craig Snyder (Internet REIT & Marchex) exchanges vows with Oversee.net where he will run SnapNames and Moniker. Meanwhile, real wedding bells ring for well-known IDN Investor Rubber Duck (AKA Dave Wrixon). We have pix of the bride & groom. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090818.htm 5EBE32D4-C5FD-47FC-AC25-F81B99205902 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:13:11 -0400 Ron Jackson is back from vacation with an account of a diverse week divided between one of the world's most remote beaches, a Victorian mansion - complete with a ghostly encounter that had his hair standing on end - and a white coat ceremony at medical school. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090817.htm 24C79A2B-1E70-4784-A182-23239434F12B Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:04:41 -0400 Sedo says that, despite the recession, demand for premium generic domain names remained strong at their site in the 2nd quarter. .Coms accounted for 76% of Sedo's sales, but average .com prices were down while average .net and ccTLD prices rose. In an oddity, the average price for the .nets actually topped the .coms. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090810.htm B3C12607-2DF2-445C-898B-AA50BD154718 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:59:18 -0400 This was not a good week for one of the world's richest men - Hong Kong based billionaire Li Ka Shing. A WIPO panel ruled that two of his companies were guilty of reverse domain name hijacking when they tried to wrest an IDN domain away from its rightful owner, Canada's Netego DotCom. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090807.htm 6D1A59B3-EF3A-4D57-9DD1-C523EF5C2338 Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:22:21 -0400 Wikipedia had yielded to protests from the domain community and stopped redirecting people to a page on cybersquatting when they enter "domaining", "domainer" or "domainers" in the site's Search box. Those searches now lead to a revamped page on the legitimate business of domaining. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090806.htm 4F5473D5-84EB-4FF4-A016-A2B347391715 Thu, 6 Aug 2009 18:09:33 -0400 Major Breaking News: ICANN's plans to break ties with the United States has hit a roadblock as several key U.S. Congressman stepped forward today with a call for a permanent and strengthened relationship with the governing body of the domain name system. ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin comments on the ramifications. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090805.htm FC97D388-B006-44DF-A140-8648F3A2B979 Wed, 5 Aug 2009 16:07:27 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, A pair of blockbusters headline our new Top 20 Chart. One ranks among the year's 6 biggest sales and the other is the biggest non .com gTLD sale reported so far in 2009. ccTLDS are well represented too with one ranking among the week's 6 best sales. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20090812.htm 503D1CCA-1C1E-4863-82C0-476782BA8E6B Wed, 5 Aug 2009 14:09:35 -0400 It is apparently open season on domainers and domaining. An overtly biased article on the L.A. Times website leads the latest assault on objectivity and accuracy. This slanted story comes hot on the heels of a continuing controversy with the credibility-challenged online encyclopedia - Wikipedia. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090804.htm 2C4D6B4D-0780-4406-8EAF-E0B70A023877 Tue, 4 Aug 2009 18:46:22 -0400 New DN Journal Newletter: Domainers were stunned when Wikipedia recently started redirecting a search on the word "domaining" to their page on cybersquatting! The patently false impression left by that idiotic redirect is still in place, despite multiple notices to the credibility-challenged online encyclopedia. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2009/july.htm D9097EE1-CDA9-483D-99F2-0ED9CC23202B Mon, 3 Aug 2009 21:38:32 -0400 A New Jersey man has been arrested for hijacking a 6-figure domain name from an ownership group that includes industry pioneer Marc Ostrofsky and former Justice Department prosecutor Albert Angel. Note to crook: Re-read your Robbery 101 text book - stealing from federal prosecutors is NEVER a good idea! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090803.htm F39C71D7-1894-49C8-83DF-3A738E8318DA Mon, 3 Aug 2009 15:50:06 -0400 Providers of local directory services are helping domain owners ramp up development at a rapid pace. High profile projects like America.us and Missouri.com are drawing attention to one of the most prolific providers, Denver-based LocalMatters.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090731.htm 04E44435-5DBF-4B2D-9EE1-86AD4BC1D02E Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:50:06 -0400 We believe the best way to build a successful online business is to find a niche and fill it. Missouri's Bruce Marler believes that too and he is doing it right now by building a statewide network at Missouri.me that makes online advertising for businesses in Missouri's overlooked rural communities easy and affordable. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090730.htm 98FB1546-B155-4DDF-A977-6EDF1661E910 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:59:27 -0400 Rick Latona Auctions is looking for submissions for a themed online auction coming up August 21-28. The special sale will be devoted to domains suitable for the CPA (Cost Per Action) - Lead Gen - Affiliate Marketing sector. Examples include banking, insurance, weight loss, credit card & nutritional supplement domains.. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090729.htm FD459352-B792-4274-83EE-EF4B11BAB6CB Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:51:40 -0400 DN Journal’s new weekly domain sales report is out and ccTLDs turned in another strong showing, taking the top spot on our latest all extension leader board and six of the 20 positions overall. For the second week in a row, America’s .US ccTLD landed a domain among the highest sales. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20090805.htm D968F812-E56E-46A6-A779-7EE757C6E220 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:29:09 -0400 The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference bypassed Las Vegas this year but the show will return to the popular desert resort in 2010. Their show dates are still up in the air though and they would like to have you help them decide which of their two options would work best for the majority of people interested in attending. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090728.htm 18ECDCB0-1380-4CF2-91DD-EC930DB32D55 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:05:17 -0400 DNJournal.com Cover Story - Michael Berkens is one of the most successful investors in the history of the domain industry. He also writes an influential blog at TheDomains.com, yet few people knew anything about his background - until now. Meet the man Ron Sheridan called "the best kept secret in the domain business." http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/july.htm A77C8150-B973-4147-8BE7-21D33CA714B8 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:39:45 -0400 Sedo has just announced a new monthly "Industry Spotlight" feature that will highlight domains currently for sale in a specific category on the popular aftermarket site. The first category being spotlighted is Real Estate which gets a dedicated page listing several dozen domains ranging in price from $500 to $5,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090727.htm 32B30AA3-2CEE-416F-A844-D6E9BAFE28A7 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:19:12 -0400 Sedo is about to unveil a new Price Suggestion Tool aimed at providing domain owners with guidance on pricing their names for the popular sales site. Automatic domain appraisal tools usually produce laughable results. Will this one break the mold? Are "human" appraisals much better? http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090724.htm 150133D3-0587-442B-9897-6DCE7D828593 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:21:37 -0400 A one-car crash in Portland, Oregon has taken the life of 38-year-old NetXposure CEO Devin Donnelly. Devin, his mother Jan and sister JillXan are well known in both the domain community and the mainstream business world as all three family members created companies that have been honored in their respective industries. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090723.htm 55D76A02-5E82-4EBE-88CA-40D626E4E77F Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:14:33 -0400 eNom has issued an official statement on the domains stolen from industry veteran Warren Weitzman's account. They express confidence they can get the names back. Meanwhile, NameDrive throws a roadblock in the thief's path by preventing the crook from monetizing the stolen domains there. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090722.htm 2F3E6CE7-2DD0-4494-90BE-A909D7F0C571 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:24:57 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A trio of six-figure sales led by one that came in at close to a quarter of a million dollars led the aftermarket action. America's .US extension also posted its biggest sale of the year, one that rang up over $35,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/20090729.htm 14FBAFFF-B79E-40DE-B5EC-62EED7637921 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:07:55 -0400 Warren Weitzman's worst nightmare has just come true. He has been in the domain game since 1994 but Weitzman has never seen anything like this. Somehow over a dozen domains have been stolen from his Enom account and he thinks the break-in may have occurred as high as the registry level. Even worse, the thefts may not have stopped yet. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090721.htm 34D22BBE-3D03-485C-A500-6B1C655F702B Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:30:51 -0400 I took my wife on a romantic getaway this past weekend and though I rarely went online I couldn't help noticing the domain names that are being used to promote the charming resort town we visited - Mount Dora, Florida. I loved the city but the domain names? Not so much. Here's the Good, the Bad and the downright Ugly! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090720.htm D51E6CDE-B153-4CA0-901A-47562B93F757 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:59:21 -0400 Dates and a new location for the 2010 DOMAINfest Global Conference have been announced. Oversee.net's big annual event is staying in Los Angeles but will be moving from Hollywood to the beach for a show that will run January 26-28. Registration will open August 15 with a special early bird rate. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090717.htm 30E0C22E-CCAA-4DD5-88D7-F734F952A14C Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:16:07 -0400 A pair of new white papers (available at no charge) make cases for 1) the value of generic keyword domains in attaining high search engine rankings and 2) the .me extension as a marketing platform (.me will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its relaunch as an unrestricted globally available extension Friday). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/20090716.htm EB3CBCCB-852C-4496-A7A1-FF26254EFC8F Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:12:15 -0400 A new survey of business marketers from Forrester Research says that 60% of respondents intend to increase their interactive marketing budgets by shifting money away from traditional media. Direct mail & newspapers are projected to be the biggest losers with social media & mobile marketing the biggest winners. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-15-09.htm B4AC2156-34F3-418D-BD0B-7150668507A9 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:07:16 -0400 The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of 6-figure sales highlighted the action with one of those ranking among the year's 12 biggest sales. The other is the 5th biggest ccTLD sale reported so far in 2009. It was a huge week for the country codes as they swept 10 of the 20 positions on or all extension Top 20. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/07-22-09.htm D0ED3A84-F22A-4E6A-91D7-8DC03709ADA1 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:18:24 -0400 Over the past 24 hours we've seen 7 major updates at domain industry websites that are worth checking out. Everything from audio interviews and revamped sites to new affiliate programs and a detailed report on how domain owners were shortchanged at an ICANN road show meeting in New York Monday. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-14-09.htm 19EFF693-EAB8-474D-85FF-3A9E04B96F95 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:40:34 -0400 Geodomain owners who hope to replace traditional media outlets in their cities are testing a variety of new online models. The Castello Brothers just announced a partnership with a local print publisher that could take their Palm Springs.com site to a new level while also boosting their partner's business. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-13-09.htm 667490F8-0A0F-4319-9EAD-57C8E0ADF2FF Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:15:07 -0400 Waterborne diseases kill 2 million children every year. Most of these deaths can be prevented by giving people access to clean water. A group of domain industry leaders have gotten behind a charity that has a proven solution and they are inviting you to join the group on an upcoming trip to Africa to see the plan in action. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-10-09.htm 1600B314-0537-45D5-9DDB-B2C5E208B5E0 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:45:55 -0400 Big news about the GeoDomain Expo. DN Journal reveals the dates and location for the 2010 show - choices that should give Associated Cities the biggest hit to date in their popular conference series. The Expo will continue its tradition of helping domain owners turn their assets into full blown category killing businesses. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-09-09.htm DEE644B1-65CC-4E24-B45D-63CE3D7EE4CC Thu, 9 Jul 2009 10:50:54 -0400 Oversee.net is combining the resources of two of its key companies, Moniker and SnapNames, to produce a new monthly online domain auction. That will fill some of the gap left when Moniker lost its live auction slot at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Meanwhile another online auction provider, Bido.com, gets a major makeover. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-08-09.htm A9D51E5F-9B81-4560-876B-B225EA24FCBD Wed, 8 Jul 2009 18:45:56 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The #1 position on our Top 20 chart went to the AfternicDLS who posted their 3rd biggest sale of 2009. However, most of the chart entries were claimed by Aftermarket.com who closed deals from three special events and also wrapped up a $380,000 transaction. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/07-15-09.htm 23E1AC71-4911-402D-A0FB-8CF6395DDEBF Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:11:20 -0400 The domain community was represented at the Michael Jackson public memorial service in Los Angeles today. David Castello and Natalie Lambert were among the 17,500 people at the Staples Center who were winners in a ticket lottery that drew 1.6 million registrants from around the world. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-07-09.htm B212AF25-A705-42A7-B547-36721BCBC16F Tue, 7 Jul 2009 13:33:09 -0400 You know how valuable generic domain names are for attracting highly targeted traffic, but will the world's many clueless corporations ever figure it out? Research from a couple of veteran domainers indicates that big companies are indeed starting to see the light and they provide hundreds of examples to prove their point. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-06-09.htm BCB8EC38-D545-4696-9926-65FB7C739D69 Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:32:33 -0400 Monday is the last day you can lodge a protest with ICANN that may keep over-reaching trademark interests from helping themselves to your domains in the future. Also, for your holiday weekend enjoyment, hundreds of previously unseen photos from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam and Silicon Valley. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-03-09.htm 2CD0A89B-A6AF-4CA1-A1D2-D9DFDE6EF305 Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:21:36 -0400 Domain sales results from the just concluded 2nd quarter of 2009 are in and they aren't pretty. The total dollar volume of sales reported to us in 2Q-2009 fell 25% from the previous quarter. A big part of the decline came from a pullback at the ultra high end of the market. Median prices were down less than 5%. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-02-09.htm 35C0695A-D6CF-4DCF-B65A-0AEA0AE992F0 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:49:35 -0400 A publicly traded American corporation has changed their name and moved from their .com website to the .us version of their new name. Here's why. Plus, NameJet announces they will be the exclusive auction provider for the .cm land rush and they're taking free pre-applications for domain names now. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/07-01-09.htm 681B31AC-22FD-486B-BB70-6C8A3B208A95 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:55:16 -0400 After taking a breather last week, six-figure sales returned this week with a $500,000 blockbuster and a $100,000 sidekick. The non .com global TLDs, who have been eclipsed by the boom in ccTLD sales this year, also had something to celebrate thanks to the biggest .net sale so far in 2009. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/07-08-09.htm 6B23BE49-0752-4248-A32B-06456E062C18 Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:13:22 -0400 The owners of Oakville.com have developed a custom platform they plan to use to build out approximately 100 fully automated city guide web sites. Oakville.com was first off the assembly line and the popular site is extending its reach by helping to market the PGA's Canadian Open that is coming to Oakville July 20. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-30-09.htm A12D58E5-0CA6-4BD5-A7F3-870F531EC47A Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:43:08 -0400 .US fans have often said that America's country code is a "sleeping giant." The current global ccTLD boom, recent .us sightings on TV and at the airport, plus the millions of pages from .us business sites that have been indexed by Google indicate the extension might be starting to stir from its slumber. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-29-09.htm EC97A4D8-B714-4374-92D6-3C6BA341728D Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:19:36 -0400 The company behind most versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference website that you have seen in recent years announced a major expansion for their domain development and audio/video services firm. Also today - ICANN makes it official - Rod Beckstrom is their new CEO. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-26-09.htm 3F068CF2-93B8-4243-B4D6-1194D86970FA Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:25:48 -0400 The Associated Press is reporting that the former chief of U.S. cyber security is the leading candidate to become the next CEO of ICANN, replacing Dr. Paul Twomey. Meanwhile, an ICANN VP confirms they want to change the UDRP rules in favor of a URS that would drastically reduce your rights. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-25-09.htm C71A55E0-76A7-4C56-AAAD-310C54C99EA5 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:40:53 -0400 For the second day in a row, a major entity in the geodomain space has announced a major development partnership deal involving a generic keyword domain. This time it is the Castello Brothers (PalmSprings.com, Nashville.com, etc.) who are joining forces with LZ Domains to build out Suntan.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-24-09.htm E465B7AD-EDC2-450C-8BEB-C558971323B8 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:23:48 -0400 After a quartet of six-figure sales last week, the aftermarket downshifted a gear this week with the mid-level drawing the biggest crowd. We saw a larger group of five-figure sales than usual and also witnessed the continuing strength of ccTLDs as country codes took 6 of the first 10 spots on our weekly Top 20 chart. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/06-30-09.htm 4358E65D-584E-43AE-B61F-775C8B8BF67D Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:52:38 -0400 He is best known for his developed geodomains but thanks to new partnership deals, Skip Hoagland is ready to break new ground with his top tier generic keyword domains including Fishing.com and Shooting.com. I found him in Argentina today and got more details on his latest deals. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-23-09.htm EF578213-E216-4ECE-87B1-7207E7C8A51C Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:09:59 -0400 Domain Roundtable was the 6th major conference in the past 6 months. Could there possibly be anything new left to talk about ? Were there any new faces left to see? Could DRT's new owner come up with any surprises that would make them stand out in the conference crowd? The answers are in DN Journal's show review. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/domain-roundtable-review.htm E5D5C5E8-15D0-4217-8E35-D744D7389E93 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:37:18 -0400 The 35th public ICANN meeting is underway in Sydney, Australia and the agenda includes several critical issues for domain owners. ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin is at the meeting looking out for registrant's interests. You can see what he has to say about what is going on there in a video interview from Sydney. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-22-09.htm 94E3386D-6F35-4075-9C3F-6C76B3DF6842 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:09:45 -0400 Country code fans have three more reasons to party down this week. ccTLDs, including the biggest country code sale of the year at $266,000, swept the first three positions on DN Journal's new all-extension Top 20 sales chart. All three ccTLDs smashed the six-figure barrier as did the 4th ranked .com domain. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/06-23-09.htm 0B1AD5EC-310B-4666-8615-0A0D4CD6B6FD Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:34:07 -0400 Here is Ron Jackson's view of the new T.R.A.F.F.I.C. alliance between Rick Latona, Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu. Despite the biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression and an already crowded conference calendar these guys are going to DOUBLE the number of shows they run next year. Are they nuts!? http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-18-09.htm 140222B4-D04F-4A05-A0F0-D54BA9E96BE6 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:37:19 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos and highlights from the closing day (and night) of the 2009 Domain Roundtable conference in Washington, D.C. See why someone had a knife at Ron Jackson's throat during the farewell party! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-17-09.htm A995623B-4D8E-4CFD-B3F1-266F569212C3 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:17:13 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNournal.com: Photos and highlights from Monday and Tuesday events at the 2009 Domain Roundtable conference in Washington, D.C. including a look ahead to the live domain auction and show closing party that will brings down the curtain tonight. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-16-09.htm D03D8DC3-2886-4AF5-8418-E8604D900B97 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:12:45 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com. Photos and highlights from the Domain Roundtable conference that opened Sunday night in Washington, D.C. The show continues through Wednesday and you can keep up to date on all of the major happenings through our daily posts in this column. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-15-09.htm 00C4D13D-DECB-4267-B930-BD79DD9ADA03 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:44:12 -0400 The new June Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It is a detailed account of the biggest coming out party ever held for country code domains. It happened just over a week ago when RickLatona.com staged the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held in Europe - one devoted entirely to ccTLDs. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/june.htm 5B13DF1B-E7DE-47D5-9219-801C53800724 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:32:49 -0400 Our post mortem on the real estate related domain auction that flamed out Thursday in San Francisco - here's what went wrong. Plus, how a local newspaper's mistake-riddled account of the sale helped deal another blow to the declining prestige of traditional media. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-12-09.htm 93A40BAA-FAB7-4C63-AB47-085AD6ED618B Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:30:27 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The Domain Roundtable conference gets under in Washington D.C. less than 72 hours from now - here's what is in store. Plus, NameMedia makes a couple of key personnel moves and a group hoping to land a new .nyc extension gets a big endorsement from a New York City icon. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-11-09.htm C34F9D22-59E8-4EEB-B1BC-53BE5DCE1065 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:01:40 -0400 A heavily advertised auction of geo-targeted real estate domains will be held Thursday in San Francisco - but will buyers show up? (There will be no online bidding). Meanwhile, the ICA warns ICANN could become "an unaccountable Internet regulator." We thought they already were but it could get even worse. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-10-09.htm E2FA2806-D442-4D5C-9237-3FF72FF31B04 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:57:28 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week's hit parade is led by a pair of domains that cracked the million dollar mark - only the 4th and 5th domains to reach the 7-figure level so far in 2009. Seven ccTLDs made the all extension leader board as the country codes continue to rock. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/06-16-09.htm 81F518E2-8D8F-4BF8-9718-B186B9882CCC Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:00:26 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: Domain industry people in the news including geodomain giant Skip Hoagland, the long-time face of Fabulous.com - Dan Warner, Sedo's Simonetta Batteiger, globetrotting entrepreneur Gregg McNair and the best negotiator in the business, Rick Schwartz. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-09-09.htm 6A43F6E8-C783-482C-BD9B-13FC3C03E3F8 Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:43:01 -0400 With a successful show in Amsterdam now behind them, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. organizers slash early bird prices for their next event - T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York. Meanwhile, Domain Roundtable is set to open their latest conference in Washington, D.C. Sunday night and their agenda could give the ICA a much needed boost. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-08-09.htm 0EBF6DB7-453B-4655-B6C9-08BF8CBCCF86 Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:59:30 -0400 Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Photos and highlights from the closing night party at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam and Thursday's live domain auction there. Plus post-show visits Friday to the Anne Frank House and the Rijksmuseum (home of Rembrandt's greatest work). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-05-09.htm FF06378B-0B5F-4241-A337-BED81AE20731 Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:53:27 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from the final day at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam, including RickLatona.com's live auction where DiamondRings.com changed hands for €162,000 ($230,179). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-04-09.htm BE4817E2-BD04-4CE9-8456-F41800155D34 Thu, 4 Jun 2009 12:25:17 -0400 Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Photos and highlights from Wednesday's schedule at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam, including the keynote address from Dr. Kevin Ham. There's also a scene from the Tuesday night dinner at the historic West Indies House where plans for New York City were laid out in the 1600s. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-03-09.htm AB231C02-7EA5-482B-9BE2-64EE92B3B03B Wed, 3 Jun 2009 12:07:04 -0400 DN Journal has just posted photos and highlights from the the first full day of business at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference in Amsterdam. The schedule included a close look at seven leading country codes, advice from five major ccTLD portfolio holders and the always popular speed networking event. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-02-09.htm 14A3A393-EE6F-4F1B-BA04-84B317C18655 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:20:53 -0400 Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: our first report from Amsterdam where the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference gets underway tonight with a dinner at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel. We will have daily updates from the show where business begins Tuesday morning and continues through Thursday night. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/06-01-09.htm 86885811-5B77-47C2-905B-87EFAA2DAB59 Mon, 1 Jun 2009 10:07:20 -0400 Jay Westerdal has set up a new website to post developments in the ongoing lawsuit filed by Thought Convergence against Westerdal and other shareholders in his former company, Name Intelligence, Inc. TC bought Name Intelligence, Inc. for $16 million in May 2008 but the deal soon went sour. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-29-09.htm 76801D0A-6D5A-4BCB-A10F-61633B53EBC9 Fri, 29 May 2009 19:43:10 -0400 Sales from the two live domain auctions at last month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference started closing in large numbers this week to dominate our latest weekly sales chart. One of those broke the six-figure barrier to top the leader board. That name also ranks among the 15 highest sales reported so far this year. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/06-02-09.htm F683C99A-62A6-456E-8201-028A771505B5 Fri, 29 May 2009 13:35:01 -0400 Thought Convergence, the organizers of the Domain Roundtable conference coming up June 14-17 in Washington, D.C. will provide time during the show's live domain auction to sell domains donated to support the Internet Commerce Association. Donations are now being sought for the June 16th sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-28-09.htm CE654D63-6BE9-4A10-B02F-2EBEC939CE35 Thu, 28 May 2009 19:21:47 -0400 Sedo's latest GreatDomains premium domain auction ends Thursday afternoon at 1pm (U.S. Eastern time) with 80.com and CD.net among the names going on the block. Also, the AfternicDLS expands the reach of their domain sales platform through a strategic partnership with Trademark Express. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-27-09.htm 892BE63A-52D5-4F32-BF60-1ABDF5A51C39 Tue, 26 May 2009 11:31:26 -0400 German domainer Markus Schnermann is the picture of good health: physical, mental, financial - you name it - he is at the top of his game. Domainers in his homeland often refer to Schnermann as a "superstar." Heady stuff - especially for someone whose parents were once told they would have to care for him for the rest of his life. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/may.htm 4153106F-D8FD-4F85-B151-FAC38DD3DE6E Mon, 25 May 2009 21:10:21 -0400 DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features an exclusive interview with RickLatona.com President David Clements previewing the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference coming up June 1-4 in Amsterdam. This will be the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever staged in Europe. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2009/may.htm B29395EF-2228-4BFB-B3C9-A916348570B7 Sat, 23 May 2009 19:38:09 -0400 Ron and Diana Jackson kicked off the long Memorial Day Weekend enjoying a visit from a domain industry friend and his family who were traveling through their neck of the woods. Meet their special guests and find out why the Jacksons will spend the rest of the holiday weekend unpacking boxes and moving furniture. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-22-09.htm CBFB17FF-FEA3-4542-8680-53DB4116C194 Fri, 22 May 2009 20:32:14 -0400 Attendees at next month's Domain Roundtable Conference in Washington, D.C. will see two industry heavyweights, BuyDomains Co-Founder Michael Mann and Rob Monster (Monster Venture Partners), on a domain conference panel for the first time. The Castello Brothers will join them to complete an all-star lineup. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-21-09.htm C7A18947-18A8-44FB-A4DC-E79F12101177 Thu, 21 May 2009 21:03:04 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market returned this week with the biggest non .com global TLD sale of the year - a .org domain that commanded a cool $100,000. We also saw the year’s third highest country code sale, a German .de domain that attracted over $82,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/05-26-09.htm 2496FE51-370B-47DC-BF6D-ACEBB5CDF782 Wed, 20 May 2009 23:56:07 -0400 Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Sedo begins a month-long auction binge on Thursday, the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference coming up June 1-4 in Amsterdam releases an updated schedule and the .PRO registry signs up to sponsor next month's ICANN Meeting in Sydney, Australia. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-20-09.htm CB8AAB22-B4C6-47EE-8EF2-1ACCB93D53CA Wed, 20 May 2009 15:48:57 -0400 The AfternicDLS has expanded its reach thanks to a new registrar partner, Directnic.com, NameJet will auction off 15 premium .me domains next month and, if you are good with words, a new contest at PremiumDomains.com could earn you $1,000. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-14-09.htm 74E6E9A4-8856-4073-B4AC-8F581F3BD72F Thu, 14 May 2009 20:41:06 -0400 While we believe that employment matters should be dealt with internally rather than in a public discourse, we feel compelled to address the misstatements by Jay Westerdal that were quoted today on various public forums. http://www.dnjournal.com/lowdown.htm 98507201-6C93-4B93-9E3F-8C277EE306FF Wed, 13 May 2009 22:40:52 -0400 A search of court records shows that Thought Convergence filed suit against Jay Westerdal, his father and other parties on May 1. http://www.dnjournal.com/lowdown.htm 7143F134-A640-408F-905A-DA899C8B37A5 Wed, 13 May 2009 21:32:15 -0400 The price tag on the #1 domain on DN Journal's new weekly sales chart is the lowest we have seen for a chart topper in quite some time. Though the high end was missing in action, the low to mid range of the market (favored by small to medium sized businesses) continued along on its merry way. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/05-19-09.htm 86A9869B-EE2B-41EB-B3FC-674D6F7DF64B Wed, 13 May 2009 20:49:45 -0400 Jay Westerdal, who sold his company, Name Intelligence, LLC (which included DomainTools.com and the Domain Roundtable conference), has been dismissed by the buyers, Thought Convergence (operators of TrafficZ.com and Aftermarket.com). http://www.dnjournal.com/lowdown.htm 6A300C81-DB29-46F5-8971-A00B43BFFBDA Wed, 13 May 2009 17:27:49 -0400 Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology is making a bold move toward becoming a major player in the convergence of TV and the Internet. In a bid to become a global leader in interactive media, Reinvent has just appointed the man who launched Oprah Winfrey's TV talk show to a newly created Executive Senior VP position. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-13-09.htm D08C9DB7-36DD-4895-BC74-85FA0328CFAC Tue, 12 May 2009 23:56:33 -0400 The 15th show in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference series was staged April 27-30 in the Silicon Valley. Co-Founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu had a tough act to follow because their 2006 show in the same location helped launch a boom in the domain business. Here's what went down in the valley this time. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/traffic-silicon-valley-review.htm E24E2F76-B512-4074-A4A8-56B2F4264DB1 Tue, 12 May 2009 21:15:08 -0400 In any case, it looks like 2009 will at least be "The Year of New Domain Monetization Initiatives." The flood of alternatives to domain parking continued today with word that Strata Services has acquired PPX, a technology platform that allows domains owners to use multiple monetization methods on every domain. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-12-09.htm F3C788A2-35BF-4982-BCC0-20C49F2B096B Tue, 12 May 2009 12:31:14 -0400 Ron Sheridan is back in the saddle again. Less than 3 months after the legendary director of business development left his post at DomainSponsor, Sheridan has joined Octane360, a new L.A. based company that believes its platform will revolutionize the domain monetization business. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-11-09.htm 5535CEE5-9DFF-4AF5-A97E-E2A8AED02BC9 Mon, 11 May 2009 15:34:21 -0400 The annual GeoDomain Expo, staged by Associated Cities, has a history of presenting exceptionally high value events despite charging the lowest registration fee of any major domain conference. Even so, it looked like it would take a miracle to maintain their lofty standards at the 2009 show in San Diego. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/geodomain-expo-review.htm FA45F464-B4A5-46F8-AD53-B544A8BDD24E Sat, 9 May 2009 22:08:18 -0400 Domain sales in the 1st quarter of 2009 rebounded sharply from a dismal showing in the closing quarter of 2008. DN Journal sales data, collected from the leading sales venues across the industry, showed a double digit jump from 4Q-2008 as bargain hunters and small business start-up buyers brought the market back to life. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-08-09.htm A522249D-529B-4E41-AB2A-823512D9A0DE Fri, 8 May 2009 17:41:03 -0400 In a coup for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference coming up in Amsterdam June 1-4, show promoter Rick Latona has landed Dr. Kevin ("The Man Who Owns the Internet") Ham as the keynote speaker. Here's why attendees are in for a real treat. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-07-09.htm CA9EE6BB-A428-47E1-B235-3D67C63247DB Thu, 7 May 2009 17:27:02 -0400 In another sign of the times, Atlanta.com is making a bold attempt to lure writers, reporters and managers away from the city's once powerful but now rapidly declining local newspaper. Atlanta.com owner Skip Hoagland is using a revenue sharing model to attract journalists who are looking for a lifejacket.. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-06-09.htm 62B0125D-D01E-488C-86C4-A526A2DF3CA4 Wed, 6 May 2009 20:09:31 -0400 After a week off for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley, DN Journal has published a double length domain sales report that will bring you completely up to date on all sales reported since our last column two weeks ago. .Coms and ccTLDs dominate the all extension leader board while .net gives the non .com gTLDs a presence. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/05-12-09.htm 00B5F826-9723-41CB-87BC-45FDD254EDF0 Wed, 6 May 2009 13:42:34 -0400 Mike "Zappy" Zapolin has opened the doors at InternetWarrior.com where the widely respected domain investor/developer is offering his guide to web success. Also, a new YouTube video from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley unveils what the man on the street thinks about domain names. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-05-09.htm 4953E8AA-5440-4A04-911E-FD8689C4CF1E Tue, 5 May 2009 17:22:32 -0400 YouTube spotlights Skenzo/Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia in two videos from the Ad.com auction he won with a $1.4 million bid last week at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference. Meanwhile three major extended online auctions are headed to the finish line this week. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/05-04-09.htm 83624E9C-E3EE-464A-A6E7-2D8D63C96BA0 Mon, 4 May 2009 20:24:31 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo was firing on all cylinders this week, sweeping the first five spots on our new Top 20 sales chart with a six-figure sale leading their charge. A .net and a .info each earned spots in the first five & the ccTLDs continued to show strength, taking four chart entries. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/04-28-09.htm D89693B6-C0E4-47F8-9298-075CBA8C0289 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:10:11 -0400 A small business start-up boom continues to gain steam in the midst of the recession as laid off employees decide to try working for themselves. The trend is boosting low to mid-range sales in the domain aftermarket, even though the high end continues to lag. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-21-09.htm 6E9D9239-2F84-4F9C-95D3-E155E4F54F9B Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:20:15 -0400 With the severe downturn in the general economy this might not seem like the best time to open a new business but that hasn't stopped a trio of veteran domainers from starting up three new companies this month. Plus, a San Francisco group announces plans to pursue a .radio extension. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-20-09.htm E802D4F9-03C3-487F-81FA-C84CB1DB7D81 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:10:24 -0400 Is "Twittersquatting" the new Cybersquatting? Pingdom.com says it is and they have some interesting facts to back up their case. Elsewhere the ICA files a Friend of the Court brief in the Kentucky domain seizure case. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-17-09.htm 32C38267-CD21-4574-AF23-B372C3B4053D Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:48:29 -0400 The Internet is the ONLY media platform expected to see a growth in ad revenues this year. Everyone knows newspapers have become basket cases but new data shows magazines are taking a fierce beating too. Declines in ad revenue in the first quarter of 2009 were mind boggling in every magazine category. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-16-09.htm 0EF2DA4B-5ED4-40BF-8586-A57A3683C685 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:47:38 -0400 The keynote speaker has been selected for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference coming up April 27-30 in Santa Clara, California. He is Scott Klososky, a man who has been growing technology companies for more than 20 years, including one he just sold for $115 million. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-15-09-2.htm B98185E8-70F4-43EF-B023-EC60F824BC08 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:00:57 -0400 GoDaddy is being sued for alleged cybersquatting in their domain parking program. Ubid, Inc. filed the suit in a U.S. District Court, asserting that GoDaddy is diverting Internet traffic to deceptive parked domains in violation of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-15-09.htm AFB54BA8-49BE-452B-B7E5-93C6FD7631BE Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:18:53 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Last month Richard Gabriel sold Auction.com for $1.7 million in the year's third biggest domain sale to date. Gabriel is back on our weekly Top 20 chart this week, but this time as the buyer of the week’s most expensive domain. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/04-21-09.htm E30D57FD-5CA2-4994-8A78-C78229AAA03A Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:39:25 -0400 The complete catalog for Moniker's live and extended online domain auctions at this month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference has been released showing over 5,500 domains scheduled to go on the block. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-14-09.htm 7B236446-7CBE-4F3F-B01F-0FF535BCA9F0 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:40:24 -0400 Last month we wrote about seeing a nice uptick in domain sales to small business end users. The new issue of Time Magazine confirmed that something is going on in an article titled "The New Internet Start-Up Boom." Many who have lost jobs in the recession are starting businesses of their own on the web. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-13-09.htm 1E6D8DBF-4571-4F99-815D-A7B842860A7A Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:40:39 -0400 DN Journal's new Cover Story profiles domain attorney & T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu. As a talented singer, actor and interviewer Neu has appeared on radio, TV, stage & in movies. He has also been a judge, mayor and political campaign manager! So how did he wind up in this industry? http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/april.htm 6E9B7E06-69ED-46B7-B738-C1AD9CA63746 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:06:04 -0400 Physicians.com changes hands for $250,000. Plus, hot water continues to rise around ICANN's plan to flood the Internet with an unlimited number of new extensions. The International Olympic Committee tells ICANN they may sue for damages & public commentary indicates an Internet community backlash is brewing. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-10-09.htm F8CEAFF5-30F5-4259-B3DE-38770F480E78 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:46:29 -0400 A new study underscores the value of generic domain names, especially with respect to using them to improve results from search engine advertising campaigns. It shows that ads featuring a generic domain name produce up to 105% more clicks than identical ads using non-generic domains. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-09-09.htm 00FD5C1B-2954-4278-A5DE-1AE09C7080CE Thu, 9 Apr 2009 14:51:48 -0400 The 2009 Associated Cities GeoDomain Expo will be staged in San Diego April 23-25. To get the inside scoop on what will be happening at this month's show, we hooked up with AC Executive Director Patrick Carleton and Acting Chairman of the Board, AC Co-Founder Dan Pulcrano, for an exclusive interview. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/geodomain-expo-preview.htm 9E4A5712-27B2-4F0E-9424-8521D3D8499F Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:16:31 -0400 ICANN's plan to flood the Internet with an unlimited number of new global domain extensions continues to be a hot topic. Following Tuesday's piece in USA Today, the Industry Standard weighed in Wednesday with an article headlined "Latest Plan for Domain Names is as Doomed as .coop and .mobi." http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-08-09.htm B0EDDAEA-F45D-4E46-9B88-2BAC79416681 Wed, 8 Apr 2009 19:34:33 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the first time since early February, no 6-figure domain sales were reported. However there were hundreds of four & five figure sales, the range favored by the small business end users that are the most active buyers in today's aftermarket. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/04-14-09.htm D603E63C-CCFE-4E76-8748-FAE545BEB816 Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:52:41 -0400 A new USA Today article was published today about ICANN's plans to roll out an unlimited number of new global TLD's within the next year. DN Journal's Ron Jackson was interviewed for that story and he comments on why he shares the serious reservations the global business community has about the plan to flood the Internet with new extensions. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-07-09.htm F8AC01BE-2E47-4865-9264-8B767E9D7117 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:30:59 -0400 Australia's Ed Keay-Smith has released a new interview in his popular podcast series at OzDomainer.com. DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron Jackson was Ed's guest for a wide ranging show that touched on today's best domain investment opportunities, best places to sell names, ccTLDs & other timely topics. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-06-09.htm 57D89F97-4FBB-4F07-B0A7-3C2337178713 Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:53:38 -0400 The Domain Roundtable Conference, coming up June 14-17 in Washington D.C., has announced the agenda for the first major domain show in the Nation's Capital. Roundtable will take advantage of the Washington location to call in experts who can fill domainers in on potential legislative threats to their rights. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-03-09.htm 400F80CB-E373-4BCB-82F8-65314CD57B44 Fri, 3 Apr 2009 17:28:45 -0400 Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: The popular CEO of Fabulous.com's parent company, Dark Blue Sea, is stepping down...T.R.A.F.F.I.C. has released the preliminary agenda for this month's conference in the Silicon Valley...and Friday is the last day to get the early bird discount for the GeoDomain Expo. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-02-09.htm 6D5CBDB1-F1C2-4508-91C8-63DAD012264A Thu, 2 Apr 2009 19:29:28 -0400 Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: A Bido charity auction raises over $2,000 for an endangered animal shelter...Domain Madness introduced a promising new concept & banked over $136,000 in their live auction Tuesday...and the GeoDomain Expo releases a promising agenda for this month's show in San Diego. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/04-01-09.htm 5135F6FB-EB51-4A66-A28D-B0E0870EFDC7 Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:06:15 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A $300,000 sale that ranks among the year’s ten biggest headlines our new Top 20 chart with a second six-figure blockbuster in the #2 slot. The latter domain, a ccTLD representing Spain, ranks as the year’s 2nd biggest country code sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/04-07-09.htm EFA4A3E8-9330-4BCC-B4C7-1FBAC39839BA Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:38:09 -0400 Both of Chicago's daily newspapers are now in bankruptcy after the Sun Times files for court protection...You can now view videos of the seminars from January's DOMAINfest Global conference online at no charge...plus some other notes about upcoming events. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-31-09.htm 684FD351-496C-4351-BAE3-68D2B074B5E9 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:08:55 -0400 DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features a conversation with Rick Schwartz that reveals what is in store for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Silicon Valley as well as Schwartz's views on the future of domain monetization, live auctions & the domain industry itself. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2009/march.htm BA077AC5-A35E-4FA3-9EFF-3D9BBD7AE8E5 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:50:08 -0400 In the last big economic downturn domainers like Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham made their fortunes by buying up assets few others wanted. Could history repeat itself in the current slump? Rick Schwartz predicts some domainers will indeed hit it big, but the new fortunes will come from something other than domains! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-30-09.htm A58F41EB-46D2-4D54-8DEB-32E7C74859C9 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:13:55 -0400 The theme for next month's GeoDomain Expo in San Diego will be "Freefall! (How to Monetize the Collapse of Traditional Media)." A stunning new report on revenue declines in the newspaper industry underscores the timeliness of the Expo's theme and the huge opportunity opening up for geodomain owners. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-27-09.htm FF799589-5B2B-4DAF-8241-326618EC3BF9 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:19:00 -0400 A sizeable community of domainers has taken over a corner at Twitter.com, the increasingly popular social network based on microblogging. For those who have heard about it but still don't know what all of the fuss is about, we'll tell you where you can find everything you always wanted to know about Twitter. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-26-09.htm 2A572D90-46DB-4CA2-ADA3-EA9C75FC99A3 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:48:51 -0400 The rapidly growing domain mass development sector that we wrote about in our current Cover Story got another new player today (and more are on the way). Also, Bido.com has announced a major format change. .Com will no longer be the only extension you will see at the auction site. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-25-09.htm 0ACAD1FB-8C91-45A9-BCDD-AB2311961C16 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:34:38 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Our latest Top 20 Chart is led by the year’s third biggest sale to date and the country codes continued to show tremendous strength placing eight names on the all extension leader board. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/03-31-09.htm FF29DFC3-1A21-410C-BA7A-3984ABA50D35 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:05:33 -0400 The new .tel extension opened for public registration today...Rick Schwartz will appear on a live web broadcast tonight...ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin calls attention to some new threats domain owners need to aware of...Kevin Ham's new son...and still another newspaper print edition meets the Grim Reaper. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-24-09.htm 7E0F37FD-20B0-46E3-A2EE-CDAC98A9A73F Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:41:01 -0400 This industry attracts more good-hearted people than any I've ever been a part of. Another example of that came this past weekend when a group of domainers banded together to try to save an animal rescue facility in Arizona. The effort is ongoing and will culminate in a big charity auction April 1. Here's how you can help. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-23-09.htm E4A655DA-56CC-47AE-AE8E-8E1DB157F1F1 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:54:55 -0400 Domain name owners have long dreamed of a day when it would be possible to affordably develop their names en masse. That day is here, but there are still many questions, #1 being "will mass produced mini-sites produce more revenue than parking does?" DN Journal's new Cover Story has some answers. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/march.htm DE8DC3D9-3728-4A6C-AA98-78D904DAACF4 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:52:33 -0400 Disagreements among leaders at Associated Cities (operators of the GeoDomain Expo) broke into public view last week and put the status of the show in doubt. Today we learned that a key new agreement between the AC owners has finally put their issues to rest and charted a new path for the influential group. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-20-09.htm 4E5D0222-229E-4354-A998-98A5C6AB6C1E Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:55:57 -0400 The past couple of days I've talked about improving sales in the domain aftermarket this month. Maybe it is just the coming of spring, nature's time for rebirth after a long winter, but I feel the buzz of activity in almost every corner of the industry this month (would someone please wake PPC up!). Here's what I'm talking about.... http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-19-09.htm FD9C0752-8ACD-4BFD-99D2-BA3177BFEE8B Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:50:58 -0400 Is that a ray of light we see at the end of the tunnel or a train coming our way? Things are looking brighter in the aftermarket this month and even 7-figure sales have reappeared (with another reportedly in the works). It could well be a false start, but there are a lot worse places to wait out the recession than here. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-18-09.htm 0726035F-266D-47EB-9E15-7B052B2BE696 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:05:10 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DN Journal (this one actually covers two weeks since we were away on vacation last week). Maybe we should go away more often. The market has boomed in March and even the high end has come back to life. 3 of the year's 4 biggest sales headline this report. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/03-24-09.htm E34CEAAC-B861-40FE-8816-25A18CB54C0E Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:51:21 -0400 Six months ago it looked like the financial world was ending. Now I'm having my best month ever and a lot of the revenue is coming from a surprising source. My alternate extension domains (like .us, .biz and .info) are finally enjoying their day in the aftermarket sun. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-17-09.htm A5D20A5D-21F7-48F7-88EB-BEEFF9FB5C6B Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:36:21 -0400 The decision is in - after several days of uncertainty due to boardroom bickering, Associated Cities confirms the 2009 GeoDomain Expo will go on as scheduled April 23-25 at the Catamaran Resort & Spa in San Diego. We have the first look at the show's theme and agenda. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-16-09-2.htm 307D11A9-D128-4878-9FF0-C20748633518 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:08:56 -0400 Tuesday will be a landmark day in the media world (and an important one for the domain business as well). The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will print its last newspaper before becoming the first daily newspaper in American to print online only. We'll tell you why this could favorably impact your bottom line. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-16-09.htm 1DEEA2E0-0081-4F61-9F49-5E682C5BC002 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:12:33 -0400 In an update to a story we posted earlier today, we now expect the remaining board members at Associated Cities to vote Monday to proceed with next month's show in San Diego. After six board members resigned there were still issues between those who remained, but it appears those have been resolved. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-15-09-3.htm 16889067-0F69-4D43-97C5-2F54C80A8B55 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:49:34 -0400 I just returned from spring vacation visit to one of America's most history rich and picturesque cities, Charleston, South Carolina. The first thing I noticed when we reached the Palmetto State was a new domain name on South Carolina license plates - one that makes you immediately wonder "what were they thinking!" http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-15-09-2.htm 8C4CB8BB-6198-419A-84FC-F74E37EE98E7 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:21:28 -0400 An official statement on the status of next month's GeoDomain Expo may be delayed until the attorney for show organizer Associated Cities weighs in on who has final authority. Board members disagree over whether the show will be held or not and three members, including the chairperson, have now resigned. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-15-09.htm 97A4EF71-37A3-467E-BCFB-024364FB3135 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:49:24 -0400 Associated Cities Co-Founder Josh Metnick says an official statement regarding the status of next month's GeoDomain Expo is planned for release Sunday. Metnick declares the show will go on, but others within the AC hierarchy have told us otherwise this week. Will the powers that be get on the same page? http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-14-09.htm BAD26729-93E4-41B5-97C5-E08037D3EF54 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:57:54 -0400 The transfer of Toys.com to Toys R Us looks to have been completed over the weekend. That $5.1 million sale is the biggest of 2009 to date. Sedo will also add a blockbuster to our next chart after completing a sale for more than $450K. Elsewhere, Rick Latona has launched a new domain forum for ccTLDS. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-09-09.htm AD66BAC2-1BBB-46CE-8BAB-A83A5B4D2A16 Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:49:06 -0400 DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter has comments from executives at Sedo, Parked.com and Neustar on the outlook for domain investments in 2009 and beyond. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2009/february.htm 077337A7-0143-4E68-BBDC-B5FD60E7DB53 Sun, 8 Mar 2009 18:28:12 -0400 It has been a week of highs and lows for veteran domain investor Marc Ostrofsky. He had dinner with actor/comedian Robin Williams just days before Williams had to cancel his concert tour yesterday to undergo emergency heart surgery. That bad news came a day after Ostrofsky had attended funeral services for his mother. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-06-09.htm 094F2865-649E-4FE4-9EFD-C3B809EB984E Fri, 6 Mar 2009 12:11:50 -0500 The $5.1 million sale of Toys.com to ToyRUS last Friday continues to draw mainstream media attention to domain names. Yesterday it was The BBC, today it is ABC News. I was interviewed for both stories and have some comments on how the media spotlight is helping raise domain awareness on Main Street. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-05-09.htm 1308F669-14FC-4C12-8332-AC43275AF06B Thu, 5 Mar 2009 15:28:04 -0500 The BBC has issued a report on the domain aftermarket and the recent $5.1 million sale of Toys.com in a bankruptcy auction. Have .co.uk prices really been cut in half by the current recession? We don't think so and we explain why. Also Live Current reports selling two more domains for a total of $1.65 million. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-04-09.htm B53FA7BB-DA84-4F07-BB64-CB7C9DBE3411 Wed, 4 Mar 2009 15:25:21 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week a German country code domain flattened the competition in all extensions with a big six-figure sale at Sedo. The next two names on our Top 20 chart were both sold for a second time with one doubling in price from the last time it changed hands and the other jumping 28%. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/03-10-09.htm 9C637CB9-EFEA-4100-9DB7-10D3E7C77414 Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:24:50 -0500 In DN Journal's Lowdown today: Registration opens for the 2009 GeoDomain Expo in San Diego, Sedo's no reserve online domain auction is winding down just as plans are announced for a premium .me auction there later this month and the AfternicDLS announces two new initiatives coming this spring. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-03-09.htm 6BDCD207-84D8-40CF-901C-7254CE6BE5BB Tue, 3 Mar 2009 16:13:44 -0500 When someone tells me they are thinking of starting a new domain conference I tell them "think of something else!" But when Modern Domainer told me last year that they were going to put on a new show during Mardi Gras in New Orleans I started looking for a flight. Here's what really went down at Domainer Mardi Gras. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/domainer-mardi-gras-2009-review.htm 0483CB10-8C02-4471-B8E8-D3F46F4A04FE Mon, 2 Mar 2009 19:25:45 -0500 ICANN President and CEO Dr. Paul Twomey today announced that he will leave the organization after his contract expires this year. The announcement came on the opening day of the current ICANN meeting in Mexico City. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/03-02-09.htm B889ADCA-A9E2-4933-AD5C-3D83F4D921BC Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:53:31 -0500 More evidence that domain owners are in the right place at the right time. A new report from the Kelsey Group predicts that money spent on local advertising online will soar 129% over the next five years while local ad spending in traditional media (newspapers, radio, TV, etc.) will decline another 20% over the same period. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-27-09.htm 6BCD8E16-D8E1-47F9-BDA2-EC794CB2A97A Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:04:32 -0500 The operator of the .info registry, Afilias, has released a detailed new report on the progress the first "new" global TLD has made since its introduction 8 years ago. Also, a team of domainers is celebrating an upset win over a previously unbeaten team in India's prestigious Mumbai Corporate Cricket Championship. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-26-09.htm F0045E44-260B-4443-A465-658DAE2A289A Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:35:21 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market stirred from its slumber this week with three of the year’s six highest sales reported over the past 7 days. Those sales totaled more than $700,000. Our new all extension Top 20 chart features 16 .coms, 3 ccTLDs and a .net. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/03-03-09.htm 5A4B3147-E384-48AE-89AF-63A6524B61C5 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:12:44 -0500 New research from comScore shows the recession is driving a huge wave of new traffic to search terms related to financial matters, traffic that adds value to related generic domain names. Also today, some notes on Sedo's acquisition of RevenueDirect and Aftermarket.com's Domainer Mardi Gras online auction. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-25-09.htm 0DE416DA-F684-48DF-9DBB-AD76A3A74F20 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:57:47 -0500 We are en route back home to Florida after stops in New Orleans and Ohio. Some things you need to know while we are making the trip; our weekly domain sales report will be pushed back one day due to our travel commitments and while we are in the air today, news may come of a major domain industry acquisition. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-24-09.htm CB8F12E3-C1FD-453E-BE52-0778DEBF9CBE Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:44:20 -0500 The first Domainer Mardi Gras conference closed Saturday. We have photos and highlights from the final day in New Orleans where attendees enjoyed brunch at a restaurant founded in 1832 before heading to an afternoon domain auction where Voodoo.com conjured up a $300,000 sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-23-09.htm 8E0A24FD-5844-49E7-B46E-43EAB7F7CCE6 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:47:48 -0500 Here is a link to DN Journal's Friday photos and highlights from the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans - a day featuring the keynote address from author/politician Tim Burns, a full round of seminars and a raucous Bourbon Street balcony party after the sun went down. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-21-09.htm 7A896F26-6E61-40D4-8DE9-F77828A10A8D Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:15:29 -0500 We have photos and highlights from the opening day of the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans Thursday - everything from the opening cocktail hour to a messy but marvelous New Orleans crawfish boil and eye-popping Mardi Gras parades along St. Charles Avenue. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-20-09.htm 56F302E0-9911-4741-8723-A0A695CE899D Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:51:09 -0500 Verisign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief, covering the 4th quarter of 2008, is now out and it showed another big jump in worldwide domain registrations from the previous year. Total registrations in all extensions rose 16% to 177 million, with country codes rising even faster - up 22% to 71.1 million. We take a closer look at the numbers. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-18-09.htm DEA2E318-AB01-4945-B0CF-AF66E5D114DE Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:48:05 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com.The report is headlined by the second biggest domain sale reported so far this year, one that weighed in at over $380,000.Our new all extension Top 20 Chart includes 14 .coms, four country code domains and a pair of .nets. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/02-24-09.htm A19475AF-5036-4FFB-AA02-24A86D13E69D Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:48:06 -0500 Final preparations are underway for the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference that opens in New Orleans Thursday at 5pm (U.S. Central Time). Aftermarket.com, who will stage a live domain auction at the show Saturday afternoon, just posted their catalog for the event - one that reflects a strategy to emphasize quality over quantity. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-17-09.htm 664291EE-44B4-4D9A-A252-02F8825D77C7 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:10:41 -0500 New research shows there is a great opportunity for domain owners to profit from a huge untapped pool of small business end users. Only 44% of the small businesses surveyed have websites. The rest are completely missing the 63% of consumers who check the web first when looking for local products & services. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-16-09.htm 87E25BEC-D3DD-42DA-9793-3F6D9E39E254 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:21:58 -0500 The February Cover Story is out at DN Journal. It is the story of Ron Sheridan, the highly regarded Business Development Director at DomainSponsor who just left that position. As Frank Schilling told us, "Ron’s fingerprints are on every facet of the modern domain industry." Orphaned at 7, here is how Sheridan soared to the top in our industry. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/february.htm F66C45D2-3BE3-4FC5-A43E-E2EC37A0887B Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:55:36 -0500 Bido.com is set to make a comeback next week. The one-name-a-day auction platform debuted early last year but went dark due to repeated technical snafus. The company plans to load upcoming auctions into their system Monday (Feb. 16) with the first auction to begin Thursday (Feb.19). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-13-09.htm 2A66182A-2BBA-4F36-8BA4-8B2D5DAE2B0C Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:33:29 -0500 Though Yahoo spurned Microsoft's offer to buy the company last year (and subsequent overtures to buy just Yahoo's search business) it is starting to look like Microsoft intends to get Yahoo's search expertise one employee at a time if necessary. For the third time in the last 90 days Microsoft has lured a top executive away from Yahoo. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-12-09.htm CC25118A-7956-46B1-86DF-5F6F98F4597C Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:38:12 -0500 Massive wildfires are raging through Australia's Victoria state destroying lives and property. Victoria is home to many well-known domainers. One of them, personal friend Michael Gilmour, is appealing for help with an effort to speed relief to people who have lost everything. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-11-09.htm 3C69A6D2-AF86-4A28-BA7E-BD06A3E7D62E Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:00:53 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of strong country code domains headed the .coms off at the pass to lead this week's all extension Top 20 domain chart. RT.TV sits at the pinnacle after a strong $62,500 sale. The .com response began with a $35,000 sale of a three-letter .domain http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/02-17-09.htm 9CB91121-D935-4461-86DF-ABFD4681237A Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:57:17 -0500 That is the improbable leap that Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wozniak is about to make. Fresh off his appearance as the keynote speaker at the big domain conference January 28th, Wozniak is joining the cast for ABC-TV's next season of their hit ball room dancing show that debuts March 9th. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-10-09.htm 15A785ED-2468-48F2-86FA-933E461EC0EB Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:46:59 -0500 Sedo has announced its first No Reserve online domain auction will be held February 26 - March 5. It can be hard to get sellers to put good domains in a no reserve sale, but Sedo's clout has attracted names like Deposits.com, Wait.net and Ran.co.uk. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-09-09.htm CF338281-5923-4065-8913-BE67DB008B6E Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:21:35 -0500 DN Journal has just published its comprehensive review of last week's DOMAINfest Global 2009 Conference in Hollywood, California. Packed with previously unreleased show photos (many from the spectacular Playboy Mansion Party) and loads of inside conference info, this is an article you won't want to miss. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2009/domainfest-global-2009-review.htm A51C29F2-6349-4350-8C47-4116B5DFF418 Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:04:50 -0500 The latest addition to the domain conference line-up, Domainer Mardi Gras, will run for the first time February 19-21 at the Westin Canal Place Hotel in New Orleans. DN Journal's new monthly newsletter details how show organizers plan to stand out in the conference crowd. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2009/january.htm E15A157E-88C2-4E10-851B-C370742E1F09 Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:15:25 -0500 A new survey of top media and advertising execs says the decline of ad spending and the rise of smartphones are the most disruptive forces in media today. The decimation of old media through bankruptcies and closures was a close third. As a domain owner, we'll tell you why all of this matters to you. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-06-09.htm 98C17409-20EE-4F88-84B3-F2C969407793 Fri, 6 Feb 2009 16:11:02 -0500 Today in DN Journal's Lowdown - an inside report from an under the radar bankruptcy auction where Toys.com closed at $1.25 million Wednesday. A multi-name lot went for over $2 million in the 16-hour event in Wilmington, Delaware but no sales will be final until creditors of The Parent Company approve the bids made. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-05-09.htm 88CB13C6-6505-4483-BA21-C15053C00FC4 Thu, 5 Feb 2009 18:13:22 -0500 Sedo has just issued a fascinating study of the 2008 domain aftermarket. Some of the surprises included more .info domains being sold than .orgs and a 40% jump in dollar volume for sales of America's often overlooked .us country code. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-04-09.htm D5C6E536-6AC7-4629-9044-BB8376BD8EF4 Wed, 4 Feb 2009 18:45:38 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. There was one blockbuster sale but high ticket transactions continue to be rare as the general economy continues to struggle through a severe recession. Still, solid four and low five-figure sales, mostly to end users, produced hundreds of new sales. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/02-10-09.htm C3DF693E-FB72-418E-A4B7-71DF5A3EB2B4 Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:32:42 -0500 Another new TLD land rush has just gotten underway but most domainers are likely to sit this one out. The new .tel has some ease-of-use features that technophobic end users will appreciate but lack of monetization and development options are likely to limit its appeal to domain investors. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-03-09.htm EE10D82C-082D-4709-B956-6043CF7A9A68 Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:57:05 -0500 After successfully completing a two-year quest to throw a party for domainers at the Playboy Mansion (accomplished last week at DOMAINfest Global), DomainSponsor's legendary Director of Business Development, Ron Sheridan, is moving on. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/02-02-09.htm 9AC97733-9C47-4890-88CA-68C6EE045548 Mon, 2 Feb 2009 19:15:55 -0500 With the DOMAINfest Global Conference running this week in Hollywood, California, we're on the road again! We have some notes on that event as well as who was named keynote speaker for next month's Domainer Mardi Gras in New Orleans and what is on tap for the first ever European T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference coming to Amsterdam in June. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-26-09.htm F153CE5D-B630-4008-8D49-F9E6A7C139AF Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:57:06 -0500 Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and the company's domain parking service provider, HitFarm.com, are planning to open a new office in Dubai. Dr. Ham and Dr. Chris Hartnett, who serves on Reinvent's Board of Directors, just returned from Dubai and Dr. Hartnett filled us in on their trip to the Middle East. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-23-09.htm 1534AD26-03B1-4DC2-B6E6-AEAEE5F9F1BA Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:33:21 -0500 Michael Collins has resigned as Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association in order to work on transitioning a retail business he owns from brick and mortar to the Internet. Collins delivered the news in an email to ICA members. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-22-09-2.htm B1DBB8B5-0220-4962-9E09-7D405230AA7E Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:38:55 -0500 In the first major domain company acquisition of 2009, Ask Sponsored Listings (operators of Ask.com), a division of Barry Diller's IAC internet empire, has acquired Sendori.com. Sendori operates an innovative exchange that pairs domain owners directly with advertisers who buy their direct navigation traffic. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-22-09.htm 0019CA85-0733-48C5-98AA-956344886968 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:01:00 -0500 The acquisition of a well-known domain industry company is about to be announced, DOMAINfest Global releases the final agenda for their conference which runs next week in Hollywood, California and the daughter of a well-known domainer is featured in an exclusive Huffington Post interview. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-21-09.htm 5D845E26-0C54-4F26-BD7C-13B5EF9BF7DD Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:34:38 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Continuing a trend we saw develop in 2008, high end domain sales remain few and far between while small business end users dominate aftermarket activity with four-figure and low five-figure purchases. All reported sales were well under the $50,000 mark http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/01-27-09.htm 5EA8DE11-9447-4B0F-A30C-026B2EABF276 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:28:43 -0500 The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a local judge's controversial order that 141 gambling related domain names be turned over to the state. The appeals court ruled that the lower court was wrong in claiming that the domains were "gambling devices" that are illegal under Kentucky law. Michael Berkens has been on top of this story from the start and has more details on his blog. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-20-09.htm 7C8C4BEF-AB9A-4DDB-8F69-45C3819165DC Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:35:36 -0500 Parked.com introduced a new account management system today. In the past each client had just an account rep. In the new system every customer gets an entire Account Management Team with each team including an account manager, a domain optimizer and a "developer". http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-19-09.htm ADF2DFEB-8085-4DDD-86AA-291FE41BD2FB Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:11:44 -0500 DN Journal's annual State of the Industry Cover Story has just been published. After 4 years of robust growth the domain business hit stormy weather in 2008. To make sense of what happened and get predictions on where we are headed in 2009 we called on 15 top industry leaders for our 5th annual report. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/january.htm 2ADCAFBA-359C-4D38-A5F1-7C4DCA5F79EB Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:22:34 -0500 While no one likes to see domain industry layoffs, there is an upside for start up companies and existing firms with holes to fill and budgets to fill them. Some very knowledgeable, experienced industry pros are becoming available for the first time in years. One of them is likely to be the perfect person to complete your team. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-16-09.htm 7C67AE69-B483-428F-AE7E-2D1B0066F65C Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:17:59 -0500 Oversee.net, the parent company of three of the best-known brands in the domain industry, DomainSponsor, Moniker and SnapNames, announced that they are laying off 18% of their workforce, including some at the management level. The cuts come on the heels of a previous 10% workforce reduction last August. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-15-09.htm 70A3B2E6-F18A-4AB6-AE80-7F1C5C4A1291 Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:02:13 -0500 GoDaddy's TDNAM aftermarket domain auction site has a new name - it's now GoDaddy Auctions. In a related note, GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons describes his typical workday in a new magazine interview. Also today, America's .US ccTLD gets a nice plug from a popular TV actress. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-14-09.htm 7B53C1EC-6DE0-4285-A9DA-DB95E2D08490 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:17:03 -0500 After two weeks that were shortened by major holidays, the domain aftermarket just logged its first full week of 2009. Ironically, while sales held up surprisingly well over the holiday season, a lot of buyers seem to have gone on vacation while everyone else was returning to work this week. We have all of the reported sales industry wide. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/01-20-09.htm D9E2496D-2AFD-47B3-B675-08CDE049BEB2 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:38:43 -0500 In DN Journal's Lowdown today: New Yahoo CEO brings hope of a stronger competitor to Google, free videos of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under seminars go online and a press release touting an alleged multi-million dollar sale of a .travel domain fails the "smell test" among veteran domainers. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-13-09.htm 1858DB78-3EA7-40B3-BA2F-04F24A8F6CF7 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:07:41 -0500 The old system of media gatekeepers deciding who can report the news and what news will be published is being washed away once and for all. With a domain name and hosting account anyone can operate a media platform that reaches every corner of the globe. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-12-09.htm 4588199D-8865-4F66-933E-271E679DD18A Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:31:46 -0500 A new article in Inc. Magazine profiles PlentyOfFish.com founder Markus Frind who, working by himself, developed and runs a site that generates $10 million a year and pays him a $5 million annual salary. Frind is no workaholic either - most days his work is done in under an hour. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-10-09.htm E9D82B62-3BE7-4B54-9735-5984D57C2B69 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:51:10 -0500 With a story called "End Times" (in the latest issue of The Atlantic), writer Michael Hirschorn has penned the best article we've seen to date about the passing away of newspapers (the New York Times in particular) and what the new king of journalism - online - is going to look like. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-07-09.htm F6C191E4-E768-4C8B-A2BE-B1AEB7C37095 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:16:08 -0500 Sedo wound up sweeping the top three spots on DN Journal's new weekly Top 20 chart and piled up 10 of the 20 chart entries. Their list included a $167,500 .com sale and a $57,000 German country code sale, one of eight ccTLDs on the all extension leader board as the country codes got 2009 off to a great start. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2009/01-13-09.htm F8C63B40-3A81-47CF-8BC1-434F942AE7DA Wed, 7 Jan 2009 00:09:42 -0500 Directi/Skenzo continues to defy the recession as the red hot India-based company just landed on Deloitte & Touche's prestigious list of the 500 Fastest Growing Tech Companies in Asia for the 4th consecutive year. The brothers who founded the company,Bhavin and Divyank Turakhia say they are just getting started! http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-06-09.htm 7A2C689B-1F7C-4A0D-A3E7-43C70200B691 Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:50:28 -0500 Despite the recession many marketers are planning to increase their spending in several areas online. Content creation will be one of the big winners in 2009 as advertisers invest in their own content for use on social media platforms, blogs and microsites, as well as in newsletters, email campaigns and online video. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-05-09.htm 1DD9F055-A65B-426E-8643-4E13DD983DE6 Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:51:38 -0500 The success of many domain and website owners is based on online ad spending. While ad budgets in general will be slashed in 2009, most experts agree that one medium will grow while the others all decline. A new article in BusinessWeek Magazine explains "Why Online Ads Are Weathering the Recession." http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2009/dailyposts/01-02-09.htm F49417E1-D91D-4C4A-BB52-EF2DA99DBCD3 Fri, 2 Jan 2009 18:05:06 -0500 DN Journal's latest free newsletter is being emailed to opt-in subscribers today. With the close of the 2008 domain sales season yesterday, this month's letter breaks down the final sales data for the year just ended and identifies pockets of strength and weakness in the current aftermarket. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2008/november-december.htm 6BC6C0E1-E57C-4511-AF54-B0CE646627DE Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:24:22 -0500 The Internet has passed newspapers and now trails only TV as the most popular source for news according to a new report from the respected Pew Research Center. In just the past year, the web's mindshare among news consumers soared from 24% to 40%. Pew says the web is also rapidly overtaking TV and has already caught up among those under 30. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-31-08.htm 5DF702EC-9E40-4D89-89E9-B5B7B862B0EA Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:05:52 -0500 The final weekly domain sales report for 2008 is now out at DNJournal.com. Moniker closed a $275,000 sale that took the lead position on our new Top 20 chart and the AfternicDLS weighed in with a solid 6-figure sale of their own to claim the runner-up spot. Sedo had the most overall chart entries sweeping 12 of the 20 positions. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales01-06-09.htm 0D68B083-D107-4AE5-89D7-BAECACFFF5A6 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:03:57 -0500 A new analysis of WIPO cases shows that the number of domain disputes has doubled over the past five years. The reasons are being debated but one of our expert commentators predicted it was coming several years ago. We have his explanation of why it was bound to happen. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-30-08.htm 891679E6-8B0B-4625-BB8C-AC2C3269A93C Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:06:28 -0500 Yet another institution from traditional media, the venerable comic strip, is looking to the web for salvation as its current distribution platform, the daily newspaper, continues to crumble. A great generic domain name, Comics.com, is playing a key role in this drama. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-29-08.htm 37BC762B-9EE0-4C53-9161-A4F8840875D8 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:06:43 -0500 The geodomain industry's premier event will be moving to the West Coast in 2009 for a spring time conference that will close the weekend before the next T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference opens in Silicon Valley. This will allow California visitors to take in two major events in the same week. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-26-08.htm B7F5DF86-A1C4-4C8A-ADC2-29D3841CE362 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:43:57 -0500 Verizon wins the biggest cybersquatting judgment ever - more than $33 million in a suit against registrar OnlineNic.com. Our take on why, even though Verizon was right to sue, this is also a case of the pot calling the kettle black http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-24-08-2.htm 8C93A906-48D3-4A5D-823F-43769757B49D Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:51:44 -0500 Name Media has decided to pull their planned IPO offering citing market conditions. The Massachusetts-based domain conglomerate (parent company of BuyDomains, the AfternicDLS and several parking services), originally filed for a $172.5 million IPO in November 2007. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-24-08.htm 17CA80CE-49D3-475B-90C4-051FE1A0225C Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:28:31 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. In contrast to retailers who are suffering through a dismal Christmas season domain sellers had a banner week with five names cracking the six-figure barrier. The first three names on our new Top 20 chart banked a total of $1 million. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales12-30-08.htm D15616FF-94F3-47DD-972D-25E9E4F862F1 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:26:31 -0500 Do you know what the first .Com domain ever registered was? PC World magazine took us back in time with a new article published this week that runs down the 100 oldest .com domain names on the Internet. It all started in 1985 when no one could have guessed how valuable domains would eventually become. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-23-08.htm BE8DD1FE-4DE5-4290-A9B6-9A097F2F01DB Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:32:08 -0500 Veteran domain investor Mike "Zappy" Zapolin of the Internet Real Estate Group met Israeli President Shimon Peres last week when Zappy was in Tel Aviv to speak at a major business conference. While there Zapolin underlined the value of good domain names in an interview with Globes Magazine. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-22-08.htm B7907A07-6E6C-4F0D-B0B0-BF94CDE38455 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:29:16 -0500 The new December Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. The plunge in parking revenue over the past year has left many domain owners looking for lifejackets. Warren Royal found his by developing Bobbleheads.com and Shreveport.com. No longer dependent on Google or Yahoo, Royal's destiny is now in his own hands. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2008/december.htm 7B8AEA9C-F8E1-4BEF-A2B2-AE87911DEA3A Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:12:15 -0500 ICANN's plan to roll out an unlimited number of new global domain extensions starting next year has hit a major roadblock. The U.S. Government has joined the growing chorus of stakeholders expressing reservations about the wisdom of flooding the market with new gTLDs. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-19-08.htm AE2ACC15-4125-4F37-A6F6-D181113BE47A Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:50:02 -0500 GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons invited a critic of his company, Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire.com, to be on his GoDaddy Radio show Thursday. In case you missed it, their sparring match is now available for replay. We have a link to the show and our take on the program. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-18-08.htm BA27E8A7-382F-425D-A245-B474464A198F Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:32:53 -0500 A huge batch of completed sales from Sedo's GreatDomains.com premium auction site dominate the new weekly domain sales chart at DN Journal. We have expanded the all extension leader board from 20 to 40 positions to make room for all of those high end sales as well as solid results from some of the everyday venues, http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales12-23-08.htm 35171A60-8040-4C51-B9CF-801C1FB8D24A Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:33:54 -0500 GoDaddy celebrated a 42% jump in sales this year by throwing a spectacular $2 million holiday party for its employees. TDNAM auction customers can celebrate too. Starting bids on high traffic domains have been rolled back in response to a whistle blowing blogger who will be on GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons' radio show today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-17-08.htm B799EEE1-B3C2-4DE3-B08D-F573432F8172 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:39:44 -0500 A powerful trade association representing thousands of famous brands has called on ICANN to halt its plans to roll out an unlimited number of new gTLDS in 2009. The Internet Commerce Association also weighed in on the matter in a letter to ICANN's Board of Directors. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-16-08.htm 1CCB529F-7039-4D1D-B6F9-402569875F94 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:31:59 -0500 Google put a dark cloud over the heads of domain parking companies when they went into direct competition with their partners - but there may be a silver lining in that cloud for the PPC providers. Also today, the Domainer Mardi Gras conference chooses a live auction provider for their February 21 sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-15-08.htm 5D2E0955-D37F-48E6-B804-CB92278B3C29 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:34:56 -0500 Anyone in North America (and eventually the world) who wants to park a domain can now go directly to Google and bypass the parking companies. Does that mean they are history? Here is our take plus comments from Rick Schwartz on this potentially game changing development. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-12-08.htm 7E6CC25D-574B-44FD-931A-48D3B6D22B61 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:38:21 -0500 The ongoing migration of ad money to the web played a major role in the Tribune Company's stunning bankruptcy this week. One commentator observed that once offered a better and much lower cost Internet alternative newspaper advertisers abandon ship. "The notion that the local newspaper will always be there - no matter what - is no more." http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-11-08.htm 5C979500-9180-44E3-9883-DB2841252A6B Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:40:40 -0500 The advertising industry's top forecasters are predicting that online advertising will keep growing at a healthy clip next year and, in terms if growth, will blow away everything else in 2009, rising at more than twice the rate of its nearest competitor. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-10-08.htm E276AD40-C96C-4E3C-B423-3B8215334F55 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:20:56 -0500 Domain buyers were busy last week, ringing up three six-figure sales including one of the ten biggest country code sales of 2008. That was one of seven ccTLDs to make DN Journal's all extension Top 20. .Com led the way with a $300,000 sale and the world’s most popular extension went on to take a dozen entries overall. .Mobi also scored with a $44,000 sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales12-16-08.htm 9448C918-E5BE-40CB-8B7B-B51F86846D3C Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:09:19 -0500 Those going to the DOMAINfest Global conference in Hollywood, California January 27-30 will be treated to a trip to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. The show's official farewell party will be staged there January 29 in conjunction with a fundraising event for autism. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-09-08.htm EA83ADD3-3041-4424-85AC-A9EA8582DA4E Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:35:51 -0500 Brothers Michael and David Castello (who were the subject of a popular DN Journal Cover Story two years ago this month) will be the featured guests on a free webinar tonight at 9pm (U.S. Eastern Time). They'll talk about how they have successfully developed some of the web's best .com geo and generic domain names. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-08-08.htm 3BDD0E61-400B-4FEA-8ADF-AEA0B26E87AE Mon, 8 Dec 2008 14:59:15 -0500 Tis the season to be jolly - unless you are victimized by one of several domain hijackers currently operating in the shadows of the Internet. One apparently based in the Ukraine temporarily took down the world's largest online bill paying service and another operating out of Iran stole hundreds of premium domains. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-05-08.htm 9093BC0B-9E4A-43E7-BC01-5C3D2C2F1383 Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:36:09 -0500 New reports from Verisign in the U.S. and Nominet in the UK show total domain name registrations continue to expand but the growth rate is slowing down (country codes are outperforming the rest of the registration market). We also have the latest on plans for next month's DOMAINfest Global conference in Hollywood. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-04-08.htm 005EA8E8-4FE9-4FE3-BFC1-094998AB0202 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:39:36 -0500 After award winning work at Richmond.com, Jon Lumpkin has left to join Skip Hoagland's Domains New Media where he will help build a new site on Alexandria.com. The project will serve two cities that share the same name. Lumpkin will work on Alexandria, Virginia while Gastón Piarrette develops a corresponding site for Alexandria, Egypt. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-03-08.htm 8C22FEA8-6911-4131-8F25-DCC8BCBEA53A Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:36:08 -0500 Though the long Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S. shortened the work week to just three days for most Americans a string of completed live auction sales filled DN Journal's weekly Top 20 chart with some solid numbers. A pair of $150,000 sales from Rick Latona's live auction in Australia led the pack. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales12-09-08.htm 7BB5304B-EA53-49EB-8516-199129654846 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:05:39 -0500 Are Fishkin's comments counter intuitive? Not really. The web is the most efficient business platform in the world and thus the one best suited to help business owners survive the economic downturn.Like domain names, SEO can provide a lot of bang for the buck at a time when businesses have to make every dollar count. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-02-08.htm 4993AC99-4D23-486E-91AE-77CC27251CE7 Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:08:43 -0500 Today in the Lowdown: An introduction to our new comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia, domainer Stephen Webb's Internet radio website WeAreRadio.com makes news in South Carolina and .TV partners eNom and Verisign renew their vows. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/12-01-08.htm E648098A-73D3-4B86-BE04-152AAC5F168F Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:36:51 -0500 DN Journal has published its comprehensive review of the first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever held outside the United States. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under, ably staged by Fabulous.com, attracted domain owners from around the world to Australia's scenic Gold Coast. We have photos and inside show info you won't find anywhere else. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2008/traffic-down-under-review.htm B629F4D7-1828-4549-86DD-147177E142A1 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:31:02 -0500 Here is still another reason to be thankful this weekend - the continuing growth of the online advertising market. Despite the meltdown in the general economy, online search ad spending isl expected to set another new record next year. In this economy how many other sectors are expecting a near double digit rate of growth in 2009? http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-28-08.htm 789CE213-90AF-47D1-BA67-330F72EC6D5B Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:14:30 -0500 Over the past few days, we've given you an inside view of domain events in Australia and on the French Riviera. Today it is on to Egypt where Directi sister companies Skenzo and LogicBoxes took delegates at this month's ICANN meeting in Cairo on an "Egyptian Odyssey" that included stops at the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-26-08.htm 7690ACBF-86CA-4BA4-9D02-8068D793857E Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:15:49 -0500 Country code domains turned in the strongest performance we have seen since starting our weekly domain sales report over five years ago. The biggest ccTLD sale of the year led a country code charge that gave ccTLDs 12 of the 20 positions on our latest Top 20 sales chart. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales12-02-08.htm FCE57E55-E64F-4895-A38A-823083A18290 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:45:30 -0500 Photos from the 3rd Annual SedoPro Partner Forum held on the French Riviera make us wish we could have been there. A fabulous waterfront hotel, yacht racing, casino night and a chauffeured antique car tour of the Riviera were just a few of the experiences enjoyed by attendees from around the world. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-25-08.htm 971A0C95-2160-4AA8-A7F7-C9D35B507B6E Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:07:01 -0500 We're back from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia with some additional notes and photos from a fabulous show staged by, appropriately enough, Fabulous.com. You will want to check out company exec Michael Robertson's new mohawk as well as his close encounter with a kangaroo. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-24-08.htm 31414FD0-A763-45D1-9827-EE64D418E3DB Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:35:48 -0500 I'll be spending the entire weekend flying to Australia to cover next week's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference for you. I posted some show notes before heading out and also details on a well deserved promotion for Oversee.net's Jeff Kupietzky who has been named company President. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-14-08.htm 14022C00-6564-414A-A42B-8208B53214CE Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:56:25 -0500 Domain development is attracting more and more domain owners who are looking for ways to offset their PPC revenue declines. Well-known domainers Page Howe, Andrew Allemann and partners Ari Goldberger & Larry Fischer have all rolled out new websites. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-13-08.htm 3962BB6D-3691-4CFC-B11F-058EECFFD5A4 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:18:32 -0500 In 2003 Australian entrepreneur Michael Gilmour found himself broke after losing a fortune overnight. He took his last $100 and bought a domain name. Five short years later Gilmour is one of the most successful people in this industry. In DN Journal's November Cover Story we'll tell you how he made it happen. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2008/november.htm 463B115F-18C8-43EC-87D8-19525044DCD0 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:52:07 -0500 George Kirikos, a veteran domainer and long-time ICANN observer, has spotted language in new gTLD contracts that could pave the way for Verisign to charge domain owners anything they want for .com and .net registrations or renewals - with prices depending on what Verisign decides individual domains are worth. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-12-08.htm 4DE1E802-12EC-47A2-B917-F1CBF288669D Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:12:55 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Four big six-figure sales, totaling well over a million dollars, lead the new Top 20 chart. There was a lot of variety on the all extension Big Board with six non .com global TLDs and four country code domains joining 13 .coms on the leader board. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales11-18-08.htm 54FC59ED-F1F8-4253-B613-897C0EA45189 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:22:21 -0500 Forecasters are predicting a bad Christmas season for retailers with one exception - online sales are expected to easily surpass last year. In another win for the web, the editor of our local newspaper, following another round of layoffs, admits that many print publications now have to play second fiddle to their websites. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-11-08.htm 941C1CE1-74DB-4EA7-9224-A36652B52FC5 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:03:57 -0500 DN Journal's next weekly domain sales report (due out tomorrow night) is shaping up as a strong one, especially after two big six-figure sales were just closed at Sedo today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-10-08-2.htm E17D78D0-E9C8-45B1-B202-04B6AFD3F76C Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:38:24 -0500 "If you do SEO for a living, you will be out of business or irrelevant in 3 years" according to Lijit Networks exec Micah Baldwin. A lot of domain owners who want to develop their names have been thinking about SEO but on his LearnToDuck.com blog Baldwin says there is a better way to go. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-10-08.htm 0131DD51-EFD2-4F0B-A59C-72198ACC3488 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:24:49 -0500 The business pages are filled with bad news but here is some positive information for domain owners to mull over this weekend. Veteran online advertising exec Joe Apprendi has seen it all and he says online publishers will fare far better than others in the current recession. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-07-08.htm B95B85C9-5605-42E5-AB2B-F54F137D21FA Fri, 7 Nov 2008 18:50:27 -0500 The Internet Commerce Association has responded to a press release issued yesterday by the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) that erroneously portrayed cybersquatting as a criminal offense. We have the full text of ICA Executive Director Michael Collins's comments setting the record straight and detailing basic trademark principles you need to know. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-06-08.htm 90E87F99-AF9F-4D02-96A1-4DE91053FA51 Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:56:55 -0500 DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter breaks down 3Q-2008 domain sales to see what the numbers reveal about the health of the aftermarket. Plus, more info and photos from Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett's adventures at Harvard Business School. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2008/september-october.htm 9881B3C0-425E-4410-AC3E-2053A2B5D8CE Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:54:44 -0500 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Another big wave of completed live auction sales from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference dominates this week's domain sales chart. Moniker swept the top three spots and four .me domains crashed the all extension leader board. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales11-11-08.htm 5BCE11DA-2A6E-44A6-9335-2A220BB6C4E7 Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:35:10 -0500 Today in The Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The scoop on why social networking site GeoDomainer.com has been inaccessible the past two weeks, details on a big .mobi auction starting tomorrow at Sedo and the reason why Afilias VP/CTO Ram Mohan was appointed to a special position on ICANN's Board of Directors. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-04-08.htm 896F2E8F-6389-4EB5-93BC-10DF11841D9A Tue, 4 Nov 2008 14:22:12 -0500 Doctors Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett have become Harvard Business School graduates after completing the school's intensely demanding Advanced Management Program. Also, our take on Media General's purchase of Richmond.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/11-03-08.htm 265A5AE4-0C63-418B-8B3F-E408E50CEFD5 Mon, 3 Nov 2008 15:00:06 -0500 BoycottKentucky.com is asking domain owners to call the office of Kentucky governor Steve Beshear en masse today to express their displeasure with his attempt to take over 141 gambling related domain names through a highly controversial claim that the state has jurisdiction over those names. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-31-08.htm E561AE7B-742B-49DC-876C-391198B1BC52 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:00:20 -0400 The U.S. presidential election won't be held until Tuesday but thousands of web surfers have been casting their votes in online polls for weeks now. We'll tell you about a couple you can participate in and a little about our experiences voting for real this morning (our state is one of 31 that allows early voting). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-30-08.htm 85C1223B-66E2-465F-9BE3-2372F2BA7F20 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:01:34 -0400 Lizzy Grant, the daughter of veteran domainer Rob Grant, is making a splash in the music business. Lizzy has just released her first record (available on iTunes) and also has a new video out that is creating quite a buzz in the music blogosphere. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-29-08.htm E09C764E-03A9-4A67-8B82-2839FF2BDB72 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:11:29 -0400 The new weekly DNJournal.com domain sales report is out with four six-figure sales and a flood of completed live auction sales leading the aftermarket hit parade. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales11-04-08.htm C83E07EA-9DA6-4533-B490-79F157EEB2B4 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:49:44 -0400 Ari Bayme, is taking over as CEO at Movie Times, Inc., a company that owns a portfolio of several thousand movie related domain names and operates the popular entertainment portal MovieTimes.com. Chairman Dan Pulcrano (a giant in the geodomain space) stepped out of the CEO role to make way for Bayme. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-28-08.htm D18EF1C8-6BF5-4C56-9FFB-F7B5318FD2C5 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:44:35 -0400 We're on the first leg of a one-week vacation trip but before heading out we added an exclusive new Photo Gallery to our T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York coverage. We also posted a preview article that let's you know what to expect from next month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference in Australia. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-19-08.htm 2F1524E7-9090-4B3B-8CE8-E2DF28B5DE41 Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:41:17 -0400 The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference heads overseas for the first time November 18-20 when Fabulous.com hosts the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference on Australia's famed Gold Coast. To get the inside scoop on this event, we talked with Fab execs Dan Warner and Michael Robertson. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2008/traffic-down-under-preview.htm 2A6F9D0E-E076-4C63-BD8D-1B6C621E684F Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:35:00 -0400 Internet Real Estate Group President Andrew Miller and CEO Mike "Zappy" Zappolin were among the Harvard Business School graduates who got to meet luminaries like Bill Gates and Meg Whitman at last weekend's Global Business Summit marking the 100th Anniversary of the HBS. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-17-08.htm E08B0546-75B4-4CFB-B2EB-A87D5D56B02A Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:23:57 -0400 Bulletin from DNJournal.com http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-16-08-3.htm B85B0377-31BC-4022-8958-7756F3E1959F Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:45:02 -0400 Reinvent Technology CEO Dr. Kevin Ham, who was the subject of DN Journal's May 2008 Cover Story, has been named winner of the Pacific Region's prestigious Ernst & Young 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Technology category. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-16-08-2.htm 85350666-0FF4-4B7D-B8D2-3CFC3626AD31 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:42:10 -0400 The DOMAINfest Global 2009 conference coming up in January has scored a major coup by landing Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wosniak as their keynote speaker. The show, sponsored by Oversee.net's domain monetization unit, DomainSponsor, will be staged January 28-30 in Hollywood, California. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-16-08.htm B7CCFA0F-A5E0-4F1C-BA9C-4D4E46FBBAED Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:09:37 -0400 In a new column today, USA Today business columnist Gladys Edmunds told her readers that NOW is the time to get a domain name and build a website to promote your company. A web address allows you to generate extra sales by making your product or service available around the globe and with the economy bogged down that added reach is more important than ever. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-15-08.htm 9069931F-A02F-446B-A072-D4B174CDED9B Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:22:20 -0400 The domain aftermarket got back on track this week with a solid outing led by one of the year’s five biggest country code sales at an eye-popping $300,000. A second six-figure transaction was booked as the first wave of completed live auction sales from last month’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference was reported by RickLatona.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales10-21-08.htm D20A1645-3713-4207-8ED2-2AE3040E9982 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:30:24 -0400 Big city geodomain owners will be facing some tough new competition as NBC-TV begins converting their local station websites into broad based city portals complete with new geo-oriented domain names like NBCNewYork.com and NBCChicago.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-14-08.htm 841999FD-844A-4170-B124-49C32F474252 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:42:28 -0400 Fabulous.com has announced a charity live domain auction to benefit the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) will be held November 19th during the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under conference that Fab will be hosting on Australia's Gold Coast. Rick Latona Auctions will conduct the fund raising sale. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-13-08.htm 36E77D46-665A-465E-8F97-4545A860510D Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:29:51 -0400 Domain registration rates around the world continue to grow at a double digit pace. A new report from the Latin American region says total registration soared nearly 18% in the past year with Brazil and Argentina leading the growth spurt. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-10-08.htm 25E8213A-FC47-4069-A551-5CAF8F4156D9 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:41:23 -0400 Two key members of the award-winning Branson.com team have left to help Skip Hoagland develop his portfolio of prime U.S. and International geodomains. Their first joint project will focus on turning Portland.com into the premier portal to Portland, Oregon. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-09-08.htm E0CEF125-070B-4369-948B-C57440049871 Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:20:34 -0400 DN Journal has exclusive photos from the MeetDomainers conference held in Cracow, Poland last weekend - including a live domain auction that saw some .pl (Polish ccTLD) domains fetch nice prices. Also - the ICA summarizes yesterday's Kentucky court hearing on gambling domains. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-08-08.htm C6652CA4-5490-4B4F-B95C-01957AC1862B Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:55:27 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This wound up being the weakest week of the year. There are two likely reasons for that, one being the meltdown in the general economy and the other being the fact that nearly $5 million worth of domains were sold at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference week before last, drawing a load of money out of the market at once. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales10-14-08.htm 75B045A4-0D2A-4DED-9D99-2B828AAC7B46 Wed, 8 Oct 2008 09:17:20 -0400 The Kentucky hearing into that state's attempt to confiscate 141 gambling related domain names was held today with the judge deciding he would need 7 days to consider the issues before announcing a decision. We have a link to a blow by blow account of today's hearing. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-07-08.htm 7E61F11F-0B4A-4604-9E56-0CFAA5EBE985 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 13:30:12 -0400 The Internet Commerce Association is in Kentucky today, protesting that state's attempt to confiscate 141 domain names from their rightful owners. Elsewhere, Forbes Magazine says the current credit crunch could accelerate the slide of newspapers into oblivion. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-06-08.htm A9FE3B39-6D53-438A-9E4D-C02C224F7620 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:49:02 -0400 The new October Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Our comprehensive review of the 2008 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference explores why show goers felt so optimistic at a time when the financial world at large was (and still is) on the edge of disaster. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2008/october.htm 37576261-48DF-4315-B74E-99F753B0D900 Mon, 6 Oct 2008 02:33:08 -0400 Moniker has released the results from their T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York online auction. Coupled with their two live auctions in the Big Apple, Moniker wound up booking close to $4 million in domain sales. Also, a new trade association for Canadian domain owners is set to launch Oct. 7. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-03-08.htm E5EE422F-9C3F-4111-85DD-219A5B2D69B9 Fri, 3 Oct 2008 13:24:10 -0400 Former Domain Roundtable producer Stephen Douglas has settled a lawsuit against Name Intelligence, the company behind the 2007 conference he directed, and its CEO Jay Westerdal. Elsewhere, NameMedia announces a further expansion of their AfternicDLS domain aftermarket platform. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-02-08.htm C1F45252-7ECD-4485-B2DA-8E145872F248 Thu, 2 Oct 2008 10:55:03 -0400 Some of the .mobi registry's best domains, including cellphones.mobi, games.mobi, blackjack.mobi, doctors.mobi, quotes.mobi and xxx.mobi will be auctioned off by Sedo on November 5. The registry says winners will be required to have a developed site online within 9 months of transfer. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/10-01-08.htm E78286EC-B19A-44AD-9AA5-E446635774F4 Wed, 1 Oct 2008 18:05:07 -0400 We were away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference last week so our usual weekly domain sales report was delayed until today when we published an expanded double length report that will bring you up to date on all reported sales since our last column Sept. 16. A million dollar sale tops the list. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales10-07-08.htm 8D1052E8-EF78-4AA4-B5EE-10702F2F2D3B Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:19:22 -0400 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is over but two more domain conferences will get underway outside the U.S. over the next 7 days. We have details on those events in Poland and Canada (both of which will include live domain auctions) as well as info on a pair of online auctions worth taking a look at. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-30-08.htm F0987BFE-EC65-4354-88CB-3562612F0A64 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:08:42 -0400 Sedo has just completed the first seven-figure domain sale since the first quarter of this year - moving Invest.com for $1,015,000 through their GreatDomains premium auction site. The news come from Sedo's Kate Donahue who is preparing for some big changes in her life. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-29-08.htm D4C2B545-FC06-4626-9AE5-89130D240440 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:59:14 -0400 Organizers of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference completed their 12th successful run this morning in New York City. We have photos and highlights from the past 24 hours, including presentation of the annual T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Awards last night and also clue you in on show plans for 2009 and beyond. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-26-08.htm AAEAD56E-6481-42B2-BD7C-3EC405E65A54 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:26:59 -0400 Here are DN Journal's photos and highlights from the first full day of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York Wednesday, including two live auctions, Barbara Corcoran's well-received keynote speech and TrafficZ's official show party that ran into the wee hours of the morning. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-25-08.htm 4028935D-8959-4582-BB2D-78FC55DCC6BB Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:26:58 -0400 The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference got underway last night. DN Journal has some photos and highlights from the opening activities and a look ahead at today's agenda for the first full day of the event. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-24-08.htm DBBDC4DF-0E1D-4986-89D3-E972526703BE Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:24:43 -0400 Here's a rundown of what's on tap for day 1 at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Tuesday and some notes on why this conference is shaping up to be an especially interesting one. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-22-08.htm 19288761-C856-40D4-AF02-AFFAF2B57D31 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:55:27 -0400 Between the latest premium domain auction currently underway online at Sedo's GreatDomains and the quartet of live auctions coming up at next week's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York, a remarkable number of high quality domain names could change hands over the next seven days. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-19-08.htm BD7E706B-80F7-4F4E-8D38-FAECDA45A1D1 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:09:52 -0400 Research firm Borrell Associates has added their voice to the chorus that believes .com city domain names are superbly positioned to one day succeed local newspapers, radio and TV stations as the preferred media platform in their respective communities. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-18-08.htm BBAA43FC-6E2E-431E-891D-0917BA36E97C Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:50:10 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We saw a 2-letter .com change hands for $500,000 in one of the year’s 10 biggest sales as well as a country code deal that ranks as the year's 6th biggest ccTLD sale, GeoDomains also had a strong presence on the Top 20 chart. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales09-23-08.htm 4E255AE1-BB99-417E-B2EC-DE46C5CF5D92 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:58:38 -0400 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is just seven days away. We run down some of the anticipated highlights as show organizers promise to shake things up in the Big Apple. There's also more information on the Mardi Gras conference coming to New Orleans in February. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-16-08.htm B87648C7-D74C-41B0-84C1-50A3865F6689 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:49:51 -0400 Divyank Turakhia gives new meaning to the term "meteoric rise." As a 16-year-old high school student in 1998, he co-founded the Directi Group with a $600 investment (a seed that sprouted a global conglomerate that is believed to be worth over $300 million today).Turakhia explains how he did it in DN Journal's new September Cover Story. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2008/september.htm EDE39083-E7C1-464A-8D6E-7E7940DCD960 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:37:16 -0400 California real estate loan broker and domain investor Daniel Negari has been named one of America's Best Young Entrepreneurs by BusinessWeek magazine. The public will choose five finalists that will be announced at the end of this month. We'll tell you how to cast a vote for the 22-year-old whiz kid. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-15-08.htm 8A8B63CF-E1A1-4ED0-B38A-61C7CB0C8207 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:55:55 -0400 Every two years Pew Research releases a definitive survey showing where the public goes for news and information. The first report since 2006 is out and it has some stunning data that underscores why a tsunami of ad dollars will continue to flood the web and help underpin domain values. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-12-08.htm FE30C644-1D26-4428-8919-EB0D21B79B5E Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:08:56 -0400 Another owner of a top generic domain name has taken his asset to another level by teaming up with a partner that brought site development, capital and business relationship expertise to the table. The end result, just two months later, is a potential category killing website. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-11-08.htm B1ED5B5A-243D-4B7F-90E9-247E015C8ABD Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:19:34 -0400 The domain aftermarket continues to hold strong despite the downturn in the general economy and falling PPC revenues in the domain industry. Sedo CEO Tim Schumacher said, "We have seen increased participation each month, a higher percentage of domains sold and higher average sale prices, and this latest auction will build on our success." http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-10-08.htm 9D87A367-AF4B-42C6-B414-653C08F8DAC9 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:56:45 -0400 It was another solid outing for the domain aftermarket with a trio of six-figure sales leading this week's DN Journal sales report.. One of those, a two-word .com, rang up $325,000 to rank among the 20 biggest sales reported so far in 2008. Three country code domains qualified for the all extension leader board as did an IDN and a pair of .nets. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales09-16-08.htm CF17F68A-E5C1-4402-8A00-1CA6D88CA134 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:23:35 -0400 Internet Commerce Association Co-Founder Rick Schwartz announced his resignation from the domain industry trade group today. ICA independent board member Ron Jackson comments on the departure and where the organization stands now. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-09-08.htm 1A8C36C5-B253-4606-8394-14F08FFCBE50 Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:26:29 -0400 If at first you don't succeed - relaunch. That is what the .Pro registry did today, hoping to lure buyers in with lower prices. Elsewhere Bido.com is out of the live auction line-up for this month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York, a mobile-centric conference is coming to San Jose and Skip Hoagland scores a coup with Cairo.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-08-08.htm D8E91A8B-DA2B-4DAE-A1DA-4A01FE869134 Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:52:50 -0400 In the kind of local gathering that will become more common as the domain industry continues to grow, Parked.com brought Florida domain owners together for a dinner party Thursday night in Tampa. Here are some DN Journal photos and notes from the event. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-05-08.htm 7F58AB27-54D6-4DC0-B997-FFB109E880AB Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:52:04 -0400 Verisign has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief covering the second quarter of 2008. The new report shows demand for domain names continuing to surge at double digit rates. We have the key numbers from the latest brief. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-04-08.htm CDE509FD-BE61-4AB6-8A39-7DB2F51452E4 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:35:24 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A six-figure sale at SnapNames led the hit parade and headlined a new all-extension Top 20 chart that saw a pair of country code domains among the top ten. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales09-09-08.htm F0D9E334-E5AF-41E7-BC2C-469302126E03 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 00:11:14 -0400 Is the world ready for still another domain conference - especially one that will be staged on just four weeks notice? Before you run screaming for the exits, hear me out. This one will be staged in an underserved location and led by industry veteran Frank Michlick http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-03-08.htm 46F870DC-CAD5-44B3-9761-9F7EC7F357A4 Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:29:51 -0400 David Kesmodel had to overcome a string of obstacles to get "The Domain Game" into print. He tells DN Journal how he managed to keep the book alive after the original publisher bailed out, what he would do differently if he had a second chance and what the domain industry can do to clean up its image. http://www.dnjournal.com/articles/people/domaingame.htm C7A75FFB-74A3-4E44-9937-939D704ED414 Mon, 1 Sep 2008 15:17:29 -0400 As Hurricane Gustav is slicing through Louisiana today, an Intercosmos Media Group team including Parked.com CEO Sig Solares is currently in New Orleans where they are posting storm information on a live blog at GustavBloggers.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/09-01-08.htm A3B4015D-E4B2-43C5-9BBD-BCCC465D2EEB Mon, 1 Sep 2008 09:34:42 -0400 Rick Schwartz is on the warpath. In an exclusive interview for our new August newsletter previewing the Sept. 23-26 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in New York, Schwartz laid into cyber squatters, PPC companies, registrars and even "show fatigue". Find out why he has taken off the gloves. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2008/august.htm A54EFABC-0ADC-421F-ABF0-5B1F93DA0D75 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:39:36 -0400 A prominent newspaper columnist has abruptly quit because he said sports journalism has become "entirely a website business." Jay Mariotti, who also appears on ESPN, said of the sinking newspaper industry ship, "I don't want to go down with it.'' http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-29-08.htm DA888F3D-F24A-4310-9BCF-FDACDA32B434 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:50:17 -0400 A new feature in Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 8, (released in beta yesterday) could spell trouble for their arch-rival Google. Here how "InPrivate Browsing" could short circuit Google's plan to get even bigger through display advertising. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-28-08.htm 2F33BF02-B456-4587-96DA-4695EA79F4DE Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:52 -0400 Two of the best-known figures in the domain industry are heading back to college this fall even though they both already hold doctorate degrees. Here's our exclusive report on Harvard's new BMOCs (Big Men On Campus). http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-27-08b.htm 920C36E2-B5E7-4D1E-BB30-73D7F1416EFA Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:50:06 -0400 Two well-known domain companies have filled key executive positions by naming new Vice Presidents. Stephen Douglas joins WhyPark.com as VP of Business Development and Sam Nunez moves from Oversee.net to Sedo to become VP of Product Management. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-27-08.htm 95C21115-3D54-4B04-8780-0D341E12481C Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:37:02 -0400 The usual summer doldrums were sent packing again this week as a quartet of huge six-figure sales led another banner outing for the domain aftermarket. Two of those transactions rank among the ten biggest sales of the year, weighing in at $800,000 and $579,900 respectively. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales09-02-08.htm B4175A7D-644C-46A5-9986-58DE0422688D Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:10:28 -0400 Some old friends who are worried about their jobs disappearing have been asking me if there are still opportunities to make a living with domain names or on the Internet at large. This is what I told them... http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-26-08.htm B3AA2950-10B2-460C-B1C5-7F9104664495 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:16:37 -0400 First it was newspapers, then magazines, then TV. Now it's radio singing the declining ad revenue blues - but there is one bright spot on that industry's latest report card - rapid growth online. With all branches of traditional media declining, only the Internet continues to enjoy double digit growth rates. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-25-08.htm F993E6D6-68FD-4F64-B143-F0B5FCAA66A0 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:23:03 -0400 A week after ordering it, my iPhone 3G showed up today. Here are some initial thoughts on whether or not this is the .mobi killer some claim it will be. Also, the agenda is posted for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under and an upcoming charity domain auction looks like a win win event for everyone involved. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-22-08.htm C6DA47B8-59CF-4360-A7BF-605D3A451A71 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:25:42 -0400 In today's tardy Lowdown post Moniker's latest live auction fails to stir an SEO crowd, we spend a day at a local car lot and Page Howe takes over administration of an interesting geo domain sales letter. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-21-08.htm 89C90C51-60A7-43EF-966C-3834FAEFAB6F Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:45:41 -0400 A second straight day of technical snafus has led Bido.com to pull the plug on the online auction service for the time being. Elsewhere Name.com will start offering 800,000 AfternicDLS domains to their customers. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-20-08.htm C5B18BD2-6888-44B5-8C0F-7F227F10BDF6 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:28:31 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and it is a jaw-dropper. We saw a half-dozen six-figure sales this week and all of those domains were purchased by the same person. In fact the Aspen, Colorado based buyer wound up spending over $1.1 million on a total of 11 domains for a cryptic new project his company is working on. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales08-26-08.htm 1D9CAFA5-2807-49B4-BF7E-4556E6E1D69F Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:36:03 -0400 Rick Latona, one of the world's most successful .com investors, spends a lot of time traveling around the globe. While hopping from one country to another he has been seeing ccTLDs and IDNs blossom before his eyes. Latona doesn't miss many boats - did he really miss one here? http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-19-08.htm 4DBD8065-2BE3-4177-95CA-1C54C1EBD29D Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:07:40 -0400 One of the world's leading domain companies, Oversee.net, reduced its workforce by 10% Friday. Oversee VP Mason Cole spoke with us about the tough decision to lay off team members. http://www.dnjournal.com/lowdown.htm E1189A2E-3962-4E21-A0E6-05C385251BF1 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:04:25 -0400 Sendori.com has come up with an innovative domain monetization system that bypasses Google and Yahoo by allowing advertisers to bid directly on traffic from high quality domain names. Since the traffic is sent straight to the advertiser's site, they pay for every visitor, not just the ones that click through. http://www.dnjournal.com/articles/companies/sendori.htm C3D27C9A-7AD5-4F1E-897B-1E4FA85477AF Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:19:51 -0400 Attorney John Berryhill has foiled another reverse hijacking attempt, perpetrated this time by a Swiss company that makes Beech-Nut foods. They tried to use the WIPO process to steal the domain Hero.com from its rightful owner. Here's our take of the bungled heist. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-15-08.htm E160D01D-95E0-41F6-A981-029626B828CF Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:58:53 -0400 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York is just five weeks away and the promotional drumbeat is starting to build. Show sponsor TrafficZ is offering their customers two free nights at the conference hotel. Meanwhile Moniker has given a sneak peak at some of the top names being considered for their live domain auction at the show. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-14-08.htm E47F9126-3DFA-4FF9-9E16-4902F46E108D Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:18:21 -0400 In four short years Page Howe has become the poster boy for the amazing things that are possible in this business. This is the previously untold story of how Howe discovered domains and went on to become one of the industry's key players. Get the story in DN Journal's new August Cover Story. http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2008/august.htm BA7C4BBF-75CE-4AA3-93E0-B23CFB9ABA37 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:21:10 -0400 "A a struggle of epic proportions." After laying off 36 more people, that's how the publisher of a local newspaper owned by the New York Times described their battle to survive in a media world increasingly dominated by the Internet. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-13-08.htm BFED5CF4-6CA4-478B-A847-912224288AC1 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:08:24 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. One of the largest three-word domain sales we’ve ever seen took the #1 spot on our Top 20 chart after changing hands for $260,000. Another six-figure blockbuster from the geodomain category passed the $150,000 mark. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales08-19-08.htm 93EBD9AB-1A65-4F17-AFA4-1A0D8615D324 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:53:12 -0400 As the foundations of traditional media continue to crumble, print magazines are the latest to find their necks in a noose. A new report covering the first half of 2008 showed big declines in both circulation and ad pages in nearly all subject categories. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-12-08.htm 3085D453-8E3B-4D25-AFDB-573FB3A67A15 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:38:46 -0400 Forbes.com writer Charlie Foster just posted a new article about the domain business and he says it became the top-ranked story on the influential business news website today. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-11-08.htm A40F630C-38E8-41D4-A918-E69D74E8969D Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:19:00 -0400 The general economy is sputtering but the media industry continues to be among the fastest growing industrial sectors in America. Better yet, a new study says the biggest waves within the media business are all breaking in favor of those of us who operate online. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-07-08.htm 54D0E787-616A-4A9E-B967-F2912F15E93C Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:47:29 -0400 August is shaping up as one of the busiest months ever for domain auction activity. You will need several scorecards to keep up with the action and we have links to where you can find them. Also today, Sedo announces a plan to help build wells in drought stricken Ethiopia. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-06-08.htm 0528BC50-9712-4C42-91A5-A2595D8CFFAA Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:16:14 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The top domain is a Dutch country code name that ranks among the 12 biggest ccTLD sales so far in 2008. The new all extension Top 20 has 14 .coms and a pair of country codes with the final four openings divided evenly between a .net, a .org, a .info and a .mobi. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales08-12-08.htm 550EA825-EF88-4F8F-ACD6-08F126EED803 Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:23:15 -0400 The 2009 Domain Roundtable conference will be held in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel June 14-17. This will be the first Roundtable on the east coast and the first staged by new owner Thought Convergence. We will tell you why it's a smart move. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-05-08.htm 4E39DF65-62A3-49CD-BCF6-AC5B90C7F399 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 23:09:47 -0400 As PPC revenues continue to sink, solutions to improve domain monetization are springing up from within the domain community. Portfolio Help from Bido.com and a quick and easy domain development plan from AEIOU.com are tackling the problem from different angles. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-04-08.htm 5A9D153A-507C-402F-85A9-30B845193C60 Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:31:35 -0400 Entrepreneur Magazine has published a very nice article on the domain business by Laura Tiffany titled Imminent Domaining. The piece does a nice job of explaining this industry to the magazine's audience of serial entrepreneurs - a group that is always looking for new opportunities. http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/businessideas/article195880.html DC87FB4F-A216-451E-A9F4-1653246286A8 Sun, 3 Aug 2008 09:34:16 -0400 With the rise of domain name values in recent years people who would like to separate domain owners from their assets without paying fair market value for them are coming out of the woodwork. Even generic names are increasingly at risk. In our latest monthly newsletter, attorney Brett Lewis details a disturbing trend. http://www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2008/july.htm 59746E7C-E2DA-4791-A842-2BF1E149BD59 Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:14:51 -0400 If you are ready to tackle developing one or more of your domain names, Stoney deGeyter has written a concise new series of articles called "Seven Building Blocks of a Destination Website" that will help you craft a winning game plan. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/08-01-08.htm E6087FAD-F203-4115-BF5C-5A6AFDD2B554 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:43:12 -0400 The United States has made clear that it has no intention of giving up oversight of the Internet's Domain Name System and they let ICANN know that was the case in a letter sent to the oversight body Wednesday. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-31-08.htm 94D50A58-E636-4FB1-9998-BAC26F3804C6 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:26:45 -0400 The next traditional ad medium likely to be slain by the Internet is the Yellow Pages according to research firm Borrell Associates. "Over the next five years, we are expecting 39% of the ad spending on print yellow pages to vanish," Borrell reports.They also predict video will be the #1 online ad format by 2012. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-30-08.htm 27C42492-45BB-471A-ADDF-FC870831EEA7 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:33:26 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The top dog this week was a one-word .com domain that attracted close to a quarter of a million dollars in one of the year’s 20 biggest sales. Country codes also fared well again, taking four spots on the all extension leader board. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales08-05-08.htm 57338E9E-FC3C-4F4E-9468-9BAD34D06119 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:02:47 -0400 Effective Friday (August 1), Matt Bentley is leaving his post as Chief Strategy Officer at Sedo. In his 6 years with the company Bentley has compiled an exceptionally impressive record of success. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-29-08.htm D8511184-C469-46EF-9D94-FD7F87FB5736 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:35:21 -0400 When I returned home from the GeoDomain Expo my home computer refused to start. Needing a quick replacement but finding nothing but plastic junk in the big box stores I set about building my own. Here's what's under the hood now. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-28-08.htm 347399E3-9827-403B-8C54-C7B69C0AA73A Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:54:36 -0400 MySpace.com is wildly popular but Peter Chernin, the President of parent company News Corp, says ads on the site don't generate the kind of money they should. He thinks video and mobile may be the key to ramping up their (and your) website revenue. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-25-08.htm E1046048-8A6E-4795-851C-789802A35AE5 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:01:19 -0400 Drop Wizard Gordon Martin is back in the saddle. After closing his popular drop catching service in 2004 he quietly switched his focus from .com to country code domains and now he has rolled out a new business centered entirely around ccTLDs. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-24-08.htm 52D2D9C6-A311-4EBA-BE78-699D583F05A7 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:45:38 -0400 Buyer Brad Geisen, the founder of Foreclosure.com, plans to roll out a revolutionary new real estate marketplace on Property.com in 2009. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-23-08-2.htm E1F9E335-2D07-4AEA-97B7-CA03CDDC84E3 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:12:56 -0400 .ME is the country code for Montenegro but when the extension was relaunched in a new disguise last week half of the registrants came from the U.S. See more early .ME stats at DNJournal.com. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-23-08.htm 2276ECD6-C90A-451C-998B-DB2987E1A4F6 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:41:42 -0400 6-figure .org sales are rare but this week TWO of them hit the top of the chart. It was also a huge week for the country codes as seven ccTLD domains made the all extension Top 20. The country code charge was led by TWO big French ccTLD sales, http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales07-29-08.htm 79FA3D03-52EB-40FE-8470-D874B297813B Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:28:27 -0400 Our local daily continues its anorexic decline. Meanwhile another major publication hopes to survive with a new model that will debut tomorrow. As the future unfolds geo domain owners may be in the catbird seat. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-22-08.htm DA9A3974-F48C-4EBF-B698-91C3ED020027 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:38:05 -0400 Major congratulations go out today to long-time domain investor Howard Hoffman (who also operates PPCIncome.com). In addition to his domain endeavors Hoffman owns a fast-growing bottled water company that distributes an oxygenated spring water called O2Cool. Mariel Hemingway discovered it, loved it and now she wants to help Howard make sure the world hears about it. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-21-08.htm 976CE370-CC97-4BCC-83A1-70F4A6D6D524 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:38:28 -0400 DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2008 GeoDomain Expo in Chicago has just been published. We have behind the scenes details and dozens of photos from the landmark event that you won't find anywhere else. http://www.dnjournal.com/events/2008/geodomainexpo.htm 5007590A-E21F-4E3F-963E-333D00767363 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:21:58 -0400 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York sells a fourth live domain auction seat for their September conference to Bido.com, the domain business heats up in Brazil, .pro gets ready to relaunch and a fish tale from the latest domainer's outing in the Adirondacks. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-18-08.htm 0FA54767-D558-4F04-878E-8F722E015FE4 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:24:19 -0400 Moniker.com has always been the only live auction provider at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences but the show's organizers have decided to let up to five auctioneers set up shop at the next show in New York City Sept. 23-26. The third spot was taken today by RickLatona.com who chose to Go Big rather than Go Home. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-17-08-2.htm 0B4F339C-C348-4C3B-8C69-75358EAFB314 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:09:43 -0400 Registration of .ME domains opened to the public today but a lot of potential registrants are crying "woe is me" after paying for domains at GoDaddy only to learn later that someone else got the names they thought they had purchased. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-17-08.htm C0B16B8C-3476-4BB0-8966-36107258F617 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:02:08 -0400 DN Journal has compiled and released the latest domain sales data for the first two quarters of 2008. We give you the facts and figures on how the domain market has been faring at a time when the general economy is in disarray. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-16-08.htm 499F2F8E-E663-4E41-B075-4D911EFE7CEE Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:02:10 -0400 The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and once again it was a solid week for the aftermarket. A trio of six-figure sales included one that ranks among the year's 12 biggest sales. There was also a major deal in the country code category that ranks among the ten biggest ccTLD sales so far in 2008. http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm E6CCB906-7D5F-409B-A3F6-BE21EA215A29 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:46:09 -0400 For the third time in 15 months, the highest valued .us domain to date - Video.us - is up for grabs. The two previous owners had the name stripped from them by the registry for WhoIs or Nexus violations. Will the third time be the charm for this star-crossed domain? http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-15-08.htm 2DAC5F2F-F380-43AC-B216-5829D6EEF6FB Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:02:29 -0400 The 2008 GeoDomain Expo closed in Chicago Saturday (July 12) with a 12-hour day packed with big events. It opened with a morning session featuring stories from five geodomain pioneers and also included Moniker's live domain auction and the 2008 GeoDomain Awards dinner. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-13-08-2.htm 77D2498C-8A5B-4BF5-964C-7BFDF62BF579 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:15:09 -0400 Parked.com and Modern Domainer Magazine will sponsor a show in New Orleans during Mardi Gras week February 19-21, 2009. Parked.com and Modern Domainer share New Orleans roots though Parked.com moved most of their operations to Tampa, Florida (also our home base) after Hurricane Katrina. http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2008/dailyposts/07-13-08.htm 67B03B5A-B04F-432B-9F6E-94055AE1400F Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:15:10 -0400