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Here's
the The Lowdown from
DN Journal,
updated daily to fill you in on the
latest buzz going around the domain name
industry.
The Lowdown is
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Major
Expansion at PPX Produces New Domain Consulting,
Management and Monetization Options
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In
a post
last week
that
featured photos and highlights from a gathering
of domain owners in Hong Kong that was
hosted by PPX
International earlier this month, I
told you that I would soon be getting a briefing
on some new developments at PPX that I would
share with you. That
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has
now happened and I quickly learned that the
rapidly growing company headed by Gregg
McNair has been working overtime the
past few months, putting the finishing touches
on a host of new services.
For
starters, PPX has just launched a comprehensive consulting
service at DomainAdvisors.com
and they are also preparing a January 2011
Beta release of a free self-managed domain
management
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product at DomainManager.com.
Optimization,
analytics and domain monitoring are among the
new features that will be introduced. Qualified
larger portfolio owners who want personal
domain management guidance can take advantage of
still another product, a full-service
alternative PPX provides at DMPro.com
(formerly
Strata Services of Hong Kong).
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DomainManger.com
Co-CEO Richard Lau (left)
with PPX Chairman Gregg McNair. |
Regarding
DomainManager, McNair said, "Joint
CEOs Richard Lau and Sam Dennis
have worked wonders with their team in
creating what will arguably become the
boldest integration platform our industry
has ever seen.”
McNair
is also high on the DM Pro unit headed by CEO
Stephen Bjerking. He
said that to optimize revenues DM Pro
combines the many DomainManager features
with years of hands-on experience in
dealing with large portfolios. He also
said clients are reporting revenues that
have more than offset recent declines in PPC
returns. |
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Another key
member of the company's executive team,
PPX Group General Manager Tessa Holcomb
just oversaw the launch of the conpany's
newly redesigned website at PPX.com.
Tessa has also spearheaded the launch of
the new DomainAdvisors.com consulting
service and is heavily involved in the
upcoming DomainManager.com release.
DomainAdvisors
is offering guidance covering the
entire lifecycle of a domain. Services
range from consultancy to acquisitions to
all elements of monetization and sales.
Tessa said the current team of advisors
has already achieved success for existing
PPX clients and the unit is looking to
expand. They want to fill additional
sales and management roles over the next
few months and interested parties are
invited to send resumes to [email protected]. |
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General Manager Tessa
Holcomb on a recent trip to Kenya. |
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DomainManager
Co-CEO Sam Dennis in
Kenya where he got a
personal look at
The Water School's
life-saving work there. |
While
the new developments at PPX have
kept Tessa, Gregg, Richard, Sam,
Stephen and the rest of the team
hopping, they still somehow always
manage to make time for a
charitable cause they are all
passionate about. That is The
Water School,
a non-profit organization that
brings sustainable clean water
solutions to children throughout
the developing world.
I
have written extensively about The
Water School's work in Africa,
but more recently the organization
has taken an active role in
responding to the ongoing cholera
outbreak in Haiti. The
Water School was among the first
to respond to the needs of
thousands of Haitians by
distributing IV drip kits
supplied by PPX partners. Over
1,700 people have already
lost their lives during the crisis
and authorities fear the situation
could worsen considerably.
To learn more about the Haiti
Cholera crisis or to donate,
please visit this
page at the Water
School website.
Incidentally,
though
The Water School was originally a Canada-based
NGO, the organization is officially
expanding to the United States
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Launch
of Water School USA on
December 13th, 2010 in New
York City. Anyone
interested in supporting this
event should contact Tessa
Holcomb, who also serves as the
Director of Philanthropy within
the PPX Group. Her email address
is [email protected].
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In
a related note, I received
a letter over the weekend
from Water School
Co-Founder Fraser
Edwards about a
special effort the
organization is making
this Christmas season.
Fraser wrote, "For
many children and families
in developing countries,
Christmas is just
another day. The
challenges they face
remain the same even on
this special day. The lack
of safe drinking water and
adequate sanitation is one
of them and is a leading
cause of illness and
death."
"With
support from generous
donors, Water School has
been working hard to reach
people that desperately
need access to clean water
in Uganda, Kenya
and Haiti. Since
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Fraser
Edwards (right) and Bob
Dell,
founders of The Water
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organization
started in 2007, the
results of our programs
have been dramatic. Water
School has reached over 400,000
people with clean water.
The incidents of water
borne disease have been
significantly reduced with
corresponding improvements
in family health and
school attendance.
Children are healthier!"
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Edwards
continued, "This holiday
season, we ask you to consider
giving the gift of life by giving
a gift of clean water. As you
contemplate your gift list, we ask
you to send special Water
School Christmas e-cards to
your family, friends or colleagues
and make an online donation to
Water School. Just $50 will
provide a family of five
clean water...for life! To
find out how you can send e-cards
and donate to the Water School
online, please visit us at www.waterschool.com.
For more information about our
Christmas Appeal program or to
order hard copy Christmas cards,
please contact Barb Israel
at [email protected]
or call her at 403-934-2778."
"From
the Water School Board of
Directors and staff, thank you for
your support. Your support will
help us continue to make a major
impact on children without
clean drinking water. We wish you
love, peace and joy this holiday
season."
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2010) To refer others
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Latest
Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief Reports Total Domain
Registrations Broke the 200 Million Barrier in 3Q-2010 +
New Podcast Features Frank Schilling
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Versign released
their
latest quarterly Domain
Name Industry Brief (.pdf file)
today. The new DNIB, covering the 3rd
quarter of 2010, reports that the total
number of domain names registered worldwide has
crashed through the 200 million barrier.
The global domain base rose by 3.8 million
in 3Q-2010 to a record total of 202 million.
Compared
to the same quarter a year ago, total
registrations have jumped by 13.3 million,
a 7% increase over 3Q-2009.
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As
always, the report is loaded with interesting
data. For example, it noted that
today the English-speaking world makes up less
than 40 percent of Internet users. Africa
had less than 5 million Internet users a
decade ago; now, it has more than 100 million.
In 2000, Asia was essentially even with Europe
and North America in the number of Internet
users. Today it has more than those two continents
combined. People always ask if there are
still opportunities in the domain business. That
explosive in other markets around the world should
answer that question for you.
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Frank
Schilling is featured in a
new podcast at OzDomainer.com. |
I have
several other notes to pass along to you
today. Australia's Ed Keay-Smith
has just released his latest podcast
interview (#22 in an excellent series
of shows) at OzDomainer.com.
This is one you are sure to want to hear
as it features legendary domain investor Frank
Schilling.
The show runs
just over 36 minutes and I can't think of
a better way for anyone who is interested
in domain names to spend that short amount
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Our
friend Francois Carrillo,
who operates the popular domain
news aggregation site Domaining.com,
continues to expand his network of
specialized domain aftermarket
sales sites at an amazing
clip. Francois has rolled out a
new platform to sell geodomains at
LocationDomains.com
and also launched one for adult
themed domains (sex, alcohol,
tobacco, gambling, etc.) at MatureNames.com. |
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The
two new sites will fit in
nicely with Carrillo's many
other specialty sales sites
like NumericDomains.com,
BargainDomains.com and
Flipping.co.
In
addition to the sales
platforms, Carrillo has just
expanded into the domain escrow
business with eCop.com.
For this endeavor, Carrillo
is focusing on sales of $5,000
or less and charging a flat
fee of $25 for
the service (he is
recommending Escrow.com
for sales above $5,000).
eCop can also handled sales
in which payments are broken
into multiple installments
over time (the charge in
that case is $10 per
payment received). eCop
accepts PayPal payments
only.
eCop
doesn't take ownership of
domains sold. Instead they
hold payment from the buyer
until the seller completed
transfer of the names
purchased. The funds are
then released to the
seller.
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Nov. 29,
2010) To refer others
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To
All of Our U.S. Friends - Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thursday
is Thanksgiving Day
in
the United States, one of America's
biggest holidays. In a tradition dating back to
the pilgrims, it is when we give thanks
for the blessings in our lives.
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Over
the years Thanksgiving has morphed into a
four-day holiday weekend for many, which is
nice, but unfortunately a lot of the holiday's
emphasis has shifted form giving thanks to
visiting shopping malls.
Black
Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) has
become famous as the official start of the Christmas
shopping season. Personally, I'd rather be drug
over hot coals than go anywhere near
a retail store on Black Friday! Been
there, done that and it was a very
unpleasant experience that I hope to never
repeat.
Cyber
Monday is more my speed. That is the Monday
after Thanksgiving that some say is the biggest
Interrnet shopping day
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of
the year. Actually, thanks to broad inventories
and speedy shipping from the major online
merchants, I can completely avoid the brick
and mortar crowd and do my Christmas shopping well
into December. That also allows me to keep my
Thanksgiving focus on what the holiday was
originally meant to be and what is meaningful to
me - family and friends (OK, the food is
pretty good too)!
However
you spend your day, I hope Thursday will be
a great day for you, that you will have much
to be thankful for and that you all have a
joyous holiday season in the weeks ahead.
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PPX
Picks Up the Hong Kong Ball and Runs With It, Treating
Guests To a Far Eastern Gathering They Won't Soon Forget
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Three
weeks ago
I
told you that PPX
International was planning an
impromptu gathering for domainers in Hong
Kong November 14-16. The Hong Kong based
domain management and monetization company put
the three-day outing together to fill the void
created when Rick Latona cancelled the
Hong Kong T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference he had
planned for those days.
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I
just got some details on how the PPX event went.
As
you probably know, PPX is chaired by Gregg
McNair who was just named 2010 Domainer
of the Year at the Miami
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference last
month. Gregg got the Hong Kong party started
Sunday night (Nov. 14) when he welcomed close to
three dozen guests on a party junk cruise
around Victoria Harbour. The event, held
in ideal weather, was catered by Jaspas,
one of the city's premier restaurants.
While
on board, attendees got to see Hong Kong's famed Symphony
of Lights, a spectacular multimedia
display that has been named the "World's
Largest Permanent Light and Sound Show" by Guinness
World Records.
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Gregg
McNair (left) and Mike Ambrose
on the Sunday night (Nov. 14) party junk
cruise on Hong Kong's scenic harbor.
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Above:
PPX guests getting a grand tour of Hong Kong's
Victoria Harbour.
Below:
A group shot of the guests on PPX's opening
night cruise.
(Photos courtesy of Cindy Ho)
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Day two (Monday, Nov. 15) began at
10:30am with guests meeting at the Hong
Kong ferry terminal to board the TurboJET
Ferry that would take them on a 40
mile trip from Hong Kong to Macau.
There they had a chance to tour the
historic Portuguese city and visit the
famed Ruins
of St. Paul’s.
They
were also treated to lunch at the Wynn
Casino where some chose to stay
and test their luck at the Blackjack
tables. They apparently fared pretty well.
PPX's Tessa Holcomb said,
"Let’s just say we all came away
with smiles on our faces and
treated ourselves with an upgrade to
“Super Class” on the ferry ride back
to Hong Kong!" |
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Part of the PPX entourage at Macau's
famous Ruins of St. Paul Monday
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PPX's
Tessa Holcomb and Gregg McNair (4th and
5th from the left respectively)
with some of their guests who enjoyed a great
outing in Macau Monday (Nov. 15).
The
final day of the gathering (Tuesday, Nov. 16) got
started with a tour of PPX International's
Hong Kong offices.
Above:
Guests visiting PPX International's Hong Kong
offices Tuesday (Nov. 16)
Below:
After the office visit, NameDrive
treated attendees to a
traditional Yun Cha (Dim Sum) lunch in
central Hong Kong.
After
lunch, the afternoon was left open so guests could
take advantage of Hong Kong's rich sight seeing
and shopping opportunities. Everyone then got back
together for the grand finale - a 7pm dinner
sponsored by DomainSponsor.com
at the Azure Restaurant on the 29th Floor
of a tower in the popular Lan Kwai Fong
district.
Scene
from the DomainSponsor closing night dinner
(Tuesday, Nov. 16) in Hong Kong
Kudos
to PPX for graciously stepping up and giving those
who had already made travel plans to Hong Kong
(for the cancelled T.R.A.F.F.I.C. show) the kind
of memorable experience they had been
looking forward to. By the way, I understand that
there have been some interesting developments at
PPX recently. I expect to get a briefing on those
this week and will tell you more about that as
soon as the information comes in.
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Domainers
Venture Out in the The Real World and Find Small
Businesses Ready to Hang Their Shingles Online
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I
just got back into
the
office today after an extended weekend trip that
started Friday morning in Mount Dora,
Florida. My wife, Diana, and I went
there for the Renninger's
Antiques & Collector's Extravaganza,
one of three annual outdoor sales Renniger's
stages in the beautiful rolling hills just east
of town. Hundreds of antique, art and
collectibles dealers displayed their wares
there in one of the largest such events in
the Eastern U.S. This weekend
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was
twice as much fun for us since T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Co-Founder Howard
Neu and his wife Barbara
drove up from their home near Fort Lauderdale
to enjoy Mount Dora with us.
While
the domain business was supposed to be on the
back burner during the trip, I couldn't resist
doing some domain name evangelizing by
asking several of the antique dealers if they
had their own domain name and website. Most did
not but I was encouraged to hear several say they
knew they needed one and intended to put
their business online soon. They are coming
to realize that a website is just as
indispensable as a business card (actually considerably
more so). I think that is why aftermarket
domain sales have held up very well in the
current recession and many domain sellers have
told me they are having their best year ever.
Stained
glass dealer Jim
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Barbara
Neu (left) and Diana Jackson in front
of a
spectacular stained glass window at dealer Jim
Blackmon's booth at the Renniger's
Extravaganza. |
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Blackmon
of St. Petersburg, Florida was among the
dealers I chatted with. Jim said the stunning
stained glass panels and windows he has can cost
well into five figures. I explained that for a tiny
fraction of the cost of any one item in his
inventory he could have a website capable of
reaching affluent buyers all over the world.
A single sale to just one website visitor
would cover the cost of a domain name, hosting
account and simple website showcasing his goods
a hundred times over. In today's world it is
literally crazy for guys like Jim not to
have an online presence. He got it and told me
he would get on it.
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The
working artist above was among those displaying
their work at Mount Dora this past weekend.
Most still have no online presence but many told
me they planned to start using the web to market
their goods. The ongoing migration of small
businessmen to the web is good news for domain
sellers.
Below:
Barbara and Diana are picture perfect
behind this frame they found at one of the booths.
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We walked the
Renninger's grounds for seven solid
hours Friday and still did not manage
to visit all of the booths before the day
ended. The show would continue all weekend
but instead of returning Saturday we
decided to try our luck at a flea market
adjacent to the antique fair.
Many of the
flea market dealers used to set up at the
antique show, but moved over to the flea
market because the booth rental was far
cheaper there. That allowed them to charge
less for their goods and prompted us to
pick up a few more interesting
items.
Saturday
afternoon we headed into Mount Dora's
quaint downtown area to do some window
shopping and have lunch at the historic Lakeside
Inn that overlooks Lake Dora.
The Inn has their own website albeit a hyphenated
one: Lakeside-Inn.com
(another Lakeside Inn in Lake Tahoe,
Nevada has the un-hyphenated
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Window
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A
handful of other businesses displayed URLs
in their window or on commercial vehicles,
but the vast majority have yet to make
their web debut. I have no doubt they will
join millions of others who are
doing so each year though and every one
of them will need a memorable
domain name.
We
closed our visit to Mount Dora by heading to
the city's beautiful lakefront park a couple
of blocks south of the Lakeside Inn.
It was late Saturday afternoon, about an
hour before sunset, and the setting was so
tranquil it was one of the few times over
the weekend that domain names didn't cross
my mind.
Above:
Diana & Ron Jackson at Mount
Dora's lakefront park Saturday afternoon.
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At
left: Howard and Barbara Neu,
also enjoying the Lake Dora view.
Judging from the iPhone in
his hand, Howard did not get the Enjoy
Nature and Leave the Technology
Behind memo! Like all patient
domainer's wives, Barbara let it
slide though :-)
Once
the the sun started to set, Diana
and I headed back to our Tampa
Bay area home while Howard and
Barbara pointed their car toward Orlando
where they would extend their
weekend with a couple of more
days of relaxation before returning
to South Florida.
This
was just a little side trip in our
home state, but I've found such
breaks from the usual routine do
wonders for your psyche. We all
spend so many hours behind our
computer screens that it is easy to
become disconnected from the
real world. I love the virtual world
too but finding a balance
between the two makes me appreciate
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DOMAINfest
Global Lands the Man Who Inspired The Social Network
Movie - Mike Mann Exits Online Company & A Thank You
to Frank Schilling
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The
man who wrote the book
that
the hit movie The Social Network
was based on will be a featured speaker at the DOMAINfest
Global 2011 conference coming up February
1-3 in Santa Monica, California.
Ben
Mezrich, author of The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding
of Facebook, will be interviewed by Oversee.net
CEO and President Jeff
Kupietzky in a Fireside Chat at what
will be the fifth annual edition of
DOMAINfest Global.
Mezrich's
website notes that Ben "has created his own
highly addictive genre of nonfiction,
chronicling the amazing stories of young
geniuses who become wealthy against tremendous
odds while skirting the edges of morality."
His latest book, The Accidental Billionaires,
was released last year and was quickly optioned
by Sony Pictures. Aaron Sorkin
then adapted the screenplay into the critically
acclaimed and globally successful movie, The
Social Network, directed by David Fincher.
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Author
Ben Mezrich will speak at
DOMAINfest Global 2011 in February. |
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Mezrich
has authored 11 books, including the wildly
successful Bringing Down the House: The
Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas
for Millions. This best seller was
on the New York Times Best Seller List for 63
weeks and sold over two million copies
in twelve languages.
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Jeff
Kupietzky
Oversee.net CEO & President |
Kupietzky
said, "It is a great pleasure to have
Ben Mezrich join us. Ben’s ability to
tell a story will captivate our
entrepreneurial audience by offering a
first-hand look at the incredible
accomplishments of very smart people
willing to take risks. Our audience will
also hear his unique insights into the
development and evolution of social media
and why this medium is one of the most
critical channels for businesses today.”
Registration
for DOMAINfest Global 2011 is currently
open with a discounted registration rate
of $1,195 in effect until December
31, 2010. The 2010
event, held last January,
attracted more than 600 Internet
professionals from 26 countries around the
world. It was staged at the oceanfront Fairmont
Miramar Hotel and the venue
was so well received that the show will
return there for the 2011 event. The hotel
sold out for the last edition of DFG so if
you want to go to the 2011 show it would
be a good idea to make your reservations
now. |
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Mike
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Elsewhere,
social entrepreneur and Internet pioneer Mike
Mann has sold his interest in SportsBoards
Online, LLC, which includes the highly
rated brands Skateboards.com, Surfboards.com
and Snowboards.com. Mann helped
form the corporation in 2007 with Danny
Keith, Eric Rice and Rick
Waters.
Details of the sale were not released.
The
trio of websites for board sports
enthusiasts combine social functions with
e-commerce. Visitors can see their
favorite product, submit their videos and
photos and read the latest blog posts and
real time tweets related to their board
sport.
Mann
is the CEO and founder of SEO.com,
CEO and founder of DomainMarket.com,
as well as the chairman and founder of Phone.com. |
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One
other note today - I wanted to
acknowledge and thank legendary
domain investor Frank
Schilling and the many
other industry leaders and friends
who contributed to an article
about me that Frank published on
his popular blog Tuesday.
It
doesn't surprise me that Frank
would be the one to put something
like that together - his
thoughtfulness and the
encouragement he showers on others
made a huge impression on me the
first time I spoke to him when I
was just starting out in this
business years ago.
I had
only recently launched DN
Journal and it was still
barely on anyone's radar when
Frank, whom I had never met,
called me out of the blue
one day just to tell me he liked
what I was doing. He went on to
give me some excellent advice
about domain investing and I was
thinking "here is one of the
most successful domain investors
of all time spending his time
boosting the spirits of a newbie
and sharing knowledge that most
would have kept to
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That
told me a lot about him and
as time went on and I met Frank in
person, met some of his friends
and mentors and others he has in
turned mentored along the way, it
was obvious that my first
experience was no isolated
incident - that is just Frank.
Over
the years, you have often heard me
talk about this industry
attracting a very special group of
people - bright, creative and
caring entrepreneurs who are energized
by each other and by being
together in the right place at
the right time as the Internet
redraws the world's business
landscape. Frank was the seed from
which that opinion sprouted and it
grew as I met so many others with
similar qualities - more than I
have encountered in any other
business as a participant or
reporter. To have earned his
respect and that of the many other
special individuals that wrote in
his article and its commentary
section is the highest honor
I could possibly receive. So,
thank you one and all. |
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Warren
Royal's Booming Bobbleheads.com Banks Equity Investment
from Scott Day's Digimedia + .ME's Nataša Djukanović
is Featured in the Financial Times
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Warren
Royal,
who
was featured in our December 2008 Cover
Story, made one of the best
investments in his life when he acquired Bobbleheads.com
for $30,000 in the spring of 2008. Using
that category defining domain name as his
foundation, Royal went on to build
Bobbleheads.com into the world's premier
source for collectible bobblehead
products.
Warren's
success has not gone unnoticed. Today it was
announced that Digimedia,
the new media powerhouse co-founded by legendary
domainer Scott Day, has made an equity
investment in Royal Bobbles LLC, the
company Royal founded to own and operate
Bobbleheads.com. Digimedia owns some of
the best generic domain names on the internet, including
Recipes.com, Chairs.com and
Decorations.com. They have been steadily
building profitable businesses on their domains
with Jerky.com
and FantasyFootball.com
being
prime examples.
Royal
said, “When we decided that it was time to find an equity partner to join us in growing our
business to the next level, there was no
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Bobbleheads.com |
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question that Digimedia was the
best possible partner we could hope for. We recognized right away that their remarkable experience,
technology and business acumen would bring powerful benefits to our
company and we are very proud to become their
partners."
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Rick
Schwartz bobblehead |
Ron
Jackson bobblehead |
Bobbleheads.com
products are currently being sold in
museums, gift shops, catalogs, and
online stores nationwide.
The company also is one of the top
sources of custom bobble heads,
producing thousands of custom orders
each year for consumers worldwide.
Veteran T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
conference attendees will remember that
Bobbleheads.com produced custom
bobbleheads of industry figures Rick
Schwartz and Ron Jackson that
Royal gave to T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York
attendees in 2008
(Schwartz) and 2009
(Jackson).
Digimedia president
Jay Chapman said, ”We felt that the partnership represented a powerful opportunity.
Bobbleheads.com’s progress is remarkable, especially in such a short period of
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direction and vision of the company is very
compatible with our own. We are excited about the synergies between our two companies in
providing value and satisfaction to customers.” |
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One other
note today - congratulations are in order
for Nataša Djukanović, the
Director of International Sales for the .ME
Registry. Nataša was
profiled in one of the mainstream business
world's premier publications - The
Financial Times Monday (Nov. 15).
In the
article (a free registration
is required to read FT articles) Nataša
described what her work with .ME entails
and what her daily schedule is like.
She said that
all five .ME Registry employees had
just returned to their home base in Podgorica,
Montenegro after being away for a
month visiting business partners and
attending conferences around the world.
Nataša said the travel is necessary to
let people know about .ME because the
extension is a "new kid" on the
domain block.
She told FT
that even though domains haven't been
around that long, .com has become
the traditional choice so she has to help
educate people about alternatives like
.ME. Nataša said, " Everybody would automatically go for a .com domain, but names like
VoteFor.me or Join.me are more memorable." |
Nataša
Djukanović
Director International Sales,
.ME Registry
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Nov. 16,
2010) To refer others
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Regional
Domain Meetings Continue to Flower with Denver Event
Added to 2011 Calendar - Plus, I.CO To Be Auctioned Off
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The
constantly growing interest
in
domain names has triggered a wave of local and
regional meetings that continues to gain
momentum. This past weekend Domain Name
Wire's Andrew Allemann hosted a Domainer
Weekend in Austin, Texas,
complete with tickets to Saturday night's Texas-Oklahoma
State football game (the hometown Longhorns
lost but the networking opportunity on one of
America's coolest cities was a winning
combination for attendees.
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Tomorrow
night (Tuesday, Nov. 16), the well established South
Florida Domainers group will hold
their latest meeting at the Sicilian Oven
Restaurant in Lighthouse point, Florida.
Chef Patrick, Michael Ward and Stu
Maloff will be among those on hand.
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The
Rocky Mountain Domain Conference will
be
held in Denver, Colorado Feb. 26-27,
2011 |
Denver
is the latest city to get its own regional
event. Michael
Law just announced he will
host the first Rocky
Mountain Domain Conference on
the weekend of February 26-27, 2011
in the Mile High City. Plans call for a
domain discussion/networking session in
downtown Denver on the first day then a
trip to the nearby Copper Mountain
Resort for a Ski/Snowboard Excursion
the second day.
I expect
local and regional shows to play an
increasingly important role in getting the
good word about domains out to mainstream
businesses in various markets around the
globe. While most of these events are currently
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domainers
their scope is likely to broaden
considerably as time goes on. Meetings at
this level are exceptionally well suited for
showing local business people how to
establish their own presence online.
With everything headed to the web, business
owners are going to be looking for guidance
in that area and it all starts with
a good domain name. |
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Elsewhere,
the .CO Registry just announced it
will auction off the single letter domain I.CO
in the week ahead. Only pre-qualified
bidders will be eligible to participate in
the auction.
Bidder qualification opened today
at the Web 2.0 Summit in San
Francisco and will end on January
21st, 2011. The registry said the i.CO
auction will be the first in an exclusive series
of single-letter private domain name
auctions commencing early in 2011.
The
i.CO auction will be managed by Moniker®
and SnapNames®. To register as
a qualified bidder, or for additional
information, you can visit: www.i.CO,
email [email protected]
or call 1-800-688-6311 to speak to
an agent. Bidder names and bid details
will be kept confidential to protect your
anonymity. |
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Over
the weekend ICANN released the 5th
(and they say "final") version of
their New
gTLD Applicant Guidebook. Don't
bet on this being the last iteration though.
Those who have been following the process
closely are already finding some major flaws
in version 5. As always with ICANN matters, George
Kirikos offered some keen
observations in a letter he
submitted shortly after the public
commentary period on V5 opened (the
commentary period will remain open until
Dec. 10 so if you wish to file
your own comments, do so before
then). Bloggers Kevin Murphy and DomainIncite.com
and Michael Berkens at TheDomains.com
are have also posted some excellent material
on this topic that is recommended
reading. |
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Elliot
Silver of the award
winning ElliotsBlog.com
has launched a nice new informational
resource for people who have questions about
domains. Always a proponent of
category |
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defining
domain names, Elliot of course built the
new site on DomainQuestions.com!
With Elliot personally answering questions
along with a little help from his friends,
this could be just the place to get
you questions answered. |
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Last but
certainly not least today, Lizzy Grant (seen
in the photo at right), AKA Lana Del
Rey (an up and coming young singer who
is the daughter of domain veteran Rob
Grant) just reached another
career milestone. Lizzy made a trip to Berlin,
Germany where she joined one of
Europe's hottest bands - Mando Diao
(who has sold over 1 million CDs) to
record a video
for MTV Unplugged. The video
played on MTV Germany throughout the
weekend and is helping spread Lizzy's fame
across the continent. |
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Nov. 15,
2010) To refer others
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AfternicDLS
Expands Their Premium Reseller Network Again With
Popular Registrar Name.com the Latest to Come on
Board
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The AfternicDLS
and a leading registrar, Name.com,
announced today that
Name.com will join Afternic’s Domain
Listing Service (DLS) - the company's aftermarket
domain sales
platform - as a premium partner.
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By
teaming up with leading registrars, the
AfternicDLS is making possible instant
transfer of domain names sold at any of
their premium partner sites. Customers are much
more likely to make a purchase if they can get
the name immediately upon payment and
start using it in their business without having
to go through a cumbersome domain transfer procedure.
The seller also receives Afternic's escrow
protection.
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Name.com is
the fifth major registrar to join the
AfternicDLS as a premium partner (the company has
over 40 partners overall). NetworkSolutions and
Register.com have already launched the
instant transfer technology and two others; eNom
and Moniker, will have it in place later
this year. Sellers would need to have their name
registered with one of those premium partners to
enable instant transfer when the name is purchased
from a listing at any of the premium
partner sites. The addition of Name.com further's
the AfternicDLS strategy to allow customers to
“List Once, Sell Everywhere.”
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Jason
Miner
Sr. VP, AfternicDLS
Bill
Mushkin
CEO/Founder, Name.com |
Jason
Miner, senior vice president of sales
and business development of Afternic,
said, “Through these partnerships we are
realizing the vision of a unified
aftermarket - bringing together domain
buyers and sellers in a more efficient
marketplace. With a monthly reach of more
than 35 million prospective domain
buyers seeking quality domains, we expect
that domain sellers will enjoy
unprecedented sales success. The Domain
Listing Service is functioning much as the
Multiple Listing Service has for
real estate transactions - becoming a hub
of activity that meets the needs of both
buyers and sellers.”
Bill
Mushkin, CEO and Founder of Name.com,
added, “The use of premium domain names
to drive traffic and rank well through SEO
is becoming more mainstream and is being
used by small and big businesses alike.
Joining Afternic’s DLS allows us to
connect more sellers and potential buyers
through the industry’s largest reseller
network, giving sellers the best chance to
sell their domain and buyers the best
chance to find the perfect domain for
their project or business.”
Afternic’s
DLS sales model also allows domain owners
using Afternic’s parking service
to have a “This Domain for Sale”
link placed on parked pages. Leads from
that link are sent directly to an
experienced sales team for immediate
follow-up. The parking service also
has a 5% cash back program. If your
domain has been parked with
Afternic for at least 14 days prior to
selling you will get a 5% reduction in the
sales fee.
Sales
fees depend on which of two available
promotion levels you chose when listing
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DLS
Premium: Names are registered at
a Premium Promotion partner, opted-in to
the program, domains are priced at a
specific figure and are a .com,
.net, .org or .biz.
Names then can be sold on all DLS
Network partners plus all DLS Premium
partners. Names are then transferred
instantly when sold at a DLS Premium
partner site. DLS Premium has a 20%
sales fee; 15% sales fee if parked
with Afternic.
DLS
Network: Names can registered at any
registrar. Names will be listed for sale
at all DLS Network partners but will not
be listed at any DLS Premium partners. DLS
Network listings have a 15% sales
fee; 10% sales fee if parked with
Afternic. |
AfternicDLS
home page
The
AfternicDLS says that more than 90% of
domains sold on their platform are sold to end
users. More than half of the names sold there
find buyers through the listings spread across
partner sites on the DLS network, illustrating the
benefits of their "Sell Everywhere"
strategy.
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Nov. 11,
2010) To refer others
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Afilias
Announces .INFO Website Award Winners - Hands Out Over
$15,000 in Cash Prizes
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Afilias,
the operator of the .INFO Registry,
today announced
the winners
of their 2010 .INFO Awards. A panel
of judges selected the top three
websites built on .INFO domains from a field of
more than 130 entries submitted from over 20
countries around the globe. At stake was a $7,500
first prize, $5,000 for 2nd place and $3,000
for third...and the winners are
(drum roll please):
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First
Place:
GreentTravelClub.info,
a portal where site visitors can search for
eco-friendly hotels while traveling throughout
Europe.
Second
Place: GlutenFreeHelp.info,
a website dedicated to providing information on
the subjects of gluten intolerance, gluten
sensitivity and celiac disease.
Third
Place: Klimaretter.info,
an information source on climate change and
global warming.
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.INFO
has posted a video
on YouTube featuring audio quotes
from this year's award winners. First
prize winner Yvette Schlutter from
GreenTravelClub.info said “We are
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amazing
success for our company and website. This
is definitely a confirmation that we are
on the right track and have been able to
successfully spread the word about
eco-friendly hotels on the Web.”
Roland
LaPlante, Senior Vice President and
Chief Marketing Officer for Aflias, said
".INFO has proven itself as an
intuitive top-level domain with millions
of great websites. Our 2010 winners have
embraced the need to globally share
information on the Web with a secure and
information driven domain name.”
To
encourage more voter participation, .INFO
also gave away a free Ipad to a
voter chosen at random. The
lucky winner of the Ipad was Nadia
Chatwick. |
Roland
LaPlante
Sr. VP, Afilias |
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One
other note today. Over the weekend our latest
newsletter
was emailed to opt-in subscribers.
It included a breakdown of 3Q-2010 domain sales reported to DN Journal. A lack of 7-figure blockbuster sales
in the latest quarter caused the total
dollar value of reported sales to fall
slightly (-3%) from the
same quarter a year ago but a big 15%
jump in the median sales price showed increasing
values in the market at large. |
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If
you received our newsletter be
email Sunday, you will still want
to check out the updated
copy online because
the addition of some late data
resulted in a small revision in
some of the 3Q-2010 numbers. |
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Nov. 8,
2010) To refer others
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The
20 Biggest All-Cash Domain Sales Ever Reported by
DNJournal.com
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Last
week when the news
broke
that
Sex.com would be sold for $13 million
in a bankruptcy court auction (payment and
transfer of the domain have not yet been
completed) a number
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of
mainstream media outlets, including ABC
News, AOL's DailyFinance.com
and The Economist, contacted me to
ask where that sale would rank among the biggest
domain sales ever reported.
I
have never published an all-time biggest
sales list, because I won't vouch for sales
reported before we started tracking and
verifying aftermarket sales in late 2003. Many
of the sales reported prior to that were not
cash deals (payment was often made, at least
partially, with stock that declined dramatically
in value) and some of the reports were simply
bogus (Beauty.cc at a
"reported" $1 million being one
of the most infamous examples).
None
the less, when a big sale like the impending
deal for Sex.com is in the news,
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mainstream outlets
always want to know where that sale ranks among
the biggest deals ever, so I tell them the ones
we we will stand by as all cash sales of a
domain name only. Others often mix sales of
online businesses, like Insure.com
at $16 million, into their lists of top
sales even though comparing the sale of domain
names to developed businesses is like comparing apples
to oranges - they are not the same thing and
shouldn't be ranked as if they were. Still other
lists repeat erroneous information from
other sources and list transactions that
never happened (Israel.com at a
reported $5.88 million for example, never
happened).
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The
Economist decided to follow our methodology
and printed the 15 biggest all cash sales ever
reported by DN Journal in their
report about the Sex.com sale. By the
way, their list is accurate - some other
sites that quoted sales reported in DN Journal are
not because they had typos that turned
singular domains into plural ones (for example,
some listed Diamonds.com and Computers.com when
the names we reported sold were the singular
versions; Diamond.com and Computer.com).
Some of you may have
missed the list we provided for The Economist
so, for all who are interested, below is an
expanded list of the 20 biggest sales reported
by DN Journal since we started tracking the
domain aftermarket in the fall of 2003 (this list
is current as of November 5, 2010. If the
Sex.com sale successfully concludes at $13 million
it will move to the top of this list):
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The
20 biggest cash domain sales ever reported
by DNJournal.com |
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1.
Fund.com |
$9,999,950 |
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11.
Computer.com |
$2,100,000 |
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2.
Porn.com |
$9,500,000 |
12.
Seniors.com |
$1,800,000 |
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3.
Diamond.com |
$7,500,000 |
13.
Fly.com |
$1,760,000 |
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4.
Slots.com |
$5,500,000 |
14.
Dating.com |
$1,750,000 |
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5.
Toys.com |
$5,100,000 |
15.
Auction.com |
$1,700,000 |
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6.
Clothes.com |
$4,900,000 |
16.
DataRecovery.com |
$1,659,000 |
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7.
(tie) Vodka.com |
$3,000,000 |
17.
Ticket.com |
$1,525,000 |
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7
(tie). Candy.com |
$3,000,000 |
18.
(tie) Russia.com |
$1,500,000 |
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9.
Shopping.de |
$2,858,945* |
18.
(tie) Tandberg.com |
$1,500,000 |
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10.
CreditCards.com |
$2,750,000 |
18.
(tie) Cameras.com |
$1,500,000 |
| *Shopping.de
sold for €1,960,000 in 2008. The dollar
equivalent at that time was $2,858,945. |
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November 5,
2010) To refer others
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No
Free Lunch: Despite UDRP Win Brazilian Company Decides
to Settle the Tab for ChilliBeans.com After Being Sued
By Frank Schilling
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I
got a note from Frank Schilling
this
week letting me know about a favorable outcome
to a long running domain dispute centered around
one his company's many generic domain names - ChilliBeans.com.
Two years ago a Brazilian company, Balglow
Finance, that makes sunglasses called Chilli
Beans filed a UDRP
against Frank's company, Name
Administration Inc. (NAI) in an
attempt to take the domain without paying for
it, even though their trademark rights (like
all trademark rights) were limited to a specific
category of goods, not including the
more commonly known food use that most would
associate with this name and that NAI had in
mind for it.
As
happens way too often in UDRP cases the panel,
despite the evidence, ruled against the
domain owner even though Balglow Finance
themselves just admitted that "the
generic Chillibeans.com domain name violated
no enforceable rights of Balglow Finance."
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Frank
Schilling
Name Administration |
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Everyone
who knows Schilling knows he has always done
things the right way and he is not going to
knowingly violate anyone's legitimate trademark
rights. By the same token, he insists that his
rights be respected as well. Schilling has
never let anyone usurp those rights and, as one of
the most successful domain investors in history,
he fortunately has the resources to fight back.
Schilling has won close to 20 UDRP cases in the
past and if necessary he will take the fight
further than that to defend his assets. That is
exactly what he did in this case as NAI wound up filing
a lawsuit against Balglow that stopped
transfer of his domain name in its tracks.
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Having been
stymied in their effort to take NAI's
property without paying for it, and their
prospects for successfully defending their
actions in the lawsuit tenuous, the
company decided to settle and wound
up doing what I think they should have
done in the first place - negotiate a purchase
price for the name that was fair to its
owner. That has now been done and
the dispute settled once and for all with
the two sides mutually benefiting
from a fair transaction. A joint
announcement from the two companies
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“Name
Administration Inc. ("NAI")
and Balglow Finance SA ("Balglow
Finance") are pleased to announce that they
have come to a mutually beneficial agreement in
regard to the domain name ChilliBeans.com
and the settlement of the law-suit filed by NAI in
the Cayman Islands concerning the domain
name. Both parties have agreed that NAI’s
use of the generic Chillibeans.com domain name
violated no enforceable rights of Balglow
Finance. The settlement of this dispute will
see NAI transfer title of this generic name to
Balglow Finance to assist it in its online efforts
relating to Balglow Finance’s expansion of the
“Chilli Beans” brand of eyewear.
“While
it’s unfortunate that this dispute necessitated
a trip to the Cayman Court, we are most pleased to
have resolved the matter in such a mutually
beneficial way," said Frank Schilling,
MD for NAI. He continued, “NAI’s only interest
in the domain name was as a generic term.
Now that it’s been settled that NAI’s
registration and use of the domain name violated
no rights of Balglow Finance we are pleased to
facilitate the transfer, as the domain name is
beneficial in advancing the business of Balglow
Fianance, and while valuable to NAI, has less long
term value to our company."
It's
too bad it took two years to get there, but at
least this story closed with the appropriate
ending.
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2010) To refer others
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PPX
Invites Domainers to Visit Them in Hong Kong Nov.
14-15...Associated Cities President Fred Mercaldo
Resigns...Castello Brothers Add Country Music Feed to
Nashville.com...Singer/Domainer's Daughter Lizzy Grant
Featured on National TV
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Rick
Latona cancelled
his plans
to
stage a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Hong
Kong this month, but domainers who had
planned to go or who would just like to visit
Hong Kong week after next will still get a warm
welcome from Hong Kong based PPX
International and company Chairman Gregg
McNair.
Tessa
Holcomb, PPX's Director of Business
Development and Philanthropy, said several
visitors have already contacted her about
coming, so PPX is getting reading to roll out
the red carpet in their home town November
14th and 15th.
On
the evening of the 14th (a Sunday night) there
will be a dinner cruise through Hong
Kong's harbour aboard a traditional Chinese
junk boat.
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Gregg
McNair
Chairman, PPX International |
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A
traditional Chinese junk boat on Hong Kong
Harbour
A
tour of the PPX office and a day trip to Macau
will also be on the list of activities
planned for November 14-15.
Above:
Macau's central square - the Largo do Senado
Above:
The Ruins of St. Paul's in Macau
Ms.
Holcomb noted that airlines have slashed prices
on flights to China, making it more affordable
to see Hong Kong (PPX style) while meeting
the PPX team and their Chairman - the winner of
the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s 2010 Domainer of the
Year Award - Gregg McNair. If your plans
allow you to join the festivities, Tessa asks
that you email her right away at [email protected]
or give her a call at (508) 809-0998
(dial +1 first if calling from outside
the U.S.) to reserve a seat on the boat or have
any questions answered.
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Elsewhere
today, I'm sorry to hear (through ElliotsBlog,.com)
that Scotttsdale.com owner Fred
Mercaldo has resigned as President
of Associated
Cities. Fred took the
position five months ago and many hoped
he would be able to help work out legal
and personal issues (that we have
previously reported on) that have had
some of the Associated Cities
co-founders at odds with each other for
several years now.
Fred told
Elliot he wasn't making any headway on
that front and the effort was taking too
much time away from his business so he
had no choice but to step away from the
voluntary role. Despite the turmoil,
Associated Cities has continued to put
on one of my favorite trade shows - the
annual GeoDomain
Expo. I've always felt that
if the outstanding political and
legal issues could be resolved the
sky would be the limit for AC and the
Expo. |
Fred
Mercaldo |
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On
a happier note from the
geodomain scene, the Castello
Brothers, David and Michael,
have just taken another giant
step forward with their Nashville.com
site. Through a new deal with Earbits,
Nashville.com has added a new
streaming commercial free country
music feed that is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week! |
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In
addition to being a great city
in its own right, Nashville is synonymous
with country music so this
is a marriage made in heaven for
both Earbits and Castello
Cities Internet Network
(the Castello owned corporate
parent of Nashville.com). The
music feed is instantly
available from a prominent tab
on the upper left corner of
Nashville.com's home page.
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While
we are on the subject of
music and domains I have
some other exciting news
to pass along about one
of our favorite singers
- Lizzy Grant
(AKA Lana Del Ray),
the daughter of veteran
domainer Rob
Grant.
One
of Lana's most popular
songs, "Diet
Mountain Dew,"
was featured on last
night's episode of
the CW
Network's network TV
series 90210
(a re-boot of the
original Beverly
Hills 90210
series). The CW
website
lists the songs played
on the latest episode
(Season 3, #307 - I
See London, I See France).
You can see the music
video of "Diet
Mountain Dew" on Vimeo
if you want to get a
full appreciation of
Lana's talent.
Rob
tells me Lizzy is
currently in London
working on some new cuts
with top producers and
musicians in Britain.
In my opinion (informed
by owning my own record
stores for 12 years)
it's just a matter of
time before Lizzy/Lana
has her first major
label record deal. |
Lizzy
Grant (AKA Lana Del Rey) |
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Nov. 2,
2010) To refer others
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Photos
& Highlights From the First IDN Event Saturday Night
in New York City
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With
interest in IDN domains growing
it
was just a matter of time before the first
formal IDN conference was staged in the U.S.
IDN
Event, organized by Aaron Krawitz
and Gary Males of IDN
Tools, was held Saturday night
(Oct. 30, 2010) at the Park Avenue Haru
Restaurant in New York City.
Our
friend Steve Kaziyev of NamePursuit.com,
who lives in New York, was among the attendees
and Steve was kind enough to send us some photos
and highlights from the meeting. There were
about 40 guests on hand and nearly all flew in
for the event, including several who came from
other countries.
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Elliot
Silver (standing) delivered a
well-received
presentation about business website
development. |
The agenda
featured four presentations that
were delivered while guests enjoyed
a three-course sushi dinner. The
sessions included IDN 101
delivered by Krawitz and Males, The
IDN Advantage presented by
.Asia CEO Edmon Chung, Geo
Domaining explained by Associated
Cities Executive Director Patrick
Carleton, and Small
Website/Business Development
presented by Elliot Silver of
ElliotsBlog.com.
A panel
discussion, featuring Andrew Snow
and Michael Schneider,
followed the presentations and
included a market review, tips for
buying and selling IDNs, .com vs
ccTLD considerations plus future
predictions. |
Elliot
Silver (ElliotsBlog.com) and his wife
Karen were among the guests at IDN
Event.
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By
the time business closed with a
lively one hour networking
session it was close to
midnight. That was no time to slow
down though, so attendees piled
into a limo and headed for an
after party at a local
club.
IDN
Event was also accompanied by a SnapNames
IDN Showcase auction
that is still going on
online. Bidding closes at 3:15pm
Eastern time Wednesday afternoon
(Nov. 3) so you still have time to
check out the catalog.
Krawitz
and Males said the positive
reception for this first IDN event
means they will likely make it an
annual affair. |
Patrick
Carleton of Associated
Cities was among the IDN
enthusiasts who came to New
York City for the meeting. |
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In
the crowd at IDN Event (L
to R above): David Stadler (NameDrive),
John Yeomans, Steve
Kaziyev, Tony Cassala (AirportService.com),
Nat Cohen (Telepathy) &
Edmon Chung (.asia). |
Moshe
Schneider (right), who has been
involved in six-figure IDN transactions,
came
all the way from Israel for IDN
Event. Andrew Snow is seated to
his left. |
Above:
A scene from the 2010 IDN Event afterparty
in the wee hours of
Sunday morning, Nov. 4. (This photo courtesy of
Aaron Krawitz).
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One other
note today. We just published our latest
monthly Cover
Story and I think it is one
our best. Former
football player Chad Folkening has
had to continually change directions to
get around obstacles in life. A series of
untimely events broke his body, derailed a
business and, in the most unbearable one
of all, claimed the life of a 25-year-old
brother. Yet Folkening has managed to come
through it all, learn from experience and
emerge stronger than ever as a leading
player in the domain investment and
website development world.
Folkening
might be the best kept secret in
the domain industry. Don't get me wrong.
Certainly a lot of people in this business
know the friendly Midwesterner and he has
been one of the biggest players in the
space since the mid 90s. However,
the self effacing Indiana native,
who was a two-time All-State football
player, has never been one to talk a lot
about himself or his business success. As
a result, you haven't seen his name in
industry headlines nearly as often as some
of his famous contemporaries. It's
time for that to change. The complete
article is at this link: |
Chad
Folkening
Founder,
eCorp.com
and Co-Founder,
Domain Holdings LLC |
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Broken
Field Run: How Domain Investor/Developer
Chad Folkening Went from Mowing Lawns to
Buying Mansions |
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(Posted
Nov 1,
2010) To refer others
to the
post above only you can use this URL:
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20101101.htm
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