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You Dont Need Money to Make Money

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DOMAINING NEWS Why Great .com Domain Names Are Paying Less Dividends for Investors NEW YORK, NY – I attended the NamesCon domain auction in Las Vegas this past week and I had a front row seat to Disaster – or what some might say was a "less than stellar" turnout for great .com domain name sales. For example, SportsCars.com sold for a messily $49,000.00 while Web.hosting topped it […] StrategicRevenue.com New Domain Forum, Need A Change? www.chat,domains offers a new environment for the domain community. Forum, chat is just a few features offered and open to suggestions. No fees to join, all upgrades included. Come check us out, sign up and grab your username while it's still available. Buying Closing Day Photos & Highlights from the 2017 NamesCon Conference in Las Vegas That's a wrap! The curtain came down on the 2017 NamesCon conference Wednesday. Here are the photos & highlights from closing day. DNJournal You ...

Highlights from the NamesCon Conference in Las Vegas

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DON'T MISS Chinese domain market: the next 30 years Jack Ma in a recent speech talked about the 50-year growth pattern in a technological revolution: the first 20 years are all about the technology itself and the next 30 years about application of the technology. He pointed out that the internet has just finished its first leg and is now being increasingly applied to […] TLDInvestors.com DOMAINING NEWS Day 2 Photos & Highlights from the 2017 NamesCon Conference in Las Vegas The 2017 NamesCon conference continued at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas Monday with a jam packed schedule that kept attendees hopping until the wee hours of Tuesday morning. DNJournal Live ROTD NamesCon Auction Results I’m watching the auction via NameJet as we speak and thought it would be a good idea to post the live results here. Maybe some of you aren’t NameJet users or perhaps issues such as a poor Internet connection are preventing you fro...

Rightside Sells Enom to Tucows For $76.7 Million Cash

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DOMAINING NEWS First Photos & Highlights from the 2017 NamesCon Conference That Opened Sunday in Las Vegas The 2017 NamesCon Conference is underway in Las Vegas! The 4th annual event at the Tropicana Hotel officially got underway this morning and opening day will continue into the well into the night. DNJournal Rightside Sells Enom to Tucows For $76.7 Million Cash Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME), today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of eNom to Tucows Inc. (TCX) for $83.5 million, less a net working capital adjustment of $6.8 million, resulting in net cash at closing of $76.7 million. eNom has approximately 14.5 million domains under management and generated appro... The Domains 83 newly funded startups and their domain names: Linkem.com, Trackforce.com, Eelp.com I’m writing this post from my hotel in Los Angelos where I landed yesterday ahead of NamesCon which kicks off coming Sunday in Las Vegas. It will ...

Mike Mann attacks New gTLDs again

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DOMAINING NEWS Mike Mann attacks New gTLDs again Mike Mann has been attacking New gTLDs again in the past few days with posts on Facebook and some tweets. He ended by posting one *******club.com sale. I will start with what he said yesterday: “Before you blame me for taking out the new gTLD snake oil scammers, keep in mind they started it; its … The post Mike Mann attac... OnlineDomain.com Domain development success story: From expired domain to $22,000, but… The way this guy cashed in on his expired domain might give you pause. The New York Times published a story today that could be considered a domain name development success story. An exciting expired-domain-to-riches story. Or something much worse. The Times profiled Cameron Harris, a recent college graduate who wrote some of the mos... Domain Name Wire Domain Movers: Remote.com, Supplement.com + More Welcome to Domain Movers, where DotWeekly keeps track of corporate domain nam...

Domain slammer making millions in Oz

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Tahri, Did you know you can promote your domain for sale for $10 only? Check out FeaturedNames.com Why not sell a domain today? Francois Carrillo DOMAINING NEWS Domain "slammer" making millions in Oz A company accused of the domain slamming scam made over $5 million over three years tricking companies into buying domains they didn’t need, it has been alleged. Consumer Affairs Victoria, an Australian state government watchdog, has reportedly taken Domain Register Pty Ltd to court, claiming tens of thousands of people had bee... DomainIncite.com 3 key retail trends emerging from NRF 2017 I am in New York City this week for NRF, which is known as “The Big Show” since it really is the biggest show in the retail world. One of the best things about NRF is that it kicks-off the new year so it’s a great place to get a pulse on the upcoming retail […] MorganLinton.com Why Aren't Domain Industry Lawyer...

Why the Fake News Mantra will Drive Domain Values Higher

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Tahri, - Tip: If you want to sell a domain and actually have a site above (that does not generate any revenue nor is critical for you) then replace it by a sale page . Trust me, you will multiplicate your sale chances. - I remember you that put liquid/premium domains (LL.com, LLL.com, word.com) as colateral on Lend.me is the best way to get an immediate loan. - NamesCon starts in few days, no more excuses, you need to be there! Have a profitable week, Francois Carrillo DOMAIN SALES & AUCTIONS Kashmir.com is on Auction at Sedo.com with low reserve One of the highest searched search term, a popular region that is a source of conflict between India, China and Pakistan is going on an auction with a reserve of $15,000 of less than 7% of its Estibot.com valuation (over $200,000) on Sedo. The reserve has already been met and its your choice to get the domain name of future at a barg... Auction DOMAINING NEWS No...

The 20 Most Popular Domain Names Extensions

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Tahri, - Our newsletter is getting an extra weekly issue, this means it will be delivered to your mailbox door a minimum of 3 times per week. - BTW, there is still a banner ad spot available in the newsletter. - Domaining.com in association with some domain bloggers should introduce in the next days a new service you should love, stay tuned. - Reminder: NamesCon , the largest annual domain conference is starting January, 22th in Las Vegas. And guess what? You are welcome! Francois DON'T MISS A threat to the importance of domain names Domain names face a number of threats, including AI personal assistants. Our industry seems to spend a lot of energy battling between the relative value of old top level domain names versus new ones. It doesn’t spend enough time paying attention to the threats that the domain industry faces as a whole. As I explained […] .... Domain Name Wire DOMAIN SALES & AUCTIONS MNC.io - aucti...

Just Another Go-Nowhere Transaction at GoDaddy

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Tahri, For 2017, our ad rates are crazy: For less than $100 you can now advertise in this newsletter received by +40,000 subscribers. DOMAINING NEWS Where To List Your Domain Names So Buyers Find Them Impulse buying applies to domain names, so set up your for-sale landing pages with buy-it-now prices, give users an easy way to check out, and make sure your domain names are found on all the major marketplaces and registrars. The post Where To List Your Domain Names So Buyers Find Them appeared first on DNAcademy. DNAcademy Just Another 'Go-Nowhere' Transaction at GoDaddy's Aftermarket for Domains; WTF? Let me begin by saying I am a big fan of GoDaddy.com and have been doing business with them since I began working on the Internet. I'm also a Wild West Domains reseller and believe it or not, I may not have even found this fantastic industry if it were not for Godaddy's "Website Tonight...

Five predictions for the domain industry in 2017

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Tahri, Now it's possible to define if you want to sponsor an headline in the domaining.com web site only or/and in the newsletter. This will allow you to spend less money and better target the audience you want to reach. Valuate.com is no longer free for more than a month, after this date if you want to appraise up to 20 domains daily you will need to upgrade your membership ($20 lifetime membership). The good news is doing that you could access CAX.com to sell/buy domains, plus have your own portfolio site. BTW, if your domain is listed at CAX.com then now you benefit of a 50% discount on promotion . I will dream to assist to NamesCon.com (January 22th in Las Vegas) but I do not understand english spoken... I warmly recommend you to assist and feel all the good energy and motivation such event generate (I am pretty sure). You'll probably don't return the courtesy but receive anyway my best wishes for 2017! Francois Carrillo ...

2017 Predictions

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Tahri, Do you remember this litle service I coded this summer with the help of my buddy Homero? VerySoon.com It's the time of the year where you can use it to make predictions or promises. I wish you an exceptionally great 2017 with many domain sales! Francois Carrillo DON'T MISS 2017 Predictions – DNW Podcast #116 Hear predictions for 2017 from 15 people in the domain business. It’s the annual Domain Name Wire Podcast Predictions episode! Hear predictions from 15 people in the domain name industry about what they think is in store for 2017. This year’s podcast includes yours truly plus: Sedo, PIR, NameNinja, DotTBA, Neustar, GGRG.c... Domain Name Wire DOMAIN SALES & AUCTIONS Weed.Pro ... $4.5K Enter the weed growing biz with a memorable domain (under priced). Cax.com DOMAINING NEWS The good, the bad and the ugly – Flippa "The good, the bad and the ugly" An opportunit...

Sorry, but certainly, you will never sell a single domain in your life...

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Tahri, Let's do mathematics: The average domain portfolio sale ratio is under 1% (domain liquidity is HORRIBLE). This basically means if you have at best a dozen domains, certainly you'll never sell a single domain in your life. Crazy but it's true... Numbers spoken. And with new extensions it should be worse... +334 million domains already registered (huge competition) and growing... In a positive note, you can change statistics: promote your domains and try to transform names to cash now! Enjoy the end of holidays, Francois Carrillo DON'T MISS The Domain Industry Loses a Pioneer and One of Its Most Colorful Characters - RIP Roy Flanders I received some sad news tonight when I learned that domain industry pioneer Roy Flanders passed away after a long illness last night on Nantucket Island in Masschusetts. DNJournal DOMAIN SALES & AUCTIONS Lend.me is for sale We are selling the premium domain name Lend...