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Domaining with cash: The incredible 100% true story of Select.com

Domaining with cash: The incredible 100% true story of Select.com

April 29, 2013 · 11 Comments 

Mike Bahlitzanakis, founder of City.com Six years ago, Michael Bahlitzanakis launched his domain media business, attracting a comment from Frank Schilling himself: “I think Mike has some terrific domain names and is going to be very successful with this.  God has blessed domain names. Nice... [Read the full story]

Famous Domainers

Excellent Domains: Ilze Kaulins and female domain power from Canada

Excellent Domains: Ilze Kaulins and female domain power from Canada

November 15, 2012 · 2 Comments 

Domain investors, Ilze Kaulins & KW Boswell, at TRAFFIC 2012 in Ft. Lauderdale. Ilze Kaulins, founder of Canadian firm Excellent Domains, has been buying, selling and investing in domains since 2001, and is very active in the Domain-Internet community. We had the pleasure of meeting Ilze –... [Read the full story]

Short News

GoDaddy tango down: Anonymous claims attack on Mail Servers

May 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

The GoDaddy mail servers have been down for several hours today, apparently as the result of an attack by a spin-off of the group Anonymous. As tweeted by the “Anonymous Own3r” earlier today: #godaddy e-mails servers #tangodown Meanwhile, GoDaddy is currently addressing the issue, that... [Read the full story]

Editorial

Disaster domain registrants: Who are they and why they do it

April 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

Tragic events that involve human loss, such as the Boston marathon bombing, attract certain types of domain registrants like bees to honey. Some of them do it to benefit financially, by attempting to hold the domain until a book or a movie comes out. Others believe that they’d profit from a... [Read the full story]

The Drunk Domainer

Daryl’s Domain Diaries: Chapter 7 – President George W. Bush, let .XXX become a reality!

Daryl’s Domain Diaries: Chapter 7 – President George W. Bush, let .XXX become a reality!

December 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Daryl the Drunk Domainer The other night I was reading about how the damn Congress turned down the approval of the .XXX domains based upon some obscure obscenity laws. Then I went to my local drugstore and bought the latest Hustler and Penthouse. It would be a busy Saturday night. Fuck it. Need more... [Read the full story]

Domain News

You snooze, you lose: HMI .com sold for five figures

You snooze, you lose: HMI .com sold for five figures

May 18, 2013

Domain investor, Andy Booth. Domain investor and pilot extraordinaire, Andy Booth, was up late partying this Saturday morning; then he apparently noticed the quality domain name HMI.com being offered for sale with a BIN price. Despite receiving offers as high as $15,000, the Dutch seller held off selling, opting...

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Dunkin Donuts to offer free domains

Dunkin Donuts to offer free domains

May 17, 2013

Maria Menounos loves Dunkin Donuts. Coffee and donuts shop, Dunkin Donuts, is expanding its deliciousness into new, untapped territory: domain names. Often challenged by supposedly hip and pseudo-upscale coffee shops, such as Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts is on the rise in large metropolitan areas and trucker stops...

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Mosquitno abuzz with failure to sting .com in UDRP

Mosquitno abuzz with failure to sting .com in UDRP

May 17, 2013

Mosquitno, a dyslexic mosquito. Mosquitno is a family-run business based in Kansas City, Missouri, that formed in 2009. That same year they rolled out a range of “all-natural mosquito repellent bracelets” and applied for a trademark in 2010, which was granted in 2012. They also failed to secure Mosquitno.com...

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Pinup.com: A few thousand short of $90,000 on Flippa

Pinup.com: A few thousand short of $90,000 on Flippa

May 16, 2013

A 1950′s pinup. The top tier domain name, PinUp.com, was put up for sale on Flippa – the smart bidder’s marketplace for buying and selling domains and web sites. Wayne, its lucky owner, has sold several premium domain names on Flippa for thousands of dollars. Such sales include Organ.com for $41,000,...

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Chiropractor’s video goes viral: Adam, here’s your answer!

Chiropractor’s video goes viral: Adam, here’s your answer!

May 16, 2013

Ryan Lee, an LA chiropractor, uses humor to attract business. A week ago, Adam Dicker of DNForum asked the following question: “What would an END user type into Google to find a company that develops websites for Chiropractors?” Adam’s inquiry was related to search terms, such as: Chiropractor...

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Waltz darling! Malcolm McLaren’s .com is a posthumous UDRP drama

Waltz darling! Malcolm McLaren’s .com is a posthumous UDRP drama

May 15, 2013

The late fashion and entertainment socialite, Malcolm McLaren. Malcolm McLaren thrived in the 1970′s as a creative performer, clothes designer and was famous for managing the punk rock band, the Sex Pistols. In the 1980′s, Malcolm McLaren continued to promote art and music with the intermixing of glitzy...

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Google skips version, with new Panda 3.0

Google skips version, with new Panda 3.0

May 15, 2013

Panda 3.0 is coming soon. Google Panda, the Damoclean algorithm to stop webmasters from rolling out nonsensical, keyword-laden advertising networks, is about to receive a sizable upgrade. Matt Cutts, head of Google’s anti-spam agency, stated: “Gone are the days that one could take a passage from Wikipedia...

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Jeff Schneider’s Metal Tiger .com is owned by Mike Mann

Jeff Schneider’s Metal Tiger .com is owned by Mike Mann

May 13, 2013

Metal tiger family. Jeff Schneider is a hyper-active domainer, whose daily comments adorn many a domain blog, including DomainGang. Known for his signature, intense tirades about new media and “SEO Manipulated Search Engine Marketing“, Jeff often replicates his responses across several blogs on a given...

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Serbian domainer leaves monastery after seven years, returns to domaining

Serbian domainer leaves monastery after seven years, returns to domaining

May 13, 2013

The Saint Atanas monastery in Serbia. Goran Gogović spent seven whole years in isolation from earthly possessions, carnal pleasures and the Internet. The 29 year old Serb from Gduibostka Paresti was not in prison; after becoming a man of the cloth, he joined the Saint Atanas monastery in Vikyresti Plotz. “For...

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Moms celebrated around the world all while the .com fails to deliver

Moms celebrated around the world all while the .com fails to deliver

May 12, 2013

Mother’s Day today. Millions of mothers were celebrated around the world today, as Mother’s Day unfolded. As predicted, Moms.com, which was sold for a staggering $252,000 about three weeks ago, failed to present something worthy of what it stands for. In other words, in three weeks’ time no web...

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Uncle Sam is sad: Tax.info sells for peanuts on NameJet

Uncle Sam is sad: Tax.info sells for peanuts on NameJet

May 11, 2013

Tax.info didn’t generate much revenue for Afilias. Afilias has been peddling off its long-held generic .info gems, and although Wine.info sold for more than $13k today, Tax.info didn’t fare as well. The auction for Tax.info - a keyword with half as many results on Google as ‘death’ - was...

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Ari Goldberger grabs important legal practice geodomain

Ari Goldberger grabs important legal practice geodomain

May 10, 2013

Ari Goldberger, Esq. IP attorney, Ari Goldberger, is well-known in the domaining circles for his successful law practice, as well as possessing a super-duper personality. Ari’s recent project, MD.com, was launched in New Orleans two months ago and Ari could not be happier with the traction it achieved within...

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On our way to $100 Million: Exclusive interview with Flippa CEO, Dave Slutzkin

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Dave Slutzkin, CEO of Flippa.com Flippa, the Australia-based domain and web site...


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A blank map of Greece to train your geography skills with. Kostas, a domain investor...


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Stories & Manuals

Domaining with cash: The incredible 100% true story of Select.com

Domaining with cash: The incredible 100% true story of Select.com

Mike Bahlitzanakis, founder of City.com Six years ago, Michael Bahlitzanakis...


Domaining with cash: Prelude to a 99.999% true story

Domaining with cash: Prelude to a 99.999% true story

- It’s the milliseconds before an act that count more than the moment the...


7+1 reasons why your domains suck!

7+1 reasons why your domains suck!

If you bought lemon domains, you’re left sucking on them. If you have high...


8+1 important guidelines when leasing your domain names

8+1 important guidelines when leasing your domain names

Don’t be scared, domain leasing isn’t as painful as it seems. So...


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