Domaining.com “For Sale” on Twitter!

French domain investor and entrepreneur, Francois Carrillo, created the most important news aggregator portal in the domain industry: Domaining.com. The domain was registered in 1997 and around 2006 it was acquired by Francois from its previous registrant. On or around November 3, 2007, Domaining.com began to list domain-centric blogs that existed at the time. Here’s […]

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Ten years of #domain industry posts! What crazy news did we blog about on May 15?

As we are getting closer to clocking a full decade of blogging about the domain industry, tech and social media, it’d be great to look back and see what news we shared on this day through the years. Whether it was parody posts, or real news about domain names, we were definitely busy churning out […]

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Decade of #domain industry posts : What crazy news did we blog about on May 14?

As we are getting closer to clocking a full decade of blogging about the domain industry, tech and social media, it’d be great to look back and see what news we shared on this day through the years. Whether it was parody posts, or real news about domain names, we were definitely busy churning out […]

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Domainer news : “Embargoed Press Release” coverage

Dozens of domain investors sworn to secrecy, held onto a major press release under the “embargo” clause. With important news and statistics about the domain industry withheld until the early Monday hours, we reached out to several domain bloggers to gauge their opinion. DNJournal: As always, we received the Press Release under embargo, and will […]

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TheDomains rolls out a ‘comment guidelines’ policy for trolls

The popular domain blog, TheDomains, attracts a large amount of commentary on its posts daily. Along with constructive responses and opinionated comments comes a small amount of troll-induced commentary, aimed at provoking the blog’s operator, Mike Berkens, and the readers of TheDomains. Mike’s one of the nicest people in the domain industry, and he puts […]

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Domain blogging to require a pro license

One of the most drastic changes in domaining in the new year, 2013, is that of professional blogging licensing. Gone are the days that anyone and their three-legged dog would be able to just install WordPress on a cheap GoDaddy hosting account and start blogging. “Licensing, that’s what the fiscal cliff fiasco taught us,” said […]

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WordPress 3.3.2 released – Got your blogs updated yet?

WordPress, the free content management system used by thousands of web sites and blogs worldwide, has just released its 3.3.2 update. As usual, it fixes some security issues and more than a dozen bugs and also improves the uploading of images. See more details about WordPress 3.3.2 here.

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Rick Schwartz – Blogging is cathartic

Catharsis or katharsis is a Greek word meaning “cleansing” or “purging“; the idea is that through outputting one’s thoughts and ideas where they can be re-read and shared, one achieves peace of mind. Blogging is the modern, electronic and often online only version of journal-keeping, and to those that blog on a regular basis it’s […]

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Francois sells 2.52 million francs worth of domains via CAX Newsletter

The hand-picked gems of the CAX newsletter paid off handsomely, as popular French domainer entrepreneur Francois of Domaining.com fame cashed in the chips. More than 2.52 million francs‘ worth of domains were sold, including every domain on the list, averaging 25,200 francs per domain. Francois was ecstatic and euphoric – two states of mind reflecting […]

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Final Score: The Frager Factor 2 – Hobbyist Blogger 0

Popular domain blogger, Owen Fragger wrapped up a second solid punch yesterday – after being unjustly questioned about his motives by the followers of a blog whose URL he registered. The operator of “God Hates Protesters” – a seemingly popular photo blog about protest signs – called it quits and moved his collection of pinched […]

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The Frager Factor 1 – Hobbyist Blogger 0

Popular domain blogger “The Frager Factor” announced the acquisition of a domain with “a keyword with 1.5 million page views“. The domain in question – GodHatesProtesters.com – returns about 23k results in Google when searched with quotes. It’s also the name of a WordPress blog that researches and publishes photos of protester signs, at GodHatesProtesters.Wordpress.com […]

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Francois starts Domain Blogging – Where is Rick Schwartz?

The unthinkable has happened: Francois Carrillo, French domainer and owner of Domaining.com has started blogging about domains. Have you dropped your apricot jam filled croissant yet? We did, and the five second rule was broken. Well-known for his interest in catchy domains that he uses to valuate the portfolio of domainers and sell them premium […]

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