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Domainers Are Winners

Posted in DNForum, Funny, Opinions on July 11th, 2008 by Michael – 1 Comment

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The most popular thread on dnforum currently is this one: Domainers are Losers

As usually the dumbest threads get the highest exposure, but naturally there are also a couple good points raised in the thread. The OP intended that most people joining the industry don’t succeed that well, and this is probably right, same way as in any other business. Many domainers mentioned their successes as well in the posts.

Some interesting posts worth mentioning: read more »

DNForum Adds New Category $20 Dropping

Posted in DNForum, Opinions on July 7th, 2008 by Michael – 3 Comments

DNForum Adds New Category for dropping soon domains, for a fixed price of $20.

I think it’s a great idea and I just listed a few of mines there to try it out.

Domainers deal with renewals on a weekly basis and it’s frequently a hard decision to either renew or let it go. It can be quite disturbing to see a domain you forgot to renew end up selling for 4 figures on an expired auction, but these things happen.

Katie.com - Low Reserve on GreatDomains

Posted in Auctions, DNForum, Sedo on May 26th, 2008 by Michael – 3 Comments

I recently spotted this domain on DNF and it caught my attention. Not only because it’s a top female name and a great domain, but mostly because the high contrast in prices.

The seller claims to have paid over $50K for the name and the reserve on the greatdomains auction is only in the 1-5K euro range.  This is a high risk and from my experience GreatDomains auction is among the worst places to take that kind of risk at.

I certanly wish EarlBarrett good luck  with the sale, but  I’m afraid the auction won’t reach that high

LH.com Case

Posted in DNForum, Legal, Moniker, Opinions on April 28th, 2008 by Michael – Be the first to comment

Interesting case and decision and not in a good way..

http://domains.adrforum.com/domains/decisions/1153492.htm

PARTIES

Complainant is Deutsche Lufthansa AG (“Complainant”), represented by Dennis J. Mondolino of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, of New York, USA. Respondent is Future Media Architects, Inc. (“Respondent”), represented by James E. Rosini of Kenyon & Kenyon LLP of New York, USA.

REGISTRAR AND DISPUTED DOMAIN NAME

The domain name at issue is <lh.com>, registered with Moniker Online Services, Inc. read more »

Type-in Traffic on 4 Word .org Domains?!

Posted in DNForum, Opinions, Parking, Tips on April 8th, 2008 by Michael – 2 Comments

Check out this recent DNF thread

Who Really Knows?
I go against all the “rules” here for buying domain names. I get super long names (3-4 words my norm), often with hyphens and always a .org or .net. In the appraisal section, my names always get no response, 0 or “reg fee” values.

For instance, I offer up my watch-videos.net, a name everyone here said was a dog. And I agree. What’s to like? But somehow, someway…well, here are its last 6-month stats at parked.com:
Domain Name Clicks Revenue
watch-videos.net 2,751 $196.75

And I’ll share these few more examples of modest parking successes.
Domain Name Clicks Revenue (6-month parking stats)
stateboardofequalization.org 184 $209.58
equalemploymentopportunitycommission.org 61 $194.58 read more »

Ultra Rare - 8 NN.com For Sale on DNF

Posted in DNForum, For sale on April 6th, 2008 by Michael – Be the first to comment

Just saw this:

08.com + 22.com + 34.com + 44.com + 55.com + 84.com + 85.com + 92.com


Hello to all numeric lovers !

We are selling the nicest NN.COM portfolio in the world !

08.com + 22.com + 34.com + 44.com + 55.com + 84.com + 85.com + 92.com as a package.

Minimal offer for consideration : $ 5,000,000

That’s 8 NN.com out of 100 in total possible, you don’t see a sale like that every day! :eek:

Previous this dnf member also sold 30.net and 79.net

Good luck with the sale