Rich Schwartz challenged me to repeat the poll he ran on RicksBlog.com last week after I called the results of the poll Bull Shit. I have no problem with running polls on blog, matter of fact at thedomains.com we were the first to build a polling feature into the blog, from the get go. Over the years we have asked 127 questions, (yes I had to check) however I have never attempted to take the … [Read more...]
Domain Hall Of Fame Member’s House Is Subject Of Huffington Post Story
The HuffingtonPost.com just covered the Indianapolis house of Domain Hall Of Fame member Chad Folkening. According to the HuffingtonPost.com, the 26,000 square foot home is for sale for just $1.3 Million dollars. The story says in part: "The estate was eventually purchased by Chad Folkening, an Indiana-born entrepreneur who made millions buying and selling Internet domains. It's now … [Read more...]
Schilling On 2014: “We Plan To Roll Out Significant Evolutionary Developments in Traffic Monetization”
In a letter to clients, Frank Schilling of DomainNameSales.com tells clients that his company has big plans for 2014 which will hopefully lead to higher payouts for Traffic Monetization: "As pivotal as 2013 was, 2014 will be even more tumultuous with hundreds of viable new G’s coming to market. SLD Domain Names will rain aplenty, like pennies from heaven and the smart registrants and folks on … [Read more...]
I Love You Rick, But Your Poll Results Are BullSh*t
Rick Schwartz published the results of the poll he took last week on topics ranging from readers thoughts of his blog, to what they thought about the new gTLD program in a post entitled Rick’s 2013-2014 Poll Results. What They Mean and Pointed Commentary. As many as you know Mr. Schwartz and I are good friends and fellow Sherpa's on DomainSherpa's Live weekly show, actually there are few people … [Read more...]
With 20 Million Domain Registration, The Registry Behind .TK Raises $3 Million In Funding
Freenom who is the registry for the .TK which is the ccTLD of Tokelau, which offers free domain names has closed a $3 million Series A funding round led by Kima Ventures. Freenom is headquartered in Amsterdam runs the .TK registry which is the second most registered domain name extension in the world with over 20,000,000 domain name registrations. Only .com has more domain name … [Read more...]
John Berryhill On Why You Should Be Glad Some Courts Do Not Consider Domains Property
Sometimes a comment is so good that it deserves to be turned into a post. That is the case with a comment left by John Berryhill on November 26, 2013 on TheDomains.com in response to the post entitled, "Federal Judge Rules Domain Names Are Not Property Under Virgina Law" Things get lost in comments sometimes and in my opinion Mr. Berryhill touched upon something that is far bigger than a … [Read more...]
Play The InterNetX DomainGame & You Can Be Crowned The DomainKing (Mr, Schwartz Is Not Going To Be Happy)
InterNetX just announced the DomainGame which is intended to help convey some basic knowledge about the complex topic of "domains". "You know what .CX is? And you know where the Christmas Islands are? If you think you know something about domains, then play our Xmas DomainGame and earn the crown of Domain King." (For those in the domain industry, most know Rick Schwartz is the Domain King … [Read more...]