We reached out to Debra Domeyer the new Co-President and Chief Technology Officer of Oversee.net who took over a leadership roll once former CEO Jeff Kupietzky left at the end of August. Special Thanks to Gregg McNair who was instrumental to introducing me to Debra and was very supportive of the interview. We sent Debra and set of questions that appear below and left her answers as she wrote … [Read more...]
The 4 Worst Things About Writing a Blog on Our 4th Anniversary
Today marks TheDomains.com 4 year anniversary So as I do every year, I have to once again start off by blaming my friend and fellow domainer Sahar who told me to start blogging. Thanks. I would say more but its a family show. With that out of the way, I thought to celebrate my 4 years blogging, I would recount the worst things about writing a blog to celebrate the journey (that's what … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz Calls It “Mission Accomplished” As he Bows Out Of The Daily Blogging World
In a blog post today, Rick Schwartz says he is going to stop blogging on any regular basis on Ricksblog.com ""For over a decade I have devoted my time to the “Industry of Domains”. "While that won’t change, I will now adjust my focus and time from domainers to new avenues in a maturing universe that is presenting some huge opportunities." "I feel in the last days I have said all I can … [Read more...]
Reinvent.com To Launch Proto Domain Optimization & Monetization Platform Next Year
Reinvent.com a/k/a HitFarm.com is planning to launch a new domain optimization and monetization platform called Proto, next year. According to their site Proto goals are to: "Improve returns by providing better monetization through innovative optimization and precisely targeted PPC advertising; Analyze the aggregated traffic for valuable trend data to share with clients and inform R & … [Read more...]
NameJet.com To Roll Out New Beta Version Of Site Today
NameJet.com is rolling out a major upgrade to its site today. I have been playing with a Beta Version of the site for a few days and I really like the new format. The site has a cleaner look and feel to the site, and find its easier to navigate backorders, active auctions, reports and general browsing. The front page has "NameJet Hot Picks", which are "hand selected hot domains", Last … [Read more...]
PayPal Charity or Micro-giving Program Coming? They Register PayPalCharitable.com & PayPalGiving.com Yesterday
MarkMonitor.com registered a few domain name yesterday that indicate a paypal charitable product is in the works. The registrar, TM protection firm registered several domain names yesterday including paypalcharitable.com and paypalgiving.com. Here are the complete list of domains registered yesterday. Its interesting to note that .biz and .info were registered in addition to the .com. .net's … [Read more...]
Godaddy Claims To Have Invented “Private Domain Registrations”
In an article published in the azcentral.com, Godaddy.com is claiming they invented the idea of a "Private Domain Registrations." "Go Daddy has vaulted to the top of the domain-registrar heap with the help of several innovations, perhaps the most significant among them being "private" domain registration." "Go Daddy invented and launched the concept of private registration in 2002 with the … [Read more...]