I've been following Mike Mann's Facebook page where yesterday he said he wound up registering almost 11,000 domain names. The Facebook post started off by saying that Mike registered 4,793 domain names, at the next update the number of registrations hit 6,640 and by the end of yesterday Mike had registered "almost 11,000 domains" The 11,000 domain names were compiled from an ongoing list of … [Read more...]
Another Great Reason To Own Your Domain: In Case You Need To Raise Money For Legal Defense: George Zimmerman Did Not
A few days ago George Zimmerman started a website, trying to raise funds for his legal defense. For a guy who has been in the news everyday for well over a month, George is reason number 1001 for why you own your own domain name, this time in case you need to raise money for your legal defense. However just a couple of weeks ago Netfirms of Burlington, Massachusetts, went out and registered … [Read more...]
The Miami Marlins Start The Season With A New Name & New Stadium But Without The Domain Names For Either
Its a new baseball season and the Miami Marlins, formerly the Florida Marlins have a new name, a new $600 Million stadium, but don't own the domain MiamiMarlins.com The domain name MiamiMarlins.com was first registered way back in 1997 and looks to be control of the same person/company that originally registered the domain. The domain name isn't parked, there are no ads on the site, just a … [Read more...]
Did Rick Schwartz Just Buy The Next Category Killer Domain For Under $4k?
Rick Schwartz may have just bought the next category killer domain name for under $4k within the last month. This week the Internet has been buzzing about what is broadly called "Smart Glasses" Google's own smart glasses product has been the subject of hundreds or stories in this past week Google's smart glasses project has been referred to as Google Glasses or Project Glass. Smart … [Read more...]
100K Twitter Mentions This Month Alone & Domainer Gregg Ostrick Knew About PinkSlime.com Back In 2007
Well unless your have been living under the proverbial rock you have no doubt have heard, read or seen stories on the "Pink Slime" contained in ground beef in the last month or so. I have seen a lot of stories on the national news, and the internet is buzzing about the topic. WSJ.com is reporting that the term pink slime was mentioned almost 100,000 times on Twitter alone last month. We … [Read more...]
Another Insurance Sale: Red Ventures Buys HomeInsurance.com, The Buyers Of Homeownersinsurance.com For $570K
Red Ventures an Internet marketing firm, has just purchased HomeInsurance.com. Red Ventures is headquartered in Fort Mill where it has about 800 employees at the and also has operations in Miramar, Fla. and San Antonio, Texas. Tim Kullick, an executive vice president and head of Red Ventures insurance division, is quoted as saying in the CharlotteObserver.com, as saying "HomeInsurance.com … [Read more...]
Star Jones Becomes Lastest Celebrity To Lose Her Domain Name As StarJones.com Deletes Today
Star Jones has become the latest celebrity to lose the domain name of her official site, as today the domain name StarJones.com is being deleted by the central registry and dropped. In the past year we have covered stories of celebrities and athletes, or their management company's who have let their domain names expire, including MichaelVick.com and BustaRhymes.com. The domain name … [Read more...]