In a report your new gtld sales thread that was just the usual back and forth between the pro new gtld camp and the anti new gtld camp, Ali Zandi stepped up and reported some of his new gtld sales. He also provided the cost. Night.Life ($5k in 2015) City.Life ($4k in 2015) Design.Agency ($900 in 2015) Travel.Agency ($9.99k in 2016) Map.Run ($500 in 2015) VR.Dating ($2500 … [Read more...]
Sophomore Jinx ?
Dominic Belley who I interviewed last year around this same time, detailed his second year in the business with a post on Namepros. Dominic points out that year 2 was not as good as his rookie season. By detailing his second year he does newcomers a great service in my opinion. Here is his post: It has been a very tough year for me. What seemed easy in the first year has become a … [Read more...]
Namepros member gives info on Paypal chargeback glitch
Namepros member FPForum alerted the community about glitch at Paypal that made him think he was losing a Paypal dispute. The thing that had him puzzled was the domain transaction took place 11 months ago. Luckily for him he was refunded, Here is the story he told on Namepros: I had the strangest thing happen yesterday and wanted to make everyone aware in case the same happens to you. … [Read more...]
Will domains as property come back to bite HeidiPowell.com ?
Back in December of 2013, we published a post that was actually a comment by John Berryhill. The comment in itself was worthy of its own post and we published it. John was explaining why domain investors should not want domains to be considered property. John has been actively posting on Namepros lately with regards to the battle for HeidiPowell.com. The Grandma vs the Fitness Trainer has been … [Read more...]
Monte Cahn interview with Edward Zeiden at NamesCon
Edward Zeiden from Namepros sat down with Monte Cahn at the 2016 NamesCon. Namepros did not get the 2016 interviews out until this year. It's still worth hearing what the participants had to say in my opinion. Monte discussed his take on new gtlds, live auctions and the value of attending NamesCon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJVM4yZOpi4 … [Read more...]
RETARDED.COM – Should this domain be auctioned in the largest domain industry convention?
The question in the above headline is being asked on Namepros and quite a debate is breaking out. Some say business is business and think it's fine, while others feel that the convention has no moral obligation to anyone. On the flipside some are appalled and find the name in bad taste. NamesCon being the premier event in the industry does not need this kind of attention and some feel it's … [Read more...]
Google purchases X.company for think tank
Google continues to dabble with new gtlds, the latest purchase and rebrand is their think tank solve for x. According to Wikipedia: Solve for X is a think tank project launched by Google[1] to incite collaboration to solve global issues, "X" representing a remedy.[2] The project kicked off on February 1, 2012 at a three-day convention at CordeValle Resort in San Martin, California. Solve for … [Read more...]