Many years before I started working with Mike on TheDomains.com, we had a back and forth about the ICA. My position was that you want more members that an organization with 80 members doesn't hold any juice when they want to say to a politician, "Hey we are your constituents, and we demand justice." Having 5,000 - 10,000 members holds a lot more weight. Of course many in the domain industry … [Read more...]
Would you like to charge a domain inquiry fee?
Would you like people to pay to make an offer on your name? Would you like to pay to make an offer on someone else's domain name? I read a tweet from George Kirikos about low ballers (someone offered him $500 for Orderly.com) George wrote: What sucks is the time wasters trying to buy domains at 1% of the floor price, spamming their lowball offers. I think Webmagic has it right, charging … [Read more...]
November 2009 the scandal that rocked domaining – A look back
A decade ago it was the scandal that rocked the domain industry, the Snapnames Halvarez bidding scandal. Mike wrote The 5 Most Surprising Things That Came Out Of The SnapNames Scandal Michael Arrington wrote at TechCrunch: SnapNames: Apologies Shouldn't Be Conditional, Especially When You Steal From Customers Mike again posted 12,000 Auctions, 8,900 Bidders and 350,000 Bids: We Conclude … [Read more...]
Weekend blowout – list your best .coms for sale up to $200
This post should be used to blow out a few names at wholesale where you are making some money with no commission, and leave some for the next buyer. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $200. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP all submissions will be deleted if caught. Names will get … [Read more...]
Niche Pursuits review on Flippa – not great
Brady Cargle over at NichePursuits.com published a review on Flippa. The review is focused on buying websites at Flippa. From the article: Flippa is a lower end marketplace for online business owners. It’s a pretty good place to sell your site if you don’t mind dealing with a lot of tire kickers. I can’t recommend that anyone buy a site on Flippa though. There are just too many scams out … [Read more...]
Is now the time for Punchh to go after Punch.com?
So today it was reported that Punchh a company that did loyalty cards that has now expanded to analytics raised $40 million. Punch.com is owned by Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. They also own and have the trademark for Hawaiian Punch. Punch.com which surprisingly has a registration date of 1995 DomainIQ gave me incorrect info Domain Name: punch.com Registry Domain ID: … [Read more...]
Canadian Organization takes on Global Domain Name Disputes
A new player is entering the domain dispute arena. The Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre or (CIIDRC) put out a press release announcing their entry into the world of UDRP. Press release: MONTREAL, Nov. 13, 2019 /CNW/ - The Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre (CIIDRC) is thrilled to announce that it is now open for business and accepting … [Read more...]