Domainers have always preached the value of a category defining .com domain name. Such a name provides instant credibility and web surfers often believe sites ...

During the course of last week's DOMAINfest Global conference, long-time Sedo CEO (and company Co-Founder) Tim Schumacher stepped down and new CEO Tobias Flaitz stepped ...

DOMAINfest Global 2012 is now history. The 6th annual show concluded in Santa Monica with a farewell breakfast this morning that followed last night's grand ...

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we have Photos & Highlights from the DOMAINfest Global conference, covering late Day 1 activity last night as well ...

The 2012 DOMAINFest Global Conference is underway. While the show officially opened this morning, there was a lot of pre-show activity last night including a ...

Respondent wins but should have gotten more than that. National Arbitration Forum panelist Beatrice Onica Jarka got the “answer” correct in a recent UDRP case. ...

.Kyoto may join .Tokyo as top level domain. It appears that .kyoto may be one of the location specific top level domains that will hit ...

No dramatic changes on tap but more ccTLDs and other improvements on the way. KeyDrive’s acquisition of Moniker and SnapNames last week has shaken up ...

PING golf manufacturer still has a TLD trademark going through the system. Last month I wrote about how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had ...

A look back at last week’s DOMAINfest conference. Before heading to DOMAINfest I posed six questions that would be answered by the end of the ...

I decided to conduct a little experiment recently. My question: Is the final price of a domain at auction at all affected by the time ...

Good morning.  I forgot to mention how great I thought the chat with Biz Stone was at DomainFest.  Here are a few of the quotes ...

I’m writing this during the Superbowl and I’m tempted to go ahead and write this and guess the winner.  It’s halftime and I’m going to ...

This past week was a game changer.   The positivity and the business relationships built at DomainFest were enough that I really think I could do ...

Great week this week. Fantastic for Shane the businessman and domainer, bad for Domain Shane. I’ll go into more detail in the next couple days.  ...

I’d love to hear some feedback regarding one of my projects, DogGroomers.com, a website that helps dog owners find a local dog groomer. The site ...

Domain Name News reported that Go Daddy planned to have their premium listings appear during the Super Bowl. This was big news because GoDaddy spent ...

Most of my business comes from flipping domain names. I buy domain names in private or at auction, and I try to sell them at ...

I previously discussed how I used the Estibot lead generation tool* and how I used LeadRefs.com to find buyers for domain names I was looking ...

The tradition of spoofing Go Daddy’s .CO commercial has continued in 2012. Name.com posted this humorous video of Denver Broncos star running back Willis McGahee ...

Tweet It appears Facebook may be taking its message of commitment to clean energy online. On February 6, 2012, the world’s leader in social networking registered a slew of ...

Tweet Since Google announced changes to its privacy policies, it has come under an onslaught of criticism from all directions including rivals.  Microsoft has already taken aim at ...

Tweet It looks like Ubisoft could be taking mobile gaming more serious in 2012. On February 1, the video game publisher registered the domain names ...

Tweet Sony may have revealed what the ‘S’ stands for in its new Xperia S smartphone expected to be released in March. On January 30, ...

Tweet It looks like Microsoft may have something in the works for a new publication, focusing perhaps on Latin America. On January 24, 2012, Microsoft ...

Let me begin this post by saying I am by no means the end-user sales messiah. Please don’t take this post as an expert telling ...

If you write a blog or operate a website that is updated frequently, sending your most recent content out to the world via Facebook and ...

Welcome to my latest list of hand-picked Domain Development Drops for the coming weeks. I really like sharing domains that I think could become real ...

Most small businesses have a similar challenge, getting customers. Google Adwords really changed the game by allowing businesses of all sizes to reach their audience ...

Well it’s 10:37PM which means the day is almost over, and I still haven’t had a chance to sit down and write my weekend musing ...

Afternic.com just released their weekly report of domain sales and sold $1,066.41 in domain names. FaceValue.com led the way in reportable sales at $20K. Here is the ...

Sedo.com just published its weekly sales report and in all “894 sales through our marketplace, totaling over $1.73 million” The reportable sales were led by: geb.com at ...

In an announcement just issued by ICANN (pdf) they are calling for volunteers to “assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial ...

ICANN has just opened a comment period to hear from people and companies concerned about defensive applications for new gTLD’s. “”Public comment is requested ...

Two CEO from the domain name industry space have been named by Klout.com/Reuters as one of the top 50 “Most Influential Execs on ...

Here are some case histories from a LinkedIn Group I belong to about eMarketing and also a great prospect revealed for QR.comLinkedIn GroupsGroup: eMarketing Association ...

If you thought all the sex traffic was locked forever, here's an opportunity for you to become Mr. Porn. It just goes to show what ...

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Don't shoot yourself in the foot with a bad name choice.If you are looking for GrandNames.com, you've arrived. The old site was based on a ...

Looking at my stats, it's interesting to see how much interest there is in many of the smartest domainers alive that we've profiled here. It ...

Morning Folks!! Mission Accomplished. I had time to think, reflect and verify. Mission Accomplished. So what I have tried to do is re-adjust and re-evaluate ...

Morning Folks!! I never did this before. But it has been several years since someone new in the domain industry has burst on the scene ...

Morning Folks!! No, I am not blogging again. But as I said, I would chime in from time to time when I discovered something or ...

Morning Folks!! It's December 1, 2011. I started writing this post weeks ago and waiting for just the right moment to publish. Over the last ...

Morning Folks!! The past few months I finally have some satisfaction in that the posts I made were some of my most meaningful. Almost like ...