I’m Taking a Short Break

I’ll be out of town until March 27th. The available domain name lists will start back up when I return.
If you haven’t seen it yet, Frank Schilling wrote an excellent post over at SevenMile.com. Make sure you take some time to read it.
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Chitika is Considering a Domain Monetization Service

Chitika, a contextual based advertising service which is very popular in the blogging community, is considering starting up a domain monetization service. Although a formal announcement has net been made, Chitika seems to be testing the waters by introducing the idea through a post on the company’s blog made on March 6th.
The proposal appears to […]

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Unofficial Moniker Silent Auction Results for T.R.A.F.F.I.C West 2008

Thanks go to Namepros member ABCProductions for posting these on the forum. The figures at the time of this post put the silent auction sales total of 270 domains at roughly $475,000. These results are much lower than the last T.R.AF.F.I.C. silent domain auction this past October which had 487 sales with two sales over […]

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The Domain Stock Exchange Fusu.com Premieres at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West

Fusu, the first Domain Stock Exchange, was scheduled for launch today at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West by offering a list of premium generic domains with a combined value of almost $1.5 million.
By applying the concept of the traditional stock market to the domain name industry, Fusu enables the owners of premium domain names to offer a percentage […]

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Domain Names Playing a Strategic Role in the Writer’s Strike

Here’s a great example of why you should obtain all major gTLDs in order to protect your online business interests.
Much has been made over the current labor strike between the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA.org) and the studios which are represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP.org). Here’s a subplot to […]

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