August 2010
2 posts
Verify your Parking Stats with DNWStats →
How can you prove your traffic stats are legitimate to a potential domain buyer? Andrew Allemann’s new DNWStats service will log into your parking stats and retrieve the data. It will…
Ron Jackson's SmartName Experiment →
Ron Jackson of DNJournal recently reported on an experiment with some keyword .us domains that he moved from traditional parking pages to SmartName shops, monetized by Shopping.com. Ron used…
July 2010
4 posts
Sedo announces World Tour →
SedoPro announced this week some new get-togethers for their SedoPro members, In the past SedoPro held annual “Partner Forums” in resort locations. Their new strategy seems to include multiple…
Domain Parking - Who's Left? →
The air seems to be leaking out of the domain development balloon as domain owners discover just how much work domain development is. It’s not enough to develop a domain, you then have to maintain…
Epik plans a Monster Conference →
The Edgewater Hotel I could have just as easily said that Monster plans an Epik conference. Venture Capitalist and Internet entrepreneur Rob Monster is working to build a platform that…
NameMedia's AfterNIC Gets New Portfolio Manager →
Domain marketplace Afternic announced on June 29th that they have implemented a new portfolio manager to make it easier for domain owners to manage their domains at the company. According to the…
June 2010
4 posts
TrafficZ fixes Domain Manager Problem →
TrafficZ notified users yesterday that they fixed the problems with their backend that domainers use to manage their domains. I received emails on June 10th stating that they were having
…
Summer thoughts →
Internet traffic tends to slow down for the summer. Most of us are spending more time outdoors and less time in front of our computers. Here are some other trends that are a bit worrisome. Two…
The King of BP Type-ins →
Rick Schwartz has provided evidence that you can still hand register type-in domains that get traffic. See this post at RicksBlog. Aside from the moral issues of profiting from a natural…
Time to renew your Domain Names →
Verisign has announced a domain price increase effective July 1 - and your registrar is also increasing its prices. The registration, renewal and transfer fee for .COM domains will increase from…
May 2010
2 posts
WhyPark teamed with AdSense →
WhyPark and AdSense can be a powerful combination. You may recall that there was a period where some domains that used WhyPark were banned from Google’s AdSense program. WhyPark scrambled to…
GoDaddy Hosting Compromised →
If you have sites hosted with GoDaddy you should probably check on them. There are numerous reports of GoDaddy sites being attacked with malicious code injected in the sites. At first it…
April 2010
3 posts
Sedo Goes Direct to Advertisers →
Domain monetization company Sedo is going direct to advertisers with its new SedoDNA program. Their new home-grown ad network will allow advertisers to place paid ads directly on domains…
Yahoo Exits the "AdSense" Business →
Yahoo announced on March 31st that it shutting down its Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) effective April 30. According to a Yahoo bog post, the decision “does not affect large, direct publishers…
ParkLogic - Domains as Investments →
Michael Gilmore is serious about domain name investing. You’ve probably seen his blog and heard him speak at domain conferences. His vision for domain names involves treating them as objective…
March 2010
2 posts
More on WhyPark Development →
WhyPark is actually a very sophisticated platform that lets you create almost any type of site you want to. You do this by editing the layout of your site using their editing tools. When you go…
Domain Monetization in early 2010 →
Domain parking income seems to have settled at lower levels than in the past few years, and some people have seen a slight increase in income in early 2010. Some have suggested that the…
February 2010
2 posts
Development with WhyPark →
WhyPark is marketed as an alternative to domain parking. If you have simply dumped your domains there like you would at a parking company then you are not getting the most from their…
Pranksters Attach GPS Device To Google Street View... →
Pranksters are using Google Maps to help Berliners track one of the camera-equipped vehicles Google has sent out to photograph Berlin’s streets, after they attached a GPS device the car. So whose privacy is being violated?
January 2010
4 posts
Domain Parking Recommendations →
Is parking still worth it? Absolutely. Many of my domains continue to earn some good income if they get traffic. While you try to sell your domains you should still park them. Domains awaiting…
“Why Would Anyone Pay Thousands for a Domain Name? Marketing Trends October 16,...”
– Why Would Anyone Pay Thousands for a Domain Name? | Small Business Trends
2009 in Review →
2009 was certainly a year of ups and downs. Most of us who have made money from domain parking will agree that it was mostly a year of downs. The year started off on high note with DOMAINfest…
Upcoming Events focus on Monetization →
The upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas show (January 21-23 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino) is the first produced by Rick Latona. He has ditched Rick Schwartz’s “invitation only” policy and opened…
December 2009
4 posts
“A reader just sent me a link to an iCarly episode that deals with domain names....”
– Domain Name Wire » News » iCarly Teaches Youngsters to Not Let Their Domain Names Expire
Sedo Gets a Facelift →
The domain giant Sedo has given their site a much-needed facelift. The site looks cleaner throughout, but some of the content is now buried a little deeper. You may also find that some…
“We thought we’d make it easy for you to become an Expert Domainer, without...”
– How to become an Expert Domainer despite having no clue what you’re doing | DomainGang
Monetizing Domains through Sales - Best Practices →
Before domain parking most domain owners monetized their domain portfolio through domain sales. Paying the registration fees for a large portfolio can be a challenge. Before you allow your domains…
DomainSponsor Invades Europe →
DomainSponsor announced Monday that it is opening an office in Europe in early 2010. They have appointed Joerg Schnermann as General Manager for DomainSponsor Europe. They also announced the…
November 2009
5 posts
Monetizing a Domain Portfolio - Multiple Streams... →
When monetizing your domain portfolio it is important to adopt the concept of multiple streams of income. Many domain owners got lazy in the last few years as domain parking provided good income for…
DevHub gets more Money →
We’ve followed DevHub since it was EvoLanding. The parent company announced this month that it has secured a round of growth capital totaling $1.5 million.
DevHub reports that they now have…
“I don’t know about you, but a future without URLs and without the infinite...”
– The death of the URL | FactoryCity
How to Monetize Now? →
Domain parking income is down 40-60% for most domain owners. While parking companies are tweaking their algorithms to squeeze every drop out of parking, there is also a shift toward domain sales as…
September 2009
6 posts
Sedo Buys ParkingPanel →
Another domain parking company bites the dust. Times are tough for domain parking companies, and the consolidation continues. Sedo announced today that they have taken over ParkingPanel, a…
How Much to Develop a Mini-Site? →
Domain Mass Development is having a September sale. If you order 10 domains for mass development $999 you get an additional 10 domains for free. According to the site, you get
“a dedicated…
“Twitter Flip-Flops On Advertising
Twitter has opened the door for advertisers...”
– The Frager Factor: Twitter Flip-Flops On Advertising
TrafficZ and Boswell Part Ways →
Jonathan Boswell has left TrafficZ to focus on his private equity company Boswell Investments. Jonathan was one of the founders of LeaseThis.com, which was bought by Thought Convergence and…
“When the Web site FreeLegoPorn.com began publishing pornographic images created...”
– Domain-name wars: Rise of the cybersquatters
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June 2009
3 posts
“This is a pretty amazing opportunity. Google Cash Detective is the highest rated...”
– Name Monetizer - Name Monetizer - making money with domain names
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“Make a 1,000% Profit
I found a way to make 10x my investment in a short...”
– Make a 1,000% Profit | Elliot’s Blog
“FTC Change in Endorsements and Testimonials Policy
Last November, the FTC...”
– Jerry West - FTC Change in Endorsements and Testimonials Policy
May 2009
2 posts
“Sedo announced last week that it has added the first template that they have...”
– Name Monetizer - Name Monetizer - making money with domain names
“Dear Facebook, I Think You Forgot Your “A” Game
May 5th, 2009
by Rachel...”
– Dear Facebook, I Think You Forgot Your “A” Game…
April 2009
4 posts
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“Two of the domain monetization giants just got married. Parked, one of our...”
– Parked Buys WhyPark - Name Monetizer - Name Monetizer - making money with domain names
“Behavioral Based Ads Bad For Publishers and Scary For Users
Google just...”
– SEO Chicks |The SEO Blog with attitude
“Hewlett Packard,a technology corporation well known as HP,wants ICANN to...”
– Will Hewlett-Packard have .HP domain name? - Domain Name News
“In a previous column I discussed the decline in revenue from parking pages. In...”
– Howard Hoffman - By the NumbersName Monetizer Blog - Monetize Your Domains
“DevHub is a tool to help you develop your domains. It is essentially the...”
– DevHub Improves on Evo Formula - Name Monetizer Blog
March 2009
6 posts
“Developers sure do know what they are doing! Domainers, not so much...”
– Domain Developers Are Serious About Doing Business Online And Being Successful
