Domaining Search Engine
December 20, 2007
My recently published list of all the blogs in the domainersphere turned out to be very popular. One problem with it, however, is that it can be difficult to find the information you are looking for on a blog or across a spectrum of blogs. But if you turn to Google to find the information, you end up... [Read more]
Looking Back and Looking Forward
December 20, 2007
2007 is fast coming to an end. It’s a time for reflection – both of what has happened in the past and what may happen in the future. Sahar has a couple of excellent posts about the early days of domaining. He starts out by discussing which domainer started out the earliest. He mentions Chris... [Read more]
About Us
December 20, 2007
I’ve finally gotten around to writing a proper “About Us” page for Domain Bits. If you’re curious about the author of the blog, you can check it out. Also, please take a moment to introduce yourself. I’d really like to get to know the readers of my blog. Read More →
Domainersphere – List of Domaining Blogs
December 13, 2007
There has been a real explosion of blogs in the domainersphere over the last year. I don’t recall there being any blogs solely devoted to domaining a year ago, and now it seems that at least once a week I’m discovering a new domainer blog. To keep up with all of this, I’ve decided to... [Read more]
.com versus .net
December 12, 2007
Ray has done an interesting post on whether a business on a limited budget should get a category killer .net domain name or a more modest .com. While he states that it’s in the individual business’ choice, he does lean heavily towards the .com. Some of the factors Ray recommends considering... [Read more]
Geo Domain Sales
December 12, 2007
Further to my recent post on the results of Moniker’s recent Geo Auction, a couple nice geo domain sales were reported at DN Journal: Mallorca.net – 25,000 Euro = 36,653 MarshallCounty.com – 5,600 All things considered, some very good sales. Read More →
Become the Next Domain Multi-Millionaire – Learn the Domain Secrets of the Experts
December 10, 2007
For someone new to the world of domaining, getting started can seem daunting. There is so much to learn and so many different ways to do things. There is also a lot of contradictory advice out there. What’s a beginner to do? I think the best thing is to turn to the experts. For this article,... [Read more]
New York BBB
December 8, 2007
John Colascione points out that the BBB of New York has apparently failed to renew their domain bbbnewyork.org and it’s now a parked page. It looks to me like they are now using a subdomain of the main bbb.org site – www.newyork.bbb.org as their website. When I do a search in Google for “bbb... [Read more]
Not Another DotMobi Post!
December 8, 2007
The week has been saturated with posts about the goings on in the dotmobi world. No need for me to repeat this, you can find good coverage all over the domainersphere at Sahar’s Blog, DN Journal, Andrew’s Blog, Domain Name News, and Elliot’s Blog. The first piece of in depth analysis... [Read more]
LLLL.net – Just Say No
December 8, 2007
After the buyout of all LLLL.com domains, the latest hype in the domain world is LLLL.net domains (domains with four letters dot net). Buy them up now at reg fee, it is said, and once they’re all bought up, there’s nowhere the values can go but up! They’re going fast – get in... [Read more]
Race of the Domain Extensions – Which Increases in Value Fastest?
December 5, 2007
You can make money from a variety of strategies in domains – but what’s the domain extension that increases in value the fastest? I’ve tried to crunch some hard figures to answer this question. The most comprehensive resource we have as to what the domain market is are the reports in... [Read more]
Coase Theorem & Domains
November 27, 2007
Yesterday, Dominik provided a basic economic analysis of the supply and demand of domain names. Then today Steve Levitt of Freakonomics made a post about the Coase Theorem and Domain Names. I’m very interested in economics, so I’m going to offer some economic analysis of domain names. If... [Read more]
Sedo Christmas Auction – Great PR, No Sales
November 27, 2007
I was watching the Sedo Christmas and New Year auction with interest. The auction offered several prime generic .co.uk holiday domains. These kind of names have special interest and value – see Jay’s post where he talks about ThanksGiving.com, BlackFriday.com and CyberMonday.com. Unfortunately,... [Read more]
Legal Tips for Domainers
November 26, 2007
Via Elliot’s interview with Brett Lewis I found this useful article that provides practical tips for protecting your domain names. Well worth reading the entire article. The points it covers are: Rule 1. Register dictionary words and fanciful terms that you make up. [Read more] Read More →
Elliot’s Blog
November 26, 2007
Elliot has just written an excellent post full of useful information for domainers and well worth reading. In his post, he provides domain speculation pointers. Elliot provides some great tips for finding unregistered domains that are worth more than reg fee. While a lot of people state that all the... [Read more]
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