Domain Name News

Not only do we have two FANTASTIC sponsors — DomainSponsor.com as our lead sponsor and Donuts.co as our supporting sponsor — allowing us to host our premiere DNSeattle event on the top of the Space Needle, but a couple of other companies have stepped up to make this the best domain name meetup event of 2014.

Get this!

* One (1) Apple iPhone 5s or iPod Air will be given away as a door prize to a lucky winner, compliments of Estibot.com

* Everyone will receive a 60-day free trial to Estibot and Dropping at the Advanced level (a $99/customer/service/month, totaling about $400/customer) (not applicable to existing customers; not transferrable) from Estibot.com and Dropping.com

* Three (3) 6-month Pro memberships to DomainTools loaded with report credits and other neato stuff (a $300-$1000 value each) from DomainTools.com…

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The Week of Domaining In Review: December 14, 2013.

The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

Objection Panel Goes Rogue and…, Trademark Clearinghouse Extends Alert Service…, It Looks Like Someone is…, Bioplus Loses UDRP to Grab…, Company Behind UDRPsearch.com Sues After…, Ameritrade Loses .broker Objection Against…, Dotshabaka Chooses Pool.com for Sunrise…, Drug Giant Sanofi Loses Domain…, TMCH Extends Trademark Claims Indefinitely,…, Go Daddy to Take $2,500…, GAC Kills Off Two More…, German Geo .ruhr Enters The…, Pirate Bay once again forced…, GoDaddy Has a $12,500 Price…, Verisign is Testing Lower .com…, Demands Media’s Rightside Releases Introductory…, Verisign Loses New TLD Objection…, Hardheaded Governments Vs. Amazon.com, SnapNames.com Add .co.uk and .cn…, Art.com Build On Category Killer…, .uno Starts Sunrise Period, Runs…, Tony Willoughby Finds Another Company…, Aero Club of New Delhi,…, .music, .song, and .tunes New…, UDRP Panel Fails to Order…, Technology Companies Propose Plan On…, Looks Like GoDaddy Charges Some…, ICANN Will Have to Make…, Jetpack Domains Hit With ICANN…, ICANN Floats New Rules for…, Facebook Wins First Uniform Rapid…, ICANN Sends Notice of Breach…, MutualFunds.com Sold By HA: Total…, How Did Verisign Meet Its…, Intellectual Property Owners Association Tells…, Donuts’ Portfolio Swells As ICANN…, The National Association of Realtors®…, John Berryhill On Why You…The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

This Week’s DomainSherpa Interview

• VIDEO: Why Ken Hansen Left .NYC for the Co.com Registry

  Ken Hansen was leading the .NYC top-level domain launch for Neustar. But an opportunity came up that he felt was even bigger than .NYC, one of the most anticipated new gTLDs pending launch.

  In this interview you will learn about the mission of the Co.com registry, how the registry is operated, what their marketing plan and tactics include, how pricing will be structured in the land rush and general availability phases, and how they will grow registrations.

  Watch The Full Show Now »

Additional Resources

• DomainSherpa Review – Dec 11, 2013

  In this show:

• 80+ health and beauty domain names are reviewed
• A small, newer-domain investor portfolios is discussed
• 15 Names pre-auction at NameJet
• The Domain King is king, and much more!

  This is the show where we get into the minds of successful domain name investors and talk about the value of specific domain names. By listening to the Sherpas, we expand our thought process so we can become more successful investors ourselves.

  We’re joined by four Domain Sherpas: Adam Dicker, Michael Berkens, Page Howe and Rick Schwartz.

  Read/Watch »

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The Week of Domaining In Review: December 6, 2013.

The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

“Cloud” is Not a Community,…, .Uno & .Menu Have Arrived, How Much Will Domainers and…, And S&P Loses UDRP Because…, Standard & Poor’s Loses Domain…, 13 Year Old Wafu.com Lost…, Ontario Company Paid $137,500 to…, Small Kiwi Registrar Loses Accreditation, ALMC.com Saved in UDRP Decided…, SellMyApp.com Saved in UDRP As…, The Internet Has Run Out…, IPO Warns About Premium Loopholes…, Variety.com Publishes; Epic Fail:…, Oink.com With Trademark Sold for…, How Premium New gTLD’s Might…, Are 10,000 Registrations a Realistic…, Superstitious Launch Planned for Chinese…, .EU Names to Be Sold…, Dotkiwi Puts $7 Million of…, Fxx.com, Fxx.net, Fxx.org and Fxx.ca…, Square Grouper Tiki Bar Guilty…, TheDomains.com’s 6,000th Post On Their…, .EU Extends to Norway, Iceland…, E.U., U.S. and Hong Kong…, Amazon.com Registers Domain Names for…, Hosting Company XBT.com is The…, 12 Year Old 8�–8.net Lost…, Two More New gTLDs Delegated, Here’s a Mainstream Publication That…, Troubling: UDRP Panel Hands Over…, UDRP Panel Refuses to Let…, Nominet Drops Libel Lawsuit Against…, Google’s First New gTLD Hits…The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

This Week’s DomainSherpa Interview

• VIDEO: The Fundamentals of a Revenue-generating Website – With David Fairley

  Understanding the basics of a revenue-generating website is half of the equation to successfully building and exiting an Internet business.

  In this interview, a successful entrepreneur and business broker walks us through the fundamentals, including understanding – in detail – how to value websites, how he finds so many buyers in the $50,000 to $5 million range, and what types of businesses are always in demand by buyers.

  Watch The Full Show Now »

Additional Resources

• DomainSherpa Review – Dec 5, 2013

  In this show:

• Drop or renew: 6 criteria to evaluate domain names
• Mike Berkens’ new registrations in .horse (yes, .horse)
• What Page Howe registered after researching new TLDs
• Domain name age, valuations, and much more!

  This is the show where we get into the minds of successful domain name investors and talk about the value of specific domain names. By listening to the Sherpas, we expand our thought process so we can become more successful investors ourselves.

  We’re joined by four Domain Sherpas: Adam Dicker, Michael Berkens, Page Howe and Rick Schwartz.

  Read/Watch »

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The Week of Domaining In Review: November 16, 2013.

The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

.kiwi Launches Founders Program, JustCloud.com Buys Mega.co for $60,000…, Verisign Publishes 3rd Part of…, Frank Schilling’s First New Top…, .sexy and 10 More gTLDs…, J.P. Morgan Registers Domain Names…, Timbermate Products Guilty of Reverse…, Under Armour Buys MapMyFitness for…, Some New TLDs Will Run…, Architelos Publishes The Second Installment…, 1&1 Prices First Four Donuts…, Will ICANN Be Forced to…, RightOfTheDot to Manage .club’s Premium…, ICANN urged to rule on…, Tucows Shares Rocket to $3.00…, 1and1.com Tops 4 Million New…, ICANN Cautions About New TLD…, Troubling: Federal Court Gives Sharetv.com…, Sedo Auctioning Off 100 of…, Brands May Lead The New…, Demand Media Scores Another $1.3…, One Del Monte Calls The…, 7 Year Old Domain Jwines.com…, Sedo Reports Continuing Decline in…, Coffee Bean Direct Loses Second…, Over Half The World’s Biggest…, Over 87,000 New gTLD Domains…, Over 100 New gTLD Contracts…, ICANN Rejects Third New gTLD…, Donuts Wins Two More String…, Academy Wins Domain Name Ruling…, .club Signs Registry Agreement With…, 1and1.com Starts Selling Preregistrations for…, .buzz Registry Launches ICANNbuzz Ahead…, National Association of Realtors: Do…, Fairwinds: Time for UDRP Reform…, GoDaddy Goes All in On…, XYZ Says Auctions “Comfortably Within…, Will Quorvus Become The New…, New gTLDs Bring Back Tiered…, 1&1 Internet Signs Domain Names…, Domain Name Meetup in Seattle…, Verisign Publishes 2nd Part of…, NaturallyBorn.com Saved in UDRP, NCSG: ICANN Board-staff Violated Its…, NameJet to Auction New gTLD…, NameJet.com to Auction .xyz &…, Tucows Takes Over As Cheapies…The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

This Week’s DomainSherpa Interview

• VIDEO: How an Exact-Match Domain Turned $60 Million into $100+ Million in 5 Months – With Shaun McGowan

  Past DomainSherpa interviews have highlighted the power of exact-match domain names (EMDs) to instantly create business credibility, increase organic rankings in search engine results, and generate type-in traffic by potential customers.

  Today’s interview offers proof that EMDs can also assist in increasing the click-through rate of advertising on search engines like Google’s AdWords platform, decrease the amount per click spent on advertising by 35 percent, and increase the conversion rate of clicks to actual customers by 30 percent.

  Those are big benefits in themselves, but the final proof is that – while holding all other factors constant – a change in business and domain name from brandable Beep.com.au to exact-match CarLoans.com.au produced a 66 percent increase in sales turnover, driving their business from a $60 million company to $100 million in only five months.

  Watch The Full Show Now »

Additional Resources

• DomainSherpa Review – Nov 14, 2013

  Real Estate-related domains from 56 investors are discussed and valued, domains in the pre-release at NameJet are reviewed, and we crown a new “Registered or Available” king. Plus, a fantastic discussion in the After Show.

  This is the show where we get into the minds of successful domain name investors – people we call Sherpas – and talk about the value of specific domain names. By listening to the Sherpas, we expand our thought process so we can become more successful investors ourselves.

  We’re joined by four Domain Sherpas: Adam Dicker, Page Howe and Rick Schwartz.

  Read/Watch »

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DomainSherpa is announcing a meetup in Seattle in early 2014.

If you live/work in Seattle or visit regularly and you want to learn more about domain names, improve your investing knowledge, hear entrepreneurial success stories, learn the secrets of the industry, or just get out from behind your computer and meet other people interested in domain names, this is the meetup for you.

DNSeattle will focus on domain name:

• Buying
• Selling
• Monetizing
• Due diligence and legal issues
• Success stories from Seattle-based entrepreneurs and investors
• And much more

But, most importantly, it’s a networking opportunity to meet other people interested in domain names.

Learn more at: https://dnseattle.com/

Sign up at the bottom of the page for our mailing list. It’s not an RSVP, it’s just to tell us you’re in the Seattle area and you’d like to learn more about the event as we finalize a date and location.

If you’re interested in sponsoring, please contact Michael Cyger, the event organizer, at michael at dnseattle dot com.

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The Week of Domaining In Review: November 9, 2013.

The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

Domain Parking Clawback Dings Demand…, ICANN: No New gTLDs Last…, Demand Reports: Media Business Negatively…, Independent Objector Loses Case for…, Owner of CarCovers.com Claims They…, Cairns Airport Pty Ltd of…, KK.com Sells for $2.4 Million…, The Curious Case of .pets, New gTLD Program Committe Denies…, Nine Donuts gTLDs Delegated, How Web.com Upsells and Cross-sells…, Donuts to Skip Landrush On…, Donuts Puts Date to First…, About That Dotshabaka New TLD…, Marchex and Web.com Release Earnings…, .sexy and .uno Raise The…, Applicants Call for New gTLD…, Demand Media to Spin Off…, ICANN Makes GAC’s Category 1…, How Much is a Category…, Marchex Announces Third Quarter 2013 Results, New gTLD Program Committee Accepts…, New TLD Applicants Flummoxed By…, Demand Media Spinoff to Be…, .sport Fallout: 12 Applicants Call…, Afilias Loses Consolidated String Confusion…, With New gTLD’s Coming to…, Servers.com Domain Name to Sell…, Johnson & Johnson Loses Case…, Almost 15,000 Trademarks Registered in TMCH, Trademark Clearinghouse: Early Bird Pricing…, Is ICANN Ready to Start…, DomainTools Retools Website, Namebright Offers $4.99 .com Domain…, Two Dot-brands Pass Extended Evaluation, ICANN Board of Directors Get…, ADT Loses Bid to Grab…, .PersianGulf Survives Community Objection From…, Four More New gTLD Contracts…, First New Top Level Domain…, True Religion Jeans Company Sues…The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

This Week’s DomainSherpa Interview

• VIDEO: The Nokta Domains Guide to Domain Name Leasing – With Merve Engin

  Nokta Domains went from no domain name leases to earning as much from leasing as they do from domain name parking.

  Merve Engin, manager of domain name leasing, joins us to share how Nokta generates leasing leads, what their pricing methodology is, how they encourage leasees to purchase the domain at the end of the term, and much more.

  Watch The Full Show Now »

Additional Resources

• DomainSherpa Portfolio Review – Nov 7, 2013

  Sports and outdoors-related domains from 45 investors are discussed and valued, domains in the pre-release and pending delete status from NameJet are reviewed, and we crown a new “Registered or Available” king (or two?). Plus, a fantastic discussion in the After Show.

  This is the show where we get into the minds of successful domain name investors – people we call Sherpas – and talk about the value of specific domain names. By listening to the Sherpas, we expand our thought process so we can become more successful investors ourselves.

  We’re joined by four Domain Sherpas: Adam Dicker, Michael Berkens and Page Howe.

  Read/Watch »

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The Week of Domaining In Review: November 1, 2013.

The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

ING Direct Canada to Become…, Runnable.com Raises $2 Million After…, Search All New gTLD Collision…, GoDaddy is Back for The…, GoDaddy to Run Two Super…, Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 8%;…, Famous Four Issues Statement About…, GoDaddy Sends Out Its First…, Google Makes It Easier to…, Barrett Launches New gTLD Launch…, Wrap Up From OTA’s New…, Typical Name Collision Block List…, Three gTLD Community Objections Rejected, Verisign’s Earnings Continue To Grow…, BreatheAccord Wins Community Objection Against…, Robin Wauters Starting Tech Publication…, GoDaddy Signs Its 1st Registry-registrar…, dotCloud Renames Itself, Samsung Rolls Out Ad Campaign…, ICANN Gets a Chief Security…, Confirmed: 1and1.com Has Spent Over…, Donuts Successfully Defends .reisen Community…, Verisign Lays It All Out…, Demand Media to Call Spinoff…, Enom and Name.com Sign 2013…, Host Europe Group Acquisition Domain…, .club Selects Sedo for Sunrise…, ICANN Compliance Not Broken, Ombudsman…, Chehade Talks Up Split From…, Six More gTLD Contracts Signed, Traffic Leakage Alert: Healthcare.gov Seekers…, Community Objections to .islam and…, Three New gTLDs Makes It…, ICANN Signs Contracts for .wang…, Australian Energy Company Files UDRP…, Binary Options Site Spends $99,000…, Verisign Creates Patent Website, Still…, We Said It Over a…, Losing Private New gTLD Auctions…, TLDH Scores Nearly $5 Million…, First URS Case Decided With…, Applicant questions how .Cars collision…, Verisign’s .com Continues to Grow,…, Verisign Reports: 125.9 Million .com/.net…, 1and1.com New gTLD’s Pre-reservations Pass…, Panel Dismisses UDRP Based Mostly…, Michael Berkens Defends RoadWatch.com Domain…, Demand Media Lays Off All…, Here’s How to Display New…, Here’s How to Display New…, Applicant Questions How .cars Collision…, Four More New TLD Contention…, ICANN Helps Bust Russian Child…, Donuts Wins Three New gTLD…, On Day One, Donuts in…The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

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The Week of Domaining In Review: October 26, 2013.

The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

Applicant questions how .Cars collision…, Verisign’s .com Continues to Grow,…, Verisign Reports: 125.9 Million .com/.net…, 1and1.com New gTLD’s Pre-reservations Pass…, Panel Dismisses UDRP Based Mostly…, Michael Berkens Defends RoadWatch.com Domain…, Demand Media Lays Off All…, Here’s How to Display New…, Applicant Questions How .cars Collision…, Four More New TLD Contention…, ICANN Helps Bust Russian Child…, Donuts Wins Three New gTLD…, On Day One, Donuts in…, Escrow.com: We Close Domain Sales…, It’s Official: First 4 New…, First New gTLDs Delegated (Really!), Directi’s Radix Wins .website gTLD…, Shares of Top Level Domain…, ICANN Using Prism As Excuse…, Verisign Vs ICANN Round 3, PPA Media Services / Ryan…, Live New gTLDs This Month?…, UDRP: FlowGuard.com Barred By Laches…, First 4 New gTLD’s (All…, Dates and Pricing Finalized for…, Walmart Defeats Union Website, Drug Maker Loses UDRP On…, Sedo Launches Site in Chinese:…, Bob Parsons Buys Marketing AgencyThe latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

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The Week of Domaining In Review: October 18, 2013.

The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

Face Value: Digging Through Google’s…, Google Reports Paid Clicks Up…, Another Domain Sale We Never…, Apple Wins Control of 11…, Buyer Beware: New Alternative Root…, ICANN: Implementing The New gTLD…, Over 7,000 .LA Domains Registered…, Donuts’ .shopping Found Too Similar…, Polo Sport Beats Polo Brand…, Moniker.com Sends Out Emails Promoting…, Del Monte Responds to Strange…, .CO Registry Announces the Global…, Last Sold in 2005 for…, 15 Year Old Domain Lost…, Demand Media Shares Hit 52…, Survey Finds Only One in…, GoDaddy Acquires Webhosting Company (Mt)…, Trademark+50 Costs $75 to $200 a Pop, CEO Rosenblatt Quits Demand Media, CADNA Calls On Congress to…, Elliot’s Blog Rebrands As Domaininvesting.com…, For Internet Rulers, the Vatican…, Pope Francis and the Vatican…, BGC Rejects Reconsideration Requests: 2…, Domain Broker Media Options Acquires…, Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt…, NameBright.com Launches Its Next Generation…, ITU Says Numeric .tel Domains…, Uniregistry Beats Back Google’s Objection…, ICANN Publishes New TLD Applicant…, NationwideLifts.com Saved in UDRP Which…, After Acquiring TenMarks, Amazon.com’s Domain…, Freelancer.com – Six Figure Name…, .org Launches Website Makeover Contest, Facing Competition From .kiwi, New…, .shop Applicant Has Really Lost…, More Extended Evaluation Passes This…, No Wonder UDRP’s are a…, Google’s Registry for New gTLD’s;…, Google Acquires CRR.com Domain Name…, True Religion Loses Domain Dispute,…, .wed Becomes One of The…, Donuts’ First gTLD Sunrise Slated…, Spy Optic, Inc. Guilty of…, Third Bulgarian New gTLDs Conference…, Domain Name Association Opens Membership, Some gTLD Applicants Welcome ICANN’s…, ICANN Sends Out 1st Community…, Signed New TLD Registry Contracts…, Google and Amazon.com Backpeddle On…, After 12 Years & Over…The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.

This Week’s DomainSherpa Interview

• VIDEO: Joint Ventures for Domain Name Development – With Zak Muscovitch

  “I’ve got the brains, you’ve got the looks / Let’s make lots of money” – lyrics to a song released in 1985 by UK-based Pet Shop Boys.

  That’s the same situation that many developers and domain name owners hope to achieve by forming a joint venture – combining their respective strengths to make lots of money.

  But how do you progress from the “we just met” phase to the “we’re partners and wildly successful” phase? What if the domain name owner receives an offer to sell the domain that they can’t refuse? Or what if the developer fails to deliver on the timeline and thresholds that were agreed to prior to the joint venture?

  All these questions – and more – are answered in this interview.

  Watch The Full Show Now »

Additional Resources

• DomainSherpa Portfolio Review – Oct 17, 2013

  Educational domains from 35 investors, domains from the OutcomeBrokerage.com newsletter are reviewed, and we crown a new “Registered or Available” king.

  This is the show where we get into the minds of successful domain name investors – people we call Sherpas – and talk about the value of specific domain names. By listening to the Sherpas, we expand our thought process so we can become more successful investors ourselves.

  We’re joined by four Domain Sherpas: Adam Dicker, Michael Berkens, Page Howe and Rick Schwartz.

  Read/Watch »

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