It’s easy to buy a domain name. What many people don’t realize is that just because you can buy a domain name doesn’t mean you should. In many cases, it can be risky.

Before purchasing (or even negotiating the price) of a domain name, you should check several key indicators to ensure that the risk of buying the domain name of interest is low.

The Week of Domaining In Review: June 3, 2011.

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

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Frank Schilling is shaking up the domain parking industry by providing a reported 50-90% more revenue to domain name portfolio owners.

With very little information published on his new company’s website, InternetTraffic.com, I sat down with Frank to get the whole story and clear up some rumors and misconceptions about his new service.

I received this very nice email from domain investor Fred Lepper of KeywordDomains.ca. It only took Fred a few minutes to write the email, but it’s appreciated immensely.

Fred’s email is also a great opportunity for me to thank him, ask you for additional feedback, and remind you that there are three ways to consume interview content: video, audio and text.

If you have a new business, product or service that you need to name, most likely you will need a domain name to go with it. But with over 200 million domain names registered to date, the one you brainstormed in five minutes has most likely been reserved by someone else.

You’re in luck. Technologist Brad Pineau has recently launched a free domain name discovery service. DomainHole.com not only helps you determine if your domain name ideas are available, but will spin you some new names, generate some off-the-wall suggestions, and check recently expired or soon-to-expire domain names for a match.

The Week of Domaining In Review: May 27, 2011.

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

DNS Filtering: Absolutely The Wrong …, Go Daddy Loses Appeal On …, Baby’s 1…, With The Creation of Custom …, Tra Announces The Impending Closure …, Internet Adds 4.5 Million Domain …, DoylesRoom Makes Statement After Seizure …, Domain Wars: A Tale of …, Spammers Create Short Url Systems …, Why We Haven’t Seen Any …

Wouldn’t it be great to be the CEO of Groupon or LivingSocial right now? Two domain investors are trying to do just that – but by specializing in their own niche: pizzerias.

Maz Ghani and Ron Santos bought Pizzerias.com in an expired domain name auction, and are building a business where consumers and pizzerias both win. You might be able to do the same thing with one of your domain names – watch and find out.

In the domain world, Sedo is considered one of the top domain name marketplaces. It leads DN Journal’s domain sales list almost every week and runs the domain industry’s leading domain auctions, promoting the top domain extensions and the world’s greatest premium domain names.

In order to sell a domain name on Sedo, you must have an active account. Are you ready to take the next step? Soon enough you will list your first domain name on Sedo. The images below will guide you through the steps to open a new Sedo account and to list a domain name.

The Week of Domaining In Review: May 20, 2011.

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

Domainadvisors Completes Record Breaking Domain …, Eric Schmidt Compares U.S., British …, Go Daddy Has Donated $4.2 …, .nu Domain Achieves Top Ranking …, Premium Domain Names and Web …, Amazon Buys The A.Co, Z.Co, …, Sedo Sued for $1…, Done Ventures Sues Sedo Over …, Are Investors or Individuals Driving …, Oversee.net Gets Updated Domain Parking …

Hundreds of millions of domain names have been sold in the past, yet the future of the domain name industry is based on our ability to bring additional services into the industry, such as insurance, titles, initial public offerings or stock exchanges. This requires a standard methodology and formula for valuing domain names.

Andrew Rosener has taken a brave step forward to share his domain name valuation methodology. Andrew’s methodology is not the final say; it is the start of the discussion. Watch the interview, test his formula and contribute to the conversation by suggesting methodology improvements in the comments.