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ChefPatrick.com
Francois, owner of Domaining.com, has organized a special domain name sales newsletter that will benefit sellers and bloggers. The idea is for the blogging community to promote January 9th’s Domaining.com newsletter, giving it more eyes for sellers and increase newsletter reach. In addition to the blogger circuit the newsletter will be broadcast on two popular domaining [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Although the .ME registry completed their premium .me domain name auction last week, I haven’t seen any posted sales, so I figured I would share some information about it. In short, of the 178 domain names listed for sale about 41% (73) met reserve. Total sales ended with $167,708, which is an average of $2,297 [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Can’t afford to buy that premium .com domain name? .ME might be the perfect alternative for you. As an avid reader of TechCrunch.com, usually there is not a week that goes by where a new project is funded involving a catchy .ME domain name. Startups love value and .ME domain names offer just that. .ME [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
As reported on ElliotsBlog.com, .XXX Sunrise period which originally was to end today, has been extended until Monday, October 31st, 4pm EST. Also reported is they have received over 70,000 pre-registration requests. At roughly $200 each that is $14 million, WOW! For those of you that don’t know if the Sunrise period is for you, watch this [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Ok no, Netflix.com did not forget to renew its domain name, but this is funny. Still, within the humor are several important messages. Don’t forget to renew (auto renew) your valuable domain names. Buy easy to spell and pronounce domain names, nothing too tricky. Secure your developed brand by purchasing available typos. Watch the entire [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The news of .XXX sponsoring a powerboat broke late last week, so I am a little late to posting. Although late, I think it’s great news. Any chance of getting the word out about domain names is awesome and this is certainly a BIG way to do it! This is now the second boat that [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Earlier today Oversee.net sent out a press release announcing DOMAINfest’s Global 2012 date, January 31 to February 2. The one question I had, and I’m sure everyone had, will they be ending at the Playboy Mansion again?. Well, I emailed Oversee and this was their official response. “After three years of Farewell Parties at the [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I just received the following email from Mason Cole, Oversee.net VP of Communications & Industry Relations. I am confirming the departure of Jeff Kupietzky from his executive role with Oversee at the end of August. After five years with the company and the last two and a half years as CEO and President, Jeff has elected for [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Wow… it has been a long time since I have posted a comic strip. Actually this one was prepared for my first DNCruise, but I never posted it. Last year we offered a money back guarantee for DNCruise guests that have never been to a domaining conference prior to this. We were the first and [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Victor was a great host of the Domain Masters show for many years, the industry is lucky to have him back again. Press Release: Victor Pitts has returned to once again host the longest running podcast on the domain name Industry, which has churned out over 240 episodes since its inception in November 2004. Fort [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
For those of you that have not already seen, I was interviewed by DomainSherpa.com which posted yesterday. Thank you to Michael Cyger for the invite and interview. I also want to add a bravo to Michael. He’s done a great job with his video interviews. Michael has interviewed some great guests such as Frank Schilling, [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Over the weekend Elliot Silver of ElliotsBlog.com did an excellent article comparing the amount of domain names that resolve to each parking company. The article was based off of DNS information provided by DailyChanges.com. Unfortunately, as Elliot pointed out, the data may not be completely accurate because some customers use their own DNS controls. Personally thinking that [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Disney purchased ClubPenguin.com in August of 2007 for $700 million, $350 million cash and potentially another $350 million based on performance goals. At the time of purchase ClubPenguin.com had more than 12 million members with roughly 700,000 of them paying $57.95 per year. Do the math, that is over $40 million per year in revenue. You [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The big news in the domaining community today is that .CO has sold it’s 1,000,000th web address. Here is the statement released by .CO this morning. “.CO Internet S.A.S., the official registry operator for the .CO domain, announced today that it has reached the landmark one millionth .CO domain name registration. Less than one year [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I haven’t seen any news about this so figured I would bring some attention to it. On October 5th 2010 Michael Berkens of TheDomains.com published information about an upcoming Moniker auction which Restaurants.com was part of. Berkens posted this in relation to the domain name, “Reserve price I’m told is north of $6 Million making this [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
So what’s the big secret, we all already know that John Ferber is a millionaire from creating and then selling his Advertising.com business to Time Warner in 2004 for just shy of $500 million. You can read more about that story on ElliotsBlog.com. The secret here, or at least until Secret Millionaire airs tomorrow night, [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I’ve been counseled by many people on whether to post anything about this at all or not. I decided that I would share my side and then leave it there as I believe this will answer everyone’s questions on what really happened. However, first I need to comment on motivations behind Rick’s postings because I [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Nearly one year ago, after being self-employed for over five years, I decided to take a position with domain name registrar Moniker as a premium broker. A lot of people questioned why I did this. Well, last January before DOMAINfest my friends Morgan Linton and Jason Thompson held their Southern California Domainers Meetup which I [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I know this post is going to seem out of the blue considering I haven’t posted since Christmas, (thank you DomainGang.com for pointing that out), but that’s ok. I absolutely had to show some support for my friend Mike Law over at NameTalent.com. Mike recently announced that he would be hosting a new “never before [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I know it is late in the day, but I wanted to at least get out a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone in the domain community. Picture below taken two weeks ago at the beach. I know, living in Florida is tough Next week I will be posting a 2010 recap for Chef [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Join Stu Maloff, Mike Ward and myself tomorrow night at 7pm est for a South Florida Domainer meetup located in Lighthouse Point, Florida. Come casual, no structured networking or speaking for this one. Just relax, enjoy the pizza and hang out fellow domainers. Our sponsor for the evening is Moniker/Snapnames which will be providing pizza [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
***Breaking News*** About two hours ago I received a Like request to join a Bido.com Facebook fan page. So what does this mean? It means that Bido is back! I have personally confirmed with an unnamed source that Bido will be coming back soon. In fact, another domainer on Facebook has already pointed out that [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The winner is… Ok, not so fast. First I want to start off by saying thank you to Escrow.com for providing a free cruise pass to the contest winner. For those of you that have not used Escrow.com to complete your domain sales, do so, it’s an excellent service. Secondly I’d like to say this [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Escrow.com and I are giving away a free DNCruise conference pass, cruise to Cozumel Mexico and even including round-trip airfare (up to $250). If you are a domain investor, own at least ten domain names and are available for a cruise from October 11-15 then keep reading. With less than 45 days to go we [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I’m famous, I made it on CNN Money. Ok, so it was just for a split second, lol. Watch the video, you will see myself sitting next to client Kevin Wood whom purchased Companion.com $45,000 and Hoarders.com $1,500 during DOMAINfest’s live auction held in New York on August 18th. In total the auction sold $1,801,900 [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I was reading TMZ.com, which I do daily. Yes I like celebrity gossip, lol. During my daily read of celebrity news I found an article which included GoDaddy. It appears that Michael Jackson’s estate is suing the owner of MichaelJacksonCasino.com and has included GoDaddy in that lawsuit. Why is GoDaddy involved, because they allowed the registrant [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
DNCruise which sets sail out of Miami Florida on October 11th for Cozumel Mexico is the first domain conference ever to be held on a boat. Now DNCruise is the first conference to offer a money back guarantee! You read correct, a money back guarantee. For any domain investor that has never been to a conference before, [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Tonight’s guest will be Jonathan Johnson III, President of Overstock.com. We will be discussing the companies recent purchase of O.co for $350,000. Be sure to join me and my co-host Morgan Linton tonight at 7pm EST LIVE on Domain Masters Radio on WebmasterRadio.fm. To listen in and join the chat visit WebmasterRadio.fm/chat. The show is over, but you [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Some of you may have already heard this, but Victor Pitts is no longer the host of Domain Masters Radio. Victor Pitts has done a phenomenal job the last few years hosting over 100 episodes. More on this tonight. The new host is….(drum roll)…Chef Patrick That’s right, I am the new host of the show. [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Just a quick note to let you know tonight I will be co-hosting Domain Masters radio show with Victor Pitts. This will be my first of many appearances as the new co-host of Domain Masters.
Be sure to tune in tonight at 7pm est as we do a LIVE show. Guests will be free to chat [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
WhyPark Enhances Domain Development Platform with ‘Domain Apps’
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands — July 6, 2010 — WhyPark, the scalable domain development division of Parked.com, Ltd., announced today the launch of “Domain Apps By WhyPark”. The new release to the WhyPark platform allows customers to add depth, relevant engaging content and functionality, through the use of [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Moniker/SnapNames Celebrate July 4th with valuable .US Domain Name Online Auction, including CreditReports.us, Flights.us, Candy.us, Slots.us and PayAdvances.us.
The online auction will begin July 1st at 9:00 am ET and end on July 8th at 3:15 pm ET. For more information or to preview the .us domain names, visit SnapNames.com at: http://showcase.snapnames.com/2010/07/dotUS-auction
I just wanted to [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
You are cordially invited to join Mike Ward, Stu Maloff, myself and about 30 other South Florida Domainers for a meetup this Thursday night.
.CO Internet is our sponsor and has generously agreed to provide dinner, non-alcoholic drinks, tax and tip. For anyone interest in .CO extension this will be a great time to ask questions [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NameMedia today announced the launch of Afternic Portfolio Manager a new, easy-to-use domain distribution and inventory management tool for large portfolio owners to sell their names through the industry’s largest domain marketplace at AfternicDLS. Afternic Portfolio Manager is available immediately at no cost.
“Afternic Portfolio Manager provides our customers the ability reconcile their inventory [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The following is a guest post written by Morgan Linton. Morgan is the President of Linton Investments, a Los Angeles-based Domain Investment Firm. Morgan runs a ccTLD Brokerage Newsletter and is the publisher of ccTLD Investors magazine. Morgan writes about his adventures in Domain Investing on his blog – MorganLinton.com.
How to learn more about any [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Within the past couple of weeks Moniker reported the sale of Slots.com for an estimated $5,500,000. I say estimated because legal and escrow fees were not calculated into the sales price. One thing that was unclear to the public is who the buyer was. This morning Bodog brand released a press release letting the world [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I love to save money whenever I can in regards to making purchases in general. This rings true with my domaining ventures as well. I think most consumers, myself included, want to feel like they got a good deal when they buy something. Granted sometimes we just can’t get around how much we might have [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The following is a guest post written by Morgan Linton. Morgan is the President of Linton Investments, a Los Angeles-based Domain Investment Firm. Morgan runs a ccTLD Brokerage Newsletter and is the publisher of ccTLD Investors magazine. Morgan writes about his adventures in Domain Investing on his blog – MorganLinton.com.
With the .CO launch getting closer [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Only days before the GEO Domain Expo in New Orleans did Patrick Carleton send me an email saying to send a bio within the hour, because I would be speaking Thursday. I don’t know if you guys remember but I am deathly afraid of public speaking. Just this past November was my first ever speaking [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
DOMAINfest Live Auction has come to an end…thank goodness! This being my first live auction I will admit I am exhausted. Right now I am up in the room, taking a break and catching my breath. In just a few minutes I will head back down for a few hours more of networking and dinner [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
My good friend and fellow domain investor/blogger Morgan Linton is appearing live today at 2pm EST on Owen Frager’s Domain Success show.
Morgan has become a weekly writer for this blog sharing his knowledge of the ccTLD market, an area I am not an expert in.
Morgan will be discussing the following:
Domain Monetization
Domainvestors Television
Domaining Seminars in Los [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Well, not exactly, not yet at least. What I meant to say is my first domain name under contract that should sell for $1mil plus. That name is…CommunityCollege.com.
Here are some of the names I am brokering in the upcoming DOMAINfest Live Auction later this week…
CommunityCollege.com
Karate.com
Detox.com
Counselors.com
Therapists.com
eAgent.com
ToasterOvens.com
VS.net
Birth.net
MotorLodge.com
NIX.net
If you would like further information on these or any of [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The following is a guest post written by Morgan Linton. Morgan is the President of Linton Investments, a Los Angeles-based Domain Investment Firm. Morgan runs a ccTLD Brokerage Newsletter and is the publisher of ccTLD Investors magazine. Morgan writes about his adventures in Domain Investing on his blog – MorganLinton.com.
Many people see the ccTLD market [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Michael Berkens of TheDomains.com posted yesterday that Moniker.com sold the domain name Photo.com for $1.25 million. Photo.com is currently registered under Network Solutions privacy, the buyer is building a new website which should be launching in the upcoming months.
Photo.com $1,250,000
Alexa Rank: 300,850
Google Page Rank: 5
Google Search: not listed on first 3 pages
Compete.com: 10,242 unique and [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Auction is now closed!
GeoDomain auction is coming to an end today at 3:15pm EST.
So far there are 22 bids on 14 different domain names. To place a bid and check out the 800+ domain names up for auction visit SnapNames.com.
Once the auction is over I will post the results right here.
Results – 24 domain names [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The following is a guest post written by Morgan Linton. Morgan is the President of Linton Investments, a Los Angeles-based Domain Investment Firm. Morgan runs a ccTLD Brokerage Newsletter and is the publisher of ccTLD Investors magazine. Morgan writes about his adventures in Domain Investing on his blog – MorganLinton.com.
Let’s face it – IDNs will [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Sorry I haven’t had the time to blog lately. Don’t worry, if I have to get under the desk at work to blog I will!
Previous Comic Strip: How Does This Thing Work?
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ChefPatrick.com
This week’s video sponsor is WhyPark.com, a mix between development and parking.
Links:
GoDrops.com Relaunches Expired Domain Finder Service by DomainNameWire.com
I Am Giving Away Two FREE Tickets to the GeoDomain Expo by ElliotsBlog.com
Bargain Domains Switches to Auction Format by DomainNameWire.com
The Domain Name Wire Auction Auction by DomainShane.com
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ChefPatrick.com
Sorry for the lack of blog posts over the last two weeks. I plan on spending some quality time this weekend getting caught up on some posts and schedule a few out for the upcoming week. I also have plans to have Elizabeth over tomorrow to help me with this week’s news video.
What have I [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Press Release
MONIKER AND SNAPNAMES INTRODUCE PRE-AUCTION BIDDING FOR UPCOMING PREMIUM LIVE AUCTION AT DOMAINFEST® IN FORT LAUDERDALE
Online Registration Now Open For DOMAINfest Fort Lauderdale Power Networking Event
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (April XX, 2010) —- Moniker ® and SnapNames®, both Oversee.net® companies, announced the launch of a pre-auction bidding system for the live premium domain name auction [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I’m sure you’ve already heard, but after nearly six years of being self employed I now have a job. You can read more about my position with Moniker here.
Previous Comic Strip: Easter Bunny Files UDRP For Easter.com
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This week’s video sponsor is Name.com, the registrar that Chef Patrick uses.
Sorry for the delay in posting. I actually did this hours ago but completely forgot to post, I got so wrapped up in work.
Links:
Moniker Brings In A Hired Gun – Chef Patrick by ChefPatrick.com
Rick Latona Changes Newsletter To Daily Auctions by ChefPatrick.com
Sedo [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
As of April 1st, I am Oversee.net’s newest hired gun (Domain Sales Specialist) brokering domain names for Moniker/SnapNames. You all know me as a hard core entrepreneur. I haven’t worked for anyone but myself for the last 5 years. I know you are wondering why I would accept a position with ANY company, so I’ll [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Rick Latona is switching things up a bit!
In a nutshell, he’s taking what used to be his daily newsletter and has turned it into a daily auction instead. For the inaugural auction the inventory will have a $1.00 reserve, but going forward after that the names will have a reserve price.
Most of the auctions will [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
SnapNames Spring no reserve auction ends tomorrow at 3:15pm EST. I think it’s a great idea to hold a no reserve auction. This allows for the market to set fair pricing.
Some of my favorite domain names in the auction are:
IPOLawyer.com
ClaimLostMoney.com
AffordableRate.com
SpamProof.com
NoApplicationFee.com
Visit SnapNames.com to check out a list of names and place your bids.
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ChefPatrick.com
The following is a guest post written by Morgan Linton. Morgan is the President of Linton Investments, a Los Angeles-based Domain Investment Firm. Morgan runs a ccTLD Brokerage Newsletter and is the publisher of ccTLD Investors magazine. Morgan writes about his adventures in Domain Investing on his blog – MorganLinton.com.
ccTLDs offer incredible opportunities for domain [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The Easter Bunny is not happy, he wants Easter.com.
Happy Easter Everyone!
Previous Comic Strip: tldRoulette.com
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ChefPatrick.com
My travel arrangements are now booked for GEO Domain Expo. I have to say that it’s not a moment to soon. Patrick Carleton sent me an email yesterday saying their block of reserved hotel rooms will be gone on Wednesday. That means for everyone that hasn’t reserved a room, you might not be able to [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
This week’s video sponsors are SocialDomainers.com and Name.com. Both companies held two great contests to give away some awesome prizes. For Name.com we announced the winner of a $500 account credit and for SocialDomainers.com we announced two winners of an Apple iPad. Make sure you watch to see who won!
Links:
Mark Klein Rejoins Tucows [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
YH.com has been hijacked from it’s owner, Jaynell Hogan. The thief is actively marketing the domain name for sale so before making any purchase please verify owner’s information. Jaynell’s correct email address is Jaynell @ me.com.
Escrow.com is also aware of this, if there is any doubt use their service for transfer.
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ChefPatrick.com
In February, Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire.com reported the ability to use Google AdSense on .TEL domain names by the end of March. I just received my first email for just that. OnlineNIC has announced they are now supporting the use of Google AdSense with .TEL domains. Based on the email received it appears at this [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Earlier today Sedo.com reported the sale of domain name Pilot.com for $300,000. Whois history shows the seller under privacy and the buyer as DBS, LLC which may also be known as Hearst Entertainment & Syndication. Before looking up the buyer my initial reaction for domain use would be, as pictured to the left, an airline [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
As of right now you have less than 7 hours to enter for a chance to win one of two Apple iPads.
How to you enter:
Sign up at SocialDomainers.com by midnight est tonight. Your name will then get thrown into a drawing for a chance to win one of two 16GB WiFi enabled iPads.
Drawing and winners [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Press Release
The premier online escrow company chosen as the best escrow service for domain purchases, according to a recent DomainNameWire survey.
March 31, 2010 – Escrow.com, the leader in secure internet settlement services, has been selected as the leading service for domain name transactions in Domain Name Wire’s 5th annual survey of over 500 domain name [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
First things first, let me announce the final $50 weekly winner. Our fifth weekly winner is R. Bagshaw. Mr. Bagshaw has already been notified and the $50 credit applied to his Name.com account.
Ok, today is the LAST CHANCE you have to enter for the Name.com grand prize of a $500 account credit. All you have [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Files.com finds a good home, goes to the company that owns of Software.com. Today Sedo reported the sale of Files.com for $725,000.
Files.com $725,000
Google Search: listed on the second page
Google Page Rank: 3
Alexa Rank: 145,683
Compete.com: 7,726 unique and 9,348 total visits per month
Keyword: 22,200 local and 201,000 global searches per month
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ChefPatrick.com
Now launching tldRoulette.com, register a domain name with random tld’s.
Click on the comic strip to enlarge.
Previous Comic Strip: Oops .TV Did It Again
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ChefPatrick.com
Today’s video sponsor is Parked.com.
Links:
JustDropped.com Sale Never Completed - ChefPatrick.com
DOMAINfest To Hold Two One-Day Events In The U.S. – ChefPatrick.com
Domain Madness Auction Continues (Already Over $200k In Sales) - DomainMadness2.com
FourSquare Admits Its Expired Domain Name Mistake – DomainNameWire.com
Chance To Win One of Two iPads With SocialDomainers.com – ChefPatrick.com
Chance To Win The $500 Grand Prize Account Credit With [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I will personally be attending both events. I live in Florida so Fort Lauderdale is not that far and for New York, I’ll already be in town for Affiliate Summit. Great idea to schedule the New York networking event the day after Affiliate Summit!
Press Release
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – DomainSponsor®, the domain monetization business unit of [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
By now, most of you know that earlier in the month I announced an exclusive Chef Patrick contest held by Name.com with $750 in prizes.
Every Wednesday, until the end of the month, we will announce a $50 Name.com account credit. Then, at the end of the month we will announce one grand prize winner who [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
In October DNN.com reported the acquisition of popular pending delete domain name service JustDropped.com by Rob Monster of Epik, LLC.
Now, let’s fast forward to today. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Dan Rubin of JustDropped.com during the last South Florida domainer meetup and he informed me that the sale never went through. Dan [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Tomorrow, March 23rd, the DomainConsultant.com’s live auction will start at 3pm CDT. There is no registration fee for participating in the auction. However, by registering for the auction you are also entering yourself into the iPad giveaway they are having. The winning member is going to be announced live as the auction closes.
Visit DomainMadness2.com for [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Recently Michael Berkens posted on TheDomains.com that D.tv and P.tv were registered for less than $22 each. By reading the comments on that blog post it appears this is not the first time.
Previous Comic Strip: .XXX A Bit Premature
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ChefPatrick.com
I was away during the week and did not spend much time on my laptop. Because of this I was unable to get any blog posts done or a video recorded. So instead, I’ll give everyone a quick recap of this week’s top stories.
Sex.com Auction Cancelled – Creditors of Escom, LLC filed an involuntary Chapter [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Press Release
Sedo, the leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced that it has teamed with VeriSign, the global registry operator for the .tv internet domain, to hold an exclusive auction for the entire available catalog of 115 premium .tv domain names at the standard registry renewal fee, which is a greatly reduced renewal [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I’m excited to say tomorrow night, March 16th, I’ll be in South Florida for another great Domainer meetup. The last meetup I attended was in December and I had a great time. This is a fantastic networking opportunity as there are a lot of domainers down south. Already confirmed to attend is Rick Schwartz, Michael [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
In the midst of many debates on how successful any extension can be other than a .com, Football.tv was launched. However, it is not referring to football as we know it in the U.S., it’s referring to soccer. It is commonly known that soccer is a crucial part of culture for some countries and Football.tv [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
As reported in this week’s domain news episode 41, .xxx vote has been delayed.
Previous Comic Strip: Geek Perfume
Another .XXX Comic Strip: Domainer Comic Strip #2
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ChefPatrick.com
***CLOSED – Thank you, we now have all the beta testers we need.
My partner and I are looking for 10 experienced domainers to become GoDrops.com beta testers. Beta testing will go from March 15th to March 29th, during which you will gain access to our full drop lists with statistics to make your deleting domain [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since my last weekly news video. I’ve been traveling a lot with the shows, meetings and just overall busy with projects. I hope to get back into doing the weekly videos starting today.
Links:
$750 In Prizes Just To Register Domain Names At Name.com – ChefPatrick.com
Sign Up For [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
I do!
Honestly I don’t know enough about ccTLDs so I’m glad to see that my good friend Morgan Linton of MorganLinton.com has launched a new blog, ccTLDinvestors.com. The online magazine was created to specifically discuss ccTLDs. In addition, Morgan recently released a ccTLD only newsletter, which is a great idea. If you haven’t already signed [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Yesterday I had the opportunity of being interviewed for Moniker’s Domain Master radio show by Victor Pitts. We discussed information about my first conference and the domain industry’s first conference on a boat, DNCruise.com.
Thank you to Victor Pitts, Moniker and Webmaster Radio.
To listen in you can either hit play below or visit WebmasterRadio.fm direct.
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ChefPatrick.com
Last week I announced an exclusive Chef Patrick contest held by Name.com with $750 in prizes.
Every Wednesday, until the end of the month, we will announce a $50 Name.com account credit. Then, at the end of the month we will announce one grand prize winner who will receive a $500 Name.com account credit.
Our second weekly [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
While looking at Sedo.com today I noticed the sale of MusicVideos.com for $250,000. MusicVideos.com was previously owned by DNStination, Inc which purchased the domain name from Yahoo, Inc mid to late 2009. DNStination either owns or has sold domains like iSlate.com, Me.com and Z1.com. The current whois information of MusicVideos.com is private and at this [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
During DOMAINfest in January I had an opportunity to chat with my friend Tony Kanakaris about a new project he was working on. After further development and beta testing Tony officially released SocialDomainers.com yesterday.
In his own words Tony says…
SocialDomainers.com is the Facebook for domainers, the place to meet local domainers near you, the place to [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Earlier today an attendee for my upcoming conference, DNCruise.com, paid for their pass through PayPal. When I received the payment I noticed no fees were taken out of my account. I asked the payee if they used mass pay and to my surprise they said no. Instead, they were given the option to pay the [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Press Release
.CO Founders Program Launches to Engage Early Adopters, Proactively Develop Domain Extension
MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– .CO Internet S.A.S. (www.COinternet.co), a new company formed by Arcelandia S.A., a wholly-owned Colombian company, and U.S. company Neustar, Inc., today announced the launch plan for the .CO domain name extension that offers enterprises and individuals a global, recognizable, and credible [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Ron Jackson of DNJournal.com just reported the sale of Guns.com for $800,000 by Moniker. I knew a deal was going to get done on this domain name. It was up for sale during DOMAINfest’s last auction in January and was very close to the reserve.
Guns.com $800,000
Google Search: not listed on first three pages
Google Page Rank: [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Women, are you feeling left out? Is your domainer husband ignoring you? Fix that problem today, get this brand new perfume. Your man will be sure to pay attention to the new smelling you.
Click on the comic strip to enlarge.
Previous Comic Strip: Show Us Your Boobs
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ChefPatrick.com
As many of you have already read on multiple blogs, I have launched my own domain industry conference which will be held on a cruise ship this coming October. This will make for our industry’s first ever conference on a boat!
Thank you to the following people for their coverage of DNCruise:
DomainNameWire.com
DomainGang.com & DomainGang.com – Funny!!!
ElliotsBlog.com
DNJournal.com
MorganLinton.com
TeenDomainer.com
DNPimping.com
DotJake.com
DomainShane.com [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
On Monday I announced an exclusive Chef Patrick contest held by Name.com with $750 in prizes.
Every Wednesday, until the end of the month, we will announce a $50 Name.com account credit. Then, at the end of the month we will announce one grand prize winner who will receive a $500 Name.com account credit.
Our first weekly [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
This auction has closed and the results are listed at the bottom of this post.
LuxuryNames two day auction is coming to an end today at 3pm EST.
So far there are three bids on three different domain names, dartmouthhotels.com $525, graduateprograms.org $2600 and graduatedegrees.org $2600.
Still available are my favorites which I posted two days ago…
BallerinaShoes.net
Chandeliers.net <– [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
The highly anticipated second DOMAINfest show has been announced. Actually I have not received any official word on this, I’m going off their DOMAINfest.com website. The event will be held at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. It begins October 6th, 2010 and end October 7th.
Preliminary Agenda
Wednesday October 6, 2010
* Breakfast and morning [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
LuxuryNames.com is holding another auction! In fact, it started earlier today. It opened up today, March 2nd, and will end on Thursday, March 4th at 3:15 EST. The auction itself is being held at SnapNames.com.
These domain names stood out for me as I browsed the list:
BallerinaShoes.net
Chandeliers.net <– 673,000 EXACT SEARCHES PER MONTH
CorrectiveSurgery.com
CreditRestoration.org
MoscowVacations.com
PrivateAirplanes.com
RefinanceCalculator.com
RentalApartments.net
Two things I like [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Press Release
Atlanta, Georgia USA – March 2, 2010 – Targeted TRAFFIC is gearing up for its first 2010 European show, which will be held on April 27th-29th 2010 in Milan, Italy. Milan is the largest metropolitan area in Italy with an estimated population of 7.4 million. The city has the largest financial and business center [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
On Friday I announced my first domain name sales newsletter was going out on Monday of which I asked for domain submissions. Well, I received around 90 emails with about 1,000 domain names for consideration. I still have not had the opportunity to sort through them all.
I wanted to share with everyone the first newsletter [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
Press Release
LIKE YOUR NAME? HERE’S YOUR CHANCE TO OWN IT ONLINE
More Than 300 Names & Surnames Up for Grabs in the Next .ME Auction
Podgorica, Montenegro – March 2, 2010 – The .ME Registry and NameJet announced the Internet’s largest online auction of personal names today. If you’ve ever wanted your own name as a domain, [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
You all know I love a good contest! Here is one from Name.com created exclusively for my ChefPatrick.com readers.
In case you haven’t heard already, to celebrate .com’s 25th anniversary Name.com is running a special this month on their .com, .net and .me extensions. If you register any of those extensions you’ll get their special price [...]
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ChefPatrick.com
While at the recent Domainer Mardi Gras show all I wanted to see was the ladies dot com portfolios.
Awesome conference, I’ll be back next year!
Previous Comic Strip: Proud Irishman Changing To .ie
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ChefPatrick.com
Sedo posted the sale of Metal.com for $165,000 on their website yesterday. Whois history records show the previous owner as Wayne Lazarus of JZJ, LLC which has owned the domain name for at least the last 6+ years. Wayne may have owned the domain name longer, but whois history is only showing records starting in [...]
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