I know I’m a little late on covering this sale, but in case you missed it, it looks like Geaney.com recently acquired SS.com for $1.25 million. Sound like a lot for a LL.com domain? Probably. But according to another report, it looks like the very next day they turned down an offer of $2.5 million [...]
[Continue reading…]Domain Name Age and the Google Sandbox
By Kyle Eslick | Filed Under Domainer Tips
In the past we’ve talked a little bit about domain name ages and helping your website to avoid the Google sandbox. The basic idea is that Google has a natural penalty called the Google sandbox for all domain names that have been registered for a short period of time. The exact time frame is unknown, [...]
[Continue reading…]Firefox Extension: Easy Domain Lookup
By Kyle Eslick | Filed Under Domainer Resources
Firefox users rejoice! Today I ran across a post over at DotSauce giving us the heads up on a new Firefox extension called Domain Lookup. So, what does this baby do? This domain allows you to select text anywhere in your web browser, then right-click (or CTRL+SHIFT+D) to search for that phrase on your favorite [...]
[Continue reading…]Record Domain Sales: Fund.com For $10 Million in Cash
By Kyle Eslick | Filed Under Domain Sales
Wow, where to begin. According to several reports, yesterday the biggest public domain cash-sale in history was completed, resulting in Fund.com selling for close to $10,000,000.00 in cash. While Sex.com was believed to have sold for more, that information was never publicly disclosed. Is it just me, or is that price a little high? I [...]
[Continue reading…]Tips For Contacting Domain Name End-Users
By Kyle Eslick | Filed Under Domainer Tips
The way the world of domain names has been going, if you aren’t one of the top dogs who started grabbing names a decade ago, you probably either need to start developing your domain names or starting pursuing end-users for your domain names. There are a variety of ways to go about this, but I’ve [...]
[Continue reading…]Domainer’s Excel Spreadsheet
By Kyle Eslick | Filed Under Domainer Resources
Just a quick post to say that if you prefer to use Microsoft Excel to manage your domain portfolio, I ran across a pretty good one over at Namepros. You can find it here. According to the author, this spreadsheet entitles you to the following benefits: ——————– Columns : ——————– – Date – Number of [...]
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