Category Archives: Domain Investing
The Man Who Owns the Internet
When I read this story, my jaw hit the floor…several times. This is an incredible story about a domainer named Kevin Ham. Ham is probably the most powerful dotcom mogul you have never heard of. One of the amazing things about Ham is that he worked out a special deal with the government of Cameroon … Continue reading
How to Get Started In Domain Investing
It has been a while since I have written a post about domain investing, otherwise known as domaining. Domaining is an interesting business and one which I have covered quite thoroughly in the past. A few months ago, my business partners and I sat down with a group of domain investing moguls, a company called … Continue reading
Poll Results – You Hope Domain Parking Is Dead
It’s been a month now since I first installed the Democracy WordPress poll plugin. My first poll question was conceived after I met with a domain investing mogul, Matthew O’Brien of DotVentures. To summarize the meeting, Mr. O’Brien of DotVentures is in the midst of developing a new alternative to parking domain pages. What is … Continue reading
All Hail Democracy!
All hail democracy! No, not the system of government. I am talking about the new AJAX WordPress plugin, Democracy. Democracy is a sweet little plugin that lets you insert a poll into your blog. It is compiled in AJAX, so it looks delicious, is easy to work with, and performs miracles. You can test it … Continue reading
Our Meeting with a Domain Investing Mogul: Domain Parking Is Dead
Those of you who read this blog regularly know that I was recently contacted by a Phoenix, Arizona-based company called DotVentures. I wrote about DotVentures a while back because I saw their commercial on MSNBC and was interested in their innovative way of developing and selling domains. Last Tuesday morning, I, along with my two … Continue reading
Update on Domain Investing In My Back Yard
The other day I wrote about a domain investing company right down the road from me, here in Phoenix, Arizona. If you have not already read that story, please do so here. My business partners and I had plans to give DotVentures a call to discuss business and learn more about their company. We were … Continue reading
Domain Investing In My Back Yard
It’s no secret — domain investing is bigger than its even been. Everyone seems to be rushing to scoop up the latest trend’s domain names. I have certainly been on the lookout lately for what is up and coming and then proceeding to grab the best .com’s available. There are even entire companies now who … Continue reading
The Top Places to Sell Domains
Domain investing is bigger than it ever has been. There are dozens of registrars and dozens of venues in which to sell your domain. There is even domain financing if you need it. Very soon, you will even be able to lease your domain, a service which promises to be more profitable than parking. So, … Continue reading
Domain Parking Has Changed Forever
Domain parking is the process of buying a domain name and then displaying revenue-generating advertisements on it. The hope is that people will type in your domain address and click on the links. The problem is that these “parked domans” are not indexed by search engines and they display no relevent content other than contextual … Continue reading
My First Blog – The High-Price of High-Profile Domains
I started using MySpace in mid-2004, just before it became huge. I always liked the concept of sharing your life online, but MySpace was simply too juvenile to truly take seriously. After getting sick of the useless e-banter, I deleted my MySpace account a few months ago. So here I am, a few short months … Continue reading
