NamesCon: A perfect 10 of a domain conference

NamesCon officially closed its gates yesterday, and while waiting for my flight out of Vegas, I will share a few quick thoughts with those that attended, and those that did not. The organizational part: it exceeded everyone's expectations, mine included, by far. Thanks to the commitment and hard … [Read more...]

Las Vegas: Where the thieves wear Elvis suits

To everyone heading to Las Vegas for NamesCon 2014, I'm sending out a wave - hey! - for safe travel. It's great seeing the weather being in favor of traveling, unlike the "polar vortex" chaos of last week. Las Vegas is glitz, lights, drinks and gambling, with the occasional high calorie meal. … [Read more...]

Frank Schilling on gTLDs: Greed will trump fear

I read several industry blogs daily and from each one I attempt to extract key points that they make though their posts and comments. DotWhatever is a new online publication that arrived to fill the current gTLD void, covering the new era in the domain namespace that has irreversibly … [Read more...]

Thank you, Mike!

In a recent post, Mike Berkens of The Domains, explains in candid detail the process that took him from being in opposition of the gTLD program, to supporting it. Mike's not just another prolific domain blogger, he's an expert domain investor with 75,000 domain names and possesses a law degree to … [Read more...]

Quick and dirty end-user guide to accepting a domain push at GoDaddy

The very-capable brokers of Domain Name Sales closed a nice sale on my behalf today. There is a push for end-of-year brokering over at Frank's Fine Factory of domain deals, and it's the right time to contact them for some aggressive promotion of your domains. Surprisingly, the only non-smooth … [Read more...]