Sitting On Your Good Domains? It’s Time To Sell Them

I’m a domain junkie. I only have about 150 of them, and I’ve been letting some of them expire, but I still keep buying new ones that I like. But do any of them have value? Dunno. It’s time to find out. In February at the Affiliate Summit, there’s going to be another Moniker domain auction. I was at the last one, and it was a neat event. They served champagne which was a nice touch. Pretty cool to see how the silent bidders on the phone on the side... Read More »

Business.com For $300 Million?

I’d pay $300 million for Business.com if I had it. But… Wired has a good point. When I found out that Kevin Rose originally wanted Dig.com but settled for Digg.com instead, I remember thinking that sometimes a domain can be “too” perfect. I like “digg” much better than “dig.” I lost my domain puritanism for good when I watched BoingBoing.net hit number one on Technorati despite the unsexy dot net domain. Business.com will... Read More »

Don’t Let Your Domain Names Accidentally Expire, Someone Will Steal It

A while back I told you about how I accidentally let my fat blogging domain name expire. HelpJimGetSlim.com. Well, guess what? I didn’t get it back and it’s going to cost me $250 if I still want it. Turns out some evil domain snatching company called Credonic.com grabbed my domain about a day before I grabbed it and is now trying to resell it to me for $250! I emailed them nicely and asked for it back, even offering to pay them registrar fees. They said “no,... Read More »

Win Jim Kukral’s Domain Name Contest: NicheROI.com

Take my domain names, please. I own about 150 or so domain names, most of which I don’t or ever will use. But I keep buying them as I “hope” to one day make them a good home. So why not give them away to someone with a good idea who can use them? Here’s the deal. Every once in a while I’m going to give away one of my domain names to one of my readers who can come up with the best business model or website idea for that domain name. No, you don’t... Read More »