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Still,
Domaining.com operator Francois
Carrillo decided he would like to
kick off the new year by doing something
special for the content providers
featured on his site. Carrillo knows
that while a few of the top blogs and
news sites do well financially through
advertiser support, it is a labor or
love for the majority who don't make
a lot of money from their efforts (some
no money at all).
So,
Carrillo, who also runs a domain sales
platform at CAX.com,
decided to organize a special domain
sale with the commissions collected
to be divided and distributed to the |
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bloggers
that help spread the word about the
event (Editor's
note: we have declined a share of
the proceeds as it is against our policy
to accept compensation for any editorial
content). |
The
way it works is that anyone who wants to put a
name up for sale in the event (only one
name per person), can submit
it for consideration here. Carrillo
plans to put the 100 best submissions in a sales
newsletter that will go out Monday, January
9, 2012 (this is a new date, one week later
than the one originally announced). In addition
to his own mailing list, Carrillo has also
gotten support from DNForum.com,
DomainState.com
and AcornDomains.co.uk
who have agreed to distribute the sale list to
their members. Sellers will pay a 10%
commission on any domains sold with those
proceeds going back to the bloggers. I
think its a thoughtful gesture on the parts of
Domaining.com, DNForum.com and DomainState.com -
one that is fitting for the holiday season. If
the sale goes well it should provide a nice belated
Christmas gift to some of the men and women who
have helped develop the domain industry's
blogosphere into such a rich source of free
news, information and advice.
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