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If
you typed ElliotsBlog.com
into your browser this morning you might
have been surprised to see a different
website appear. Have no fear, the |
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popular
blog written by veteran domain investor Elliot
Silver hasn't been hijacked - it
simply has a new home at an even more
relevant web address - DomainInvesting.com.
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Elliot
explained his reasons for re-branding
the six-year-old site in a post announcing
the change on his re-located blog
today. He acquired the new domain
from friend and fellow domain
investor Lonnie Borck and I
think, given the subject matter
Elliot so ably covers, it is the perfect
name for his platform - one that
instantly identifies what the site
is about while also opening up a lot
of new content and growth
opportunities.
Elliot
said, "I believe rebranding as
DomainInvesting.com will allow me to
expand the audience of my blog,
especially to people who are not
familiar with the business of
investing in domain names. With the
continued growth of the domain
aftermarket combined with the introduction
of new gTLD domain names, I
anticipate that there will be an
influx of investment capital for
domain name assets, and the
DomainInvesting.com branding is more
suitable for continued growth." |
Elliot
Silver
DomainInvesting.com |
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All of the most successful
blogs have carved out their own unique
identities. Elliot established his by
detailing his own experiences in buying, selling
and developing domains. No one gives a more personal
account of their adventures in domain
investing and thankfully that will continue
alongside the additional content he plans
to provide on what is becoming an increasingly
hot area of investing interest.
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The new gTLDs
Elliot mentioned continue to generate both
good news and bad. In the latter category
I was sorry to hear the news
that DotGreen
Community Inc. has decided to
throw in the towel after working
for six years toward winning
the rights to operate a .green
gTLD. |
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The group's CEO, Annalisa
Roger, said there were too many other
contenders (with deeper pockets) competing to
win the extension for DotGreen Community to have
any hope of acquiring it. Though the TLD is
yet to be awarded their efforts have built
up a lot of good will around the
extension. The eventual winner of .green might
benefit by bringing some of the passionate
people from the DotGreen Community aboard when
the extension is launched.
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One other new
gTLD note - 27-year old entrepreneur Daniel
Negari, who was profiled in our latest
Cover
Story, was the one of the
first to take advantage of an ICANN
promotional video program being built
around new gTLD operators. Daniel, the
youngest new gTLD applicant, has already
secured the rights to operate the .xyz
and .college extensions. In the
vide0 below he details his plans for .xyz. |
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