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The Lowdown
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March 25, 2009 Post
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Here's the The
Lowdown from DNJournal.com! Updated
daily to fill you in on the latest buzz going
around the domain name industry!
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by Ron Jackson
(DN Journal Editor/Publisher) |
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In our current
Cover Story about new mass domain development
services
I mentioned that two more companies, both with ties to
well-known figures in the domain industry, were |
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about
to enter the competition. One of those, MiniSites.com,
went public today. The other will likely make its
debut at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Silicon Valley conference next month.
MiniSites.com is a partnership between DN
Media and Telepathy Inc.. Telepathy
is run by veteran domainer Nat Cohen. DN Media
co-founder Bogdan Nastea said, "We are
thrilled to be partnered with Nat Cohen of Telepathy on
this project. Nat has ten years of experience in the
domain industry, and he brings an impressive track
record of turning domain names into successful
businesses."
MiniSites.com
offers three levels of mini site development. The Micro,
starting at $80, is a one-page site geared for lead
generation and affiliate marketing. The Mini, starting
at $170, is a five-page site with more content and The
Big Mini, starting at $290, offers an advanced link
building campaign and analysis of monetization options.
The
company says that all packages include a dedicated
project manager, unique content written by native
English speakers, text logo |
Nat
Cohen, Telepathy, Inc.
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design,
header design, link building campaign, flexible
monetization options, targeted keyword research, search
engine optimization, and free hosting. |
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Today is the
last day to enter DomainConsultant.com's
Domain
Madness contest that is offering a $1,000
prize to the winner. Contestants try to estimate
the final sales tally from an online domain
auction will will start tomorrow and end March
31 at 2:15pm U.S. Central time. The person
who comes closest gets the money. To take part
you have to get you free entry in no later than 11:59pm
U.S. Central time tonight. |
We
have a few other domain deadline dates you should
be aware of. The latest GreatDomains.com
premium online auction ends tomorrow (March 26) at
1pm U.S. Eastern Time. The names up for bid include 10.com,
PVC.com and Trips.net to name just a few.
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Friday (March
27) is the deadline to submit names for Moniker.com's
live auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon
Valley conference coming up April 27-30.
Meanwhile the early
bird registration deadline for next month's GeoDomain
Expo in San Diego has been
extended to Monday (March 30). If you
sign up before the deadline you can register for
$595. The price jumps to $695 Tuesday. |
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By
the way, I will be at both the GeoDomain Expo and
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley. I will have a special
preview of both events in our next monthly
newsletter that will be emailed to opt in subscribers
before the end of the month.
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One other note
today, the folks at Bido.com
have announced a major change for their auction
platform. In the past Bido accepted only .com
domains, but now they have thrown the gates
opens to all extensions. This move comes
on the heels of a recent decision to allow
sellers to set reserve prices on their domains
for a small fee that is refunded if the domain
sells. The site previously ran no reserve
auctions only. |
Also,
don't forget the big charity
auction coming up at Bido Wednesday,
April 1 at 1pm U.S. Eastern Time. A large portfolio
of animal related domain names, currently
numbering more than 4 dozen domains and still growing,
will be sold with all proceeds going to Arizona's Hacienda
de los Milagros (House of Miracles) animal
shelter. You can read more about that cause in our Lowdown
post Monday.
(Posted March
25, 2009) |
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