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  • Domain Auction Prediction Algorithm Elliots Blog (2 days ago) - Every once in a while, I think of a tool I think would be helpful to my business. I don’t have any type of computer programming background, so instead of spinning my wheels and throwing money at something I wouldn’t be able to adequately tackle, I figured I’d write a...
  • Is There Something Wrong With Contacting Owners of Expired Domain Names? Elliots Blog (6 days ago) - I know that Go Daddy, NameJet, and Snapnames are well aware of domain investors who reach out to the owners of expired domain names in an effort to purchase them before they go to auction. This probably annoys the auction houses and it has spurred a debate about this practice...
  • $5,655 Donated to the American Red Cross in Oklahoma City Elliots Blog (6 days ago) - I want to give one final update on the Domain Boardroom / Escrow.com fundraiser auction that was run on my blog to benefit the victims of the devastating tornados, via the American Red Cross in Oklahoma City. After all of the domain name and service sales were transacted (at no...
  • Where Do You Buy Domain Names? Elliots Blog (7 days ago) - I was looking over my recent domain name purchases today, and I noticed that most of my domain buys in the last six months have either been private acquisitions or auction purchases, the majority of which were from NameJet. I was curious about where you buy domain names. I set...
  • Domain Name News - June 10, 2013 Webnames.ca Blog (Monday, 10 June) - Private Auctions for gTLD Applications Commence - The first private auction has taken place to resolve contention among multiple applicants for six gTLDs: .club, .college, .luxury, .photography, .red, and .vote. Also Antony van Couvering, CEO of Minds + Machines,......
  • Bouquet.com: Bought at TRAFFIC, Website Already Live Elliots Blog (Friday, 7 June) - I’ve heard stories about domain auctions taking quite a bit of time to close post-auction. This is not one of those stories. In fact, the sale of Bouquet.com is quite the opposite of those, and there is a great auction story to go along with it. In my opinion, Bouquet.com was...
  • NameJet Auctioning Premium .PW Domain Names Elliots Blog (Friday, 7 June) - NameJet is auctioning a number of top .PW domain names beginning in a couple of weeks, and I wanted to make you aware of the auction. Included in this auction is 23 single letter .PW domain names. The only single letter .PW domain names not included in the auction are...
  • What Are Your Favorite Sports Teams? Elliots Blog (Thursday, 6 June) - It was a late night for me last night, as I watched the Boston Bruins win game 3 of the NHL’s conference finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins in double OT. In between periods, I was doing some auction research and NameJet backordering, but my focus was on the B’s game....
  • Change to Network Solutions Transfer Process Makes Domain Transfers Difficult Elliots Blog (Monday, 3 June) - I’ve used Network Solutions sparingly in the past because I found the domain name renewal rates to be expensive. I generally keep NameJet auction inventory at Network Solutions until the domain names are sold or come up for renewal, at which point they are transferred away. It’s always been an...
  • My Top 5 Picks for the TRAFFIC Auction Elliots Blog (Thursday, 30 May) - When I received the list of names for today’s TRAFFIC auction, there were a couple of names that caught my eye that I had a serious interest in buying. Since then, I’ve come to terms on a couple of large-ish purchases, so I will most likely be on the sidelines...