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GuyInYourPants.com - A Sequel To GirlInYourShirt.com?

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:13:13 +0000

People are quick these days. Following in the recent short-term success of GirlInYourShirt.com, a guy called Jon has come up with a bit of a parody called GuyInYourPants.com.

The about page shows how much work has been put into this project:

This site is the result of years of research, intensive meetings with venture capitalists and industry leaders, and a team of 60 engineers working around the clock for months on end, without sufficient food or drink, to produce the site you ... READ MORE

Mega Domaining Essentials Contest Additional Task #3

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:21:35 +0000

As promised on November 1 when the Mega Domaining Essentials contest was launched here at DNXpert, we will come up with a set of easy tasks that will allow you to get extra points on the random entry points tracking page and increase your chances of winning a prize in the random draw to be held on November 30, 2008.

Today we reveal task #3 worth 10 extra points in the random draw entry point pot.

Go to the following 5 prize ... READ MORE

Netcom.CM Launches 2nd Level Registrations

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:36:14 +0000

As predicted here at DNXpert.com earlier, NETCOM.cm Sarl, the official registry in charge of the Country Code Top level Domains of The Republic of Cameroon, launched second level .cm domain name registrations on Friday.

Mr Moustapha Saya Kaigama, president of NETCOM.cm says, “This is a very exciting time for us, and a big dream come true. Today we see the CM name space open to everyone worldwide. We are very pleased that we can offer 2nd level .CM domain registrations (CO.CM ... READ MORE

50 Expired Domains

admin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:06:14 +0000

I posted a list of 50 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum.

Forum registration is absolutely free - you can register here to have access to all past and future free lists.

If you want to learn more about domaining and how I find these expired domain names you should read ... READ MORE

DNXpert On AllTop.com!

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:37:38 +0000

I am pleased to announce DNXpert.com has made it in the top 3 slots of Guy Kawasaki’s excellent directory AllTop for the domains category.

This comes hot on the heels of our recent breakthrough into the Alexa top 100,000.

Way to go DNXpert.com!

53 Expired Domains

admin — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:01:59 +0000

I posted a list of 53 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum.

Forum registration is absolutely free - you can register here to have access to all past and future free lists.

If you want to learn more about domaining and how I find these expired domain names you should read ... READ MORE

German MP Blocks Local Wikipedia

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:21:34 +0000

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, is very popular in Germany. According to the Wikipedia.org start page, the German Wikipedia has 825,000+ articles which makes it the second largest edition right behind the English version of the site.

A lot of people were shocked this weekend to find that Wikipedia.de (the url most German folks use to access the German Wikipedia version) was redirected to a different website which read as follows:

The county court of Luebeck (North Germany) has issued an order in ... READ MORE

China Reaches 13 Million Domain Registrations

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:48:33 +0000

The ccTld (Country code top level domain) for China .CN has gone past the 13 million mark in domain name registrations. At the end October (31 October 2008 to be exact) there were 12,915,737 domain names registered with the .CN extension and with an average of 400,000 domain names registered per month over the past year we will have seen the .CN registration count go way past 13 million already this month.

With well over 13 million registrations .CN is the ... READ MORE

Enom Has Launched AcquireThisName.com?

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:33:55 +0000

Following Tucows.com’s launch of the aptly named YummyNames.com, have eNom launched it’s own domain sales portal to help sell of it’s vast domain portfolio? According to TheDomains, they have.

AcquireThisName.com was recently launched and even though eNom are not taking direct credit for the newly launched site, AcquireThisName.com does state in their FAQs that payments for their domain names are to be done through their “affiliate” eNom.

Q: What are the payment options available to me? A: Our preferred method of payment is ... READ MORE

Aftermarket.com Auction Catalog Officially Released

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:01:59 +0000

Thought Convergence, Inc.’s Aftermarket.com has released 100 noteworthy domain names to be featured in the simultaneous live and online auction, taking place at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under, Nov. 20, 2008 at 8:30 AM AEST UTC/GMT +10 hours (Nov. 19, 2008, 2:30 PM PST).Featured domains include Saws.com, BusinessFirms.com, DentalPolicy.com, Broadcasting.com.au and many more high-quality lots. A complete list of domains can be found on the DomainTools blog at blog.domaintools.com.

According to Aftermarket.com General Manager Susan Prosser,

“The method of reviewing, selecting, and pricing ... READ MORE