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Generic Top Level Domains – gTLDs

Posted on November 25th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | 4 Comments »

Generic Top Level Domains (TLDs) are the suffixes ( extensions ) that identify generic domains. In theory they are used by a particular class of organization, however newer times have seen a drop in control of who uses these domain types.

The following gTLDs currently exist:

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Finding the right domain for your business

Posted on November 12th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | 4 Comments »

I have always preached that there are still many quality domain names to be registered at reg fee. Now, before you start throwing stones, hear me out.

Yes, the dictionary .coms are gone. And yes, most quality overture two keyword .coms are gone. However, does your business really have to have a dictionary word, or a big overture two word domain to be successful? Google, Ebay, Kazaa, Skype, and many others didn’t think so.

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DomainTools launches RegistrantSearch

Posted on October 9th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | No Comments »

DomainTools launched RegistrantSearch this month, a tool enabling anyone to search for domains by registrant names.

According to their press release, the tool has been in beta mode for the past 8 years. They were taking email requests from lawyers and legal representatives and doing brute force searches of their 80 million whois records to pull out data.

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Domain Name Scams – Be Warned

Posted on October 7th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | No Comments »

I blogged recently about a domain name appraisal scam that seems common these days here. That is not the only scam I have been subjected to over the years.

With the amount of domains I own, I am bound to get a lot of the jerks trying to swindle me out of my online possessions. One common scam that seems to follow me like a flu, is a warning approach where the people in question send me an email warning me about losing my alternative domain name.

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So What Is Domain Tasting You Ask?

Posted on October 6th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | Comments Off

If you are asking what is domain tasting? You are in the right place.

According to WikiPedia, “Domain tasting, also known as domain kiting, is a practice of registrants using the five-day “grace period” at the beginning of a domain registration for ICANN-regulated generic top-level domains to test the marketability of a domain name. During this period, when a registration must be fully refunded by the domain registry, a cost-benefit analysis is conducted by the registrant on the viability of deriving income from advertisements being placed on the domain’s web site.”

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Use Domain Name Analyzer to find good domain name combinations

Posted on October 5th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | No Comments »

One very good domain name tool that I utilize on a daily basis is the Domain Name Analyzer by DomainPunch.com. It is an awesome free tool that comes packed with ready made word combinations which you can use to create your own domain names. Once you are happy with the combinations you have created, the program is cool enough to be able to do mass whois the entire domain name list returning results in detail.

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Beware of whois monitoring – use Domain All in one

Posted on October 5th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | 4 Comments »

There are many tools and programs that domainers use in their day to day domain name hunting. One big mistake many make is using online website whois tools. I don’t want to name names, but many whois sites monitor whois queries, and snatch good domain names.

It has happened to me many times. I find a perfect domain name, go to a whois site, type in the domain name and see that it’s available. I go away for cofee, come back in about an hour or so after having decided to purchase the domain name only to find that it has been picked up by someone.

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Domaining Resources – Word Lists

Posted on October 4th, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | No Comments »

Word lists are a sought after commodity if you happen to be a domainer. Today, when a lot of quality domain names are already taken, and would cost an arm and a leg to acquire, domainers turn to various domain name analyzer programs and word lists to get that next quality domain name combo.

Analyzer programs are fine and dandy, but without a quality word list, they are almost useless. You can only go so far with thinking up words to plug in as parameters for your analyzer program.

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Appraisal scams

Posted on October 3rd, 2007 by admin in Domain News, Domaining 101 | 3 Comments »

I’ve had quite a few offers for my domain names over time. There is one kind of offer that I have received numerous times which I would like to warn my readers about. It is a domain name appraisal scam covered up as a domain name enquiry.

Basically, a domain name appraisal company acts as a party interested in the purchase of your domain name. They put together an approach letter like the following email that I received for a domain name of mine

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