DNForum Down for Upgrade

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If you visited DNForum today, you probably noticed that the website is currently down. This downtime is expected, as DNForum owner Adam Dicker announced that the popular domain forum would be undergoing a major upgrade. It does not appear that the look and feel of the website will change, but there are a number of modification that are being made.

According to Dicker, here is what will be changed when you return to DNForum upon completion of the upgrades and updates:

 

1) The sidebar will show latest threads.
2) Ability to save keywords you like Receive an instant email notification when a new post matches your chosen keywords.
3) Professional FAQ will be added.
4) Ability to schedule posts, yup, you can schedule when a post gets posted!
5) The ability to login with Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.
6) A crazy new like system with a dislike option and many other features.
7) It will show all users who read a thread
8) The ability to have alerts pushed to your mobile device.
9) Easy mobile look and feel.
10) While a URL is being auto linked, the page title is fetched and added to the post.

 

Personally, I don’t like

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Outcome Brokerage Hires Frank Aiello

Elliot Silver
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Outcome BrokerageLast Summer, Ryan Colby announced that he launched a boutique domain brokerage firm called Outcome Brokerage. For several years, Ryan had worked at Sedo and Domain Holdings, where I understand he helped facilitate several million dollars worth of domain name sales. This weekend, I learned that Outcome Brokerage hired Frank Aiello as its SVP of Acquisitions & Divestments.

In similar fashion to Colby, Frank Aiello was also a domain broker at Sedo and Domain Holdings. The pair worked together on a number of deals. Until recently, Aiello was an Account Executive at Playwire, an online video platform with an office in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

In an email sent to me to announce the news, here’s what Colby had to say about the hiring:

Outcome Brokerage is

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Agreed Launches “Escrow Now” Button

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This afternoon, Agreed announced the availability of a “Escrow Now” button which allows domain investors to place buy now buttons on their domain name landing pages, giving a prospective buyer the ability to agree to purchase a domain name and open an escrow transaction immediately. Instead of encouraging a buyer to negotiate, a seller can put a buy now button with a call to action to facilitate an immediate deal.

The advantage of using a tool like this is that a domain owner doesn’t need to pay a broker commission on a deal that was initiated by the buyer visiting the seller’s domain name. The disadvantage is that a buyer will need to set the button up across many domain names instead of listing them on one marketplace. Since many of my inquiries are from buyers who visit the domain name to see if anything is there, I think this is a great tool and will be worth the time to set up.

Check out the video I embedded below to learn more about Agreed’s Escrow Now button to see if it’s something you can use to help you sell domain names more easily.

Escrow.com Responds to Mashable Article

Elliot Silver
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Mashable published an article about how the founder of Ramshackle Glam was able to recover her allegedly stolen domain name and website. The article was written by Jordan Reid, the website’s founder, and I think it is a must read for domain investors.

One thing I found interesting was how the author reported that she was able to get control of the domain name without having to release the funds to the “seller” after using Escrow.com to facilitate the transaction.

According to the article:

“I immediately transferred the domain into a different account and placed it (and all of my other domain names) on what amounted to lockdown. And then I called the wire transfer company and placed a stop on the payment.”  

I was bothered by the mention that a stop payment could potentially

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Andrew Rosener: Slang.org is “Kicking Ass”

Elliot Silver
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Slang.orgI want to share an update about the success of Slang.org, a website that was launched in December by Media Options. When I published my article about Slang.org several months ago, I promised that I would follow up, and Andrew Rosener was kind enough to give an update on how this search engine play is performing.

According to Andrew, “the site is kicking ass.” Slang.org is now seeing 7,000 unique visitors per day, and it makes $25 a day in revenue. The primary reason for why it is doing so well is that the website currently ranks on page one in Google for almost 4,000 words or phrases. That’s pretty solid considering there are 10,000+ pages indexed in Google on the website.

In addition to seeding the website with

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Domainers Choice Awards Nominees Announced

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The nominees for the 2014 Domainers Choice Awards have been announced, and I have posted them below by category. Thank you to those who nominated me for awards. It’s always nice to be recognized by my peers, and I appreciate it, although I don’t believe I am deserving of either award. From the looks of it, there were some excellent nominations made.

Voting for the Domainers Choice Award winners will be made using a third party voting system. beginning on May 8th and run through midnight on May 30th. Award winners will be announced on June 28th at a ceremony in Dana Point, California. More information about the Domainers Choice Awards, voting, sponsorships, and the award ceremony can be found on the DCA website.

2014 Domainers Choice Awards Nominees

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