Recent Acquisitions & Purchases

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As I’ve done in the past, I am posting some of my recent domain purchases so you can get an idea of what I am buying these days. Feel free to share your recent acquisitions as well. I think it’s helpful if you distinguish what you hand registered vs. what you purchased in the aftermarket.

  • PhilippinesOutsourcing.com
  • HumanResourcesOutsourcing.com
  • SoccerReferees.com
  • KilimanjaroHotel.com
  • PrivateSchoolEducation.com
  • SanDiegoDogWalker.com
  • DrunkDrivingDefenseLawyers.com
  • CornwallVacations.com
  • GlobalPhoneCards.com
  • SharedServerHosting.com
  • PetcareTips.com
  • NFCPlugin.com (hand registered)
  • NFCPlugins.com (hand registered)
  • AlternativeLender.com (hand registered)
  • BikeCapetown.com (hand registered)
  • BikePerth.com (hand registered)

Earn Extra WhyPark Revenue Rewards

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I just noticed a new WhyPark “Revenue Rewards” program and wanted to share the information with you. I am not sure how long it’s been around, but I just noticed it.

According to the company, “WhyPark Revenue Rewards are bonus payments made each month to users that earned over $30 in the previous month. Reward payments are based on a bonus pool which is shared based on your performance relative to other WhyPark users.”

Although WhyPark doesn’t reveal how much money is in the bonus pool or what percentage of the pot is earned by each user, it’s a pretty cool way to earn a bit of extra money each month. To see  your total Revenue Rewards earned, you can log into your WhyPark account, click on the “My Account” tab and then choose the”Revenue Rewards” link from the menu on the left. The bonus will also show up in your Payments Received tab.

Payments are  paid out on the next scheduled payment.

WhyPark Update: 2 Year Anniversary of Parked Acquisition

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It’s hard to believe it’s already been two years since WhyPark was acquired by Parked in 2009. WhyPark sent out a news release this morning with some updates that highlight the company’s growth in the last couple of years.

Here are a few things I found interesting:

  • There are now over 800,000 domain names on its platform, which is up from approximately 150,000 domain names before the  acquisition.
  • The company has added 11 apps that have been installed over 153,000 times by its customers. I covered the launch of the apps back in July of 2010.
  • There were a  few hundred templates images offered two years ago, and now there are over 12,000 from which you may choose.

One thing I’ve also noticed is that the Parked.com and WhyPark executives also get along very well, likely playing a big role in the smooth transition. Congrats to Parked and WhyPark.

Domain Sherpa Ups the Fundraising Ante!

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DomainSherpa.comYesterday afternoon I wrote about BigJumbo’s special offer to donate $5.00 to my wife’s and my fundraising effort for the Ronald McDonald House for every person to “Like” its Facebook page, up to $500. The starting point was 139 fans, and we’re now at 174 fans.

This was very cool of them to do, and I have even better news to report about this today.

Domain Sherpa has offered to match the funds that BigJumbo donates. If 100 domain investors visit the BigJumbo Facebook page and click the big “Like” button on top, Ronald McDonald House will receive $1,000 in total from these two companies. It’s a pretty awesome gesture on the part of Domain Sherpa, and it’s greatly appreciated by me and the Ronald McDonald House.

The great news is that Karen and I reached our $5,000 fundraising goal. This $5,000 number was arbitrary, and every dollar will be beneficial to the Ronald McDonald House.

BigJumbo Facebook Challenge to Raise $500 for Ronald McDonald House

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As you are well aware, I’ve been raising money for the Ronald McDonald House, and things have been going well so far (thank you for that!) I was speaking with Andrew Allemann about ways to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House, and he and his team at BigJumbo came up with a special offer that won’t cost you anything but will help RMH.

For every additional person that becomes a Facebook fan of BigJumbo from now until Sunday, the company will donate $5.00 to my fundraising effort for the Ronald McDonald House, up to $500 in total. It’s really simple to become a Facebook fan of the company, and by doing it, you’re helping RMH.

At the moment, BigJumbo has 139 Facebook fans, so if we can get that number to 239 (or higher) by Sunday, Ronald McDonald House will receive $500.  Can you help out and become a fan of BigJumbo by clicking the big “Like” button?

Saving Photos from Facebook

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Facebook.Up until recently, you could hold down your mouse on a Facebook photo and drag it to your desktop to save it. This would allow you to print photos or use them for other things, such as backgrounds, images for websites…etc.

Today when I was trying to download a photo from Facebook, I was unable to drag it to my desktop or use the copy and paste functionality. It seems that Facebook has changed the way it displays photos, making it a bit more difficult to save photos from Facebook.

When you’ve clicked on the photo and it’s enlarged on your screen on a black background, scroll down and look to the left. There’s an option to “Download Photo.” When you click on that link, it will open the photo in another window, where you can grab it to save or do whatever you’d like with it.

This is not all that complicated, but it took me a few minutes to figure out, so hopefully it will save you some time.

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