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Braden Pollock on Dr. Phil Today

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Braden Pollock is one of the most successful entrepreneurs I personally know. He has a killer portfolio of DUI and other legal domain names, which support his lead generation and monetization business.  He’s a Board member and investor in Epik and has founded a couple of other companies (like  Smart Start of California), which operate online and offline.

As one might expect, Braden’s fiancee, Lisa Bloom, is equally (if not more) successful as an attorney, legal commentator, and writer. Lisa’s recently released book, “Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World,” continues to climb on several of Amazon’s popular book lists, including in the top 10,000 of Amazon’s 4 million+ books (#9,130 today). The book is also in the top 100 of four Amazon categories. You can read more about the book on Think.TV.

Lisa is the CBS and CNN/HLN legal analyst, opining on hot legal topics and can be seen on virtually every other news and talk show as she does daily tv appearances.  This afternoon, Lisa is a featured guest on the Dr. Phil show. In the audience and mic’d up is Braden Pollock who is on camera speaking a couple of times. Although I don’t think he will be talking business, it will be neat to watch him on television.

In addition, Lisa will be at a book signing and speaking session at the Barnes and Noble on Manhattan’s Upper West Side tomorrow evening at 7pm. If you’re in the area, you should drop by and check it out.

With Whois Changes, We Learn What Cloud Domain Names Apple Bought

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When word of Apple’s apparent iCloud.com purchase for several million dollars hit tech blogs, I did some additional research to see if the price was for iCloud.com or if there were additional domain names possibly involved in the transaction. Now that the Whois record for iCloud.com confirms that Apple did make the acquisition, we should be able to see if they bought additional iCloud domain names.

Below is a list of domain names that were also owned by Xcerion, the company that apparently sold iCloud.com to Apple. Next to these domain names is a note about whether the name is now owned by Xcerion or Apple. As you can see, Apple bought more than just iCloud.com, which means that we won’t see the sale atop the DNJournal sales report, assuming the sales price is confirmed.

There may be additional domain names I didn’t find, and there’s also a chance the Whois will change on some of the other names at a later point. However, it appears that Apple only purchased iCloud.com and iCloud.org from Xcerion.

According to PC Magazine, Apple has a big cloud-related announcement on June 6, so we should learn the scope of the iCloud project. My bet is that it’s going to be very big and will be something that most of us (Apple users) are going to use.

Thrashers.com: News Can Quickly Hurt a Domain Name’s Value

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BuyDomains owns the domain name Thrashers.com, and it is currently listed for sale at $145,000. I am sure this descriptive domain name receives a pretty good amount of traffic since there is an NHL team named the Thrashers. I don’t know if the Atlanta Thrashers or the NHL ever tried to buy the domain name, but assuming they inquired, they were obviously not interested in paying that much money for the domain name.

According to a  new report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution today, it appears that the Thrashers will no longer be playing in Atlanta after this season, and they will be moving to Winnipeg, Canada. Traffic to Thrashers.com will likely decrease over the next few months, and it probably won’t ever recover to its highs. The value of this domain name will similarly fall.

Since the team was named after the Georgia state bird, the Thrasher, it’s highly likely the name will change. In fact, there was an article on the Yahoo Sports Blog about people already cybersquatting potential team domain names. Of course, as any Utah Jazz fans can tell you, there’s a chance the name won’t change.

The moral of this story is that even though you might think your name is worth significantly more than the high offers you received, there’s a good chance it’s not, and perhaps it never will be worth what you think it’s worth. Sometimes it’s better to sell for too little than to not sell at all.

10 Reasons Why a Domain Owner Won’t Partner With You

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It seems like a great idea. A domain owner has “only” parked his domain name (or has minimal development), and you have a killer idea for a website or business on that particular domain name. You reach out to the domain owner, and you either receive no reply at all or you receive a “no.”

Here are some reasons why domain owners don’t want to partner (with you):

  • The domain name earns enough money parked that it’s not worth taking it off of the PPC model.
  • Domain owner doesn’t want to encumber the domain name if someone else wants to purchase it.
  • It’s too much effort and expense to do due diligence on your background.
  • The owner doesn’t think the idea has a chance at success.
  • You don’t have a successful track record, or your track record is unknown.
  • Your idea isn’t interesting or the owned doesn’t think it will make enough money.
  • The domain owner doesn’t want to be involved with partnerships.
  • The cost of getting your idea launched is more than the owner is willing to contribute.
  • It’s the domain owner’s best domain name, and he doesn’t want to take any chances with it.
  • The domain owner has an idea for his own website or business but hasn’t had the opportunity to build it.

There are plenty of companies that do permit partnerships on their domain names if the right offer from the right company comes around. In fact, most of the larger portfolio holders do have pretty public partnerships on at least one domain name that I know about. I also have a marketing partnership on Burbank.com because the conditions were right.

Don’t take it too personally if the domain owner says no, but there are plenty of good reasons why someone might not be interested in a partnership.

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)

Why I Like DomainQuestions.com

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This may come across as a bit self serving, and it probably is, but I want to give some feedback about why I like my site, DomainQuestions.com. I also think it’s good to remind people where they can get answers to some of their own domain questions.

It seems like every day that I receive a question related to domain names. Some questions are about domain monetization, some are about general domain investing, and others are related to domain acquisitions or sales. It’s humbling that people feel that they can ask me a question about domain names and get a good answer, and I appreciate that level of confidence in me.

However, I stopped doing private domain consulting over a year ago. I don’t have the time to give to others on a regular basis, and time away from my own business development is detrimental to my bottom line, even while earning a decent amount of money from consulting. Despite this, I still receive many questions about domain investing, and I want to give a good answer since people took the time to write to me.

Enter DomainQuestions.com, a site I launched several months ago. Instead of saying, “sorry, I don’t do domain consulting,” I can let the person know I will do my best to answer the question if they take the time to post it on DomainQuestions.com. Not only does this become a resource for people who have similar questions, but it also saves me time answering questions I’ve answered in the past when I simply need to email them a DQ thread with the same question and an answer.

If the person doesn’t want to spend the time or effort creating an account and posting a question, why would I ever want to spend my time answering the question?  If the question is private in nature, there are plenty of great domain consultants who will happily answer their questions for them.

In addition to the site being a resource for domain related questions, it has become a (slow growing) revenue stream. As traffic continues to grow, I’ve been fortunate to have a few advertisers on the site. It seems like a win/win.

If you haven’t checked out DomainQuestions.com, I urge you to do so the next time you have a question. I’d also recommend creating an account, adding your profile information, and helping to answer the questions that other people have. I appreciate it and they will appreciate it, too.

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