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John Ferber’s Secret Millionaire Viewing Party

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As you may already know, Domain Holdings’ John Ferber will be featured in an episode of ABC’s popular show, Secret Millionaire. The show will air on March 27, 2011 at 8pm eastern time.

In conjunction with the airing, there will be a viewing party held at Atlantique Cafe in Delray Beach, Florida (777 East Altantic Avenue) from 7-10pm. John will be in attendance, and I am sure a number of other people in the domain business will be there to support him as well.

A donation of $20 is being requested, and the money will go directly towards the charities/organizations featured during the episode. You can pre-purchase your ticket on Microgiving.com.

It’s going to be a fun evening for sure, and it’s something I would attend if I was in Florida.

Bhavin Turakhia, Founder of Directi, Selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

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Bhavin Turakhia, founder of Directi, the company that owns and operates Skenzo, BigJumbo and DomainAdvertising.com, was selected as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum. Turakhia was one of 12 leaders from India that was honored.

There were over 1,000 people considered for this honor (whittled down from an original 5,000+ that were considered), but only 190 leaders were selected. The World Economic Forum considers things such as rapid career progression, delivering results to the leader’s company or organization, altruistic  entrepreneurship, and a variety of other factors.

This is a significant honor for Turakhia, and I congratulate him for his achievement.

The full list of Young Global Leaders for 2011 can be found in this pdf on the World Economic Forum website.

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Simple Search to Save Time on Acquisitions

Elliot Silver
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I want to share an easy Google search I do that saves me time when I am looking to acquire domain names. I visit Google, type in the domain name in quotes and also type in the word domain name, also in quotes.

This simple but effective search allows me to find any article mentioning the domain name along with the term “domain name.” If the name has ever been put up for sale or previously sold, the search query will likely find the article in which the sale was mentioned.

I find this search helpful because it allows me to quickly see sales, sale listings, auctions, postings, or other articles where the domain name was mentioned, without having to look at a variety of websites.

For instance, I was going to inquire about a domain name this morning that I think is probably worth about $15,000. The owner has it listed on his site for “offers of $100k and higher,” and he considers it his premier domain name.  Now, if I think the name is worth $15,000, I am obviously not going to want to pay full market value for it, and I certainly won’t pay close to 6 figures.

Similarly, in the past, I’ve been after domain names that have recently sold at auction, and that’s a great piece of information to have when negotiating. If you know the owner’s purchase price, it’s an added bit of insight that can be helpful to you.

By finding out this information before I inquire, I am saving myself some time and potentially avoiding a contentious negotiation. A 2 minute search can save you lots of time and energy.

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Despite DoS Attack on Escrow.com, Customer Information Not Compromised

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Escrow.comWhen I visited Escrow.com this morning, I was surprised to see the message, “Bad Request (Invalid Hostname).” According to Escrow.com Customer Service Manager, Andee Hill, the company has been experiencing a Denial of Service (DOS) attack on its servers. I have been assured that customer information and transactions have not been compromised.

According to Hill, “Escrow.com has experienced an attack on the bandwidth of our servers. This attack only creates the inability to access our site; it does not compromise any customer or company information. We are working diligently to resolve this issue promptly.”

The technical support team is working diligently to resolve this, and the company expects to be back online shortly. If customers have any questions or need some assistance, they can call customer support  at 1.888.511.8600 (in the US and Canada) or  1.949.635.3800 (International). Customers may also email support:  support@escrow.com.

Experiment Ends Well: Ronald McDonald House Benefits Thanks to Endless Pools

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EndlessPools.comIn January of 2010, I blogged about my goal of selling ResistancePool.com to a leading pool company, and I shared my research on potential buyers and my  methodology  for selling the domain name. Unfortunately, my efforts did not result in a sale.

Several months after my article was posted, I was able to get in touch with Endless Pools, one of the largest pool companies. Endless Pools ranks #1 in Google for the term “resistance pool,” which likely drives some traffic to its website, and the company also ranks well for a variety of other industry keywords and terms.

When I first connected with the company’s Marketing Director, we weren’t able to reach a sales agreement for the domain name. Recently, I reached out to the company again, and we were able to come up with a deal in which everyone is very happy… especially the Ronald McDonald House.

As you know, I am currently raising funds for the Ronald McDonald House, and I hope to raise $5,000 by the end of April. Instead of selling ResistancePool.com to Endless Pools, the company has agreed to donate the sales price to help my efforts in raising funds for this great non profit organization.

The company will get a highly targeted, descriptive domain name, I am able to “sell” a domain name that wasn’t aligned with my business development plans, and the Ronald McDonald House will receive a donation. I believe this is a situation which everyone will benefit.

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Moniker / Snapnames Holds .TV Auction

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.TV AuctionMoniker will be holding an auction for .TV domain names on Snapnames beginning this afternoon at 12pm (EST). The auction will end on Wednesday, March 23rd at 3:15 pm. It looks like Moniker has been advertising with Mashable, and the company has a special .TV promotion during the SXSW conference in Austin.

I’ve been hearing quite a bit about .TV domain names, and I expect this auction will do very well, especially the two letter domain names that have low reserves. I actually might try to buy my first .TV domain names via this auction, although that remains to be seen.

It looks like there are some pretty good names in the auction, and my selections are bolded below:

00.tv $201 – $500
32.tv $201 – $500
Ae.tv $201 – $500
Ah.tv $201 – $500
Air.tv $1001 – $2500
Ak.tv $201 – $500
Al.tv $201 – $500
And.tv $201 – $500
Ar.tv $201 – $500
Asp.tv $201 – $500
Attorneys.tv $5,001 – $10,000
Ax.tv $201 – $500
Azul.tv $501 – $1000
BailBond.tv $1001 – $2500
Bargains.tv $5,001 – $10,000
Bb.tv $201 – $500
Bg.tv $201 – $500
Big.tv $1001 – $2500
Bluegrass.tv $5,001 – $10,000
Bm.tv $201 – $500
British.tv $1001 – $2500
Bv.tv $201 – $500
Bw.tv $201 – $500
Can.tv $201 – $500
CelebNews.tv $1001 – $2500
Ch2.tv No Reserve
Ch6.tv No Reserve
Ch7.tv No Reserve
Ch8.tv No Reserve
ChatRoom.tv $201 – $500
Cowgirls.tv $1001 – $2500
Ct.tv $201 – $500
Cycle.tv $2501 – $5000
Dd.tv $201 – $500
DoJo.tv No Reserve
Du.tv $201 – $500
DuiLaws.tv $501 – $1000
Dz.tv $201 – $500
Ee.tv $201 – $500
Ej.tv $201 – $500
Er.tv $201 – $500
Familia.tv $1001 – $2500
Familias.tv $2501 – $5000
Fax.tv $201 – $500
FitnessTrainers.tv $501 – $1000
Fm.tv $201 – $500
GarageBands.tv $501 – $1000
Gene.tv $501 – $1000
Gg.tv $201 – $500
Gi.tv $201 – $500
Golfers.tv $5,001 – $10,000
GreenLiving.tv $1001 – $2500
Hb.tv $201 – $500
Heather.tv $1001 – $2500
Hi.tv $201 – $500
Hm.tv $201 – $500
Ho.tv $201 – $500
Hp.tv $201 – $500
Hr.tv $201 – $500
Ht.tv $201 – $500
Hv.tv $201 – $500
Ib.tv $201 – $500
Ie.tv $201 – $500
Ii.tv $201 – $500
Il.tv $201 – $500
Infomercials.tv $2501 – $5000
Iq.tv $1001 – $2500
Iv.tv $201 – $500
Ix.tv $201 – $500
Jj.tv $201 – $500
Jock.tv No Reserve
Jodi.tv $1001 – $2500
Joe.tv $5,001 – $10,000
Jr.tv $201 – $500
Jt.tv $201 – $500
JugAdOr.tv $1001 – $2500
Jz.tv $201 – $500
Kathleen.tv $201 – $500
Kb.tv $201 – $500
Kd.tv $201 – $500
Kick.tv $1001 – $2500
Ko.tv $201 – $500
Ks.tv $201 – $500
Kurt.tv No Reserve
Kv.tv $201 – $500
Kw.tv $201 – $500
Ky.tv $201 – $500
Lawyers.tv $10,001 – $25,000
Lg.tv $201 – $500
Ll.tv $201 – $500
Llc.tv $501 – $1000
Lm.tv $201 – $500
Lo.tv $201 – $500
Los.tv $201 – $500
Lp.tv $201 – $500
Mashups.tv $1001 – $2500
Mb.tv $201 – $500
Mn.tv $201 – $500
Mo.tv $201 – $500
Mommies.tv $501 – $1000
Mp.tv $201 – $500
Mr.tv $201 – $500
Mt.tv $201 – $500
Musicos.tv $1001 – $2500
Mw.tv $201 – $500
Mx.tv $201 – $500
Mz.tv $201 – $500
Nas.tv $201 – $500
No.tv $201 – $500
Oh.tv $201 – $500
Ol.tv $201 – $500
Om.tv $201 – $500
Oo.tv $201 – $500
Ov.tv $201 – $500
Philippine.tv No Reserve
Php.tv $201 – $500
Po.tv $201 – $500
Psp.tv $201 – $500
Pv.tv $201 – $500
Pz.tv $201 – $500
Qa.tv $201 – $500
Rant.tv $501 – $1000
RapStar.tv $501 – $1000
RapStars.tv $501 – $1000
Rasta.tv $1001 – $2500
Rewards.tv $2501 – $5000
Rf.tv $201 – $500
Rw.tv $201 – $500
Set.tv $201 – $500
Skaters.tv $2501 – $5000
Slap.tv $501 – $1000
Sn.tv $201 – $500
Specials.tv $1001 – $2500
Stocks.tv $2501 – $5000
Stop.tv No Reserve
Streaming.tv $2501 – $5000
Sw.tv $201 – $500
Tabloid.tv $10,001 – $25,000
Tax.tv $201 – $500
Tc.tv $201 – $500
Tn.tv $201 – $500
Tots.tv No Reserve
Tt.tv $201 – $500
Ty.tv $201 – $500
Utilities.tv $501 – $1000
Uu.tv $201 – $500
Va.tv $201 – $500
Vb.tv $201 – $500
Vd.tv $201 – $500
Vegetarians.tv $501 – $1000
Vi.tv $201 – $500
Vm.tv $201 – $500
Vn.tv $201 – $500
Vv.tv $201 – $500
Wb.tv $201 – $500
WeatherReport.tv $1001 – $2500
Who.tv $501 – $1000
Wk.tv $201 – $500
Wm.tv $201 – $500
Wv.tv $201 – $500
Ww.tv $201 – $500
Wx.tv $201 – $500
Xl.tv $201 – $500
Xm.tv $201 – $500
Yb.tv $201 – $500
Ym.tv $201 – $500
Ys.tv $201 – $500

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