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Congrats to Rick + A Great Idea

First off, congrats to Rick Latona on his great personal accomplishment – he quit smoking and hasn’t had a cigarette in 3 weeks. Three weeks might not seem like a long time, but it is forever for a smoker, especially considering all the stress that comes with managing businesses. The first few weeks after quitting smoking are generally the most difficult when the body craves nicotine, and once over the initial hurdle, the rest is just mind over matter, and we know Rick is a determined person.

From a domain perspective though, Rick’s decision to launch a website on KickTheHabit.com is also equally good. When you build a website on a topic of interest, it makes it much easier to write articles and provide insight, which is something people will surely find interesting. Rick will be able to parlay advice from his quest to quit smoking, and others will be able to learn from this.

Soon enough, with a strong (and growing) user base, Rick may be able to sell products like books, patches and other products to help others kick their habits. This will further motivate him to continue not smoking, as people will look to his success to create their own success stories (not as if he needs added motivation though).

Double congrats to Rick, and all the best to him in both efforts.

Preliminary TRAFFIC Auction List Unveiled

Moniker has released the preliminary list of domain names for the upcoming TRAFFIC conference auction. The live auction takes place Wednesday, April 29 from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Pacific Time in Santa Clara, California. The extended online auction will be held from April 29 – May 7.

Preliminary contenders for inclusion in the final auction catalog are:

–       Realty.com
–       Ad.com
–       Viajes.com (Spanish – travel)
–       RepairMyCredit.com
–       BestCDRates.com
–       BusinessBankruptcy.com
–       DebtCollections.org
–       DiscountToyStore.com
–       OfficeSupplyStores.com
–       MovingService.com
–       OnlineTelevision.com
–       PopUpBlockers.com
–       NonProfits.com
–       CureForCancer.com
–       Junk.net
–       SanBernardino.com
–       SantaClara.com
–       FreightLines.com
–       CollegeCourse.com
–       SiameseCats.com
–       Punks.com
–       Reunions.info
–       HairReplacement.info
–       Commitment.org
–       DiscountSoftware.org
–       Deal.mobi

The complete catalog will be released on April 14.

Best Domain Auctions on Ebay

Are you looking to find the best and most popular domain name-related auctions on Ebay?   If so, Ebay has a section called “Ebay Pulse,” which features the most watched auctions in every Ebay category, including domain names. I don’t bid on Ebay auctions much, but when I do visit Ebay, I generally start with the Domain Name Pulse section.

Phoenix Forum Extended (Adult) Domain Auction

For those of you who may have missed Saturday’s Phoenix Forum domain auction or were unable to bid for some reason, you have an opportunity to bid in the extended auction. There were some notable sales on Saturday, including my personal favorite StripClubs.com, and several top domain names remain on the auction block, including XXX.com – Yes – you read it right. See the news release below for more information.

Rick Latona Auctions started their first extended domain auction.   There are 600 adult domains currently for sale at very low reserves and the auction is over Sunday at 2:00 EDT.

Atlanta, Georgia USA – April 6, 2009 – Today, Rick Latona Auctions started their first extended domain auction.   The sale will be over this Sunday at 2:00PM EDT.   “Domain names aren’t selling for the kind of money we saw a year ago, or even 6 months ago.” said Rick Latona, CEO of www.RickLatona.com.   “This is great news if you are a BUYER…there are really some good values on our list that rolled over from the live sale in Phoenix.   Our minimum sale price is $300 and I think there are over 350 names that would sell for $300 and if you are willing to go up to $500 you would hit the reserve price on over 75% of the domain names in our sale.”

There are over 600 adult domain names featured in this auction, including:

XXX.com
WebCam.com
CamGirls.com
BangedUp.com
Porno.co.uk
GirlonGirl.com
Novelties.com
Sadistic.com
SexShows.com
Skimpy.com
Shocker.com
Nudist.net
CyberPorn.com
NiceLegs.com
Wet.co.uk
Womanizer.com
Whoppers.com
FirstDates.com
NicheTube.com
StudFinder.com
Posing.com

This is the first time Rick Latona Auctions has had an extended sale and it comes off of the heels of the live auction at The Phoenix Forum on Saturday, April 4 which had sales below hoped for levels.   This is really good news to buyers because they were able to pick up domain assets for below market values at the live sale and there are still a lot of domain names with very low reserve prices in the extended sale.

The entire list of names can be viewed at www.proxibid.com/ricklatona.   Registration and bidding are also at www.proxibid.com/ricklatona.   All technical questions regarding Proxibid registration and bidding can be answered by calling toll free 877.505.7770 from inside the US or +1.402.505.7770 from outside the US.

About Rick Latona:

Rick Latona Auctions was founded as a natural extension to www.RickLatona.com to pursue other avenues in the domain marketplace to sell domain names.   When asked why he made the decision to launch now, Rick said, “I had been considering the idea for years.   When I realized that I was one of the largest individual resellers and brokers of domains it really became an issue of timing.   Rick Schwartz created that timing for us…I understand what names people want and what prices will get them to bite. It’ll be more than interesting to see how this winning formula will perform in a live format.”

Mr. Latona has been in the internet and domain industry since the mid-90s and Rick Latona Auctions is just one of several companies that Mr. Latona has founded during that time.   Other ventures include:
www.RickLatona.com – RickLatona.com stays busy Buying, Hosting, Transferring, and Selling more than 1,000,000 USD worth of domain names per month.
www.DigiPawn.com – DigiPawn is the first company to recognize domain names as assets and loan money on them.   Today, it remains one of the largest companies of its kind in the world.
www.aeiou.com – Aeiou.com offers an affordable development solution for domain owners ready to move forward with their internet properties.

New to Domain Investing in 2009

I think a whole lot has changed in the domain investment industry since I started a few years ago. I would love to hear from domain investors who recently started out in the industry about how things have been going for them. If you are new to the business, I would love to hear about some of these things:

1) How did you get started?
2) What types of domain names are you buying?
3) Where are you buying and selling most of your domain names?
4) Are you buying in the aftermarket or new registrations?
5) What are your domaining goals?

Thanks for taking the time to respond – and of course for reading my blog.

Estibot Tool Reviews

I see people posting about Estibot appraisals in a variety of places, but I haven’t used the appraisal service much. Personally, I don’t think there is a way to appraise a domain name accurately in an automated fashion. I’ve seen that there are other tools offered by Estibot, but I don’t believe I have ever used any of them in the past.

Today, Jamie from DotWeekly said that he is beginning a new series to review several of the tools Estibot offers, and I look forward to seeing what he has to say about them. Every once in a while I learn about a new domain tool, and it’s good to know about helpful tools that are at our disposal.

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