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Personalized Brokerage Service

Elliot Silver
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When selling domain names, I believe most people either rely on end users contacting them or rely on selling to other domain investors. I think there is a market for a domain brokerage that is paid to contact potential buyers of domain names on behalf of domain owners.

The brokerage would collect stats and information about a domain name and present it to potential buyers. This is similar to my post in July, but instead of running an auction, the company would set a BIN price for a particular name or group of names that would be of interest to a company.

Currently, I believe most domain brokers work the opposite way. They receive information about a domain name and blast an email out to a random group of domain buyers. If a more personalized email was sent, the potential buyer could be enticed to make a purchase. It’s the heart of direct marketing (where I have my Master’s Degree), and it would be a great win/win/win for all parties.

Ignorance is no Excuse

Elliot Silver
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Candidates locked in name game over Web domains

I’ve been seeing quite a few articles about politicians buying the domain names of their opponents, but I haven’t seen something as blatant as what the lady in the aforementioned article has been doing. The lady apparently believes that she can buy the domain names of realtors, doctors and other professionals in the hopes of selling to them for a profit. I think this is a case of ignorance more than anything else, but it certainly isn’t right. This is straight-up cybersquatting.

As domain investing becomes more mainstream, educating new investors is going to be important. I believe it is the job of the registrars’ to educate their buyers. Companies like Godaddy have gone mainstream, but I believe they are failing to educate their consumers. You wouldn’t leave out seatbelts in a Ferrari, so registrars should educate their buyers on the laws of cybersquatting and the penalties they could bring. As I said in this post, consumers should have “to check off a box acknowledging that they are aware of the Lanham Act and its penalties before every registration.”

Someone needs to give this “domain reseller” a clue.

Top Notch Domains, LLC Acquires Customs.com

Elliot Silver
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Top Notch Domains, LLC, a Nashua, New Hampshire based domain investment and development company, is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of the domain name Customs.com. The company intends to develop an informational website focusing on foreign and domestic travel requirements.

“We are thrilled to add this great domain name to our domain portfolio,” said Top Notch Domains President Elliot J. Silver. “We believe owning a prime generic domain name is one of the keys to a successful website, and Customs.com aligns with our growth strategy.” Customs.com will launch in Q2 2008.

Top Notch Domains, LLC owns domain names such as Devices.com, DrugCounseling.com, FlightDiscounts.com, and many other valuable generic domain names.

Rabbi.com – A Man on a Mission

Elliot Silver
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An acquaintance of mine is the owner of Rabbi.com. In one of the nicest online gestures I’ve seen, my acquaintance allows our mutual friend, Rabbi Levi Baumgarten to operate and use Rabbi.com. Rabbi Levi (as I call him), is one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet anywhere. He is the type of person I could call right now, and if I needed something that he could provide, I would have it by the end of the day.

Rabbi Levi is the man behind the Mitzvah Tank in New York City. If you’ve been to New York, you may have seen him in his RV trying to recruit Jews to do a mitzvah by putting on tefillin and saying a prayer. He isn’t pushy and doesn’t really preach. His goal is to give every Jewish person an opportunity to take a few minutes of their day and reconnect with their religion. Rabbi Levi is always willing to teach and answer any questions. If he doesn’t have an answer, he will do the research and get back to you. On the rare occasion when I can’t get home for a holiday, I know I have a place at his family’s dinner table.

I was thinking of Rabbi Levi this morning while making plans to try and see him in the Tank today, and I was thinking about the similarity between his mission and the mission of domain investors. Whenever we have an opportunity, we do our best to teach others about the importance and value of domain names. We don’t want to sound like preachers, but we want everyone to realize how valuable domain names are. His mission is much more holy, but we both want others to see our vision.

If only Rabbi Levi would add a Paypal link to his donation page, but I digress…

Did Rick Schwartz Hear from CADNA?

Elliot Silver
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A few weeks ago, Rick Scwartz blogged about CADNA on Rick’s Blog. He took a different tact than many and emailed them offering his assistance by joining their cause. As of a few days later, Rick’s email had gone unanswered. Perhaps they were on vacation since the summer was ending? Maybe they weren’t interested in Rick’s overture? I wonder if Rick ever received a response from them…

Lulu Sues Hulu

Elliot Silver
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Lulu site sues News Corp

No, it’s not a joke – Lulu.com has sued News Corp and NBC claiming that their recently announced Hulu.com video sharing website infringes on its trademark. There are currently 184 live and dead trademarks for the term “lulu” according to the USPTO database. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

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