More Lies and Coverups

This is a great analysis of the Schwartz / Ruddell issue in which an employee allegedly accessed a Moniker customer’s account.

The article goes deep into the ethics and what you REALLY agree to when you register a domain name.

New TV Show For Domain Investment – Episode 1 [HD Video]

It give us great pleasure to announce the very first episode of Domainer Income TV.

The show is unlike anything you have seen before. Its run by professional domain investors who are raising standards and are bringing a new level of education and transparency to the marketplace.

Given the scale of tv series, the show will be run on its own dedicated site at http://www.DomainerIncome.TV (yes, we are putting a .TV domain to good use).

Domainer Income TV could not have happened without our team who worked tirelessly to put this together, especially Tristan on Pre Production, Aaron on Post Production, the musical genius of Sebastian our Composer and Eric with our great Set Design.

Most of all we would like to thank all the people who will appear in the series and those behind the scenes that made the interviews possible. All of these people have given up their valuable time to help educate and grow, the domain investment industry.

Episode 1

Our first guest is Oversee CEO and President Jeff Kupietzky. Oversee owns over 950,000 domain names making it one of the largest owners of Internet Real Estate in the world.

Mobile Support

For those on mobile devices, we have FULL browser support for:

* iPhone/iPod Touch / iPad
* Andriod
* Touch-Based Blackberry
* Nokia S60 series and above

If you have any of these devices, you are going to love the new site – it has been designed and optimized especially for mobile browsing! So head on over to Domainer Income TV and check it out!

Premium Domains In Fort Lauderdale

I just received a note from Oversee talking about DOMAINfest Fort Lauderdale.

They have created a pre-bidding system and provided a sample of their domains (which are extremely high quality). I’m not going to list them all here, so I’ve hand picked a few from their catalog:

1. Dating.com
2. Jeans.com
3. Detox.com
4. Relationship.com
5. Therapists.com
6. HardDrives.com
7. BoardGames.com

I’d be more than happy to own any of them! Happy bidding.

Traffic Extended Online Auction – Last 5 Hrs To Bid!

For those that missed the live auction at Traffic ( like me ), the Extended Auction is a great opportunity to bid on a few names.

I’ve been closely watching a few of them and its coming down to the wire. Here are a few interesting names across multiple price ranges, that I’ve hand picked.

zeel.com – $775.00
saskatoon.net – $660.00
prot.com – $525.00
superhero.net – $485.00
joystick.net – $550.00
orlandohotelrooms.com – $485.00
helicoptersforsale.com – $450.00
imply.com – $1,380.00
entrepreneurs.info – $375.00
epick.com – $375.00
flowerstands.com – $375.00
n81.com – $535.00
adulttelevision.com – $665.00
assaulted.com – $640.00
bar.biz – $375.00
born.info – $375.00
clicknews.com – $2,460.00
contactlenscleaner.com – $375.00
cutlery.info – $350.00
deliveryboy.com – $1,280.00
duty.net – $640.00
forecast.info – $350.00
franchiseopportunity.net – $350.00
inaugurations.com – $350.00
internetbroadbandphone.com – $350.00
gotrich.com – $1,950.00
investigations.info – $325.00
laptopbatteries.info – $325.00
millionaire.org – $6,140.00
squatter.com – $3,400.00
terrorist.org – $1,230.00

With names as low as $325 there are definitely a few bargains. Let me know how you go.

John Mauriello From Moniker Talks Domain Valuation

John Mauriello is a Domain Sales Specialist at Moniker.

• 57 domains sold twice between 2004 and 2005
• The value increased an average of 288% over 230 days
• More than 200 domains sold twice between 2004 and 2006
• Notable sales such as fund.com for $9M

Just like real estate, domain names are considered a commodity. They are considered property by most governments and ICANN.

Domains are usually categorized according to:

• Domains you’ll monetize
• Domains you’ll never sell
• Domains you’ll sell for a profit.

Comparable public and private sales: eg: dnsalesprice.com.

Appraisal of domain and or business – moniker does both

Earnings multiples

• Domains 5-7 times earnings, portfolios 2-5 times earnings
• Businesses (domains with assets)

Other Types of Considerations

• Direct impact on branding and marketing
• Which target audiences are better than the primary brand. eg: underwear.com
• Is the buyer coming to you before or after launching. Example: ireport.com vs cnn.com/ireport.

Preview of Affiliate Summit 2008 In Boston

The guys from Oversee dropped me an email yesterday about their upcoming auction. It starts on Sunday August 10 and continues through to Thursday, August 21.

Here is a small selection of names that I like:

CreditCheck.us, SuperSaving.com, Trades.net, OnlineDiscounts.com, SellingTips.com and OrlandoHotelGuide.com.

There are a lot more premium names and the full catalog will be release in due course.

TRAFFIC East Auctions – How Much For Pay.com?

Moniker has released the final catalogs and auction orders for the Low & No Reserve Auction as well as the Premier Live Auction taking place on Friday, May 23, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. EST/11:00 a.m. PST in Orlando, USA.

Here is a selection that I particularly like:

pay.com, action.com, anger.com, athlete.com, gasprices.com, idol.com, jackpot.com, daycare.org, refinancing.net and ringtone.mobi

I’m dying to see how much pay.com will sell for. It’s going to have to be a record breaker.