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Monday Is The Last Chance To Grab Your .XXX Domain Name During Sunrise Period

October 28th, 2011 Comments off
As reported on ElliotsBlog.com, .XXX Sunrise period which originally was to end today, has been extended until Monday, October 31st, 4pm EST. Also reported is they have received over 70,000 pre-registration requests. At roughly $200 each that is $14 million, WOW! For those of you that don’t know if the Sunrise period is for you, watch this [...]
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Jeff Kupietzky Is Voluntarily Leaving Oversee

July 29th, 2011 Comments off
I just received the following email from Mason Cole, Oversee.net VP of Communications & Industry Relations. I am confirming the departure of Jeff Kupietzky from his executive role with Oversee at the end of August.  After five years with the company and the last two and a half years as CEO and President, Jeff has elected for [...]

.CO Turns A $5 Million Investment Into Over $30 Million

June 2nd, 2011 Comments off
The big news in the domaining community today is that .CO has sold it’s 1,000,000th web address. Here is the statement released by .CO this morning. “.CO Internet S.A.S., the official registry operator for the .CO domain, announced today that it has reached the landmark one millionth .CO domain name registration. Less than one year [...]
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Domain Masters Radio Show – Live At 7pm – Chef Patrick and Victor Pitts

July 7th, 2010 Comments off
Just a quick note to let you know tonight I will be co-hosting Domain Masters radio show with Victor Pitts. This will be my first of many appearances as the new co-host of Domain Masters. Be sure to tune in tonight at 7pm est as we do a LIVE show. Guests will be free to chat [...]

Domain Name News Episode 45

April 24th, 2010 Comments off
This week’s video sponsor is WhyPark.com, a mix between development and parking. Links: GoDrops.com Relaunches Expired Domain Finder Service by DomainNameWire.com I Am Giving Away Two FREE Tickets to the GeoDomain Expo by ElliotsBlog.com Bargain Domains Switches to Auction Format by DomainNameWire.com The Domain Name Wire Auction Auction by DomainShane.com

Domain Name News Episode 44

April 9th, 2010 Comments off
This week’s video sponsor is Name.com, the registrar that Chef Patrick uses. Sorry for the delay in posting. I actually did this hours ago but completely forgot to post, I got so wrapped up in work. Links: Moniker Brings In A Hired Gun – Chef Patrick by ChefPatrick.com Rick Latona Changes Newsletter To Daily Auctions by ChefPatrick.com Sedo [...]

Moniker Brings In A Hired Gun – Chef Patrick

April 8th, 2010 Comments off
As of April 1st, I am Oversee.net’s newest hired gun (Domain Sales Specialist) brokering domain names for Moniker/SnapNames. You all know me as a hard core entrepreneur. I haven’t worked for anyone but myself for the last 5 years. I know you are wondering why I would accept a position with ANY company, so I’ll [...]

Domain Name News Episode 43

April 2nd, 2010 Comments off
This week’s video sponsors are SocialDomainers.com and Name.com. Both companies held two great contests to give away some awesome prizes. For Name.com we announced the winner of a $500 account credit and for SocialDomainers.com we announced two winners of an Apple iPad. Make sure you watch to see who won! Links: Mark Klein Rejoins Tucows [...]

Domain Name News Episode 42

March 26th, 2010 Comments off
Today’s video sponsor is Parked.com. Links: JustDropped.com Sale Never Completed - ChefPatrick.com DOMAINfest To Hold Two One-Day Events In The U.S. – ChefPatrick.com Domain Madness Auction Continues (Already Over $200k In Sales) - DomainMadness2.com FourSquare Admits Its Expired Domain Name Mistake – DomainNameWire.com Chance To Win One of Two iPads With SocialDomainers.com – ChefPatrick.com Chance To Win The $500 Grand Prize Account Credit With [...]

JustDropped.com Sale Never Completed

March 24th, 2010 Comments off
In October DNN.com reported the acquisition of popular pending delete domain name service JustDropped.com by Rob Monster of Epik, LLC. Now, let’s fast forward to today. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Dan Rubin of JustDropped.com during the last South Florida domainer meetup and he informed me that the sale never went through. Dan [...]