July, 2008

Go Big or Go Home. RickLatona.com is now in the live auction business.

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

“Exciting times my friend!” Those were the words used by the illustrious Rick Schwartz when we came to agreement on my company doing a live auction event at the TRAFFIC meeting in New York this coming September. Exciting times indeed, Rick. I’ve become the largest individual reseller and broker of domains...

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Pig butt anyone?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

You have to admire a country with such a passion for ham, or Jamón to be correct in Spanish. Here in Madrid you can really splurge on the tasty asses of swine. I personally prefer the jamón ibérico which is taken from Black Ibérian pig which eats only acorns while...

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Where are they now? A look at domains sold in the past.

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

From time to time, if you follow the domainer message boards, you’ll see posts about domains that have been sold and what the new owner has done with them. This is my post on the subject. For the purpose of this exercise, let’s look at only names that have sold...

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vTLDs – My Thoughts

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

So I’ve had time now to digest and summarize my thoughts on the new vanity top level domain extensions that ICANN has decided to soon allow. Yes, I’m also supporting David Castello’s coined terminology “vTLDs”. The quick and dirty answer of mine is that they are a bum deal for...

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dyslexia is a disease horrible

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I’m not sure why I keep making so many mistakes in my daily newsletters. Just yesterday I made two. I told my audience that on jp.net I can no confirm that this name does 5 dollars a day on Sedo. What does that mean? It looks like I’m saying I...

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