Rick Latona Auctions, LLC is now accepting domain name submissions for the upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Conference and Expo to be held in Brooklyn, New York. First off, let me explain.  We have limited space and we won't be running a silent auction like our competitors do. We only have 75 slots! Please only submit premium names [...]

Like most large domainers I have accounts at all of the major registrars. Fabulous.com is without a doubt my favorite. There are a number of reasons for this. My favorite thing about them is their permission based login system. I love the fact that I can have employees login to my account and register names [...]

Sometimes it pays to go with the best. I've made a commitment to spare no expense on my new auction company. You guys already know about our world champion auctioneer. We have now contracted with the biggest and best online auction company in the business. A copy of our press release is below. FOR IMMEDIATE [...]

Many of you have been asking me what names are so far approved to go into my live auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. show. Here's the first 1/3rd of the names that I will be running. Sugarless.com SecurityAlarms.com Microbrewers.com Monopolies.com LotteryNumbers.com PreOwnedJets.com (the singular is in my newsletter) HighFidelity.com GolfClubRepair.com GayLawyers.com FrenchPerfumes.com CustomBoots.com ComputerBatteries.com BlackEntrepreneur.com BlackEntrepreneurs.com [...]

Many of you know I have a two-page spread in Website Magazine. I also just contracted for a two-page spread in Modern Domainer. Today, I took it one leap further. I've agreed to a very expensive, 6-digit contract for a two-page centerfold spread in the monthly Internet Retailer magazine. This magazine is read by the [...]

I was the one that had sold fixedloans.com at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in 2006. I remember that date well. Moniker had just started doing auctions and nobody really knew how well it would go over. I had a strategy of putting 10 decent names in all at no reserve that I had nothing into. I figured that there [...]

True global brands need a .com extension. Clearly there are obvious exceptions but for the most part, if you want to market to the world, you need a good .com. However, with all the patting on the back old-school domainers like to give themselves, you have to admit, we should have registered more country-code top-level [...]

Can someone tell me if I'm crazy? I'm about to take a very expensive domainer's approach to the battered housing market. I've been spending a lot of time on Foreclosure.com since reading about that company's acquistion of Rick Shwartz's property.com. I'm fascinated with the Real Estate industry. There is more value in my neighborhood than [...]

Seventeen years ago when I was just a young punk of 18 years I considered joining the Marine Corps. I had told my grandfather, Colonel Edward Grayson that I wasn’t worried about getting into any wars. “Who did we have to worry about, the Chinese?” The Korean War veteran and member of the Chosin Few [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2008 World Livestock Champion Matt Lowery joins Rick Latona Auctions, LLC. Atlanta, Georgia USA – August 6, 2008 – Matt Lowery will be joining Rick Latona Auctions, LLC, who will be hosting their first Auction September 24, 2008 in New York at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C Domain Conference and Expo. 2008 World Livestock Champion [...]