March, 2009

Official Live Auction Inventory – The Phoenix Forum – Bidding is now live and active. You can bid now!

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

If adult names bother you, leave. It’s a real part of our business and we are actually very happy to have the opportunity to perform an auction at The Phoenix Forum. The Phoenix Forum is larger than Internext. This is the biggest show of the year. We hope everyone will...

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Auction Inventory for Phoenix Forum List Announced

Friday, March 27th, 2009

There may be a few changes made to this inventory by not many. Descriptions and the order of the inventory will be published over the weekend. I apologize for the ugly formatting of this post. The official post will look much better. I wanted everyone to see it before they...

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Things I’ve learned from ccTLDs.com so far. There’s a wealth of information at your fingertips.

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

It’s been just shy of two weeks since we launched ccTLDs.com and in that time, I’ve learned many things that I didn’t already know. You have to love the value of having a community of experts. So far, there has been no real drama on the board and the members...

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No sign of a bad economy at Disney World. Mickey Mouse is making a lot of cheese.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

After a week at Disney I’m glad to be home. It was fun though. One thing is for sure, The Walt Disney Company got plenty of my family’s hard earned money. With the main resort hotels fully booked and 45 minute or more wait times for the major rides, it...

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Phoenix Forum around the corner. Don’t forget your submissions

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

I just wanted to drop a quick reminder that our adult auction at the Phoenix Forum is April 4th. We still have some room. You can submit your names here: http://www.ricklatona.com/auctions/submission-form/ We will also be there the 1st through the 4th so if you are heading to Arizona, let us...

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Is an IDN a third category of name or are they just ccTLDs or gTLDs?

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Personally, I’m a fan of the long-term value of internationalized domain names or IDNs. While I would rarely pay much for a name now on the wholesale market, I can certainly see them only going up in value as the consumers get used to the idea. When I talk with...

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ccTLDs.com, less than 24 hours old – so far so good. How it affects the overall plan. Also, registries that will speak in Amsterdam

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

By now it should be obvious I’m doing everything I can to promote ccTLDs to the market at large. If there is something I’m not doing, it’s only because I haven’t thought of it yet. It isn’t for a lack of effort or willingness. The new forum should help focus...

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Expect a lot of low priced bargains out of my newsletter this week. Springing forward my clock this morning reminded me it is time to clean out my closet.

Sunday, March 8th, 2009

Where’s my snare, I have no snare in my headphones, there ya’ go, yeah, yo’, yo’… Looking at my sales management reports, I don’t need CNBC to tell me the economy sucks worse than Microsoft’s search engine strategy. I also don’t need to call my financial broker to know that...

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