Official Live Auction Inventory - The Phoenix Forum - Bidding is now live and active. You can bid now!
March 29, 2009 by Rick Latona · 5 Comments
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 be happy with this list. We’ve put a lot of work into it.
This is the live auction list. The extended auction list will be posted at a later date.
Our LIVE Auction at The Phoenix Forum has been started for pre-bidding. To see the - catalog and register to bid, you may go to www.proxybid.com/ricklatona.
The LIVE Auction will be on Saturday, April 4 and will run from 3:00pm PT to 5:00pm PT. You will be able to view the auction live at www.proxybid.com/ricklatona. After the LIVE auction, we will also have an extended auction which will run for one week starting after the live auction is over. The extended auction will feature over 500 domain names at very good values.
We have a varied collection of domain names AND services that are sure to be popular. The reserve ranges for the domain names run from No Reserve to Over 5 Million US Dollars. All of the service packages are being offered at No Reserve and they are excellent packages for those in the adult industry. The service packages combined would cost over 100,000 US Dollars, and again they are being offered to you at No Reserve. They include 2 staff labor packages from Offshoring.com, 3 hosting packages from RackCo.com, 2 website traffic packages from GalleryTrafficService.com, 2 video packages from MatrixContent.com, and 1 video package from X2KMedia.com.
For any questions regarding any of these domain names or our auction, please email David Clements at david [at] davidclements [dot] com.
The entire list, including lot numbers and descriptions is below:
10 PornCzars.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
20 ChicBars.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
30 GayMaleWebcam.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
40 GayManMasturbating.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
50 ScottsdaleStripClubs.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
60 ToplessWomen.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
70 HugeCockPorn.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
80 Girls.info Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
90 HispanicPornos.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
100 BoyCollege.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
110 HispanicCouples.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
120 Jiz.com Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
130 Boned.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
140 HornyChicks.co.uk Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
150 Paysite.tv Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
160 StudFinder.com Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
170 BigDickPornos.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
180 Wet.co.uk Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
190 TranssexualPornos.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
200 SexMuseums.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
210 MenModeling.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
220 Posing.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
230 CyberPorn.com Reserve Range: 25,000 USD - 49,999 USD
240 ExtraSmallCondoms.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
250 Matrix Content Video Package 1 Reserve Range: No Reserve. Lot Description: Matrix Content brings you a website starter and update package in two separate lots each for NO RESERVE. Together these two lots are in the 10,000 USD range for the products offered. Matrix Content website starter package: 5 white/black design sets = $500 value, 5 photo sets with FHG rights = $800, 10 H/C Video sets w/matching pictures = $1500, 10 Solo Video sets w/matching pictures = $1200, $4000 Value, brought to you by MatrixContent.com
260 GirlOnGirl.com Reserve Range: 100,000 USD - 199,999 USD Lot Description: Domain gets 500-600 organic type-ins daily.
270 FirstDates.com Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
280 XXXMPegs.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
290 HispanicCoeds.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
300 Offshoring Staffing Package 1 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description:
Media Manager (Retail: $1,295 per month) x 3= $3,885
A Junior Media Manager can edit, resize and watermark images and perform as well video encoding, watermarking and basic video clipping.
Brought to you by Offshoring.com.
310 Novelties.com Reserve Range: 75,000 USD - 100,000 USD Lot Description: Currently only a parked page with very modest traffic. 500-600 visits/month.
320 AmateurShowGirls.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
330 Boys247.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
340 Pornos.com.br Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
350 SinglesListings.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
360 PublicSquirting.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
370 Matrix Content Video Package 2 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: Matrix Content brings you a website starter and update package in two separate lots each for NO RESERVE. Together these two lots are in the 10,000 USD range for the products offered. Matrix Content Weekly Update Package, 10 H/C Video Sets w/matching pictures = $1500, 10 Solo Video sets w/matching pictures = $1200, 4 weekly burn updates (10 sets per week) $3300, $6000 Value. Brought to you by MatrixContent.com
380 Porno.co.uk Reserve Range: 200,000 USD - 299,999 USD Lot Description: This domain gets about 2,500 hits per day. It made about 50,000 USD in revenue in 18 months as a paysite just with the organic traffic, but it is currently a forum with over 30,000 members and counting to build traffic to the site.
385 Sadistic.com Reserve Range: undisclosed. Lot Description: Great brandable adult domain name! Even though the reserve is undisclosed, it is very reasonable for this name.
390 Rack Co Hosting Package 1 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: Kelly Grillo of RackCo.com has put three competitive hosting packages together all to be sold to the highest bidder today. That’s right, NO RESERVE on any of these packages, Auction Specials
3 Month agreements, customer can extend agreement for up to 9 additional months at the auction price within 30 days of end of agreement.
All True Enterprise Level Servers from DELL
1 - Dell 1950 suggested retail $499 monthly each
Quad Core Processor (1.6 GHz or above)
2 GB Ram
2 x 146GB SAS 10k Hard Drives
RAID 1
10 Mbps Bandwidth included!
R1Soft CDP (Continuous Data Protection)
100 GB Backup Storage
Brought to you by RackCo.com.
400 Milf.info Reserve Range: 5,000 USD - 9,999 USD
410 Lot of 25 Adult Domains Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: This lot contains the following domain names: AMATEURFUCKINGMOVIE.COM, ANIMEFUCKMOVIES.COM, ANIMEFUCKVIDEO.COM, BUTTFUCKINGMOVIE.COM, BUTTFUCKINGVIDEOS.COM, BUTTFUCKMOVIE.COM, EBONYFUCKINGMOVIE.COM, EBONYFUCKINGVIDEO.COM, FACEFUCKINGMOVIE.COM, FACEFUCKINGVIDEO.COM, GAYFUCKMOVIE.COM, LATINAFUCKINGMOVIE.COM, LATINAFUCKMOVIE.COM, LESBIANFUCKINGMOVIE.COM, LESBIANFUCKINGMOVIES.COM, LESBIANFUCKMOVIE.COM, LESBIANFUCKMOVIES.COM, NUDEWRESTLINGMOVIE.COM. PEEPSHOWMOVIES.COM, PUSSYFUCKMOVIES.COM, PUSSYFUCKVIDEO.COM, STREETFIGHTMOVIE.COM, TEENFUCKINGMOVIE.COM, TITTYFUCKINGMOVIE.COM, & RIMJOBVIDEO.COM
420 FU2.com Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
430 GroupOrgies.net Reserve Range: No Reserve
440 NiceLegs.com Reserve Range: 25,000 USD - 49,999 USD
450 NicheTube.com Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
460 LiveVoyeur.net Reserve Range: No Reserve
470 Gallery Traffic Service Website Traffic Package 1 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: You are bidding on a 5,000 USD Traffic Package (traffic and spots to be determined by the winner of the auction) brought to you by Mark Hurson at GalleryTrafficService.com
480 BangedUp.com Reserve Range: 299,000 USD - 449,999 USD Lot Description: This lot includes everything, the domain name, website, and all contents for BangedUp.com. Numbers below are for income graph and there are several screenshots attached showing traffic. All numbers are in US Dollars. June 21,182.58; July 16,477.92; August 13,050.63; September 15,013.33; October 14,738.30; November 14,011.13; December 14,588.59; January 13,243.51; February 12,508.36
490 X2K Media Video Package 1 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: X2K Media brings you a tube style white label design in one lot selling to the highest bidder starting at NO RESERVE. This package would sell for 7,000 USD. X2K Media Custom Members Area Package, Tube style white label design with 10 genres, 6 months of Leased feeds @ $1.00 a GB ($1.00 GB for any overages), 1TB of transfer per month included, $7000 Value brought to you by X2Media.com.
500 Rack Co Hosting Package 2 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: Kelly Grillo of RackCo.com has put three competitive hosting packages together all to be sold to the highest bidder today. That’s right, NO RESERVE on any of these packages, 3 Month agreements, customer can extend agreement for up to 9 additional months at the auction price within 30 days of end of agreement.Starter Cluster suggested retail $3899 Monthly
1 Fully Managed
NFS (1)
Dual Quad Core
6 GB Ram
RAID 5
4 x 500GB SCSI HD
SQL (1)
Dual Quad Core
6 GB Ram
RAID 1
2 x 146 SAS 10K HD
Web Servers (2)
Dual Core
2 GB Ram
73GB SCSI HD
Bandwidth 50 Mbps Included!
R1Soft CDP (Continuous Data Protection) Included!
500GB Storage for Backups Included!
Load Balancing Included!
Brought to you by RackCo.com.
510 XXX.com Reserve Range: millions and millions. Bring your banker. Lot Description: XXX.com gets around 50,000 uniques per day.
520 Rack Co Hosting Package 3 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: 1 - Collocation Rack Space & Power suggested retail $2395 each. 3 Month agreements, customer can extend agreement for up to 9 additional months at the auction price within 30 days of end of agreement.
1 – 48 U APC Rack
1 – Gig Port
100 Mbps Bandwidth
2 – 20 Amps 120v Circuits
OnSite Management
KVM
APC Power Distribution Remote reboot
No setup fees for the rack and gear.
Installation fees will apply for customers provided hardware at a rate of 50.00 dollars per hour.
Brought to you by RackCo.com.
530 StripClubs.com Reserve Range: 50,000 USD - 74,999 USD
540 Offshoring Staffing Package 2 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description:
Media Manager/Jr. Designer (Retail: $2,290 per month) x3= $6,870
A Junior Media Manager can edit, resize and watermark images and perform as well video encoding, watermarking and basic video clipping.
A Junior Designer can build sample galleries of content, basic web banners and the like. They are meant to assist or complement your more experienced designer.
Brought to you by Offshoring.com.
550 CamGirls.com Reserve Range: 750,000 USD - 1 Million USD
560 Webcam.com Reserve Range: 1 Million USD - 5 Million USD Lot Description: Webcam.com gets about 2,300 uniques per day according to Google Stats.
570 EmailTraffic.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
580 SwingerHousewives.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
590 Fingering.com Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
600 AnalKissing.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
610 NudieBars.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
620 SexShows.com Reserve Range: 50,000 USD - 74,999 USD Lot Description: Here are stats provided for entire year 2008. While the domain is obviously not priced based on revenue, domain owner wanted accurate stats in front of any potential buyers.
Jan-08 1,469 Views 799 Clicks 54.39% Click rate €0.06 €/Click €44.55 Revenue
Feb-08 1,494 Views 798 Clicks 53.41% Click rate €0.06 €/Click €51.55 Revenue
Mar-08 1,503 Views 821 Clicks 54.62% Click rate €0.06 €/Click €50.70 Revenue
Apr-08 1,326 Views 691 Clicks 52.11% Click rate €0.06 €/Click €42.03 Revenue
May-08 1,338 Views 644 Clicks 48.13% Click rate €0.06 €/Click €36.96 Revenue
Jun-08 1,285 Views 643 Clicks 50.04% Click rate €0.08 €/Click €51.49 Revenue
Jul-08 1,261 Views 631 Clicks 50.04% Click rate €0.06 €/Click €36.62 Revenue
Aug-08 1,115 Views 502 Clicks 45.02% Click rate €0.05 €/Click €26.34 Revenue
Sep-08 892 Views 388 Clicks 43.50% Click rate €0.04 €/Click €15.68 Revenue
Oct-08 973 Views 468 Clicks 48.10% Click rate €0.04 €/Click €18.86 Revenue
Nov-08 960 Views 431 Clicks 44.90% Click rate €0.04 €/Click €18.07 Revenue
Dec-08 1,047 Views 515 Clicks 49.19% Click rate €0.04 €/Click €18.09 Revenue
630 Tits.info Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
640 Coed.com Reserve Range: 50,000 USD - 74,999 USD
650 BigCockPornos.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
660 StreamingSexShows.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
670 TubeGratis.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
680 Offshoring Staffing Package 3 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description:
Premium: (Retail: $3,985 per month) x 3= @11,955
This package includes an Intermediate Designer, a Programmer, and an SEO Writer.
An Intermediate Graphic Designer has the ability to create website layout including banner ads, TGP and MGP that you can post on other sites to support your website and get your much needed presence on the web.
A Programmer has an expert level of knowledge and experience in development and implementation of medium to large database projects. Has the ability to define and resolve complex technical problems in information systems environments.
An SEO Writer can help optimize your search engine rankings by strategically implementing the current and most popular keywords as well as populate your gallery descriptions and write reviews to increase your sites traffic.
Brought to you by Offshoring.com.
690 Gallery Traffic Service Website Traffic Package 2 Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: You are bidding on a 2,500 USD Traffic Package (traffic and spots to be determined by the winner of the auction) brought to you by Mark Hurson at GalleryTrafficService.com.
700 LocalBoi.com Reserve Range: 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD Lot Description: Gay adult website, 4,100 uniques per monty, over 10,000 licensed model images and about half are exclusive. Makes about 300 USD per month. If you factor in about 1 USD per image, this becomes a very good deal based on revenue and assets. Site owner will set up a temporary login/pw for anyone seriously interested in bidding so they can review high res photo gallery.
710 AdultWebsites.co.uk Reserve Range: No Reserve
720 VoyeurCams.net Reserve Range: No Reserve
730 NightClubPromoter.com Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
740 EroticShowers.com‘ Reserve Range: 1 USD - 5,000 USD
750 Lot of 4 Adult Domain Names Reserve Range: No Reserve Lot Description: The following 4 domain names are in this one lot being offered at NO RESERVE: RibbedDildo.com, RibbedDildos.com, RibbedVibrator.com, & RibbedVibrators.com
760 NaughtyHusband.com & NaughtyHusbands.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
770 FirstPornoMovie.com Reserve Range: No Reserve
Auction Inventory for Phoenix Forum List Announced
March 27, 2009 by Rick Latona · 13 Comments
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 went home for the day.
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NaughtyHusband.com & NaughtyHusbands.com No Reserve
boys247.com No Reserve
singleslistings.com No Reserve
CHICBARS.COM No Reserve
RibbedDildo.com, RibbedDildos.com, RibbedVibrators.com, RibbedVibrator.com No Reserve
SwingerHousewives.com No Reserve
GroupOrgies.net No Reserve
BigDickPornos.com No Reserve
BigCockPornos.com No Reserve
transsexualpornos.com No Reserve
voyeurcams.net No Reserve
Hispaniccoeds.com No Reserve
HispanicCouples.com No Reserve
HispanicPornos.com No Reserve
adultwebsites.co.uk No Reserve
boned.com No Reserve
nudiebars.com No Reserve
livevoyeur.net No Reserve
Lot of 22 Adult Domains No Reserve
tubegratis.com No Reserve
FirstPornoMovie.com No Reserve
pornczars.com No Reserve
Offshoring.com Package 1 No Reserve
Offshoring.com Package 2 No Reserve
Offshoring.com Package 3 No Reserve
RackCo.com Hosting Package 1 No Reserve
RackCo.com Hosting Package 2 No Reserve
RackCo.com Hosting Package 3 No Reserve
GalleryTrafficService.com Website Traffic Package 1 No Reserve
GalleryTrafficService.com Website Traffic Package 2 No Reserve
MatrixContent.com Video Package 1 No Reserve
MatrixContent.com Video Package 2 No Reserve
X2KMedia.com Video Package 1 No Reserve
tits.info 1 USD - 5,000 USD
pornos.com.br 1 USD - 5,000 USD
posing.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
xxxmpegs.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
toplesswomen.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
boycollege.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
hugecockporn.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
emailtraffic.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
menmodeling.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
PublicSquirting.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
streamingsexshows.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
nightclubpromoter.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
paysite.tv 1 USD - 5,000 USD
hornychicks.co.uk 1 USD - 5,000 USD
amateurshowgirls.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
analkissing.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
eroticshowers.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
Scottsdalestripclubs.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
Gaymalewebcam.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
Gaymanmasturbating.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
extrasmallcondoms.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
sexmuseums.com 1 USD - 5,000 USD
milf.info 5,000 USD - 9,999 USD
FirstDates.com 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
localboi.com 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
JIZ.com 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
fingering.com 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
StudFinder.com 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
girls.info 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
nichetube.com 10,000 USD - 24,999 USD
CyberPorn.com 25,000 USD - 49,999 USD
NiceLegs.com 25,000 USD - 49,999 USD
COED.com 50,000 USD - 74,999 USD
sexshows.com 50,000 USD - 74,999 USD
StripClubs.com 50,000 USD - 74,999 USD
Novelties.com 75,000 USD - 99,999 USD
girlongirl.com 100,000 USD - 199,999 USD
porno.co.uk 200,000 USD - 299,999 USD
BangedUp.com 300,000 USD - 449,999 USD
CamGirls.com 750,000 USD - 1 Million USD
XXX.com Over 5 Million
Things I’ve learned from ccTLDs.com so far. There’s a wealth of information at your fingertips.
March 22, 2009 by Rick Latona · 4 Comments
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 have all been very helpful to each other. All in all, I couldn’t be happier with the way things have gotten off.
In no particular order, here are some highlights of things I’ve learned. These are just my personal experiences.
While the Dutch language has letters with symbols, there is no need for .nl IDN names as Dutch people would never use them. Dutch people use the same keyboards as Americans do and wouldn’t even know how to make the symbols in the same way most Americans wouldn’t know how to type café. The thread is here.
.AR (Argentina) names are free. The thread is here.
Multiple word German .de names can be more valuable if they have dashes in the names. The thread is here.
Be careful what names you register in France. You could get your ass sued in a heartbeat. The thread is here.
Be very careful with .in names. We have yet to find anyone who has successfully defended their right to even own a generic name. The thread is here.
Anyway, these are just a few of the things I’ve learned and the knowledge is only just now starting to accumulate. I hope you can find time to stop by and take a look. Don’t be afraid to ask a question if you have one. Everyone has been very helpful.
No sign of a bad economy at Disney World. Mickey Mouse is making a lot of cheese.
March 18, 2009 by Rick Latona · 4 Comments
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 is hard to imagine they could be struggling.
This time around we had a really great time, though. In the past, Disney has caused more family stress than it has cured. It was always unnecessary stress as well while the kids were young enough that they would have been satisfied with a simple trip to the beach rather than something as elaborate as a 6 day park hopper pass. And it doesn’t have to be a big trip to the Hawaii Islands to make them happy.
At 9 and older though they can ride most of the rides. We had a really great time. Their newest park, Blizzard Beach was probably the biggest hit. The little one even had the guts to go down the Summit Plummet, which scared the hell out of me.
Here’s a video of her getting off the ride: p3130015
Phoenix Forum around the corner. Don’t forget your submissions
March 18, 2009 by Rick Latona · 3 Comments
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 know if you would like a meeting scheduled.
Is an IDN a third category of name or are they just ccTLDs or gTLDs?
March 11, 2009 by Rick Latona · 3 Comments
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 my friends in Japan, they were not even aware that they could type in Japanese into their address bar. That is sure to change.
Recently, I’ve been asked to create an IDN forum on ccTLDs.com. I’m reluctant to do that because to me niña.com is a gtld and niña.es is a ccTLD.
Recently, someone posted in a thread comments that drive this point home. While the discussion started about the domain finanzierungshilfe.de, it quickly turned into the best way someone should own a name that should be an IDN. The word Kämpfen, for example, is an IDN. However, they said the best way to own it would be kaempfen not kampfen if you were going to not have the IDN. In a pefect world you’d want all three in both .com and .de. Which is the most valuable of the 6? Heck if I know. That’s what the board is all about. I think if I could have only two I’d want Kämpfen.de and kaempfen.de.
In short, I see the line between an IDN and ascii domains becoming less clear, many years down the road. The line between ccTLDs and gTLDs will remain transparent.
ccTLDs.com, less than 24 hours old - so far so good. How it affects the overall plan. Also, registries that will speak in Amsterdam
March 10, 2009 by Rick Latona · 8 Comments
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 the discussion on these topics. Soon, we’ll be offering it in multiple languages and adding many other features. It’s a work in progress so bear with us as we set about improving the service.
The benefits are starting to already show. Because of the forum and our show in Amsterdam dedicated to ccTLDs we have had commitments from the following speakers:
Sabine Dolderer the leader of Germany’s denic which runs .de.
Phil Kingsland - Director of Marketing and Commincations for Nominet (.uk)
Michel and Rudolf of SIDN who run the .nl registry.
.PL (Poland’s registry) will have someone there.
Klemens Pidner from Austria’s .at registry will be presenting.
Oscar Robles-Garay who runs Nic.mx and will be launching the general registrations of .mx during the show.
Moustapha Saya Kiagama, the General Manager from Netcom.cm SARL will be presenting.
Someone from .NG will be there for the relaunch of Nigeria’s extension. There are over 150 million English speaking people in Nigeria.
We are talking to a dozen others so the list is sure to grow. If you would like to nominate a speaker for one of our Seminars at TRAFFIC ccTLDs, you may click here to nominate yourself or another person.
What’s great is that because of the intense focus on the subject matter at hand, country-code top-level domains, we are getting both registries and registrars beating down the door to attend and sponsor the show.
This all means that there will be more people at the show than past European domainer meetings and more contacts and relationships to be had. There will definitely be a wider variety of people from the domain industry. This will be a show like no other.
Anyway, back to the message board. We are going to do our best to keep ccTLDs from being clutered with advertising. The only thing people will be able to purchase will be individual forum sponsorships. If someone wants to sponsor the .de forum, for example, they will get their image below the usernames in the threads and a sticky thread at the top of the .de forum. At least for a while, there won’t be any other ads on the site. We are looking for a clean experience.
I really have more to say but I’ll leave it for future posts. I’ve got to go meet up with the family now at Magic Kingdom. I made my daughter promise not to ride Space Mountain without me.
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.
March 8, 2009 by Rick Latona · 5 Comments
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 now is not the best time to sell my valuable football cards.
With the entire global financial system in the crapper it is getting tougher and tougher to get top dollar for premium domains. We are still selling them but it isn’t as easy as it once was and we are earning every sale, often with aggressive financing packages.
What makes this week particularly interesting is that I’m at Disney World with the family sleeping on foam rubber pillows at a top resort to make the wife happy and avoid Atlanta divorce attorneys.
That all means that I won’t have time to sit at my computer every day and work every deal into the dirt. So, I’m going to be running lots of low priced names that most domainers can still afford and are easy to close over my iPhone.
Many prices I’ll be running will be far lower than normal. It’s either that or check lottery numbers from my mobile. I choose the former.
This is all good news for the buyer. Oh, if you want a big name, I’m offering aggressive fianancing deals, if you didn’t already know.
