After an intense round of negotiating, we've gotten the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to drop the room rates for our attendees down to only $99 per night. The cut off date for getting that rate is January 11th. Even if you have already booked your room, they will lower your rate. [...]

It's hard to imagine a name that could fit our industry better than Domains.com. I'm sure we've all reached out to the current owners at least once inquiring about it. Today, I'm proud to announce that I've just secured the brokerage agreement on our own category killer, domains.com.  This is in response to my challenge [...]

Give me a huge name, a $100,000 to $10,000,000 name to sell for you at TRAFFIC Las Vegas. I am looking for a challenge. I've told my staff that if I devoted my time to it I could get any name sold. Challenge me! Submit your incredible category killer domain name to me personally and [...]

Please note that the first 10 went so fast that I have modified this post to be the first 20 so more people would get a chance. 10 tickets sold at half priced in only hours so most didn't even get a chance to see the post. On behalf of my entire team and associated [...]

By now, most of you should know about our Test Track at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. shows. It's an event where entrepreneurs submit real businesses to a panel of real investors. This isn't just a "pitch" and what follows aren't only opinions. These are real deals that are being cut, on stage, for all to see. Today I'll [...]

Certain events in 1990s drew me into the Internet business. One that is most memorable to me is Pointcast. In fact, I collect paraphanelia from defunct .com companies, especially the high-profile ones that went bust. In this picture I'm holding an unopened copy of Pointcast and in my left hand, Pointcast I-Server, their intranet platform [...]

Latonas.com is live, in beta format at least. I've posted the full press release below but before that I want to leave you with a few thoughts. 1. This is not the full version of the site. The brokerage department is not live, for one thing. This is also only a beta site. There may [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I sat with my team in the conference room and called most of our top customers, polling them on why they would choose one trade show over another. The overwhelming majority chose networking opportunities as their number 1 reason. That's great news because I can make a difference here. For [...]

Launched in October at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York, Test Track became an instant hit. Modeled after ABC's hit television show Shark Tank, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Test Track is all about getting domainers and entrepreneurs in front of investors with deep pockets looking for the next big thing. This is not a panel. This is the real deal, folks. [...]

*What terrible likeness* You just can't do it all. Lord knows I've tried. For years I would start businesses and think I could run every one of them. It simply isn't possible to be a serial entrepreneur without building a great team to support you. These days I won't start anything without someone to run [...]