January, 2010

I ride for domains, I ride for clean water but mostly, I ride for me

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Sunday morning David Clements and I went on a bicycle ride. Our journey will take us from Atlanta to New Orleans for Domainer Mardigras. While that may not sound like a lot to those of you in peak physical condition, it’s a heck of a journey for two middle-aged, over-weight...

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Extended T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas Auction is Live and Open for Bidding

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

The extended auction is now live and open for bidding. To view and bid on the names, please visit proxibid.com/ricklatona. Due to DomainFest and other events, we have decided to run this extended auction longer than normal to ensure that everyone can have time to view the inventory and get...

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AUCTION PAUSED – WILL RESTART TOMORROW MORNING ON NEW PLATFORM

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Due to technical difficulties, I’ve made the difficult decision to pause the auction and restart it tomorrow on Proxibid.com/ricklatona. The new time will be 10:00 am Pacific on Saturday morning. That’s 1:00 pm on the East Coast or 19:00 central European time. After hundreds of hours of testing our system,...

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T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction is live and open for pre-bidding

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

I’m proud to announce that the Latona’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas auction is now live for pre-bidding. The live auction will be Friday, January 22 starting at 4:00pm PST and running until around 7:00pm PST.  The extended auction will run from Saturday, January 23 to Thursday, January 28.  Please visit Latonas.com...

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Final T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction inventory released – details inside

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Please find below our full inventory for the live portion of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas auction which will take place Friday the 22nd of January, 2010. We are still loading the lots into our system and hope to have it open for pre-bidding tomorrow. We’ll send out a release when...

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Hard Rock Drops Room Rates Again

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

After reading a post on Domain Shane’s blog about him finding a room at The Hard Rock for only $64 per night, we immediately called our contacts there. Even if you have already booked your room, they will lower your rate, again. We didn’t get them down to $64 per...

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The Latona’s Online Live Bidding Platform is Ready and Willing

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3… It’s a mind-numbing process at times, testing a new custom built Latona’s live auction software solution. For our part, we’ve had a trained auctioneer in our office every day for hours on end testing our platform over and over and over and over and over…...

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Partial Inventory for TRAFFIC auction release

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

So this is part of the inventory that will be at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas this month. There are a few things to note. 1. Just because the name is on this list, doesn’t mean it is guaranteed for the live auction. We’ll have that part sorted out soon. 2. We...

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David Castello to perform on TRAFFIC’s opening night cocktail party

Monday, January 4th, 2010

David Castello, noted member of CCIN and the Castello brothers is going to rock out with his com out at the Hard Rock during T.R.A.F.F.I.C.’s opening night cocktail event during the Las Vegas show. Many of you have heard him talk about domains but now is your chance to listen...

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Test Track is now open for PRIVATE pitches – Read this important message

Monday, January 4th, 2010

We’ve been processing a lot of applications for Test Track, our innovative platform for getting entrepreneurs in front of experienced investors. One common question and concern is that many entrepreneurs don’t want to pitch their business plans in front of a live audience. Because of this, we are going to...

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