Starting out in the domain business? I may have an opportunity for you.

If you are new to the domain business or struggling to really get off the ground, I may have an opportunity for you.

I have many names that could be good directory names. For example, a name like EastLyme.com represents a tourist town with lots of hotels, bed and breakfast joints, condos and houses for rent.

I do not have the time to sign those small businesses up as advertisers but you might.

So, if you can afford a down payment, I will set you up with a lease to own contract where the name will be yours once you’ve made all of the payments.

I’m not a saint and I’m not doing this as a favor. I expect to make more off the name than if I sold it outright for cash now. However, I won’t set the terms unfair.

I have thousands of names that fit this profile. If you A) Have at least enough funds for a few hundred dollar down payment and B) are willing to put in the time to make the site something of more value and C) are interested in this proposition, contact me.

Do not contact me if you don’t fit A, B and C above.

We are also willing to do the web design piece of this for you. Essentially, we are looking for budding entrepreneurs. We will give you the tools you need to be successful but the rest is up to you.

Financing Options at Rick Latona Auctions are Better

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Rick Latona Auctions Partners with Domain Capital.

Atlanta, Georgia USA – September 10, 2008 – Today, Rick Latona Auctions, LLC and RickLatona.com, LLC announced a partnership with Domain Capital to finance domain name purchases.

Typically, Domain Capital finances up to 60% of the purchase price, requiring a 40% down payment by the buyer. However, for a limited time, Latona Company clients have to only put 30% down on domain name purchases. The Latona Companies will take care of the remaining 10% of the down payment on the domain name.

Asked about it, Rick Latona said, “To thank our clients for their confidence and business, the Latona Companies are providing an outstanding monetary value-add for purchases through our opt-in newsletter and auctions. Now someone can buy a $100,000 name with just $30,000 down instead of $40,000 down because we are putting up $10,000 of the down payment. Domain Capital offers a great product and this is our way of thanking our customers for their business”

About Domain Capital:

Domain Capital is a financial services company that offers financing to businesses based on the inherent and recognized value of premium domain names.  Our vision is to innovate exciting new financial products and services designed to enable entrepreneurs to exploit new business models. For more information, go to www.domaincapital.com.

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Note: Please ask questions about this. I realize that it may come across as a bit confusing but this is the real deal. I will make 10% of your down payment for you!

See You Down Under. Rick Latona Auctions Lands Another Contract

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

RICK LATONA AUCTIONS TO FEATURE AT TRAFFIC DOWN UNDER DOMAIN CONFERENCE

Atlanta, Georgia, USA (September 8, 2008) – Rick Latona Auctions will be holding an auction at the TRAFFIC Down Under conference on the Gold Coast, Australia. The show is scheduled to take place November 18th through the 20th. Please see the official site for details.  Rick Latona Auctions is already scheduled for an auction at the TRAFFIC conference in Brooklyn, New York (www.TargetedTraffic.com), so this will be the second TRAFFIC event for the company.  The Australian conference is being co-hosted by TRAFFIC and Fabulous.com, and it promises three unparalleled days of intense workshops, key industry speakers, and fabulous social events.

“Take a look at their agenda.” said Rick Latona of Rick Latona Auctions, “This is three solid days packed with serious industry workshops and educational sessions.  The first keynote speaker is Paul Twomey, CEO of ICANN.  TRAFFIC and the folks at Fabulous.com really have an excellent program planned.  I wouldn’t want to miss this one.”

What other industry leaders have said about Rick Latona Auctions forming their strategic alliance with TRAFFIC:

“Congrats Rick. I knew we could count on you to shake things up and keep life interesting.  You will be a force to be reckoned with.” Ron Jackson

“Rick, I have no doubt it will be a success.  Hey Rick, Is there anything in the domain world that you’re not doing?” Larry Fischer

“I believe Rick’s auction at TRAFFIC will provide the spark that the industry needs at a time and place that will make a difference.  This really is a game changer.” Rick Schwartz

Submissions to Rick Latona Auctions should be sent to Submissions@RickLatonaAuctions.com.

For more information about Rick Latona Auctions, go to www.RickLatona.com.
For more information about Fabulous, go to www.Fabulous.com.
For more information on TRAFFIC Down Under, check out their website at www.TrafficDownUnder.com, or for TRAFFIC simply go to www.TargetedTraffic.com.

About Rick Latona Auctions:
Rick Latona Auctions was founded as a natural extension to www.RickLatona.com to pursue other avenues in the domain marketplace to sell domain names.  When asked why he made the decision to launch now, Rick said, “I had been considering the idea for years.  When I realized that I was one of the largest individual resellers and brokers of domains it really became an issue of timing.  Rick Schwartz created that timing for us.  I understand what names people want and what prices will get them to bite. It’ll be more than interesting to see how this winning formula will perform in a live format.”
Mr. Latona has been in the internet and domain industry since the mid-90s and Rick Latona Auctions is just one of several companies that Mr. Latona has founded during that time.  Other ventures include:
www.RickLatona.com – RickLatona.com stays busy Buying, Hosting, Transferring, and Selling more than 1,000,000 USD worth of domain names per month.
www.DigiPawn.com – DigiPawn is the first company to recognize domain names as assets and loan money on them.  Today, it remains one of the largest companies of its kind in the world.
www.aeiou.com – Aeiou.com offers an affordable development solution for domain owners ready to move forward with their internet properties.

About Fabulous.com and the Dark Blue Sea Group:
Fabulous.com is operated by the Australian listed company, Dark Blue Sea Ltd. DBS owns more than 500,000 high quality, commercially focused, generic keyword domain names (web sites).The DBS suite of products includes Fabulous.com (an ICANN accredited domain name registrar), the Domain Distribution Network (aftermarket domain distribution and fulfillment services), DarkBlue.com (online advertising affiliate network) and Roar.com/PageSeeker.com (online advertising portals) which combine to provide a fully integrated internet marketing platform. Dark Blue Sea is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (code: DBS) and has a Level 1 over-the-counter ADR program through the Bank of New York (code: DKBLY).

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Contact:
David Clements
david@davidclements.com
Rick Latona Auctions, LLC
405 Brentwood Dr. NE
Atlanta, GA  30305
Ph: +1.678.468.9228

Jen Sale
pr@fabulous.com
Fabulous.com
Ph: +61.7.3007.0000

Why I like Fabulous.com

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 but not transfer them out, alter the DNS or see the financial information.

There tools are by far the easiest to use.

Their site is fast.

We never have to contact their support twice. Issues get handled on the first attempt.

They are not in the United States which helps from a liability standpoint of owning so many names.

They have an excellent security. You can choose to executive lock a name which means it can’t be transferred out unless you contact Fabulous and personally ask them to.

And then there is my favorite part. They are all-around good people. Dan and Richard are both class acts.

Kudos to Fabulous.com. You deserve a shout out.

The United States has a real opportunity with Barack Obama

I consider myself an amatuer historian. I’ve read biographies on more than half of our U.S. presidents. I love reading biographies because I feel as though reading about great men helps you become one yourself. I don’t know if Obama is one of these great men but he certainly appears to have the ability to become one.

A good friend of mine once asked me what I thought all the founding fathers had in common. My answer was that they were great thinkers. Way before television and radio these men wrote letters and published them in newspapers to get their opinions out. To do so, and to do so well, they were well read themselves. All of them read thousands of books in their time.

When I hear Barack Obama speak it is like listening to one of these great men. He speaks with logic and as one that has a firm grasp of what is happening around him. It’s inspiring to know that he could be the next leader of this great country.

It’s a happy day for me now that he has secured the nomination of the democratic party.

Why I’m Sporting an Obama Banner on My Blog (+other political beliefs)

Hillary Clinton can’t win. As long as the race comes down between Barrack Obama and John McCain, as a country, I believe we’ve already won.

It is my opinion that both of these men would make better leaders than we have had in many years.
John McCain has been my favorite republican for years. It’s his liberal tendencies that I like the most. I’d bet that he’s the favorite republicans of most democrats. I strongly believe he would be the best candidate when it comes to party differences. Most republicans loathe Hillary Clinton and Obama is probably too far to the left to get much republican support. Sure I worry about his age. We’ve all seen how the office can age a person. Look at any president’s pictures from the day they took the oath until the day they left office. They all look like they gain twenty-five years not four to eight.

While I’m not convinced that Obama can get us out of the Iraqi quagmire as quickly as he boasts he can, I do think that he’s a brilliant man and capable leader. We need a charismatic person like him in the White House to regain both our international respect as well as our own national self-respect. He seems to base his opinions on logic more than anything else. Logically, most of what our government does, doesn’t make any sense. Having a logical leader would logically help solve this problem. Follow my logic?

Hillary Clinton, I believe, would base her opinions on public opinion and polls more than anything else. She’s the quintessential politician and I don’t trust a word that comes out of her mouth.

Once Obama becomes the democratic candidate, the choice gets a little more difficult to make.

I don’t mind higher taxes which is the main reason my decision to be a democrat is an easy one. This isn’t a religious statement but being Godless clinches the deal. Take out taxes and God and I can’t think of a single reason to be a Republican. I personally feel that higher taxes are a necessity for our country. We can’t possibly provide healthcare and accept our global responsibility of protecting nations from bringing humanity to a state of destruction and chaos without the funds. I’m also in the globalization business and eradicating our national debt is the most surefire way of raising the dollar’s value. A higher dollar for me would far and away offset higher taxes. I also enjoy my personal freedoms, my right to surf whatever crazy websites I want without them being illegal and I’d certainly like to see stem cell research and other emerging technologies not stymied by the republicans. For all of these reasons I’m a democrat.

On the other hand, I firmly support The United States approach to policing the world. I’m worried that Obama will pull too far away from this. I’m sure many Americans and nearly everyone else will have a problem with this statement but let me explain.

After World War I the League of Nations was established. President Wilson and his foreign counterparts believed that the way to avoid another global conflict was for a group of powerful nations to police the world. They were right but they didn’t do their job. For twenty years they never took this task seriously and punished Germany for a war (WWI) that really wasn’t their fault but instead the result of all European powers building up their force to a point where firing started and nobody could even remember why. Fascism arose due to an do-nothing-League-of-Nations and before we knew it we were in another world war.

After World War II we tried again. This time we formed the United Nations and France, Russia, China, The United Kingdom and The United States took on the primary responsibility of policing the world. It was widely considered during this period that policing the world was a necessity. All the great thinkers of the age agreed.

What are we to do now that we are the sole remaining super power? I’ll tell you. We must police the world. It is our responsibility alone until the European Union gets its own common military in order and can share the burden.

Where George Bush will go down as one of the world’s worst presidents is his horrible handling of this awesome responsibility. Just because he muddled it, doesn’t mean the work doesn’t need to be done.
So once again I believe that we’ll be forced to make a presidential vote based on the lesser of two evils. While I believe McCain is the man to make the tough military decisions he’s still a republican and ultimately I’ll vote Obama. Hopefully, once in office, he’ll continue our long tradition of policing the world without getting us directly involved with unnecessary conflicts like the one in Iraq.

If there is a God, I pray to  him now that Clinton doesn’t win.