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QCP – Quality Click Pricing

Posted on September 23, 2009 by admin

ebay EPC, PPC, now QCP. Seems like every year some new type of program is generated so us bottom feeders can earn more dough.

What’s Quality Click Pricing?

Until now, eBay Partner Network has paid for sales and leads. With Quality Click Pricing, we will now instead pay affiliates for each click sent to an eBay site. The price paid per click will still depend on the short-term and long-term revenue of the traffic that the publisher drives to eBay, but will now also take into account the incremental value of that traffic to eBay, i.e., whether a sale happened as a direct result of the publisher’s actions. The greater the incremental revenue and the higher the expected lifetime value of the customers an affiliate sends, the higher the EPC and total earnings the affiliate will receive. Earnings Per Click (EPC) will be set daily for the previous day’s traffic.

What does this mean for you? Continue reading →

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True Value of a Domain Name

Posted on September 8, 2009 by admin

Why is it when something newsworthy transpires, a new product launch like the WII or the passing of an artist, Michael Jackson, do domainers rush out and register anything related to the individual or product? We (domainers) seem to think www.michaeljackson2009abcxyz[dot]com is worth 10 million dollars. Just visit any registrar and try to find any domain name with Michael Jackson in it…truly bizarre to think someone would actually be able to resell it (www.michaeljacksonblahblah[dot]com) for profit. A quick search on eBay for “Michael Jackson” netted over 22,000 results. Free enterprise, have to love it…but in reality it is the domain name registrars that make all the dough as speculators buy up everything then 95% let them drop a year later when registration is due.

MICHAELJACKS0N.US domain name michael jackson
US $49.00
Auction Ends: Saturday May-19-2012 18:17:51 PDT
| Watch this Item

The actual glove worn by Jackson recently sold for approximately $50 K so why would an undeveloped domain name be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars?

Well, the true value of a domain name is what your customer is willing to pay for it. The highest returns are made when you are able to find an end user or someone whom has the intention of developing the domain name. They have a specific need for it to sell their goods and these are usually corporations or businesses. This is your target market! Continue reading →

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MeetDomainers 2009 Event

Posted on September 3, 2009 by admin

MeetDomainers will take place in Warsaw, Poland from September 25-27, 2009. The event offers a variety of sessions covering the legal aspects of domain names, copyrights on the Internet, domain traffic monetization, web development, and more.

“This meeting will be a great networking opportunity and a chance to learn from the best authorities in the field of domain name law, domain name monetization, advertising, affiliation, web development, SEO and more!” said Daniel Dryzek, the organizer of MeetDomainers. “You will be able to meet lots of Polish domainers and company owners as well as specialists and entrepreneurs from other European countries.”

There will also be valuable opportunities for networking, plenty of entertainment, and a live domain auction with .pl, .eu, and .com domain names. There will be Polish to English available at all times.

Visit MeetDomainers.eu for more information.

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.MX To Launch September 1

Posted on August 27, 2009 by admin

After a four month delay, Mexico’s .mx ccTLD is preparing for a September 1 public launch.

Pre-registration for these names can completed at a variety of registrars with an opening price of $1000. The initial price will gradually decrease (like a Dutch auction) from September 1 to October 31 when it will reach only $35 per domain. Following this scheme, the price for .mx domain names will settle at $50.

Visit www.nic.mx for more information.

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Craig Snyder Named New GM of Oversee.net’s Registrar and Aftermarket Division

Posted on August 19, 2009 by admin

Oversee.net has announced that Craig Snyder will be the new General Manager of the company’s Registrar and Aftermarket division (Moniker and SnapNames).

Snyder was the CEO of Internet REIT for the past three years where he rebuilt the company’s senior management ranks. Prior to his position at Internet REIT, he co-founded and was Executive Vice President of Marchex.

“Craig has the right blend of experience and knowledge to assume leadership of SnapNames and Moniker,” said Peter Celeste, the Senior Vice President for Domain Services at Oversee.net. “Not only does he understand the industry deeply, he has extensive experience in managing multiple lines of business. Craig is a very strong fit in this role.”

[via PRWeb]

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Three Domain Registrars Lose Accreditation

Posted on August 11, 2009 by admin

ICANN has sent letters with non-renewal notices to three registars – South America Domains (doing business as namefrog.com), Simply Named Inc. (SimplyNamed.com), and Tahoe Domains Inc.

According to the letters, South American Domains lost accreditation for failing to provide “an interactive webpage and a port 43 Whois service providing free public query-based access to up-to-date (i.e., updated at least daily) data concerning all active Registered Names sponsored by Registrar for each TLD in which it is accredited.” Continue reading →

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Domain Roundtable Extended Auction Brings in $81,774

Posted on August 1, 2009 by admin

The Domain Roundtable extended auction ended Tuesday night with little fanfare. An additional 54 domain names sold with a total take of $81,774. From our observations of the auction proceedings, all but one of the domain names that sold went for the proxy bid prices that were entered before the finale of the auction began. Since it appeared that no one was bidding up the proxies, many of the NR or lower reserve names were won by the first proxy bids. In fact 42 of the 54 domains sold went for under $1000. Bidders that placed their proxy bids in early on this auction definitely had an advantage. The top sale of the night was Larger.com at $24,800 Continue reading →

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Domain Roundtable 2009 Live Auction Results

Posted on July 26, 2009 by admin

The live auction sold 39 out of 76 names (51%) for a total of $499,200 USD, which makes an average price of $12,771.79 per domain. Highest price was contests.com with $380,000. Even though there were some technical difficulties with the video & audio feed at the beginning of the auction all but one of the domains offered during that time sold. Continue reading →

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AfternicDLS sells domains for $496,780.78

Posted on July 21, 2009 by admin

In the week up to June 22nd, 2009, AfternicDLS sold 334 domains for a total of $496,780.78 USD with an average price of $1,487.37 per domain. The .COM chart was lead by AuctionCalender.com ($10,000.00), haunthunter.com ($8,800.00) and carbonresearch.com ($6,488.00). The top three sales in other TLDs were MassageOil.org for $5,288.00, bordeaux.co.uk for $5,000.00 and thekey.org for $3488.00.

The full list of reported AfternicDLS sales Continue reading →

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GetARoom.com sells for $30,000 USD (and others)

Posted on July 5, 2009 by admin

The Sedo sales for the week of June 22nd are highlighted by the sale of a slogan domain for $30,000 USD: GetARoom.com. While the name just redirects to RoomValues.com, I wouldn’t be too surprised to see it used more prominently in the future. Sedo also sold two .co.uk Domains (HorseRacing.co.uk and OnlineCasino.co.uk) at 100,000 British Pounds each, which is about 163,000 USD. This week’s sales also feature on of the first reported sales of a .tel domain, with vladislav.tel selling for $700 USD. Continue reading →

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Affiliate Programs – a user review

Posted on July 1, 2009 by admin

When it comes to affiliate programs and PPC, which ones you should consider, not all are created equal or not all are worth the effort of implementing their code into your sites. For those interested, here is my breakdown or review of the affiliate programs worthy of pursuing:

Adbrite – this is the poor cousin to Adsense and Yahoo and their payouts reflect the fact they do not entice or enjoy having the best advertisers willing to pay higher dollars to utilize their distribution network. Minimum payout $5.00 Continue reading →

Posted in Website Tools | Tagged affiliate programs, programs, review, what to sell online | 2 Comments

WordPress Latest Release June 2009

Posted on June 16, 2009 by admin

For WordPress users, Version 2.8 was released on June 10th, 2009.

There are not many changes in the layout and design but WP 2.8 fixed over 700 bugs and improved themes, widgets, taxonomies, and its overall speed by using script compression and concatenation.

Notable improvements:

Browse the entire theme directory and install theme with one click
CodePress editor – for people who likes to tweaks themes or plugins as it provides syntax highlighting
Widgets interface redesigned – edit widget on the fly, drag & drop widget, duplicate widgets, etc.
New Screen Options on every page in Dashboard – better customization by allowing you flexibility to arrange items showing on each page
Improvements to the script loader: allows plugins to queue scripts for the front end head and footer, adds hooks for server side caching of compressed scripts, adds support for ENFORCE_GZIP constant (deflate is used by default since it’s faster)

Further details on all the new features available on WordPress 2.8 can be viewed here.

Remember to consider backing up anytime you perform a major modification to your blog

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Clever marketing by CleverStat

Posted on June 9, 2009 by admin

Not sure how many of you domainers know about the Free Google Monitor but I have been using it for a few years and it is without a doubt one of the best free internet tools on the market. This SEO tool allows you to find out the rank of your website in Google for popular or targeted keywords. Here is the link for those of you that are interested. No, it is not an affiliate link, it is just another internet tip or website tool we wanted to share with our readers.

Free search engine position software

Looking for a new way to market your wares, suggest you check out this clever marketing campaign generated by CleverStat. The better the link you as a webmaster provide them, the better the discount and or free license for one of their products you receive. More details can be found here

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Link Building for your Website

Posted on May 28, 2009 by admin

Why and how to acquire links for your website is controversial. Some bloggers recommend one-way, others suggest two-way or even three-way links.

I recommend you get relevant links and if the other party wants a reciprocal link go for it. Select a couple of different anchor text phrases that you wish to rank well for and alternate your link text between them.

Some further useful details when trying to determine phrases or for picking the right keywords:

Choosing the correct keywords for link building will determine how successful your link building campaign will be.

Keywords are used in link exchange categories, in fields for automatic news search, as Category Text and as meta data for each category and more.

How to find keywords:

First of all it is not easy, so do not attempt to shortcut the process. If you have keywords that get decent traffic – this is a great start but only part of the overall task. How relevant to your web sites are these keywords for link building? This is where you need to focus your efforts.

#1. To determine how many web sites are linked with your anchor USE: Continue reading →

Posted in Link Building | Tagged anchor text, link building, tutorial | 1 Comment

Teachers & Doctors Said Markus Schnermann Had No Future: How He Demolished Their Diagnosis and Gained International Domain Fame

Posted on May 27, 2009 by admin

By Ron Jackson

German domainer Markus Schnermann is the picture of good health. By any measure – physical, mental, financial, you name it – he is at the top of his game. Schnermann founded a very successful business at KeywordDomains.com, is a partner in another (Domain Invest S.A.) and co-founded the biggest German language domain forum at ConsultDomain.de. After watching him soar to the top of the industry, domainers in his homeland often refer to Schnermann as a “superstar.” Heady stuff – especially for someone whose parents were once told they would have to care for him for the rest of his life.

Schnermann spent most of his youth battling spastic cerebral palsy, a condition caused by a shortage of oxygen at birth. It triggered an average of 30 convulsions a day and left him in need of constant therapy. “As a little kid it took much longer to learn to speak or walk,” Schnermann said, adding that his medical issues led people to reach the wrong conclusions about him.

“When I entered a standard school the teachers told my mother that they were sorry but her son would just be dumb,” Schermann recalled. Continue reading →

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Website Templates

Posted on May 26, 2009 by admin

Unless you blog with wordpress you will need a template to help you launch your site. Many developers use canned templates and modify them for their existing needs.

Here are a few sites that offer templates at a reasonable price to help you off-set start-up costs:

Many offer FREE templates as well. Good luck with your project.

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Rent a coder – programmers

Posted on May 24, 2009 by admin

If you are a website owner looking for someone to write some code or if you are a programmer looking for some work, you might want to take a look at Rent a Coder. At any one time there is 2000 – 3000 bid requests or open files of jobs or potential work for programmers.

Rent a Coder Website

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.CO ccTLD management open for tender

Posted on May 22, 2009 by admin

The Colombian Ministry of Telecommunications has just published their final tender for bids for the operation of the .CO ccTLD yesterday. There will also be a session for comments and questions held today at 2:30pm in Bogota. Applications are due by June 16th 2009.

[via ccTLDs Forum]

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Fabulous.com starts client beta for listing pre-release domains on Namejet

Posted on May 21, 2009 by admin

Dark Blue Sea / Fabulous.com who started listing their own expired domains from the company’s portfolio at Namejet back in August of 2008 has now expanded this service in a beta version to it’s other registrar clients. For the participants of the service, the domains will be offered on the Namejet auction site as of the date of expiry of the name. If there are no bids received, the domain will follow its normal deletion, redemption and release process. Should a domain name sell, the account owner will receive 65% of the sales price minus the renewal fee.

In order to prevent abuse, the beta trial adopts a strict “three strikes and you are out” policy for domain owners who renew their name after it has received bids on Namejet. Names that were on a executive lock or are marked to never be sold will not be listed with Namejet.

If you are interested in participating in the beta trial, contact your account manager at the company.

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