Namepros member FPForum alerted the community about glitch at Paypal that made him think he was losing a Paypal dispute. The thing that had him puzzled was the domain transaction took place 11 months ago. Luckily for him he was refunded, Here is the story he told on Namepros: I had the strangest thing happen yesterday and wanted to make everyone aware in case the same happens to you. … [Read more...]
Will domains as property come back to bite HeidiPowell.com ?
Back in December of 2013, we published a post that was actually a comment by John Berryhill. The comment in itself was worthy of its own post and we published it. John was explaining why domain investors should not want domains to be considered property. John has been actively posting on Namepros lately with regards to the battle for HeidiPowell.com. The Grandma vs the Fitness Trainer has been … [Read more...]
Monte Cahn interview with Edward Zeiden at NamesCon
Edward Zeiden from Namepros sat down with Monte Cahn at the 2016 NamesCon. Namepros did not get the 2016 interviews out until this year. It's still worth hearing what the participants had to say in my opinion. Monte discussed his take on new gtlds, live auctions and the value of attending NamesCon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJVM4yZOpi4 … [Read more...]
RETARDED.COM – Should this domain be auctioned in the largest domain industry convention?
The question in the above headline is being asked on Namepros and quite a debate is breaking out. Some say business is business and think it's fine, while others feel that the convention has no moral obligation to anyone. On the flipside some are appalled and find the name in bad taste. NamesCon being the premier event in the industry does not need this kind of attention and some feel it's … [Read more...]
Google purchases X.company for think tank
Google continues to dabble with new gtlds, the latest purchase and rebrand is their think tank solve for x. According to Wikipedia: Solve for X is a think tank project launched by Google[1] to incite collaboration to solve global issues, "X" representing a remedy.[2] The project kicked off on February 1, 2012 at a three-day convention at CordeValle Resort in San Martin, California. Solve for … [Read more...]
Eric Lyon’s Latest Domain Comic
Eric Lyon put out his latest comic, Eric really does a great job and is a really talented dude. The inspiration for this comic was all of the times I’ve seen people ask each other how to monetize a domain while it sat parked, waiting to be sold. It seems that no matter how many times this question about domain monetization is asked, the answer is always the same generic response. I can’t … [Read more...]
Update on Little.com
A couple days ago we wrote about Little.com being stolen, Namepros member The Legendary JP appears to have solved the case. The domain was stolen but it was stolen from the original owner. Ok did a little digging.... I actually tired to buy this name YEARS ago from the long time owner John Little. John continued to own the name until March 5th at least, then whois changed within Netsol to … [Read more...]