Author Archives: Boost

HostGator Thwarting Spammers

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Boost

The bad news is that you often need to provide photo ID to open a Hostgator hosting account – I’m suffering this at present, probably punishment for using a USA billing address via an Aussie IP. Saving 6,000 fake ID … Continue reading →

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Network Solutions Certified Offer – A Tip

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Boost

Regardless of whether your domain is at Network Solutions (I have a few that I bought at auction and haven’t transferred to NameCheap yet) or not, someone who wants to buy your domain can use Network Solutions to send you … Continue reading →

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Domain Value from Email Addresses

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Boost

Over the years Metnick had issued just a few email addresses at Chicago.com to employees, friends or people who assisted in the site’s development. Out of the blue one day last summer, a man called Metnick and offered him $500 … Continue reading →

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Record .net.au sale

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Boost

If you spend $18,000 on a .net.au domain name you’d want it to be good. Most Australians wouldn’t even know that .net.au exists! The one that recently sold is CreditCards.net.au: Pacific Octane chief executive James Wester sold the domain to … Continue reading →

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GoDaddy Copying Verisign’s Ads

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Boost

Here’s an image from Verisign’s BetweenTheDots.net website: And here’s GoDaddy’s $240K print ad in USA Today: Lame! It’s not like it is a reply ad in which they mock their competitor. It’s just a cheap copy. When a company is … Continue reading →

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GoDaddy Losing Customers

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Boost

In part this will be due to GoDaddy agreeing with the Stop Online Piracy Act, while companies more in tune with their client base like NameCheap are opposing the Act. I suggest that GoDaddy sticks to having ads with pretty … Continue reading →

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The .xxx Scam Is A Success!

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Boost

According to AP: 80,000 XXX domains were sold in presale and many companies like Pepsi and Nike lined up to purchase adult domains. The University of Kansas reportedly just paid $3,000 for a variety of XXX URLs. GoDaddy sells them … Continue reading →

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Closing Auctions

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Boost

At domaining.com is a useful tool called Closing Auctions, and it does pretty much just that. Closing Auctions is a list of domain names being auctioned at Bido, GoDaddy, Flippa, CAX and Sedo, showing those with just a few minutes … Continue reading →

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Versign, ICANN and the .com registry

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Boost

There’s an extensive article on this at domainarts.com, but in a nutshell: ICANN tried telling Verisign not to monetize unregistered domains, back in 2003 Verisign wasn’t happy, so they sued ICANN ICANN couldn’t afford to fight, because they are a … Continue reading →

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.Me Domains Can Be Worth $$$

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Boost

Here’s an excellent example – sure it would be at the very top end of .me domain sales, but it points out that: if the name makes sense, it can be valuable if a few .me sites become well-known, the … Continue reading →

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