You heard it here first. In this filing to the SEC, Remark Media, Inc says that it has entered into a Purchase Agreement to acquire Vegas.com. The details are: $15.5 million of cash $9.5 million of shares $10 million of five-year warrants Up to a total of $3 million in earnout payments based on [...] Continue reading →

What do you do when a buyer offers you $22,000 for a domain name? Since posting information about this scam, I’ve received further emails from the people behind domain-seal.org. It turns out the scammers have appraised my domain and will certify it for $22k. All I need to do is make a payment and send [...] Continue reading →

Over the last decade or so, I’ve seen more than enough dodgy domain name scams. Just when I thought I’d seen it all, along comes a new one. I’ve decided to publish this here in the hope that it will educate consumers. What Happened? I received an email asking to buy one of our [...] Continue reading →

People often ask me for advice about buying domain names and web sites. What do I tell them? It’s not about the domain name. Yes, you heard me; it’s not about the domain name. That’s the #1 mistake people make. Their focus is on the domain name or the web site they are buying. Where [...] Continue reading →

Over the past few weeks I’ve had several of my colleagues call me, asking: “Did you see that interview?” “Should I list my names on Flippa?” “This guy made hundreds of thousands, lives on an island and is now a broker!” To be honest, I had not heard the interview, so I went back and [...] Continue reading →

There are some exciting new gTLD’s coming out over the next few months. Yes, I will be buying them and I’ll tell you when it happens. Some portfolio holders have dismissed new gTLDs, others see them as a long term investment. If you fall into the first category, then now might be the time to [...] Continue reading →

Just over an hour ago I received an email from ICANN notifying us that: “ICANN is investigating a recent intrusion into our systems. We believe a spear phishing attack was initiated in late November 2014. It involved email messages that were crafted to appear to come from our own domain being sent to members of [...] Continue reading →