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Have you ever thought about moving your WordPress website? Better yet, have you ever thought of creating a duplicate or backup of your WordPress website to use as a clone for reproduction? If you are a webmaster or domainer, chances are you’ve heard of WordPress and have possibly used it and if you’ve been [...] Continue reading
You may have seen this video on You Tube before but it is well worth watching again. Wake up Corporate World Exec’s because if you don’t you will be left in the dust scratching your heads wondering what the hell just happened. Enjoy! [...] Continue reading
99.9% of my many domain names are registered at www.GoDaddy.com. Why? Because, for domain names, GoDaddy's prices simply can't be beat. Moreover, their website is fast, intuitive and virtually error-free.Every once in a while, GoDaddy distributes a coupon code to generate sales. Usually these codes have a minimum purchase amount [...] Continue reading
The state of Minnesota, citing a 1961 law, is seeking to block its resident’s access to nearly 200 gambling domain names. The 1961 federal anti-gambling law states that “all online gambling within its borders is illegal, even if the games are hosted outside the United States.” Currently, the division of the state Department of Public [...] Continue reading
Yahoo! sold wp.com for an undisclosed amount to Automattic,the parent company of Wordpress, the widely popular blogging software. According to Matt Mullenweg of Automattic, the company has been trying to acquire wp.com from Yahoo! for the past five years. While the sale price remains undisclosed, it will likely be included in Yahoo!'s quarterly report. [...] Continue reading
Today the website Bido.com will auction off it’s first ever, India cctld, SUCCESS.CO.IN. This domain will be auctioned in a public online auction using the Bido platform and the power of one. For those not familiar with Bido.com, they sell domain names on a successful ‘power of one’ platform. This is one domain sold [...] Continue reading
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo was firing on all cylinders this week, sweeping the first five spots on our new Top 20 sales chart with a six-figure sale leading their charge. A .net and a .info each earned spots in the first five & the ccTLDs continued to [...] Continue reading