Domain Lair

2012-01-08T11:12:00.000-08:00

Laser Velocity propels Google TV to all Important First To Market Advantage !

Embedding Google TV technology with partners like Samsung = King of TV and other heavyweights LG, Sony, and Vizio, Google gains the all important, First To Market Position. Larry Page is at it again! While others are focused on Apples every move, Page and company are already on the Chess board and moving rapidly. just get on the board first for the operating systems and let someone else deal with the painfull cycle of commoditization that all future manufacturers must face is "Automagical".

Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

2012-01-07T12:18:00.000-08:00

Google TV Eats Apple TV for Lunch !

Yes you heard us right. Seems Larry Page and his association with steve jobs on past projects did more than just rub off a little Apple on Larrys psyche. Speed to market of engineering technologies was something Larry admired most about Steves company.
So what does Larry do his first year? Streamline Googles management to move lightning fast on rapidly obsolescing Technologies with lazer velocity.

This major accomplishment has already contributed in Googles dominance in Smartphone operating system rollouts, Netting Googles Android operating software a 46% Global Market share of Smartphone operating systems Vs Apples 20.4%. According to Larry Page this is only the Beginning of a trend he wants to perpetuate.

Google has intentions of beating Apple to the punch in everything they match up against each other on. We think Larry Page and Googles superior Think Tank will eventually dominate Virtual TV, Despite all the current Buzz about Apple TV. Stay tuned this will be interesting !

Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

2012-01-07T09:48:00.000-08:00

Once again,raiding the time capsule vault, Circa 2011. Thought you all would enjoy an old post of mine that is truer now than it was a year ago.

Friday, February 04, 2011

Business building APPS. Flying in the clouds!

The Web Business Configurator or Web Business Incubator is collectively being perfected by more than one source as we speak. In the near future there will be Turnkey Business Apps.,created in the CLOUDS, designed to catalyse Business expansion in Cyber Space.

There will be certain factions, who may try to block progress in this coming evolution. Those who embrace it will be future leaders. In the end this will all culminate into the most rapid and dramatic Capital Expansion the world has ever seen.

Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

2011-12-31T10:34:00.000-08:00

Raiding the time capsule vault, Circa 2007. Thought you all would enjoy an old post of mine that is truer now than ever.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

" The Most Valuable, Premium Domain Names "

With all the headlines, and news coverage, about the record sales prices being paid, for generic domain names. One might think, these traffic favorites are the most valuable of all, the classes of domain names. In actuality though, the sales prices of the most valuable top domain names ever sold have been secretly withheld from the public. The fact is, many of the most valuable domain names never reach public auctions.

So why are we, the public, not privy to the highest prices being paid for these premium domain names? Actually it is because of a little known fact, that many of the largest corporate investors, prefer to make their purchases, of premium domain names, in strictly private transactions. These private transactions are used, to deliberately hide prices being paid for domain names. For this reason, many of the largest dollar values being paid for premium domain names, never hit the headlines, and are never reported!

Why is this so? Why do these corporate buyers and speculators not want it publicized, how truly valuable, some top domain names are? In a nutshell, they know increased competition, will inflate the market prices they pay for the names they covet. They do not want to draw any more attention to domain names, and their values, than necessary.

The last thing they want to do is compete for names they truly want and then possibly lose them to higher bidders. To avoid this they choose to operate in closed non public transactions, that are far removed from the public eye. In this cloak of secrecy, these corporate buyers, do not have to competitively bid for a rapidly disappearing pool of top domain names. This explains why they are clearly absent from most public auctions where sales prices are competitively bid and disclosed to the press and public.

In this controlled market place these professional buyers look for unique names that stand out in the crowd and signify an image that differentiates their company from the rest of the pack. They also search for names that are short, that are easy to spell and remember and at the same time describe their particular market niche with Clarity and professionalism. In short, they look for a name that makes a statement, about them and their company.

Most of the qualities these professional buyers look for in a top name can be clarified by understanding, what a premium domain name is. So lets take a look at, the actual definition, of a premium domain name. "Premium domain names are often valuable, and have particular characterizations: The names are short and memorable, may contain words that are regularly searched on search engines or keywords that help the name gain a higher ranking on search engines. They may contain generic words, so the word has more than one meaning, and they may contain typos". An excellent example of a Top premium domain name, is UseBiz.com. It fits the definition of a premium domain name perfectly, makes a statement, and in many experts opinion is truly a most unique and valuable six letter domain name.

Another good example of a previously undiscovered and unknown gem is Android.com. Google bought this name in the secondary market, from a previous owner. This name is now being developed as their flagship address, for an open source software Alliance, for the wireless industry. Now that this name, is under Googles development, we would really have a tough time valuing it, as its sales price was not revealed to the public. But we are sure its market value would be in the millions of dollars. The competition for good quality names, such as these, are increasing at a frenetic pace.

Due to this growing competition, there is an ever increasing demand for premium domain names. The catalyst, that is driving this demand, is the explosive growth of new business start ups, on the internet. This growth has been breath taking, to say the least. So much so, that the worlds one billionth website, is already in place. It took 36 years to reach this water mark! Amazingly enough, the number of web sites are expected to double, again in the next 8 years!, to two billion!

With all this expansion, the worlds major corporations, are in competition with thousands of new start up companies, who are feverishly positioning themselves to master, this thing they call e-Biz! It's no wonder that as a result of all this expansion. There is a huge pent up demand, being created for well branded, easy to spell, and remember domain names. This highly competitive market place has created an exponential increase in the values of good domain names. In fact, some premium domain names are commanding six and seven figure price tags!

The most encouraging aspect of this business, is that there are many undiscovered names that are destined to become internet powerhouses!, that are still available!, in the secondary market!. This is what makes investing in the domain name business, so exciting!. There quite simply is no glass ceiling here, and the sky truly is the limit. Now more than ever, the visionary leaders who keep their focus on investing in premium domain names, will be a part of the futures most successful investors!

For all these reasons and more the secondary market place for domain names is the fastest growing investors asset class on the planet! Our advice for any interested investors, is to start collecting and controlling the letters of the alphabet today!. One word of advice though. Look for hidden values within the secondary market and do not bother with any other extension, other than the .com extension, it's the Predominant choice for most of the worlds top corporations. That is where the real money is!.

Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

2011-12-30T08:48:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone. There is a lot of mis-information about the true strategic value of Domain Names or .com Business Addresses permeating the Web. So I felt I should re-post an old 2005 post of mine which follows:

Sunday, November 06, 2005

"Domain Names are the KEY!!"

The strategic importance of Domain Names to modern distribution channels is just now beginning to be realized in today's global marketplace. Yet even savvy business people do not fully understand the value and strategic magnitude of Domain Names.

In fact, Domain Names are often confused with trademarks. Although they have some similarities, Domain Names in actuality are far more valuable marketing tools than most trademarks. The similarities between the two? Both the Domain Name and trademark are considered intellectual properties of a global nature. However that is where their similarities abruptly end.

The big difference? A trademark can be owned by multiple different entities, in multiple global locations, pursuing multiple businesses. A Domain Name, on the other side of the spectrum, is a one-of-a-kind, unique World Wide Web address, which can have only one controlling owner.The Domain Name commands many strategic advantages over a trademark. A trademark reveals a very limited amount of information, while the Domain Name actually "leads" the consumer or corporate buyer to an all-inclusive, information-rich website. Done successfully, the website embodies the information needed to effectively close the sale, slash prices and ultimately distribute goods and services more profitably.

These strategic advantages derived from using the Domain Name arguably position the Domain Name as the most important known key to unlock the potentially awesome marketing power of the World Wide Web.

It's a well-known fact that the companies, who discover the Holy Grail of marketing over the Internet, will be the world's leading mass marketers. To do this these companies need only to "master the first step."

And the first step or key to accessing and unleashing the power of the World Wide Web is to simply own and control the most universally recognized branding-rich Domain Name!

This old post is the truth in a nutshell! Like it or not !

I felt Domainers and Tech Crunch types should be reminded of the reality in todays Market Place.

Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

2011-02-24T08:00:00.000-08:00

UseBiz.com, The 800 Pound Gorilla of Search SOON ?

I along with my (Contact Group )team, have been analysing and formulating Business Model Rollouts for close to 40 years with combined professional experience even deeper than that. My roll as team leader segwayed from a career, functioning as The Marketing Analyst for the Rockefeller I.B.E.C. Group.

Marketing Analysts, analyse Business Model Rollouts, and my strategic function with I.B.E.C. was to initiate and expand Marketing Strategies for Over Seas Business Initiatives.

Marketing Analysts, for you not familiar with this area, look at the whole picture and psychology of Nascent Business initiatives, and is N O T , Madison Avenue Advertising. But rather a function of putting a microscope on Business Model initiatives. and their effectiveness in emerging Markets.

Our group is DEEP and knowone knows our niche better than We. Our Marketing Strategies are designed to be 4 Steps ahead of our competition as we release each new Strategy.We are moving rapidly for full deployment of the site UseBiz.com in 2011. Googles particular Business Model is rapidly obsolescing and we know our Model will fully benefit, current business owners and their needs.

The Strategic Value of UseBiz.com, along with powerfull Underlying Market Forces are Driving interesting players to our Table. Apples push into Business Apps. support would benefit most from our Business Model. We are close to all of the pieces to the puzzle being in place and is nearly complete. We are choosing Players that have the Right Stuff.
G o l i a t h M E E T D a v i d ™

Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

2011-02-19T22:58:00.000-08:00

Underlying Market Forces Drive Business Models, Rollouts, Exponentially !

The next step, will be my next post ! TO BE CONTINUED :

2011-02-07T02:12:00.000-08:00

Is the new .Co another .CON ?

In my investment banking days, I had to sit through many Dog and Pony show meetings where different presentations were made for New Investment Products by corporate sponsors. My job as an investment advisor, as I saw it, was to invest my clients money wisely in the jungles of Wall Street. I saw a litany of Marketing Ploy offerings designed mostly by Attorneys and their council whose ending results, in many cases, separated clients from their hard earned money. I became good at spotting the investments that should be avoided in the process.

Although I was careful there were always a few that slipped by my radar and I and my clients were fooled by slick presentations. This was an over riding reason for my getting out of the Industry some fifteen years ago. Now I have had close to fifteen years of experience as a DOMAINER. To make a long story short. I have seen a litany of new extension offerings and have experienced much the same results from many of these new offerings. My advise to you is steer clear of any new extensions not just the .co version. My opinion is I smell a Rat!

Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

2011-02-04T05:28:00.000-08:00

MY 2nd. POST after three year Break ENJOY !!

Business building APPS. Flying in the clouds!<

The Web Business Configurator or Web Business Incubator is collectively being perfected by more than one source as we speak. In the near future there will be Turnkey Business Apps.,created in the CLOUDS, designed to catalyse Business expansion in Cyber Space.

There will be certain factions, who may try to block progress in this coming evolution. Those who embrace it will be future leaders. In the end this will all culminate into the most rapid and dramatic Capital Expansion the world has ever seen.

Gratefully, Jeff Schneider (Contact Group) (Metal Tiger)

2011-01-30T08:59:00.000-08:00

MY 1st POST after three year Break ENJOY !!

"The Coming Race To Cyberspace, OR Web Business Configurator Creation ™ " !!

There will be Two steps in the rollout and manifestation of Business Web Creation. The first stage is manifesting as I speak. In this first evolutionary process a company say for instance Trilogy Inc. will have a turn key process where by anyone with very limited I.T. experience will be able to configure their own compatible Web site creation.

That is the first Step, The second step will be my next post: TO BE CONTINUED

2008-11-08T04:50:00.000-08:00

The Most Valuable Branded Domain Names

Internet advertising's, sixty four million dollar question is, are keyword, stand alone traffic domain names, becoming somewhat irrelavent ? This is a question that all domainers are asking themselves, because of rapidly declining pay per click revenues that they are experiencing due to the rapid policy changes in payout structures at Yahoo and Google ?

Throughout the history of marketing and commerce, which has proven to be cyclical and forever morphing, there have been many different marketing concepts that have been adopted. In fact the very early phases of marketing involved quite literally generic barrels of goods and services.

During this generic labeling of goods and services there appeared on the scene a new concept that changed marketing forever. This phase was called Product Differentiation, or branding, which created a natural need for competitors to differentiate their products from other competitors. This allowed these competitors to separate themselves from the pack by building their own unique brand. This was the birth of branding as we know it today.

It is a natural progression that we are now beginning to experience in online advertising. This natural next step is logical in the rollout phase of modern day marketing that involves online branding of domain names.

All marketing agencies need to brand so as to differentiate their clients products from their competitiors. We at USeBiz.com back in the mid nineties, placed an educated bet that there would evolve and be finally accepted another marketing doctrine called Target Market Branding.

Target Market Branding, such as eBay and USeBiz, take advantage of targeting certain market segments. More importantly Target Market Branding, supplies the branding qualities that advertising firms make their living on. We at USeBiz.com are very pleased with our portfolio which is positioned to unlock the power of online branding incorporated into a .com powerhouse address.

2008-05-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

USeBiz.com, The First, Vertical Branded, Keyword, Media, Network

The key to unlocking the awesome power of the world wide web, is to simply own and control strategic keyword .com names. This statement has been the mantra of the growing number of investors and small business owners on the Web today. The investment class of premium .com domain names is the fastest growing investment class on the planet.

Anyone interested in joining the ranks of successful domain name investors will tell you it is the most exciting investment class that is available to investors today. The 800 pound gorilla of this investment category lies witin the .com extension. It is the extension of choice for all the worlds dominant players in the eBiz space. This extension has created more, over night millionaires than any of the other extensions combined.

The preference of most of the worlds most successful companies, has and always will be the .com extension. Even so, competing extensions like .tv and .mobi have been introduced by I.C.A.N.N. as alternatives to the .com extension, to appease the great demand pressure for good domain names. Many of these extensions have invested a lot of time and money trying to convince business owners that their extension is the extension of the future. Professional Web developers and business owners have obviously not been convinced of this.

The competition for strategically targeted keyword .com names is so fierce that large corporations have resorted to U.D.R.P. filings in order to try and steal these already leased names from legitimate paying small business lease holders. These U.D.R.P. filings are a shady way to legally steal names from their rightful owners. Most if not all U.D.R.P. filings go after the prized names in the .com extension. So as you can guess there are reasons for this preference for .com extension names and it all boils down to money.

The .com extension has become the defacto leader in Web traffic and volume business revenues, in spite of all the competing extensions advertising spin efforts to convince business owners otherwise. So we 10 years ago decided to concentrate our investments in the .com extension. We ,luckily, put together a marketing strategy to take advantage of the awsome marketing power of the world wide Web staying within the dominant marketing channel of the .com extension.

The strategy we chose incorporates key word .com names and has evolved into what we have come to call premium, Vertical, Branded, Key Word, Domain Names. It was a simple idea and it has been said by others down through history, that sometimes the simplest ideas are the best ideas.

Here is an encapsulated explanation of the srategy. As we said we have incorporated key words with a short memorable branding handle. The branding handle we chose, for obvious reasons, was eBiz . So for example we chose the keyword of US, and came up with USeBiz.com.

There you have it. A Vertical, Branded, Key Word domain name. Does this sound like an answer to mass market goods and services over the World Wide Web ? We think the future holds great promise for people who have been creative within the .com extension. The beauty of these names we have created, take advantage of the power of Targeted Key Words and of course the awsome strategic power of the top ranked .com extension.

2008-05-02T15:49:00.000-07:00

Most Valuable .COM Names

Follow the money and you will wind up in the .com extension. The worlds largest corporations do most of their business there. Even so competing extensions like .mobi have been introduced as alternatives to appease the great demand for domain names. Many of these extensions have invested a lot of money and time trying to convince you they are the extension of the future. Professional web developers have not been convinced.

The fact that the 800 pound Gorilla .com extension has very few unleased names available, has been putting ICANN in the heated spotlight of pressure from the web development community, to somehow make it easy for certain companies to somehow legally steal these .com leases from current payed leaseholders. Their argument is that they want the more valuable .com extensions to be available to their clients, to be developed the way they see fit. Never mind the rights of the current lease holders.

Sounds illegal doesn't it ? The current small business lease holders are up in arms and fighting mad about large predator corporations being able to legally file U.D.R.P. complaints that in 85% of the cases are effective in stealing away the rights of paying lease holders rights to their web site names.

These corporate predators are being told to look in other extensions for the names they covet and they are not having any of it. They would rather attempt to steal the names they lust after, from current paying lease holders, using the seemingly illegal and amorale U.D.R.P. process.

This questionable practice which is somehow legal, is used by corporations to bully current lease holders into giving up their addresses. It is in fact in many cases a form of reverse hyjacking or cyber stealing of paying lease holders valuable domain names. We feel U.D.R.P. filings are a legal disgrace that allows bigger corporations to steal small business owners rights to leased names they are paying for legally.

2008-04-01T00:17:00.000-07:00

SNOWE LAND GRAB BILL

Those who are keen in finding the truth such as yourself will find it.Those who are in severe denial will have a hard time getting their arms around the truth. The Snowe Bill is a grim reminder of the past.

The truth is, All property owners through out history have had to protect their rights to ownership. Ask native Americans and you will get just some of the answers that are available to anyone interested in reality based facts of property ownership. A most helpfull read on this subject is, "A Peoples History of the United States 1492 to present" by Howard Zinn.
Getting back to the subject at hand, lets face it we need to work together to create a safety net designed to repel greedy masters who want our properties.

We all should consider supporting the I.C.A. that was birthed to protect all web based businesses from the larger predators up the food chain.
Anyone who would consider a fund raisng initiative with the URL of " HelpRaiseFunds.com" something worth while let me know of your interest in communally developing it for the I.C.A. I can be reached through a link on my website. Or directly contact http://www.internetcommerce.org/

2008-03-31T23:54:00.000-07:00

Autograph.com Sells for 55 M Usd.

Gee I wonder what a well funded advertising company would sell this name for, to an end user client? Probably a ten fold premium, I’d guess. Makes you wonder how really valuable direct navigation names are?
Maybe someone on this forum has a calculator handy. What is 5 % of the on line advertising Industry? That is the low low end of just the direct navigation industries, slice of the pie that we eat. This slice of the pie is only going to get larger, as the public starts getting wise on how to dial up companies addresses directly. Great Industry to be in right ?
Would you imagine in your wildest dreams someone wanting those kinds of dollars for themselves, and all they have to do is pick off small holders one by one and in so doing setting precedence as they go. Knowing that if the Snowe bill passes the take gets bigger. On top of this the small business owners have no $ coming in 24/7 to protect their interests, because knowone cares to pool assets to fund a passage residual income source used to protect their turf?
Our competition employs professional fund raisers, with a planned systematic approach to change our addresses to theirs. Its been going on now since I’ve been in the business for as long as I can remember.
The ad companies aren’t pushing direct navigation because they don’t control the addresses. They will not quit, without a fight. Please support a fund raising initiative for the I.C.A. “HelpRaiseFunds.com “

2008-03-31T07:30:00.000-07:00

Media Shift from S.E.O. to Direct Navigation

According to some sources. Online advertising is starting to slow down, or is it ? It is still growing at a double digit growth rate, but there are signs that it is starting to slow down. Ad revenue in 2007 grew 18.8% to $3.2 billion compared to 2.6 Billion in 2006. Even so there are definite signs at Google and Yahoo this week that the numbers are going South.There may be a logical explanation for all of this. Could it be a paradigm shift in the marketplace ?

Is S.E.O. slowly losing ground to direct dial or direct navigation? Slow but sure net denizens are catching on to the fact that they can often take short cuts to get to what they are after, very similar to going to the yellow pages index to find keywords. Then just type up what you are really after. Here is an example, interested in Widgets, Business, Wine, ...........then just type in ...........Keyword .com ? See, you get the real deal, not what the search engines cook up for you. There, now was that a lot faster ? Yes it cuts to the chase, Mikey Likes It !

This just might be the wave of the future. Are you sure ? It makes way too much sense to me. In other words what you are saying is we the consumers will not have to be lead through a Pitch laden path of pop ups and what not, and get quickly to what we are after ? Yes I am sure. Last time I checked it worked much more efficiently for me, and best of all it saved me time and frustration. Wow Revolutionary !

As this trend continues to take hold what do you think the major Media companies will do? Well word has it that they are buying up the better names out there. What would you suggest for people who are in control of the better names ? Hold on the future looks bright.

2007-11-27T13:53:00.000-08:00

" The Most Valuable, Premium Domain Names "

With all the headlines, and news coverage, about the record sales prices being paid, for generic domain names. One might think, these traffic favorites are the most valuable of all, the classes of domain names. In actuality though, the sales prices of the most valuable top domain names ever sold have been secretly withheld from the public. The fact is, many of the most valuable domain names never reach public auctions.

So why are we, the public, not privy to the highest prices being paid for these premium domain names? Actually it is because of a little known fact, that many of the largest corporate investors, prefer to make their purchases, of premium domain names, in strictly private transactions. These private transactions are used, to deliberately hide prices being paid for domain names. For this reason, many of the largest dollar values being paid for premium domain names, never hit the headlines, and are never reported!

Why is this so? Why do these corporate buyers and speculators not want it publicized, how truly valuable, some top domain names are? In a nutshell, they know increased competition, will inflate the market prices they pay for the names they covet. They do not want to draw any more attention to domain names, and their values, than necessary.

The last thing they want to do is compete for names they truly want and then possibly lose them to higher bidders. To avoid this they choose to operate in closed non public transactions, that are far removed from the public eye. In this cloak of secrecy, these corporate buyers, do not have to competitively bid for a rapidly disappearing pool of top domain names. This explains why they are clearly absent from most public auctions where sales prices are competitively bid and disclosed to the press and public.

In this controlled market place these professional buyers look for unique names that stand out in the crowd and signify an image that differentiates their company from the rest of the pack. They also search for names that are short, that are easy to spell and remember and at the same time describe their particular market niche with Clarity and professionalism. In short, they look for a name that makes a statement, about them and their company.

Most of the qualities these professional buyers look for in a top name can be clarified by understanding, what a premium domain name is. So lets take a look at, the actual definition, of a premium domain name. "Premium domain names are often valuable, and have particular characterizations: The names are short and memorable, may contain words that are regularly searched on search engines or keywords that help the name gain a higher ranking on search engines. They may contain generic words, so the word has more than one meaning, and they may contain typos". An excellent example of a Top premium domain name, is USeBiz.com. It fits the definition of a premium domain name perfectly, makes a statement, and in many experts opinion is truly a most unique and valuable six letter domain name.

Another good example of a previously undiscovered and unknown gem is Android.com. Google bought this name in the secondary market, from a previous owner. This name is now being developed as their flagship address, for an open source software Alliance, for the wireless industry. Now that this name, is under Googles development, we would really have a tough time valuing it, as its sales price was not revealed to the public. But we are sure its market value would be in the millions of dollars. The competition for good quality names, such as these, are increasing at a frenetic pace.

Due to this growing competition, there is an ever increasing demand for premium domain names. The catalyst, that is driving this demand, is the explosive growth of new business start ups, on the internet. This growth has been breath taking, to say the least. So much so, that the worlds one billionth website, is already in place. It took 36 years to reach this water mark! Amazingly enough, the number of web sites are expected to double, again in the next 8 years!, to two billion!

With all this expansion, the worlds major corporations, are in competition with thousands of new start up companies, who are feverishly positioning themselves to master, this thing they call e-Biz! It's no wonder that as a result of all this expansion. There is a huge pent up demand, being created for well branded, easy to spell, and remember domain names. This highly competitive market place has created an exponential increase in the values of good domain names. In fact, some premium domain names are commanding six and seven figure price tags!

The most encouraging aspect of this business, is that there are many undiscovered names that are destined to become internet powerhouses!, that are still available!, in the secondary market!. This is what makes investing in the domain name business, so exciting!. There quite simply is no glass ceiling here, and the sky truly is the limit. Now more than ever, the visionary leaders who keep their focus on investing in premium domain names, will be a part of the futures most successful investors!

For all these reasons and more the secondary market place for domain names is the fastest growing investors asset class on the planet! Our advice for any interested investors, is to start collecting and controlling the letters of the alphabet today!. One word of advice though. Look for hidden values within the secondary market and do not bother with any other extension, other than the .com extension, it's the Predominant choice for most of the worlds top corporations. That is where the real money is!.

2007-11-20T07:52:00.000-08:00

2007-11-08T11:58:00.000-08:00

" Attack of The Android or Android to the Rescue ? "

We all have been watching with great interest, Googles latest preemptive launch of its open source Android platform, designed to revolutionize all of our wireless experiences. Buried underneath it all, is a battle for an open source, wireless internet world, supported by Google or a closed source, wireless internet world, manipulated by Microsoft.

I have never been a supporter of Microsoft, whose strategy for growth has always been based on controlling the consumer rather than servicing them. The ramifications of this latest chapter in the Star Wars like battle between these two companies is just another example why Googles organic growth will inevitably surpass Microsofts.

My gut feeling tells me that Android will be wildly successful. You only have to look at the historical track record of open source creativity, versus the closed source protectionist philosophy, to realize the most probable outcome.

History also demonstrates very clearly that closed source software platforms inhibit innovation and creativity, not to mention competition. Consumers crave a platform that involves their active participation in the creative process involved with their web experience!

My fear along with others is that the closed source gang is well entrenched in the wireless industry already. They look at this latest preemptive strike by Googles Android as a threat to their beloved monopoly. Companies that are missing from the Android initiative such as, A T&T and Verizon Wireless, Nokia, Apple, Blackberry and others make me wonder about their committment to serve the consumer?

We as Domainers and consumers have a responsibility for supporting all open source intiatives, whose end result speeds up innovation lowers costs and provides a service to all. We all deserve a robust wireless internet experience. We all need to send a signal to these holdout companies, that we are not going to take it anymore!. Yes even if it means not buying an I-phone!

2007-11-01T13:25:00.000-07:00

" The 800 Pound Gorilla of US e-Biz"

It's a jungle out there!, and there's Billionaires afoot, eagerly awaiting the chance to get their sites honed in on the next 800 pound Gorilla of the world wide web. The stakes are high and the rewards are staggering. What could possibly entice the likes of Rupert Murdoch and Google to don safari attire?

It's simple really, They are just recent examples of investors eager to stake their claim in the fastest growing asset class on the planet! They along with legions of others have decided to join the exclusive club of domainers, which by definition is the hottest business of buying,selling,and monetizing internet domain names, which are the foundation of the greatest wealth building machine on record.

There has never been a time in history, up until the creation of domain names, that you could own and control letters of the alphabet!. Some of the worlds savviest investors have figured this out, and are making millions from this monopoly game, called domain name investment.

This jungle of opportunity, has produced some of the worlds largest corporations including Microsoft and Google. These companies became media giants, because of the fact that they followed a path to riches, based on an organic growth principle. These principles created the foundation that is accessed by a key coding system, better known as a domain name. Quite simply if you own and control the letters of the alphabet that are contained in the domain name, you are in total control, which explains why domain names are todays hottest commodities.

2007-10-27T10:41:00.000-07:00

" Media Typo Mistakes "

What are the chances that you or anyone else for that matter would type in Hulu, over say, a REAL WORD site like Yahoo or eBay ? Slim to nothing right, because people type in key words when searching for a site.

My point being, time and again, seemingly savvy, large corporate players will gamble on a .com typo address, such as Hulu, to launch their business hopes on.
What would cause someone in charge of launching a web start up company to blow away any chance of capturing 10-20% type in traffic ?

Believe it or not their B-School training has always insisted on heavy advertising for any new business launch! This approach may have worked 30 years ago before the internet dramatically changed the playing field.

Old line Advertising firms still preach that to launch a business you need to pay them vast amounts of money for a prolonged period of time on an advertising campaign. This siren song has caused many internet start up companies to wind up on the rocks. It is a seriously flawed approach.

So if your goal is to be successful in the highly competitive launch of an internet business. Use the same money you would otherwise spend on an advertising budget, instead, on a keyword, targeted address, preferably a .com address, from a domainer. Yes I said make your purchase from a Domainer.

The truth is all the A list domain names worth considering, already belong to them. Now I know for some of you control freak Masters of the Universe, this is difficult. After all rewarding someone for choosing a life of creationism over a life based on the traditional B-School Ethos is quite hard on the EGO. Especially when you feel you've been beaten to the punch.

My professional advice to you is, get over it, and spend your money wisely on a world class .com address. Your chances of success on the e-Biz platform dramatically Increase. Granted, typo name addresses are cheap! but remember if you buy your .com address on the cheap, guess what your image is?

2007-10-25T06:58:00.000-07:00

" Branded Networks "

The beauty of the Web, is that there's no better environment for creative networking. So why not grow with the flow and utilize the Webs synergies to your advantage by creating a Branded Network of Businesses. Organic growth plays to a start up companies advantage, something the major media companies still do not get!

Furthermore We all know that Industry segments run hot and cold. So to run on all eight cylinders you need to position your company to take advantage of the cyclical nature of all markets worldwide. If you own a network of businesses, you need only to target your ad focus on the hot industries, and adjust your inventories accordingly. Who's currently doing this effectively? Its still a wide open field as far as the eye can see. Someone will step to the plate, who will it be?
Stay tuned we are scanning the horizon for that opportunity.

2007-10-24T08:51:00.000-07:00

" US e-Biz is on Fire "

Gadzooks Batman are you telling me I can invest under $10 and be in an investment pool that Donald Trump is in? Yes Robin!, Follow me I'll show you how!
Actually Robin, hundreds of Domainers are enlisting in the next gold rush, and they are buying TV and Radio stations with the booty they are enjoying from the sale of Domain Names!
Gosh Batman, this sounds a lot like the e-Biz Bubble era of 2000!

Robin get Real!, this time around very profitable e-Biz giants like Google have just entered the game. Domain Names are burning their way into the record books as being the worlds fastest growing asset class.

Golly Batman, what gave you the first clue? That's easy Robin, you know I have to keep up with the worlds Jokers and while boning up on my research I noticed a Front Page article in Business Weeks May 12 th 2003 Special Report "The E-BIZ SURPRISE" and I almost jumped out of my suit!

Golly Jeepers Batman!, How can I take advantage of this? Well Robin, just keep your I-phone tuned into US eBiz.com my favorite DOMAINLAIR. Holy grail Batman! Do you think I'm too late? Da, Google does not think so!

2007-05-24T14:38:00.000-07:00

" Paradigm Shift "

I'm going to be presenting , to you , some concepts and ideas that rub up against popular Domainers beliefs. I guarantee you won't hear this anywhere else , but I know that you are reasonably flexible in your mind sets , or you wouldn't be involved in this fascinating thing I call e-Biz. Are you ready? , here we go!

It seems that Wall Street and Madison Avenue are finally warming to, but not quite embracing Domainers love affairs with Traffic , Casino, and Porn .com names. All three of these categories have commanded the highest sales values, as well as Press headlines for some time now, and you'd think that Madison Avenue and Wall Street would be rushing to the table, but their not ! , They still remain hesitant.

Madison Avenue and Wall Street , what do they know anyhow? To understand their mindset , You have to try to put yourself in their shoes. To them the afore' mentioned categories of Traffic , Casino, and Porn names, quite simply, go up against their education and training as to accepted Advertising and Branding practices, let alone the ethics of Corporate Image Building.
They understand the value of aiming some of the Traffic names at their branded corporate sites to increase visitors.

But on the other hand, they still view these names as generic, with no or little Branding appeal. For instance: They look at a name like Coffee.com and think to themselves, ok, Coffee What ? The reason they think this way, stems from the fact that their training teaches them to Brand Generic products, so as to differentiate them, from other competitors Generic products !

Because of these reasons, their training makes them yearn for a Website Name that is more targeted and at the same time, Branded. So I pose to you, Whats the most logical answer to all this ? What might just win them over enough to open their wallets ? Could there be a compromise ? A new category of Branded Traffic Names? BINGO ?

2005-12-28T06:43:00.000-08:00

" Domain Names Spiraling Values ! "

It seems there isn't a week that goes by that the headlines in some major news publications are announcing the heralding in, of some new internet based technology that will change the playing field forever! We are all witnessing an era of heightened creativity.

The internet has acted as a powerful catalyst, in opening up “an avenue for expressing creativity” for the masses. So much so, that the world’s One BILLIONTH website was announced today. It took 36 years to reach this watermark! Amazingly enough this number is expected to double again in the next 10 years to Two BILLION !

The world’s major corporations are feverishly positioning themselves to master this thing they call e-Biz !. It's no wonder that as a result of all this expansion, and the desire for well-branded, easy to spell and remember domain names, there has been an exponential increase in the values of good Domain Names.

For all these reasons and more, some Domain Names are commanding six- and seven- figure price tags that are attracting these Big Money Players! Now more than ever - the visionary leaders who keep their focus on investing in Domain Names will be a part of the future’s most profitable businesses!

It's a well known fact, that the visionaries who discover the "Holy Grail" of marketing to the masses will undoubtedly be the worlds leading mass marketers! To be a part of this bright future, it is crucial to have vision, planning, and an understanding of the past. Keep in mind, that in the past, the lion’s share of revenue dollars generated by the e-Biz phenomenon has been generated by the Online Ad Market.

These revenues generated by the Online Advertising Market are huge {6-8 $ Billion} and increasing at a dramatic pace. Also keep in mind that the Online ad market revenues “pale” in comparison to total retail Sales Revenues, which are in the Trillions $ !.

Another powerful engine for growth that bodes well for Domain Name owners, is the barely tapped, B2C {Business to Consumer} Market Place. The B2C sector holds so much future potential, that savvy Investors are raiding their war chests to procure names that will help them in their quest to master this nascent market place.

For example: A name such as Business.com sold for {$ 7,500,000}. A visionary investor by the name of Jake Winebaum bought it from the original owner for {$ 100,000} as an investment. Then came along another savvy visionary named Marc Ostrofsky who bought and then turned around and sold it for the {$7,500,000} figure!

I, myself have experienced dramatic increases in the value of some of my own personal Domain Names. For instance, I bought the name USeBiz.com in 1998 for {$102.00}. Over the years I've owned it, I've been offered as much as {$ 800,000} for the name. I've turned down each and every offer, because I know, if and when, I eventually do sell the domain name, USeBiz.com will sell for far more to some other visionary investor.

There has never been a time in history, to my knowledge, when you could own and control letters of the alphabet! Some of the savviest investors on the net have figured this out, and are making millions from their URL portfolios. So… Do you think it’s too late to invest in the Domain Name Industry?

2005-12-21T17:25:00.000-08:00

Domain Names,as an investment! Is it too late?

For those of you considering investments in the primary or secondary domain name market, you’re probably wondering: is the game over? Am I too late? All you need do is look at the current state of the domain name industry for some clues.

The boom in web advertising, along with the evolving of the pay-per-click ad model, is making the Go-Go 2000s Bubble Era look small in comparison.

There has been an exponential increase in domain name values due to the phenomenol growth of eBiz. This cycle of increased valuations will only continue to grow, as the internet population increases its eBiz transactions.

2005-12-15T16:26:00.000-08:00

Domain Name Masters : Then And Now !

Is anyone out there, besides me, noticing the Plethora of Public Domain Sales? Way back when, in the Go-Go 2000s Bubble Era there were, by far, more Non-Disclosure sales of domain names, than Public Sales. In Fact, According to some Industry Analysts, nearly 2 /3 of all sales were Non-Disclosure Transactions. In other words, it was an “under the radar” driven market place.

Today, there are still many sales we never hear about, but we are starting to see an increasing amount of public sales, which tells us, the market for domain names is starting to be more transparent, in its development stage. We are all witnessing the maturing of a capital Structure Market Place. Good news for those of us who are holding domain properties. Domain Names are the Real Estate of the future. Tune into my next post to find out why this Industry will produce many Millionaires, and how you can become a part of it.

2005-11-06T13:02:00.000-08:00

"Domain Names are the KEY!!"

The strategic importance of Domain Names to modern distribution channels is just now beginning to be realized in today's global marketplace. Yet even savvy business people do not fully understand the value and strategic magnitude of Domain Names.

In fact, Domain Names are often confused with trademarks. Although they have some similarities, Domain Names in actuality are far more valuable marketing tools than most trademarks. The similarities between the two? Both the Domain Name and trademark are considered intellectual properties of a global nature. However that is where their similarities abruptly end.

The big difference? A trademark can be owned by multiple different entities, in multiple global locations, pursuing multiple businesses. A Domain Name, on the other side of the spectrum, is a one-of-a-kind, unique World Wide Web address, which can have only one controlling owner.The Domain Name commands many strategic advantages over a trademark. A trademark reveals a very limited amount of information, while the Domain Name actually "leads" the consumer or corporate buyer to an all-inclusive, information-rich website. Done successfully, the website embodies the information needed to effectively close the sale, slash prices and ultimately distribute goods and services more profitably.

These strategic advantages derived from using the Domain Name arguably position the Domain Name as the most important known key to unlock the potentially awesome marketing power of the World Wide Web.

It's a well-known fact that the companies, who discover the Holy Grail of marketing over the Internet, will be the world's leading mass marketers. To do this these companies need only to "master the first step."

And the first step or key to accessing and unleashing the power of the World Wide Web is to simply own and control the most universally recognized branding-rich Domain Name!