Resident Tourist » Uncategorized http://residenttourist.com Domaining & Life on the Web Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:37:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Domaining At The Drop http://residenttourist.com/2009/07/30/domaining-at-the-drop/ http://residenttourist.com/2009/07/30/domaining-at-the-drop/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:37:23 +0000 Jason http://residenttourist.com/?p=897 I’ve been watching domains drop every day for almost two years now over at GoDrops.com and it’s turned out to be not a small source of domain registrations for me and for some members. First, I have to thank Jamie from DotWeekly.com for getting me hooked and up to speed on the drop-catching process and great “insider” information. (Other domainers have also recently starting blogging about the esoteric science of drop-catching).

Before April 1st, drop-catching decent names was near impossible due to massive domain tasting by Enom, Maxim Internet, various NameMedia companies, Pool and a host of others. Tasters did usually drop their domains for refunds during the grace period, and this provided a second chance to grab whatever you had your eye on. The same taster might register the domains again, a practice called domain kiting, or other tasters would grab these deleted names (e.g. Maxim would catch Enom drops, etc…) It was fun to watch the circus from the view of my whois scanner/database. Tasters now have to be more selective — some taster registrars even collapsed and lost their names — which means there are now more domains available at drop time.

Don’t kid yourself about the domains you are able to get off the drop. Even though it’s the best time to get higher quality domains – before the masses have combed through the various distributed drop lists – these are still domains that no one thought it worth to spend even $18 for a backorder at GoDaddy and most recently Name.com. Good quality brandables and long-tail keywords do fall through the cracks from time to time – that’s the whole rational for drop-catching for yourself in the first place!

Happy Drop-Catching! Keep it real and keep it dot COM!

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]]> http://residenttourist.com/2009/05/20/alltop/feed/ 1 My Snapnames Picks for Today http://residenttourist.com/2009/05/19/my-snapnames-picks-for-today/ http://residenttourist.com/2009/05/19/my-snapnames-picks-for-today/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 16:06:34 +0000 Jason http://residenttourist.com/?p=847 I’ve started scanning domains at Snapnames that are ending soon. I may go after a couple, but here’s my short list for today. I just applied to get a Snapnames affiliate ID, so in the meantime, I’m using DotWeekly’s code =)

I’m also testing out my Domainer Wordpress plugin that makes listing names in blog posts easy. Look for a release of that here soon…

Without further ado, here’s my short-list for today! Most of these are less than $50 and end today or in a couple days:


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Zenko from WpZoom.com

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Blog News from Gabfire.com

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Berita Business from Biz Artic

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Workspacer from Wordpress Theme Designer

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eBusiness from Elegant Themes

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]]> http://residenttourist.com/2009/05/11/take-five-new-themes/feed/ 4 Domains Added to the GeoDomains Extended Auction http://residenttourist.com/2009/04/30/domains-added-to-the-geodomain-extended-auction/ http://residenttourist.com/2009/04/30/domains-added-to-the-geodomain-extended-auction/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 04:09:11 +0000 Jason http://residenttourist.com/?p=724 I received an email today that one of my domains submitted to the GeoDomains auction will be a Featured Domain for the next 6 days until auction’s end. BeverlyHillsGifts.com didn’t appear in the original auction, but based on the email from Aftermarket.com, I expect it to be added to their GeoDomain Expo auction list tomorrow.

Elliot just blogged about some other names being added. Anyone else get an email from Aftermarket.com?

BeveryHillsGifts.com will be listed at ZERO reserve. Check the auction list often to see if it’s been included to bid.

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]]> http://residenttourist.com/2009/04/30/domains-added-to-the-geodomain-extended-auction/feed/ 0 Hitting the Ground Running! http://residenttourist.com/2009/04/30/hitting-the-ground-running/ http://residenttourist.com/2009/04/30/hitting-the-ground-running/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:31:13 +0000 Jason http://residenttourist.com/?p=718 I chose the domain ResidentTourist.com for my domaining blog. What do you think? Two ‘T’s together? Oh, I know… but it is catchy, no? I thought about using my NameStew.com, but that sounded too much like a Chef Patrick spin-off, lol.

Anyway, I’ve just applied to be aggregated by NameBee.com — my Domain News reader of Choice. Crossing my fingers!

Oh, GoDrops.com fans don’t worry. I’ll still be running that site. I just needed a different space to have my take on the domaining world. GoDrops.com has always been more of a service than blog anyway…

Watch for a promotion soon on this blog… I LOVE giving stuff away! Especially my expiring domains, lol.

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