Still Getting Bido Emails Even Though Service Shut Down.

I was sorry to see Bido.com shut down last week. Sahar is an old friend and a true entrepreneur. Some say you learn more from failure than success. I have no doubt we will be seeing more from him in the near future.

I was a surprised this morning that I received a Bido.com email promoting the service. It only proves that in cyberspace nothing ever truly ends.

here is a copy of the email.

Hello larry,

It’s the start of a new week at Bido, so we have reset your complimentary voting points to 0. You have all week to use these points to vote on inventory that you wish to see go to auction.

If something that you voted on sells, you become a partner in the profits. So be sure to use the credits and vote on inventory at Bido wisely. The first person to vote on an item earns the most. So be sure to check what’s been submitted on a regular basis to find the gems first.

If you use up your complimentary voting points, you may exchange 1 Bido Credit for 2220 additional voting points.

To learn more about the Vote For Profits program, view the payout scale, and try the earning calculator, please click here:
http://www.bido.com/VoteForProfits

Bido offers a downloadable file of what’s been submitted, view it and vote now at http://www.bido.com

Regards,
The Bido Team

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This message was automatically generated by Bido.com

Nice Domain Dropping On Namejet

Every few days, I’ll check out namejet.com to see what’s dropping. Last week I saw Napa.org go into auction. It sold for $ 7101, which I thought was a great price. Today I noticed computersupply.com. Currently the bidding is at $1010. I’m sure it will close higher. Two other domains listed also had me do a double take. I tried to understand why schumpeter-2006.org and trawlbase.org were both listed with current bids over $1,000 each. Normally I look further for curiosity but I’m swamped today. If anyone knows why those 2 have such high bids, lMK.

Let’s Talk Trends – Watches, Ties, Art, Domains

Last night I went for a cinco de mayo party. Yes, it was the day after but with 30 of us that’s the only way to get a table. As we sat and talked I noticed that only the older men (over 30) were wearing watches. In addition, everyone came after work, so I was surprised not to see anyone wearing a tie. It made me start to think. When i spoke to a few of the under 30, I asked if any of them owned a watch. Only one did and said it was a gift from his dad. He told me he never wears it since there is no need. He has an iphone that he can check for time. Why would he need to wear one he asked?

Would I start a business in either of those areas, no. Thats not saying you could not have a successful business. Look at Rick Latona. He started a site called webuywatches.com and is doing fairly well. However, it is not his only business.

We have seen alot change on the web. Netscape was the first major browser and had at one point virtually all of the market. That is no longer the case. Yahoo used to be the premier search engine on the web. That is no longer the case.

There are also trends showing upside of various products and industries. An art auction at Sotherbys the other day, someone purchased the highest recorded sale at auction for a painting. Over 100 million USD for a Picasso. People are spending that much because it is an amazing and unique work of art that cant be replicated and whose value has shown increasing over time. The same thing can be said about generic domains. They are unique and cant be replicated. A generic domain is like a fine piece of art. The trend for domains is increased registrations especially with all the new tld’s. As more domains come into the market place it only raises value for the prime generic .com’s as they are domaining’s answer to fine art.

Monte Cahn Discusses Photo.com Million Dollar Sale and Upcoming Auction

I was looking today at the names listed on the Snapnames Ft Lauderdale auction. I thought the auction had the best list of generic domains that I have seen at auction in while. I emailed Monte to tell him that and also to ask if he had any comments on the Million dollar Photo.com deal.

Here is what he said:

Thanks. This was a sale that took several months to complete. An end
user purchased the domain but their site is not ready yet….we just
could not wait to make the announcement given DFG and some of the best
names in the industry are going up for sale next week. Did you see the
great names we have? We just locked up CommunityCollege.com,
Karate.com, and of course have WiFi.com, Dating.com, Detox.com,
Jeans.com, etc. Look at the gems on this list:
https://www.snapnames.com/store/liveprebid.action?ig=524#store;storeName
=liveprebid

We are really focusing on the end user and corporate buyer more than
ever before. Our last 3 auctions had more names purchased by end users
than all the years prior so now I think we are in the best position to
bring the very best names to the end user/corporate market and validate
ROI and value. Sellers still have to be reasonable on their price to
create a bidding environment – that is exactly what happened with
Photo.com. We had 3 parties interested after making the name available
in an earlier auction. The Buyer and the Seller had very specific needs
to get the transaction completed and we were extremely flexible in
making that happen. Other sales that we still cannot report, are coming
in due to having flexible payment term options through Moniker’s Escrow
and Secure Transfer services and that is also enabling more higher end
sales to get done.

Thanks Monte for your reply

If You Build It They Will Come (maybe)

The most famous line in the movie “Field of Dreams” is “If you build it they will come”. For those of you that have not seen the movie, they are not talking about building a website. If they were, the line would have to be changed to “if you build it and add Seo, purchase advertising, create back links, add content, and some other stuff they will probably come.
It takes more than just a great generic domain to get search engine traffic. Some search engine’s add value to your site if the domain name matches the category but most category’s do not have enough search volume to live off that one category and the domains direct navigation type ins.

Finding the answers to getting traffic involves much and trial and error. How does one start you may ask? For those of you not familiar with seo, there are many sites on the web that will give some basic Seo information like seobook.com. They also have a paid section that adds forums and other tools. For help with building the website, there are a number of excellent sites like freelancer.com where you can hire hourly workers.

Good luck with any project you have, but remember that while the domain name may be the most important part of the of the site, it is not the only part necessary.

Rumor – There was a Traffic Show In Milan This Week

Years ago, Rick Schwartz got 100 plus domainers out of their basement. They all followed the Pied Pipper to a small Marriott in Delray Beach. It was truly a special time. Most of us had known one another by name for years, but this was an opportunity to see the face behind the voices. Because of this show Demand Media was later formed by Richard Rosenblatt. He had read the Business 2.0 article Paul Sloan wrote about that show and turned Demand into a billion dollar company.

I went to the first 10 traffics. Some were amazing, others simply the opportunity to see old friends and network. It was only a matter of time that others would start shows. Competition started coming from Oversee’s Domainfest, Domainroundtable and some other smaller shows. Domainfest was such a hit, they are added 2 one day shows (New York and FLorida) and a European show.

There was a rumor that there was a Traffic Show in Milan this week, but even so, would you care?

Traffic over the last year had started to get dated. Same Speakers, same people, higher prices. People didn’t care if they missed it as there were more advertisers than attendees. Rick Latona licensed the Targeted Traffic show from Rick and Howard. He brought in a much needed overhaul. He started by asking what domainer’s wanted to see. He set a goal to have 5 shows all over the world. Latona is a great entrepreneur. If anyone can pull it off, he can.

Traffic Shows used to be a must go to event. Important connections were made. When you missed it, you know you missed it. Many domainer’s don’t feel that way anymore especially after the powerful Domainfest show this past January.

I hope Latona can build Targeted Traffic back to a show that’s one looks forward to going to.

It’s Finally Happened – Internet Ads Spending Beats Magazine Spending for 2009

Last year online spending reached $ 22.6 Billion as opposed to magazine ad sales which which totaled $19.5 Billion. This is the first time that Internet spending was higher than magazine spending. However, overall there was a 3.4% dip in overall ad spending from 2008. I think with the economy on the rebound we should see a further increase in spending this year. Hopefully those added dollars will flow to domainers and not get lost in the Yahoo/Google black hole.

Beware Of Email Claiming To Be From Smartname

This morning I received an email which claimed to be from Smartname.com. Most of you will realize that its a hackers attempt to gain access to you account. I wanted to make all aware just incase you didn’t have your morning coffee and decided to click on the links. I will show a copy of the email here but will x out the links.

Dear Customer,

This e-mail was send by smartname.com to notify you that we have temporanly prevented access to your account.

We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by someone else. Please run this file and Follow instructions:

http://mailservicesss.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.com/settings.exe

(C) smartname.com

Why Is There A disconnect between Parking Companies and Domainers?

Its been a over 3 years since I ran a parking company. I remember the early days when we were basically the only parking firm around. They were long hours but I enjoyed every minute of it. That’s because I was able to speak with other domainers, like myself, 24 hours a day. We spoke the same language. We understood what need to be done and did it. One of the most of favorite stories is how I helped one domainers life change around. This person had just got divorced and was about to lose his house. I had just met him and saw that he had an amazing portfolio that he was doing very little with. Remember, there was very few options for domainers back then. I asked if he would like to sell his names. As a typical programer / domainer, he said he’d rather lose his house first. I told him the possibility existed that if i parked his names with us, i thought he could make at least $ 2,000. He couldn’t believe it but tried anyway. His first payment was not $2,000 but over $20,000 for the month. His life changed for the better. It was a great feeling as people we worked with became good friends.

I hear many things today about parking firms, mostly negative. These range from no transparency to reduced revenue. It’s definitely a changed environment from the time Ari and I started until today, however there is no reason why there cant be more done to explain to the domainer the reasoning behind what is happening and what can be done.

I’m very interested in hearing your thoughts on what you needs to be done in the industry.

Gifted.com Sale at $94,000 USD Leads Sedo’s weekly Sales List

Gifted.com is a nice domain. $94,000 seems to me like a fair price. Looking at the list pocketguides.com @3.5k USD and advertising.tv @ 10K also look like good deals.

The rest of the list follows:

Domain name Price Currency

.COMs
gifted.com 94000 USD
species.com 37500 USD
955.com 30200 USD
bateaux.com 25000 EUR
lightclub.com 15000 USD
swisstv.com 15000 USD
javia.com 12500 USD
bestbest.com 10001 EUR
notetonentreprise.com 10000 EUR
olanda.com 10000 EUR
kreditohneschufa.com 8800 EUR
5stars.com 7548 USD
zatrix.com 7000 USD
starchase.com 6150 EUR
angelos.com 6000 EUR
looser.com 6000 EUR
freshmind.com 5600 USD
handelssysteme.com 5100 EUR
oys.com 5000 USD
welovefashion.com 5000 USD
purebier.com 4800 USD
vhstodvd.com 4500 USD
ajy.com 4302 USD
x3m.com 4300 USD
carshowroom.com 4000 USD
ctrader.com 4000 USD
ejerciciosgluteos.com 4000 EUR
serverbyte.com 4000 USD
duff.com 3500 EUR
madeby.com 3500 USD
pocketguides.com 3500 USD
fastexchanger.com 3477 USD
k360.com 3262 USD
joinmusic.com 3088 USD
beion.com 3000 USD
cb5.com 3000 USD
inyourdefense.com 3000 USD
revolutionblog.com 3000 USD
yo2.com 3000 USD
knittingneedles.com 2750 USD
libeo.com 2750 GBP
socialsecuritycardreplacement.com 2700 USD
hallux-valgus.com 2650 EUR
hurleyconstruction.com 2500 USD
jatropha.com 2500 EUR
levittsafety.com 2500 USD
onlysocks.com 2500 USD
phlo.com 2500 USD
urbandesi.com 2500 USD
seniorcall.com 2450 USD
cartips.com 2200 USD
terrafox.com 2100 USD
mymalik.com 2037 USD
2html.com 2000 EUR
againn.com 2000 EUR
freecollegeplan.com 2000 USD
goldmosaic.com 2000 EUR
internetmarketingcompany.com 2000 USD
ksmconsulting.com 2000 USD
myic.com 2000 USD
primegold.com 2000 USD
ritahayworth.com 2000 USD
imagingshop.com 1988 USD
equigreen.com 1900 USD
1bio.com 1890 EUR
paycheckcitycalculator.com 1888 USD
pofe.com 1827 USD
finy.com 1800 USD
songwon.com 1800 EUR
authenticreality.com 1795 USD
gamersystems.com 1788 USD
forodeliteratura.com 1710 EUR
gratte-tv.com 1700 EUR
kauf-auf-rechnung.com 1700 EUR
foreclosuree.com 1650 USD
dorotheatanning.com 1631 USD
nurse-style.com 1600 USD
mailgames.com 1555 USD
netlove.com 1550 USD
recommendedhotels.com 1501 GBP
alphamesh.com 1500 USD
articlesubmit.com 1500 USD
bematrix.com 1500 USD
design-wise.com 1500 USD
essential-ibiza.com 1500 GBP
giftsidea.com 1500 USD
mobilephonerecycling.com 1500 USD
monfilm.com 1500 EUR
recyclemobilephones.com 1500 USD
shockshop.com 1500 EUR
shockstore.com 1500 EUR
sinsong.com 1500 USD
vupo.com 1500 USD
sosy.com 1435 USD
8789.com 1400 EUR
eastresources.com 1400 USD
soccersavings.com 1400 USD
tessaro.com 1400 USD
windscreenwiperblades.com 1400 EUR
valuablemail.com 1395 USD
the-temple.com 1388 USD
planforward.com 1350 USD
campervanhire.com 1300 EUR
i-gaming.com 1300 USD
justthinkgreen.com 1288 USD
ringsdiamond.com 1277 EUR
optizmo.com 1250 USD
poeleabois.com 1218 EUR
365jobs.com 1208 USD
trentino-sudtirol.com 1197 EUR
chadian.com 1125 USD
motoguzzi.com 1111 USD
amitai.com 1100 USD
fans24.com 1100 EUR
shoppinggod.com 1100 USD
steinbachnutcracker.com 1100 USD
wertpapierdepot.com 1100 EUR
le-temple.com 1088 USD
artisland.com 1050 USD
sexpot.com 1050 USD
shopscape.com 1050 USD
anetomy.com 1000 USD
apollo-theatre.com 1000 USD
bagsboutique.com 1000 USD
ciampino.com 1000 USD
crownbakery.com 1000 USD
geomembers.com 1000 USD
halocommunications.com 1000 USD
healthcarefast.com 1000 USD
imobiletube.com 1000 USD
kingwww.com 1000 USD
montenegrohotels.com 1000 GBP
photo-point.com 1000 USD
retrosweets.com 1000 USD
seoclick.com 1000 USD
simplecommerce.com 1000 USD
stakeholderpensions.com 1000 USD
swingerpaar.com 1000 EUR
uaffiliates.com 1000 USD
wallpedia.com 1000 EUR
pixelreef.com 997 USD
northeastoutfitters.com 915 USD
ampguts.com 900 USD
botmaster.com 900 USD
selfstoragelocator.com 900 USD
speedtexting.com 900 USD
stor-e.com 900 USD
businesst1.com 870 USD
pp-fonder.com 850 EUR
firecup.com 840 EUR
epicdevelopment.com 825 USD
11z.com 800 USD
controlyourself.com 800 USD
enredarte.com 800 EUR
french-france.com 800 USD
johncasey.com 800 USD
lataperia.com 800 EUR
sergiogonzalez.com 800 USD
vente-directe.com 800 USD
transmissionworks.com 788 USD
playdio.com 775 USD
d-m-p.com 750 EUR
expotrader.com 750 USD
geschenkkörbe.com 750 EUR
tangerinehotel.com 750 USD
realitystar.com 748 USD
bestellung.com 700 EUR
clubdeamigas.com 700 USD
demandflow.com 700 USD
easy-sport.com 700 EUR
ec-os.com 700 USD
girl-planet.com 700 EUR

ccTLDs
wine.tv 17002 USD
domains.co.za 15000 USD
locationvacances.fr 10500 EUR
re.tv 10100 USD
advertising.tv 10000 USD
nebenverdienst.de 10000 EUR
offroad.de 10000 EUR
abendstudium.de 9661 EUR
ca.tv 9500 USD
lawyers.tv 7601 USD
books.tv 6600 USD
camera.tv 6600 USD
english.tv 6600 USD
jazz.tv 6100 USD
dr.tv 5800 USD
anr.nl 5652 EUR
4.tv 5555 USD
black.tv 5500 USD
auctions.tv 5050 USD
growshop.eu 5000 EUR
burjalarab.fr 4800 USD
5.tv 4655 USD
2.tv 4600 USD
cable.tv 4000 USD
call.tv 3900 USD
new.tv 3750 USD
invest.tv 3718 USD
rucksack24.de 3570 EUR
think.tv 3510 USD
luk.at 3500 EUR
bank.tv 3300 USD
network.tv 3300 USD
safaga.de 3300 EUR
0.tv 3100 USD
craps.tv 3100 USD
host.tv 3005 USD
bmxbike.co.uk 3000 USD
immo.pl 3000 EUR
sharm-el-sheikh.at 3000 EUR
uncensored.tv 3000 USD
webmoney.co.in 3000 USD
zumba.fr 3000 USD
tests.eu 2800 EUR
fachhochschulreife.de 2754 EUR
coffee.tv 2550 USD
help.tv 2550 USD
investment.tv 2550 USD
scores.tv 2550 USD
to.tv 2550 USD
g2.de 2500 EUR
moo.fr 2500 EUR
egoistin.de 2300 EUR
yachting.tv 2300 USD
bf.tv 2200 USD
golfing.tv 2150 USD
is.tv 2150 USD
vs.tv 2150 USD
tens.ch 2100 EUR
bs.tv 2050 USD
krugerrand.de 2020 EUR
africanbank.mobi 2000 USD
cybermarket.tv 2000 USD
die-geschenkidee.de 2000 EUR
ertugrul.co.uk 2000 USD
marken-ware.de 2000 EUR
phone.tv 1950 USD
classifieds.tv 1750 USD
ilondon.co.uk 1750 GBP
tattoos-motive.de 1750 EUR
vitalprodukte.de 1750 EUR
of.tv 1650 USD
capron.de 1600 EUR
taxcalculator.co.uk 1600 GBP
photo-sur-toile.fr 1520 EUR
film-x.fr 1500 EUR
gifted.us 1500 EUR
timeshare.tv 1500 USD
vacca.it 1500 EUR
elgouna.eu 1400 EUR
kaffee-espresso.de 1400 EUR
the.tv 1350 USD
apollotheatre.co.uk 1250 GBP
finexo.co.uk 1250 GBP
fortune.co.in 1250 USD
merk.be 1250 EUR
nudity.tv 1201 USD
3minuten.ch 1200 EUR
womens.tv 1150 USD
outlet24.de 1125 EUR
hochwasser.at 1110 EUR
avs.fr 1100 EUR
b6.de 1100 EUR
cash-card.de 1100 EUR
goods.asia 1100 EUR
bargains.tv 1050 USD
bloopers.tv 1050 USD
superlyrics.de 1050 EUR
unreal.tv 1050 USD
reservation.tv 1049 USD
damenschuh.de 1020 EUR
energiesvertes.fr 1010 EUR
renovaties.nl 1002 EUR
bolivia.tv 1000 USD
cyberlink.tv 1000 USD
goods.eu 1000 EUR
hoteis.tv 1000 EUR
luisterboeken.be 1000 EUR
profeleve.fr 1000 EUR
soloaffitto.it 1000 EUR
tnt.co.za 1000 USD
tribalwars.us 1000 USD
protein.ws 999 GBP
vmwarehosting.co.uk 999 GBP
fiscalisten.be 995 USD
lymedisease.co.uk 975 GBP
actimize.co.uk 965 USD
financing.tv 955 USD
catering-bremen.de 950 EUR
geschenkportal.de 950 EUR
alles-für-tiere.de 900 EUR
find.tv 900 USD
wer-mit-wem.de 900 EUR
energie-leverancier.nl 893 EUR
bodypiercing.co.uk 850 GBP
brokernews.de 850 EUR
european.tv 850 USD
financial-management.eu 850 EUR
finanzberatung.eu 850 EUR
surveillance.tv 850 USD
gayworld.nl 833 USD
darios.de 800 EUR
markierungswagen.de 800 EUR
prote.in 800 EUR
spotify.pl 800 EUR
toaster24.de 800 EUR
trusted.eu 800 EUR
maps.tv 766 USD
businesscenter-hamburg.de 750 EUR
decorateurs.be 750 USD
gutscheine-online.de 750 EUR
paintball.it 750 EUR
publisac.mobi 750 USD
sarenza.de 750 EUR
aktienanleihen.at 748 EUR
hardstyle.co.uk 700 GBP
nur.ch 700 EUR
tierambulanz.de 700 EUR
vehicules-electriques.fr 700 EUR

Other
versicherungen.org 10000 EUR
wildlife.net 6000 USD
posrednikov.net 5000 EUR
umzugsunternehmen.net 4490 EUR
videocameras.org 3100 USD
backbeat.net 3000 USD
futurian.org 3000 USD
depository.net 2788 USD
plum.org 2600 USD
demf.net 2488 USD
lavenir.net 2388 USD
reputation.info 1600 EUR
bjk.org 1550 USD
tagungshotels.info 1250 EUR
lesson.org 1150 USD
flightclub.org 1100 USD
nilkreuzfahrten.net 1100 EUR
kurdistan.biz 1000 EUR
spinalcordinjury.biz 1000 USD
bruiloft.net 1000 EUR
datingsitereviews.org 1000 USD
iio.net 1000 USD
liebesgedichte.org 1000 EUR
occasion.org 1000 EUR
rectangles.net 1000 USD
vantagebank.net 1000 USD
vantagebank.org 1000 USD
indiaonline.info 1000 USD
shurgard.net 950 EUR
stellensuche.org 950 EUR
diabetesmellitus.net 888 USD
solarmodule.net 888 USD
aav.net 800 USD
ifreight.net 750 USD
zinsvergleich.org 750 EUR
barking.info 750 GBP
heimwerkerwerkzeug.org 700 EUR
stromlieferanten.org 700 EUR