Lazy Domaining

GreatBritain.ws – Geo Domain – Bido Auction – 3rd March

Kumaran — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:30:27 +0000

Domain: GreatBritain.ws
Registrar: Godaddy
Created on: 12-Oct-05
Expires on: 12-Oct-10

- Premium Geo
- 4+ years old
- ws stands for western samoa and can be a branded as “website”, “web store”, “web shop” etc
- Low price

Bido Auction

Plan Your Renewals To Avoid Surprises

Kumaran — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:57:23 +0000

I usually do plan my renewals. Every month i check the domains that expire in the next 3 months and plan for their renewals. I check the renewal fees with the current registrar and decide if i need to transfer the domain elsewhere to save some bucks. Don’t be surprised some Registrars charge ridiculously high renewal prices.

I failed to do this last Dec. & Jan. A .org domain is up for renewal in the next 1 month. When i checked the renewal cost it is $35. Thats really pricey imho. It would have cost $7+ if i had moved it to another registrar. Never mind i am trying to move this now and lets see if the current registrar will allow me. If i am not wrong, if the domain is within 1 month of its expiry date registrars won’t allow the domain to move out. I simply want to try my luck.

Most registrars will send out the renewal notice only when the domains are within 1 month of its expiry date. Not sure if this is done so that the domains won’t be moved out and will be renewed at whatever ridiculous prices they charge. I feel cheated when this happens. But then this the reason why you have to plan your renewals in a timely manner.

Don’t Put All Your Eggs In One Basket – Spread Your Risks

Kumaran — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:30:19 +0000

I have been reading some blog & forum posts – Everything had “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” written all over them. I felt this is one thing we forget in all the excitement and fun coming from domaining.

1. Blog post from Jamie. Definitely the people who are affected for no reason of theirs are going to feel the pinch and frustration. But when Bido or anyone is going to block a whole country then the problem has to be serious and hence the tough decision.

2. Forum sale from RJ at Namepros. I was checking the “side note to developers” just above the domain listings. “I lost more than 50 sites in one day because of nonexistent backups.” – This caught my attention.

What i saw from these is that you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket. We will have to spread the risks. Some do domaining for hobby and some for earning. No matter how you do it i feel when you put your money & time into something its wise to spread the risks.

ComputerChair.com, Necklace.net, Offended.com And More For Sale

Kumaran — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:10:44 +0000

ComputerChair.com, Necklace.net, Offended.com And More For Sale. Andrei from Domaining Tips mailed me about the portfolio of domains that is being auctioned at Snapnames showcase auction. Do check out the list of domains that are being auctioned.

I will cut it short and for those interested, more information can be found on the blog post at Domaining Tips.

Good luck to the Seller.

Lazy Domaining is PR3 – Feel Good Factor To Start 2010

Kumaran — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:47:44 +0000

Google has made a PR update somewhere between 31st Dec. 2009 to 1st Jan. 2010. Previous PR update was on 31st Oct. 2009.

Lazy Domaining has gone from PR2 to PR3.

Not that i give a lot of importance to PR but just that it feels good to start the year 2010 with PR3.

Godaddy Coupon Codes

Kumaran — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:18:04 +0000

Following are some of the Godaddy Coupon Codes. Make use of them and save some bucks.

gdr1251an – 25% OFF on $60 or more
gdr1257c – $7.17 for .com
tvspecial – $7.20 for .tv renewal
gdr1249 – 30% OFF on .com

How To Go To Google.com

Kumaran — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:02:39 +0000

How to go to Google.com instead of say Google.co.uk or Google.co.in etc etc. When you type Google.com in your browser(say firefox) you will be directed to your country(cctld) version of Google i.e Google.co.uk if your ip is in UK or Google.co.in if your ip is in India etc. Here is an info which might be of use if you already are not aware of it.

If you want to go directly to Google.com instead of the individual country version of Google, then do one of the following

1. Type www.google.com/ncr in the browser which will prevent the redirection to the country version of Google and will directly take you to Google.com.

2. Type Google.com and lets say it takes you to Google.co.uk. Now there you will find a link back to Google.com with the following caption “Go To Google.com” at the bottom. You click this and you will go to Google.com.

3. You can even search for Google.com in the Google search and go from there. When you go to Google.com from the search result i.e by clicking a link the redirection won’t happen.

Godaddy Coupon Codes – $1.17 For Register Or Transfer

Kumaran — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:56:25 +0000

Following are some of the Godaddy Coupon Codes. Make use of them and save some bucks.

BUYCOM99 – $1.17 – Register or transfer any available .COM, .US, .MOBI, .BIZ, .NET, .ORG, .CA, .CO.UK and .IN domain

fbgdhome20 – 20% OFF on $75 or more

gdbb776 – $7.68 – .COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO, .MOBI and .TV renewals

0-w.com – Bido No Reserve Auction – 7th Dec(Today) – 1.01pm EST

Kumaran — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:43:54 +0000

For those interested the auction of 0-w.com(zero hyphen w) can be found at the following location

0-w.com – Bido No Reserve Auction

The minimum wholesale price for N-L.com type domains is $650 as per 3charater.com.

Happy Bidding.

Plugin For Running Auctions At Wordpress Blogs

Kumaran — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:56:27 +0000

For quite sometime i wanted to run an auction at Lazy Domaining just as a small experiment. The idea of running the auction in a post and asking bidders to bid through the comments section is something i didn’t feel comfortable with.

WP Auctions is a plugin which allows you to run auctions at your wordpress blogs. You can simply drag drop this WP Auctions widget in the sidebar and you are ready to run auctions. You can also embed this plugin in your post but i haven’t tried it yet.

I have added the WP Auctions plugin on the top of the middle side bar.

I am using the free version of this plugin and there is a gold version(which you will have to buy for a few bucks) where you will get more options to configure the plugin and more themes to alter the look & feel of it.