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Domain Name News: May 17 Week in Review

DomainSherpa — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:05:21 +0000

The Week of Domaining In Review: May 17, 2013.

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AirportParking.com: Building the Travelocity of Airport Parking – With Raj Beri

Michael Cyger — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:59 +0000

Oversee.net already had a profitable online ecommerce business with AboutAirportParking.com. So why did they buy AirportParking.com?

Learn how Oversee is diversifying their parking aggregator offering, how one site helped jump-start the content of the second, and how a differentiated website offering can be custom tailored to a different demographic group of customers.

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Domain Name News: May 10 Week in Review

DomainSherpa — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:05:08 +0000

The Week of Domaining In Review: May 10, 2013.

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How Chicago.com Is Capitalizing on Place Identity – With Josh Metnick

Michael Cyger — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:00:35 +0000

Chicago is one of the greatest cities in the world. And the CEO of Chicago.com is preparing to auction off you@chicago.com and http://you.chicago.com to the highest bidder.

Hear how Josh Metnick acquired and evolved Chicago.com to its current form, and how "place identity" makes people want to own a piece of the city they reside in – for a relatively high fee per year.

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Domain Name News: May 3 Week in Review

DomainSherpa — Fri, 03 May 2013 09:30:22 +0000

The Week of Domaining In Review: May 3, 2013.

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Share a Vision to Sell Your Domain Name – With Michael “Zappy” Zapolin

Michael Cyger — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:00:45 +0000

Do you have a domain name that defines a product, service or industry – one that a company should want and buy from you if you could only reach the right person at that company with the right pitch?

Mike “Zappy” Zapolin is back to help you accomplish that task.

After walking through his methodology and the tactics he used to sell Diamond.com and Beer.com for $6 million and $8 million, respectively, we discuss three domains that are not as valuable, but are more representative of the domain names many of us have in our portfolios: Weights.com, QuantitativeResearch.com and NoFlat.com.

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Domain Name News: April 26 Week in Review

DomainSherpa — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:05:26 +0000

The Week of Domaining In Review: April 26, 2013.

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The Hardest Working Man in the Domain Name Industry – With Shane Cultra

Michael Cyger — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:00:21 +0000

You are probably like today’s guest: You learned about the Internet and domain names in 1995 or 1996, but domain names were expensive and “the good ones” were taken. Although Shane Cultra dabbled in domaining, he mainly considers his fruitless investment during that time to be part of his learning curve.

By 2007, Cultra had figured out what makes domain names “liquid” such that they can be sold more readily in domain name aftermarkets and auction sites. By doing so, Cultra earned six figures in 2012 from domain name investing – in addition to his full-time job running Country Arbors Nursery in Urbana, Illinois.

In this show, Cultra shares his methodology for determining and valuing “liquid domains,” as well as his sweet spots for buying and selling, and how he finds and sells through his favorite marketplace platforms.

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Domain Name News: April 19 Week in Review

DomainSherpa — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:05:12 +0000

The Week of Domaining In Review: April 19, 2013.

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ZipSmart.com Revisited: How to Google-proof Your Business – With Jake Ackerman

Michael Cyger — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:30:01 +0000

In the past, through its portfolio of category-killer, industry-defining domain names, ZipSmart sites hosted geography-based directories and allowed companies to own their zip code online for products and services and – in the process – to generate customer leads.

Today, with Google’s Panda and Penguin updates and with Google+ Places’ being prioritized at the top of Google search results, ZipSmart has had to completely rethink its business.

Jake Ackerman, the founder of ZipSmart, came on DomainSherpa.com more than two years ago to talk about his fast-growing company. We’ve caught back up with this entrepreneur to see how his business model has changed and hear about the challenges he’s facing today.

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