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One market pretty much every domainer has an opinion about is the LLLL.com market. Today, rather than look at sales numbers, we’re going to look at LLLL.com drop and LLLL.com registration numbers, courtesy of research from Andrei of NameDato.com.

Andrei is a well known short domain name investor who has been tracking LLLL.com drops each and every day since the LLLL.com buyout.

LLLL.com drops and the LLLL.com minimum wholesale are intimately correlated. Domain name “buyouts” are a familiar experience to most domainers who’ve been in the game awhile, many having taken part in one at some point or another. How many here remember November 2007 when LLLL.coms were bought out and what transpired seemingly immediately afterward?
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Wednesday, time for your weekly domainer comic strip brought to you by the hottest site for domain news.

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Don’t forget you can can get your domain names with GoDaddy for only $7.49 by using this link. I am working with Moniker to give my readers another option. I have already signed up as an affiliate but found they give the same rates as if you went to the site directly. That just does not work for me. I am waiting for a response but hopefully will be getting some type of discount link for everyone.

Now, if you have not signed up to receive my newsletter and deleting domain name list your crazy. Well, you can’t be that crazy because your reading this but crazy enough to miss out on some money. Make sure to sign up on the top left of the site. One of my readers picked up a domain name from my list for $7.49 using my GoDaddy discount link and was able to sell the domain name for $200 within a week. I am also working with an end buyer for one of the domain names I picked up off my own list, if it goes through I will make sure to post the details.

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The T.R.A.F.F.I.C Down Under Conference will be getting underway Tuesday, November 18th at 8am in Queensland, Australia.  That’s about 4pm EST Monday evening here in the U.S.  This conference will be held at the Sheraton Mirage Resort, one of Queensland’s most beautiful spa and beachside resorts.  Day one kicks off with Domain Strategy sessions featuring presentations by Dan Warner of Fabulous and Rick Latona, this will be followed by an Industry Development strategy session.  CEO of ICANN Paul Twomey will be the keynote speaker after lunch, the rest of the afternoon will be dedicated to Australian domains and the .AU extension.   Wednesday’s sessions include Acquiring Domains strategy, Web Development strategy with presentation by Ron James, Founder of Namepros.com.  After lunch sessions include Monetization Alternatives and Asset Sales sessions.  Of course there are dinner parties scheduled both days and a load of activities to choose from during the breaks including paintball, zorbing, surfing, and visiting a wildlife sanctuary.  As always it looks like it will be a very informative conference with top industry speakers and good strategy sessions.
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Are you having trouble selling your domains? Well, do not feel bad most people in the industry have this problem. Let me tell you why. Simply put, the names you are trying to sell suck. Sorry to say it but its true. Now do not go and get offended by this, we all own crappy names. Do not kid yourself that every domain name you own is worth thousands of dollars. This will only hurt your bottom line in the long run as a domainer.

You are probably asking by now, “if my domains suck then what do I do?” Another simple answer, buy quality domains. Any experienced domainer will tell you that domains will sell themselves if they have potential. Literally they will sell themselves with little to no work at all. Now I do not mean go buy domains for hundreds or thousands of dollars, this is an easy way to get burned quickly. This is another thing that experienced domainers know; hand regging is NOT dead. Continue Reading…

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Fun NamePros auction, good people there.

Like I said earlier today’s auction was different, sellers could not use the sellers option. Sellers option is where the seller can buy out of the sale for the equivalent of $8 or less. I am very excited to see this option gone, hopefully it will stay that way. The only downside, which I do not see as a downside is that less names made it to auction. This is good in my opinion, it weeded out the people that weren’t really going to sell anyway.

Below are some of the results from tonight’s auction and their sold prices:
MrsCougar.com $30
IQQY.com $50
MiamiCoast.com $180
PennyWatcher.com (requested to be private)
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