While at the recent Domainer Mardi Gras show all I wanted to see was the ladies dot com portfolios.

Awesome conference, I’ll be back next year!

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Sedo posted the sale of Metal.com for $165,000 on their website yesterday. Whois history records show the previous owner as Wayne Lazarus of JZJ, LLC which has owned the domain name for at least the last 6+ years. Wayne may have owned the domain name longer, but whois history is only showing records starting in 2003.

Metal.com $165,000
Google Search: not listed on first three pages
Google Page Rank: 4
Alexa Rank: 2,933,332
Compete.com Traffic: 727 unique and total visits per month
Keyword: 368,000 local and 1,000,000 global searches per month

The domain is currently parked with GoDaddy.com. Archive.org is down and I am not able to see if this domain name was every developed.

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Coming this Monday I will re-launch my domain name newsletter. I say re-launch because I attempted to make a go at this in September, but found quickly I did not have the extra time on my hands to sort through emails, offers and publish a newsletter. What has changed since is I have hired a couple contractors to help sell domain names freeing up some time for this.

If your submissions warrant I am prepared to make this a daily newsletter. For now, I will commit to putting out at least a weekly newsletter listing quality domain names for sale.

There are no listing fees and no exclusive contracts to sign!!!

Only pay when your domain name is sold. That fee is $150 or 10% of the sales amount, whichever is greater.

For domain names to be considered a reasonable sales price must be included. Remember, the list is targeted to mostly domain investors. To submit your domain names to be listed in the newsletter click here.

One last note, don’t be surprised if I purchase your domain name outright or offer to broker it. Buying and brokering are going to be major part of what I do this year.

UPDATE – I have some good submissions for the newsletter so far, including a couple nice LLL.com’s under $10k. If you are not already on the email list then make sure to sign up on the right hand side of the site.

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The following is a combination of two press releases published today for the upcoming GeoDomain Expo. The GeoDomain Expo will be held at The Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana on April 28 through April 30.

St. Louis, MO, February 23, 2009.  Staying true to the spirit of holding the annual Geodomain Expo® at a hotel representative of the host city, Associated Cities has selected The Roosevelt New Orleans, a Waldorf Astoria Hotel, as the site of the 2010 Geodomain Expo. The industry conference and trade event will take place from Wednesday, April 28 through Friday, April 30, 2010, coinciding with the 40th anniversary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Recently reopened in July, 2009 after having been closed for nearly 4 years following Hurricane Katrina, a $145 million restoration has returned The Roosevelt to its place as the premier luxury hotel in New Orleans.

Speaking to the hotels phenomenal history, legend has it that Governor Huey P. Long built a 90 mile long highway in the 1930’s and 40’s directly from the state capital in Baton Rouge to front door of the Roosevelt.  The hotels’ world-famous Blue Room hosted the times greatest musicians including Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Marlene Dietrich, and Sonny and Cher.  The Sazerac cocktail made with absinth, known as the first cocktail invented in America and now the official drink of New Orleans, was popularized at the Hotels’ Sazerac Bar.

In parallel to the reopening of the Roosevelt and its historic Blue Room and Sazerac Bar, modern amenities abound including a 12,000 square foot world-class spa and fitness facility and the opening of Domenica, internationally acclaimed chef John Besh’s newest restaurant bringing his elegant take on the unique cuisine of rural Italy.

Hotel rooms for the 2010 GeoDomain Expo may be reserved at our negotiated guaranteed lowest rate of $229/night by visiting the online booking engine or by calling 504-648 1200 and referencing the GeoDomain Expo group rate.

The Geodomain Expo offers opportunities for operators of local- and destination-focused geo websites to share information, exchange best practices, learn about industry trends, meet vendors and form friendships with other operators. The program will include speakers and panels related to the evolving business of operating geodomains, as well as social and networking events, a trade show and opportunities to purchase and invest in geodomain properties.

Conference producer Associated Cities also announced today that Hotels.com co-founder David Litman will deliver a keynote address at the Geodomain Expo®, to be held this April 28-30 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

David Litman is a serial entrepreneur.  He has spent the last 25 years founding, building and growing 5 successful companies with his partner, Bob Diener.  Together they grew their best-known venture, HRN (later Hotels.com), from scratch to become the world’s largest hotel website.  From a $1200 investment they guided the company to be one of the Internet’s primary sources of discount accommodations and an industry innovator and leader.  They sold the company in 2003 at a business valuation of more than $5.5 billion. They have recently launched Getaroom.com, an innovative hotel booking site focused on handpicked hotel values in major cities.

Just a final note from me, book now! The current rate is $795 but will go up on March 1st to $995. As I say every event, book early for your best rates.

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I have heard too many horror stories on the forums that domain thief’s have been able to log in to a customers account and transfer domain names out without permission. With the abundance of internet fraud I tend to look for companies that offer extra security features. For instance, I love my PayPal security key. Right before I log in to my account it randomly generates a unique security code. This code  must be used in conjunction with my username and password. This generated code gives me an extra layer of security so I know my money cannot be transferred out without my knowledge.  No one can log into my account without it.

This brings me to Name.com. Last month I noticed they have an extra security feature just like the one I have for PayPal. They call it NameSafe. Like the PayPal security key it generates a completely unique six digit security code that must be used along side my username and password, you have to use the security code as well. As long as the device is in your possession you are the only one who has access to your account.

What I love most about this is how you can use it with other sites that use the same VIP security feature. For instance, I can use the device I’m using for my PayPal account already for my Name.com account as well. Ebay, AOL and VeriSign are just a few of the other companies using the VIP credentials security feature.

The price is very reasonable. You can get a key FOB (pictured above) for $5 or you can get a credit card size FOB for $30. That’s a small price to pay for the extra security!

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