Wow, I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since my last weekly news video. I’ve been traveling a lot with the shows, meetings and just overall busy with projects. I hope to get back into doing the weekly videos starting today.

Links:

$750 In Prizes Just To Register Domain Names At Name.com – ChefPatrick.com
Sign Up For a Chance To Win One Of Three Apple iPads – ChefPatrick.com
Sex.com Sale To Be A No Reserve Auction – ElliotsBlog.com
Want To Learn More About ccTLDs? – ChefPatrick.com
ICANN Pushes .xxx Vote Off Until Brussell Meeting – TheDomains.com
Get A Premium .CO Before Launch – ChefPatrick.com
Industry’s First Domain Conference On A Boat – DNCruise.com

Another casual video this week. I was going to have Tia help me, but she couldn’t make it at the last minute. So, as incentive to watch this week’s video I’m giving away 10 Bido.com accelerator credits. Watch the video for entry details.

Links:

New Site To Sell Your Domains Launches – BestDomainsWebsite.com by TheDomains.com
DomainState.com Up For Sale And Going To Auction by ChefPatrick.com
Submit Your Domain Names For Domainer Mardi Gras Auction by ChefPatrick.com
NameBio.com Sold by DotWeekly.com
Michael Berkens Accepts SnapNames Settlement by TheDomains.com
ExpressBacklinks.com Link Package Giveaway by ChefPatrick.com
Bruce Marler Live Interview On DomainSuccess.com January 13th by BruceMarler.com
Guest Post By The Purchaser Of CookingGames.com $350,000 by DirectNavigation.com

Update – Bido accelerator credits have been awarded to Cole.

My first blog post of 2010 is a video. Using the webcam again for the weekly video, I actually like this format. Uploading directly to YouTube makes it quick, easy and no editing.

Links:

• Live Current May Have Sold Leisure.com by DNW.com
• GoDaddy Raises Prices On Expired Firesale Domains by DotWeekly.com
• Hard Rock Hotel drops rooms rates for TRAFFIC attendees by RickLatona.com
• Chef Patrick Voted Influential Domainer Of The Month by ChefPatrick.com
• Putting 2009 Into Perspective by DNW.com
• Top Ten Domain Sales Are Bigger This Year by ChefPatrick.com
• Bido Sells Pepe.com For $15,000 by Conceptualist.com
• Bido Gives Account Holders An Accelerated Credit by Conceptualist.com
• Top Domain Sales Data Supplied by DNJournal.com

No video this week. Instead, a short podcast with a few of the headlines from this week’s domain name industry news.


News Links:

• Domainer Mardi Gras early bird special ends Thursday. Get your pass now!
• Advise From The Most Successful Domain Owners of All Time – ElliotsBlog.com
• Dark Blue Sea and GoDaddy Get Back Together – DomainNameWire.com
• 15%-25% of Domains are Privately Registered – DomainNameWire.com

Anishya is back, but this time with her shirt on. This is good, last week’s video was TOO HOT for YouTube so they took it down.

I am in the hunt for a new video assistant. TC, just took a job with a large media company in New York. Congrats on the new job TC and best of luck to you.

This week’s video is sponsored by WhyPark.com. Great resource for taking your parked domain names to the next level, check it out for yourself.

Links:

• Sedo acquires domain name parking company, ParkingPanel – DomainNameWire
• Twitter to Raise $100 Million in New Funding – Mashable
• New Domain Name Registrations Down 15% – DomainNameWire
• Some .CM Prices In Free Fall, As Bidders Pass On NameJet Auctions – TheDomains
• Top domain sales – DNJournal