Posted on 23 April 2010
Sorry for the lack of blog posts over the last two weeks. I plan on spending some quality time this weekend getting caught up on some posts and schedule a few out for the upcoming week. I also have plans to have Elizabeth over tomorrow to help me with this week’s news video.
What have I been doing? Working!!!
So far I’m loving it at Oversee.net. The first 30-60 days with any company are always a challenge. It takes time to learn the systems, routines and people. The team here in Ft Lauderdale is awesome, a real pleasure to work with. Obviously I can’t divulge trade secrets, but one thing I can tell you, everyone here works very hard to get things done.
That’s it for now, I’ll write more this weekend. 
Posted on 08 April 2010
As of April 1st, I am Oversee.net’s newest hired gun (Domain Sales Specialist) brokering domain names for Moniker/SnapNames. You all know me as a hard core entrepreneur. I haven’t worked for anyone but myself for the last 5 years. I know you are wondering why I would accept a position with ANY company, so I’ll tell you why.
One of my main goals for 2010 was to become a domain broker. Of course I can do that on my own and was already doing so, but teaming up with Oversee.net is an enormous help towards achieving this goal. When I contact someone to sell a name, I now have the power of a top ten registrar and an industry leading company to back me up. They already have the worldwide brand status that I haven’t yet achieved. They are a full service domain company offering parking and registrar services in addition to having a market place.
Another reason I took this position is that I’ll be learning from the Moniker brokerage team and training with two of the best brokers in the industry – John Mauriello and Howard Kopp. John has been with Moniker for 5 years and has helped sell domains like Porn.com $9.5 million, Computer.com $2.1 million, Seniors.com $1.2 million, CreditCheck.com and FreeCreditCheck.com $3.5 million and most recently Guns.com $800K. Howard has been with Moniker for 3 years and has helped sell domains such as Exterminator.com $600K, ScreenSavers.com $335K and Bankruptcy.net $56K. With their combined 8 years worth of experience and tens of millions in domain name sales, I think I have come to the right place to learn.
Of course, one of the most important factors for me with this decision was my family. Being self employed means I make it to whatever family functions I want. It means I’m heavily involved with my wife and kids. Luckily, Moniker is a family oriented company.
Let me be clear though, just because I’ll be working with them now doesn’t mean everything else stops. We managed to work it out where I still get to continue on with my ventures as planned including my blogging, development and yearly cruise/conference. I know you were worried for a second there.
I want to thank everyone at Oversee.net and Moniker/SnapNames for making this opportunity possible. I’m thrilled to be coming on board and am excited for what the future holds for all involved!
Posted on 11 March 2010
Yesterday I had the opportunity of being interviewed for Moniker’s Domain Master radio show by Victor Pitts. We discussed information about my first conference and the domain industry’s first conference on a boat, DNCruise.com.
Thank you to Victor Pitts, Moniker and Webmaster Radio.
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Posted on 02 March 2010
On Friday I announced my first domain name sales newsletter was going out on Monday of which I asked for domain submissions. Well, I received around 90 emails with about 1,000 domain names for consideration. I still have not had the opportunity to sort through them all.
I wanted to share with everyone the first newsletter to show the range of deals and domain names. Listed were domain names from $300 to $25,000. If any of these domain names interest you just click on the name and either post sold or your best offer.
This will be the first and only time I post the newsletter. The second newsletter will come out this Thursday so make sure to sign up. To sign up simply enter your email address on the form located to the top right of this blog.
Posted on 15 January 2010
No weekly video today and probably not again until February. As I have shared previously, I am attending three conferences (Affiliate Summit, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. and DOMAINfest) within the next 14 days. I am currently on a flight to Los Angeles catching up on emails. That’s right, I’m on an airplane right now. Delta flights have WiFi service available for $12.95, which is worth it for me to catch up on some work. Because of this, I strongly suggest flying Delta.
I’m excited to be attending these functions. The itineraries for all of them look great. I’m also excited to see everyone that I already know and meet new people I haven’t met yet. Of course I’ll be reporting everything and sharing pics, so make sure to check back to keep up to speed with what’s going on at the events.
