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On hiatus from blogging. Work related travel through Europe until the end of March. Happy Domaining!

Naming Names – At $75k A Pop

Salon has a super-interesting article on the business of naming companies. It’s long and detailed with lots of quotes from main players in the industry. It’s a huge industry and people are charging a lot of money to help companies find that just right name for their business. At the end of the day they’re [...]

Inane Domain Names – InaneDomainNames.com

I’m starting a collection of inane domain names. InaneDomainNames.com will resolve to this page on the blog. If it generates enough interest I’ll move it to it’s own site at some point. Please send me your favorite Inane Domain Names (and why you think they’re inane)!
This looks like a great product and I loved Andrew [...]

Branding With Available Domain Names – A Case Study

When you have a ‘great’ idea, one of the first-actions you can take is to register the best domains you can find to brand the idea.
Even if you don’t execute, the perfect domain name may turn out to have some value later when someone else discovers the idea and decides they want to build a [...]

A Great Domain Name Is a “Signal of Quality”

Again from ThisWeekInStartups.com, the Jason Calacanis ustream.tv show. It’s a great show, and the experience of watching it live has turned out to be a little bit addictive. Check out #TWIST on Twitter. Jason is simply Twitter.com/Jason.
In this audio clip from ‘Jason’s Shark Tank’, Jason tells caller/developer Kevin, of pikk.com what he likes about what [...]

You’re Going To Wind Up With A Dot Com

But don’t take my word for it. Here’s another Jason Calacanis audio clip from This Week In Startups, episode 29.
Jason on ‘Dot Com’
The context is a domain/brand a caller mentioned in a previous ‘Ask Jason’ segment.
Jason Calacanis: Isn’t it amazing though Tyler? The people with the naming.
Tyler Crowley: I just found out… I think [...]

Domains Are Brands – Square Squareup.com Fever Feedafever.com

I wasn’t the only one scratching his head when I read the TechCrunch story announcing Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s new, very cool, credit card reading startup. It’s called ‘Square’. But the domain is squareup.com. Here’s Elliot Silver’s take (links to full post)
TechCrunch reported today that Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter, has launched a mobile payment [...]

Domaining Like It’s 1999 (GoDaddy Glitch)

This has only happened once before, at the .ME launch, when I was able to register through GoDaddy great names like Portland.Me, Camden.Me, Hire.Me, Tag.Me, and RSVP.Me.  I was right there on opening day so for about an hour I thought I actually owned those domains. I had put them in my Shopping Cart and [...]

Wave Scanners Wave Scanner, WaveScanners.com WaveScanner.com

Domain Name For Sale.
WaveScanner.com WaveScanners.com $1500.
A millimeter wave scanner is a whole body imaging device used for airport security screening.
Results  5,560,000 for wave scanner.
Results  27,500 for “wave scanner”
Results  2,790,000 for wave scanners.
Results  33,700 for “wave scanners”

See Also:
Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears.
After foiled US plane attack, scanners revisited.
TSA: Imaging Technology
Airline attack could lead to [...]

Vote No On, Vote Yes On, VoteNoOn.com VoteYesOn.com

These domains are available for lease.

Your campaign can’t afford the friction of a hard-to-remember Proposition name or number.
Especially when there are similar Proposition numbers or the domain you want is already gone
you need an easy to remember domain name to send people to for information.