Domain News

A new year has almost arrived! It seems that not so long ago I was hanging out at DomainFest in Hollywood earlier this year, which was no doubt the highlight of my year.  We saw many events take place in the domain industry, good and bad, the Snowe Bill, the end of domain tasting, the NetSol scandal, etc.  However, I would like to share with you some of the more useful and exciting posts from DotSauce.

Without further adieu, the best posts of 2008…

Domaining Goes Social

Domainers, being the epic geeks that we are, have embraced social networking and social media and it is now contributing greatly to the success in our industry.

• Facebook: Social Domaining
• Top Domainers and Industry Profiles on Twitter

Domaining Tips and Special Guides

We’ve published lots of domaining tips and guides over the years, here are the best ones of 2008. Enjoy!

• 20 Free Tools for Researching Domain Names
• 33 Great Marketplaces for Selling Your Domain Names (and Websites)
• Domain Name Sales Tip: Less is More
• How To Register Domain Names Through Text Messages
• Reducing Bounce Rate and Increasing Website Usability
• Crash Course Guide to Domain Name Appraisals
• Domain Sales Trend: Offer Your Expiring Domains to the Public
• 5 Legal Tips for Protecting Your Online Assets

Video Tutorials

Here are some video screen cast tutorials featuring some interesting and fun ways you can find quality available domain names. I really enjoyed doing these and you will see more very soon on DotSauce!

• Video: Using Google to Find Available Domain Names
• Video: Using Spreadsheets to Search for Available Domains
• Video: Find Available Domains with AdWords Keyword Tool

Highlight Editorials

While browsing through the 2008 DotSauce Archives I came across these articles, some of my favorites that didn’t quite fit with the others.

• Spread the Word: 5 Reasons to Invest in Domain Names
• 2018: A Domaining Odyssey - Predictions from the Pros
• Greenest Domains on Earth: A Look at Premium “Green” Dot Coms
• The Evolution of Domain Parking and Mini Sites

Our Sister Sites are Born

A few months ago DotSauce sister site, AQDN.com was announced as a new marketplace for affordable domains! Earlier in the year, WordFuse.com was announced as an available domain name research service.

• Introducing AQDN.com - Affordable Quality Domain Names!
• WordFuse.com - Available Domain Lists For Sale

I hope you enjoyed this look back at the best of DotSauce in 2008!

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Best of 2008 - One Year in Domaining

Original post by Mark Fulton

My fellow domainers, I am looking to raise some money to keep DotSauce.com afloat and provide more free tools, articles and resources aimed at helping you succeed and profit in our industry. I have never had to ask for donations before, but you could say I am caught in somewhat of a quarter life crisis. Funds raised through this post could really help to get me out.

DotSauce Fundraiser Donations

I would like to make your donation 100% worth your while…

As a big Thank you!, everyone who makes a donation of $50 or more right now will receive a complimentary lifetime membership to DotSauce Premium private domaining content.  (Membership usually costs $10 per month!)

What’s DotSauce Premium?

DotSauce Premium is a private area of the DotSauce forum community which is loaded with exclusive domainer content, coupon codes, free scripts and software, video tutorials, high quality available domain lists and more.

So please, contribute what you can to this DotSauce fundraiser and I will gladly grant you complete access to DotSauce Premium for life.  Your support is greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

Sincerely,
Mark Fulton
Founder & Editor

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DotSauce Fundraiser - Offering Lifetime Access to Premium Domaining Content

Original post by Mark Fulton

Quality over quantity! These 32 winners were picked from literally thousands of potential expired domain names.  70% of all DotSauce available domain names get registered!

View Them First!

The list has just been published and DotSauce Premium subscribers can click here to access it exclusively for the next 24 hours.  Premium Subscriptions get you first pick from these valuable domain names, as well as many other great advanced domaining resources, tools and discounts! Click here for more information.

or Get Them Free!

If you would like to receive this list for free, you can subscribe now by email to our free available domain names newsletter.  The list will be sent out tomorrow night.  No guarantee on how many domains will still be available by then.

Available Domains Email Subscription
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please click here to subscribe.

Your info will be kept private,
and you can unsubscribe at anytime.

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32 High Quality Available Domains

Original post by Mark Fulton

Economic times are rough and we’ve heard reports of domain parking revenue dropping significantly over the past year. However, there are still countless opportunities and tried-and-tested methods for making money online.

I recently viewed the results of a poll on ProBlogger in which only half of respondents stated that they make money by means other than blogging.  Kind of a depressing result, however his readers are, of course, thousands of bloggers. Here we are domainers and developers!

I am sure there are many different ways we all go about earning our income in this industry.  I have put together a poll featuring all the ways I could think of that domainers earn money online.

Check all the boxes that state ways you make money online or please fill in your own answer if I missed something.

How Do You Make Money Online? Check all that apply.
( surveys)

The results should be interesting after a good amount of response. Hopefully the results can inspire us to branch out and discover new ways of earning money with domains and web development.

What are your thoughts on making money today in the domain and development industry? Please leave a comment below.

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Poll: How Do You Make Money Online?

Original post by Mark Fulton

DotSauce has consistently been a source of quality domain industry news, articles, resources, tutorials and so much more over the past 2 years.

Today I am shifting focus.  I will be directing alot of my time and effort towards DotSauce Premium - a private resource community for professional domainers.  I hope to improve your experience at DotSauce by continuing development of new features, tools and resources for domainers.

You may have already noticed a decline in general domain news.  The domain industry blogosphere seems to have things covered.  My goal is to focus on editorial content loaded with educational, inspirational and valuable information for advanced domainers.  You will start to see more and more exclusive and dynamic content being added to the private Premium Forums.

DotSauce Premium Already Features

• Insider Domain Industry Tools, Web Apps & Scripts
• Video Tutorials - Domaining Tips and Tricks
• Detailed “How To” Articles on Domaining
• Exclusive Discounts & Coupon Codes
• Literally Hundreds of Domaining links in “Mark’s Bookmark Vault”
• Available Domains Lists
• Expired Domains Lists
• Fresh Domain Ideas
• Researched Niche Lists
• Brandable Domains Lists
• SEO Keyword Domains Lists

70% of all DotSauce available domain names get registered!  I just double checked the math and it’s true.  This statistic speaks strongly for the quality of names you will receive access to.  I would be willing to bet no other available domain service can compare.

Premium Subscribers are already contributing to the community by commenting, sharing their own domaining resources and networking with fellow DotSauce Premium members.  It only gets better from here!

Premium Subscriptions are just $10 per month…

You get Hundreds of dollars in discounts &amp coupons, free scripts, and domaining software.  Thousands of dollars in domaining value from our high quality available .COM lists and our exclusive domaining information, videos, tutorials, tools and resources.

To get started…

1. Register a Free Username on the DotSauce Forums.
2. Access the Premium Subscription Page.

Subscribe now for a first class domaining experience!

Free Available Domain Names Newsletter Continues

You can subscribe to the free email newsletter and receive lists of quality .COM domains that are available for registration.

Please note…

• Premium members get exclusive access 24 hours in advance.
• Premium members will also receive valuable bonus domain lists.

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DotSauce Premium - Exclusive Resources & Tools for Advanced Domainers

Original post by Mark Fulton

The DotSauce Domaining Directory is now LIVE and ready for your submissions.  With your help, this will soon become an invaluable resource for domainers, by domainers!  Add links to domaining blogs, your favorite domain tools, services, forums, articles and contribute to creating a comprehensive resource directory for the domain industry.

We are holding a contest to help populate the domaining directory with quality websites.  We have eight excellent prizes to help fuel your entertainment needs and pay you back for all those links you’re going to submit!

The Prizes!

1. Apple iPod Touch 16GB (Used but like new, in rubber case.)
2. $35 Coupon to AQDN.com (Many domains cost just $35!)
3. $29 Coupon to AQDN.com (Several domains cost just $29!)
4. Crysis PC Game (Opened, like new.)
5. Age of Conan PC Game (Opened, like new.)
6. TimeShift Xbox 360 Game (Opened, like new.)
7. Bourne Conspiracy Xbox 360 Game (Opened, like new.)
8. “Semi-Pro” 2 Disc Unrated DVD (Not for kids eyes!)

Click here to view a large photo of all the prizes together.

There will be 8 happy winners in all!

Enter to Win Now, It’s Easy!

Here is how you can earn points and win!  Each of your entries will be tallied up and added to the prize drawing!  The more links you submit the better your odds of winning.

• 1 Entry - Submit a Link to the Domaining Directory (Unlimited!)
• 2 Entries - Subscribe to DotSauce Email Updates (See sidebar »)
• 2 Entries - Subscribe to AQDN.com Domain Sales Newsletter
• 3 Entries - Write about this contest on your domain name related site
• 1 Entry - Tweet about this contest on Twitter
• 1 Entry - Share this contest on your Facebook wall

*Note* Please use the same email so we can track your contest entries.  For blog posts, tweets and Facebook entries please share links to where you earned these by leaving a comment below.

Your best chance of winning is to submit as many links as you can to the directory!

There are hundreds and hundreds of great domaining resource websites you can submit and earn entires.  If you are a member of the DotSauce Forums, I suggest you check out my “Bookmark Vault” posts where I list tons of great resources you can copy and paste to submit.

Contest Guidelines & Details

• Use the same email for directory submissions and newsletters.
• Duplicate links don’t count. First person to submit earns the point.
• Links must be relevant to categories and be active websites.
• Links which are denied do not count for points.
• Contest will end when 800 links have been added to the directory.
• Winning entries will be chosen at random using Random.org
• iPod and Game Prizes can only be shipped free to United States.
• Foreign contestants may exchange winnings for $25 Amazon gift card.

Thank you in advance for contributing to the Domaining Directory!

Please contact us privately if you have any questions about the contest, suggestions for new directory categories or general feedback.

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Domaining Directory Contest - Win Domains, Cash and Prizes for Contributing

Original post by Mark Fulton

BQB is a new domain name auction marketplace that prides itself on taking no commission fees!  You can sell your domains for free and keep 100% of the profits. We are extending the BQB promotion by giving away 6 great prizes in our domainer prize pack.

And The Winner Is…

In the previous DotSauce Giveaway, we were offering a digital camera as a prize!  We randomly picked a winner from the list of verified BQB members and the winner is Dan Lew!  Congratulations!

New Giveaway, New Prizes!

BQB is still working on getting their first 1000 registered members.  If you are a real domainer with over 50 domains you can sign up on BQB for free and be entered to win this DotSauce contest.

The DotSauce Domainer Prize Pack!

• $50 CASH paid through PayPal!
• An LLLL.com (four letter) Domain from our Portfolio
• Another LLLL.com Domain from DotSauce
• Four Port USB Hub from Modern Domainer
• Executive Leather Folder from Modern Domainer
• Multi-color Lightup LED Mousepad from ThinkGeek

Enter To Win Now…

• Sign up for BQB.com
• Enter “DotSauce” as Your Referral
• Comment Below With Your BQB Username

Verified winners will be selected at random for each of the prizes listed above.  Remember, you must be a real domainer with 50+ domains to join BQB!  Thanks for participating and good luck!

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New BQB Domainer Prize Pack Giveaway + Digital Camera Winner!

Original post by Mark Fulton

This past weekend, 50 entrepreneurs gathered together in Raleigh, NC for Startup Weekend.  The event was a wonderful experience.  Out of this meeting-of-minds, four unique web based businesses were developed from conception to launch. You can read more details about all four startups at the RTP Startup Weekend blog.

Take the Guesswork out of Finding Great Bars!

The business I was involved with launching is called BarsForUs.com, an application used for finding detailed information on local bars.  Using an on-the-fly tagging system, you can narrow local bars down according to your interests and have their descriptions and location delivered instantly.

Lots of Good Media Exposure: CNBC this Friday!

BarsForUs.com will be featured on CNBC sometime this Friday!  As part of a special report on the Raleigh Startup weekend.  The CNBC crew was great and very much involved in the whole weekend doing interviews and filming everything.  In other media exposure we have been featured in a NewsObserver article.

Vote for our TechCrunch Elevator Pitch

Our 60 second startup pitch video on TechCrunch is now live.
Please give us your vote!

Advertising and Franchise Opportunities

The Team and I are quite excited about what the near-future holds for our business.  Upgrades and updates are underway, advertising information and featured listings for local bars will soon be in place.  We hope to have franchise opportunities available soon for our application to branch out across the country.

Harnessing the Power of Social Media

The BarsForUs.com Team is developing a strong presence on social networking websites. We invite you to connect with us on the following websites to network, share ideas, provide feedback, keep informed, spread the word and get involved!

• BarsForUs Team on MySpace
• BarsForUs Team on Facebook
• Follow BarsForUs on Twitter

Thank you for your support!

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My Latest Startup Business to be Featured on CNBC this Friday

Original post by Mark Fulton

This past weekend, 50 entrepreneurs gathered together in Raleigh, NC for Startup Weekend.  The event was a wonderful experience.  Out of this meeting-of-minds, four unique web based businesses were developed from conception to launch. You can read more details about all four startups at the RTP Startup Weekend blog.

Take the Guesswork out of Finding Great Bars!

The business I was involved with launching is called BarsForUs.com, an application used for finding detailed information on local bars.  Using an on-the-fly tagging system, you can narrow local bars down according to your interests and have their descriptions and location delivered instantly.

Lots of Good Media Exposure: CNBC this Friday!

BarsForUs.com will be featured on CNBC at 10:30AM eastern this Friday with NBC News reporter Ron Mott!  As part of a special report on the Raleigh Startup weekend.  The CNBC crew was great and very much involved in the whole weekend doing interviews and filming everything.  Some interviews will be made live on CNBC.com starting Friday as well.

We will also be featured on NBC’s Today Show Saturday morning at 7:30AM eastern!

• CBNC at 10:30 am , Friday
• CNBC at 4:30 pm, Friday
• NBC Today Show at 7:30 am, Saturday morning
• NBC Weekend Nightly News at 6:30, either Saturday or Sunday

In other media exposure we have been featured in a NewsObserver article.

Vote for our TechCrunch Elevator Pitch

Our 60 second startup pitch video on TechCrunch is now live.
Please give us your vote!

Advertising and Franchise Opportunities

The Team and I are quite excited about what the near-future holds for our business.  Upgrades and updates are underway, advertising information and featured listings for local bars will soon be in place.  We hope to have franchise opportunities available soon for our application to branch out across the country.

Harnessing the Power of Social Media

The BarsForUs.com Team is developing a strong presence on social networking websites. We invite you to connect with us on the following websites to network, share ideas, provide feedback, keep informed, spread the word and get involved!

• BarsForUs Team on MySpace
• BarsForUs Team on Facebook
• Follow BarsForUs on Twitter

Thank you for your support!

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BarsForUs.com and Startup Weekend to be Featured on NBC this Friday

Original post by Mark Fulton

Seth Coman, Director of Marketing at Modern Domainer Magazine recently posted this announcement about their “Domain Blog Bible.” This issue special will feature the top 12 domaining blogs and DotSauce is honored to be included! We’re not quite sure what Modern Domainer has to say about DotSauce, but can’t wait to check it out.

Domain Blog Bible: Volume 1

Modern Domainer is pleased to announce the launch of our eagerly anticipated Blog Bible Issue (Vol. 1). We’ve scoured the top 12 domaining blogs for the biggest news stories, most insightful observations and hottest tips that the industry’s most respected names have reported in 2007. Volume 1 will feature Sahar Sarid’s The Conceptualist, Rick Schwartz’s Rick’s Blog, Elliot Silver’s Elliot’s Blog, Rick Latona’s RickLatona.com, Mark Fulton’s Dot Sauce and Frank Schilling’s Seven Mile Blog. Also in this issue is an exclusive look at the .ME ccTLD, a legal overview of the Snowe Bill, and all the show coverage and regular columns that you’ve come to love. Volume 2 will feature DomainNews.com amongst others…

So watch your mailbox for our sixth issue with everything you’ll need to break-in, keep up or get ahead. Please visit www.moderndomainer.com for more information and subscription requests.

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Modern Domainer’s “Domain Blog Bible” to Feature DotSauce

Original post by Mark Fulton

Seth Coman, Director of Marketing at Modern Domainer Magazine recently posted this announcement about their “Domain Blog Bible.” This issue special will feature the top 12 domaining blogs and DotSauce is honored to be included! We can’t wait to see what Modern Domainer has to say about us!

Domain Blog Bible: Volume 1

Modern Domainer is pleased to announce the launch of our eagerly anticipated Blog Bible Issue (Vol. 1). We’ve scoured the top 12 domaining blogs for the biggest news stories, most insightful observations and hottest tips that the industry’s most respected names have reported in 2007. Volume 1 will feature Sahar Sarid’s The Conceptualist, Rick Schwartz’s Rick’s Blog, Elliot Silver’s Elliot’s Blog, Rick Latona’s RickLatona.com, Mark Fulton’s Dot Sauce and Frank Schilling’s Seven Mile Blog. Also in this issue is an exclusive look at the .ME ccTLD, a legal overview of the Snowe Bill, and all the show coverage and regular columns that you’ve come to love. Volume 2 will feature DomainNews.com amongst others…

So watch your mailbox for our sixth issue with everything you’ll need to break-in, keep up or get ahead. Please visit www.moderndomainer.com for more information and subscription requests.

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Modern Domainer’s “Domain Blog Bible” to Feature DotSauce

Original post by Mark Fulton

Seth Coman, Director of Marketing at Modern Domainer Magazine recently posted this announcement about their “Domain Blog Bible.” This issue special will feature the top 12 domaining blogs and DotSauce is honored to be included! We can’t wait to see what Modern Domainer has to say about us!

Domain Blog Bible: Volume 1

Modern Domainer is pleased to announce the launch of our eagerly anticipated Blog Bible Issue (Vol. 1). We’ve scoured the top 12 domaining blogs for the biggest news stories, most insightful observations and hottest tips that the industry’s most respected names have reported in 2007. Volume 1 will feature Sahar Sarid’s The Conceptualist, Rick Schwartz’s Rick’s Blog, Elliot Silver’s Elliot’s Blog, Rick Latona’s RickLatona.com, Mark Fulton’s Dot Sauce and Frank Schilling’s Seven Mile Blog. Also in this issue is an exclusive look at the .ME ccTLD, a legal overview of the Snowe Bill, and all the show coverage and regular columns that you’ve come to love. Volume 2 will feature DomainNews.com amongst others…

So watch your mailbox for our sixth issue with everything you’ll need to break-in, keep up or get ahead. Please visit www.moderndomainer.com for more information and subscription requests.

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Modern Domainer’s “Domain Blog Bible” to Feature DotSauce

Original post by Mark Fulton

Are you a serious domainer who is looking to sell or buy quality short domains? BQB.com has just launched an eBay style auction website where you can buy and sell short domain names (6 letters or less).

Win My Sony Cybershot Digital Camera!

To promote the launch of BQB.com I am giving away this digital camera.

For a chance to win… simply register at BQB.com and type in “DotSauce” in the “Referred By” text area. After you sign up, post a comment here with your username. That’s it!

Just let them know we sent you and you are instantly qualified to win a Sony Cybershot Digital Camera.

Again.. to be entered to win this digital camera you need to:

1. Sign up to join BQB.com for free!
2. Enter “DotSauce” into the “Referred By” text area.
3. Leave a comment on this post.

The winner will be chosen at random. End date yet to be determined! BQB.com is looking to have 1000 members join and we want to help them reach their goal. This post will be updated with more details and possibly more prizes as the BQB Marketplace continues to grow.

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BQB Domain Marketplace Contest: Win My Sony Digital Camera!

Original post by Mark Fulton

The DotSauce Forums have been upgraded to the latest vBulletin version which has some cool new stuff we’d like to share with you. The old marketplace/auction system was not a big hit so we have gone back to the traditional method of forum domain sales.

Check out the list of new features below and how you can get free access to private forums.

New Features at the DotSauce Forums!

• New marketplace forums
• Thread tagging
• Search cloud / tag cloud
• Thread prefixes
• Reciprocal friendships between users
• Public visitor messaging on profile pages with ‘conversations’
• User picture galleries with user comment facility
• User-created social groups
• Extended member profile pages
• Customizable member profile pages with styling abilities
• Inline editing of custom user profile fields
• Lightbox viewer for attached images
• Social bookmarking integration

Free Access to Premium Content

If you are not a member of the DotSauce Forums, please register now to join our community of domainers and web developers. You will be able to access insider domaining discussions, discounts and coupon codes, available domain lists and other private content.

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DotSauce Forums Upgraded with New Features

Original post by Mark Fulton

We are still receiving an excellent response from all of you readers since announcing that DotSauce Premium content is now free to access. There are now 400 domainers and developers that have joined the DotSauce forum community.

Three Fresh Lists of Available Domains!

• Expired Domains - List #16 (75 Available .COM Domains)
• Niche Keywords - List #8 (44 Names on Cars, Trucks, SUVs and Hybrids)
• Short Brandable - List #9 (179 Available/Pronounceable LLLLL.com)

More available domain lists will be added as often as possible, but be sure to check it out soon to get first pick at the best names.

Like our Niche available domain lists? Visit WordFuse.com today to order a unique list of available domains for your eyes only! Enter the coupon code “GrandOpening” for $5 off any order!

Our available domain lists are hand picked and filtered down as much as possible to exclude any worthless domain names.

How To Get Free Access

These available domain lists are not made public anywhere else and are protected from search engine indexing. For that reason, you need to register for free to access the premium content and available domains.

Once you register simply click on the Available Domains forum and start browsing hundreds and hundreds of private available .COM names!

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300 Quality Available Domains from DotSauce Premium

Original post by Mark Fulton