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Today it was my daughter Sasha’s school fair (or fete as we say here in Australia) to get the parents and community involved in raising funds for the school.

I was providing entertainment with my band playing the drums and my wife Lois was helping out at various stands.

Just as we got to the school my wife parked her little Suzuki Swift with a few other cars under some of the large Gum Trees outside the school grounds. I was busy unloading our other car that had my drums in it.

That was when it ALL happened!!

My wife went back to her Suzuki to put a gift basket she had just purchased back into the car so she did not have to carry it around all afternoon.

She put the gift basket in the car, shut the door, took three steps away from the car when CRASH!!!

Down came a big ass branch of the tree she was parked under and it smashed down onto the roof of our car.

Oh My God!! Talk about being watched over by Angels or Guardians or whatever you like to call them.

A few seconds earlier and my wife would have been in BIG trouble and the day could have ended with a very different story. The tree caved in the whole roof and punched a whole through the roof.

Fortunately insurance should cover all the repairs or replacement of the car as it is only 12 months old and the insurance company replaces cars that are under 3 years old with a new one if it is totaled.

We do spend a great deal of time talking about parking companies and which ones are the best etc but we should also watch where we park our cars and be very, very grateful every day for the health and safety of our loved ones.

I have some great guests coming up on my Domain Names Podcast next week.

First up I will be interviewing Dan Kimball & Sean Stafford from www.dnzoom.com

We will be talking about the creation and launch of DN Zoom and what it has to offer domainers also we will be talking about Sean’s new eBook Domain Graduate.

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Also later in the week I will be speaking with brothers Michael & David Castello from CCIN (Castello Cities Internet Network)

These guys have a great portfolio of Geo Domains and we will here from them the history behind those names and and their thoughts on this domain space.

I am greatly looking forward to speaking with all of these guests and I hope that if any of you that listen to this podcast or read this blog have any questions for the above guests, please send me them via the comment section of this post.

(Pictures courtesy of www.dnjournal.com)

What’s in a name? A lot of money if you choose wisely.

AUSTRALIAN internet entrepreneurs are raking in millions of dollars a year by spotting the true value of what’s in a name.

The practice of buying up unused names, known as “domain parking”, is estimated to be worth more than $1 billion worldwide — and Australia is seen as a growing market for those with an eye for a dollar.

The Australian Domain Name Administrator (AUDA), the governing body for “dot au” domains, is set to loosen regulations restricting the practice within months, sparking a likely buying boom as a result.

Domainers, as they call themselves, spot generic or popular names that have not been turned into websites and register them for as little as $US7 ($A7.50). They cram them with advertisements and watch as they earn a few cents per hit — big bucks when you have a portfolio of tens of thousands of domains.

Unlike cyber-squatting, where people infringe trademarks and fraudulently obtain internet traffic, domainers say they are supplying people with information.

With two partners, he has built a business around names such as geekwatch.com and bingonight.co.uk — names that receive hundreds of hits through the sheer weight of the billion or so people who use the internet daily.

He now works full-time as a domainer and is auctioning one of his most prized sites, profgolfer.com, which he hopes will fetch him $75,000.

“Enormous money can be made out of parking still in Australia with dot au space, where a lot less penetration has been made than in America,” he said. “It’s as easy as seeing how many times a particular word is indexed on Google then seeing if it is taken or not.”

Click here for the whole article..

Today’s Domain Names Podcast is with Rick Latona from www.ricklatona.com & www.digipawn.com

Rick speaks about his time in the domain name industry and how he got started, he also talks about his businesses DigiPawn & Offshoring and what is involved with the operations of both those businesses.

He talks off his trip to Tanzania and his climb up Mt Kilimanjaro and what he keeps in his garage next to his office??

Thanks for your time Rick and I hope the listeners enjoy this podcast.

 

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Today’s Domain Names Podcast is with Elliot Silver from www.elliotsblog.com & www.topnotchdomains.com.

Elliot was awarded this year with Domainers Choice Award of Best Domainers Blog for 2008 which I think was well deserved.

We talk about his life as a domain investor, the development of his domains www.lowell.com & www.salinas.com and the very serious topic of the Snowe Antiphishing Bill that was introduced to the US senate last week that has the potential to drastically effect the way domain investors operate if left unchanged.

Check out ComputerWorld for the entire article on the Snowe Bill and also the link to the ICA Internet Commerce Association where you can join as a member and help support the people that support domainers and are one of the main voices helping domainers to challenge the Snowe Bill.

Elliot also spoke about Sean Stafford’s Book Domain Graduate which is well worth a read for new to intermediate levels of experience in the domain industry.
Click the link below for more info.

I think that Elliot is one of the domain industries movers and shakers and has a very bright future.

 

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