Once you’re confident in whom the seller is and the statistics are bona fide then you can move to formulating a deal. Most deals in the domaining industry are pretty straight forward. The domains do “Y” amount of revenue per year and the seller pays “Y” times years for the privilege of purchasing the cashflow stream.
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This post was written by Andrew on March 31, 2009
Laying out hard cold cash for a very ethereal concept like a domain name can be a daunting proposition. Once you’ve decided that you’ll invest in a domain based upon traffic statistics you will soon discover that there are a number of risks and ways of hedging those risks.
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This post was written by Andrew on March 31, 2009
According to a blog post om sex.ie, the registry for .ie (ireland) country code, refuses to allow the registration of the domains porn.ie or pornography.ie on the basis of morality.
The author of the post claims he has been trying to register the domains for about four years. but each time the registry for the .ie extension, the Irish Domain Registry (IEDR) refuses his application because “the proposed domain name must not be offensive or contrary to public policy or generally accepted principles of morality.”
The author went as far as to bring legal action against the registry to force them to register the domains, however, the court ruled against the author.
The Author appealed.
The appeals court agreed the IEDR was wrong in stating the words porn and pornography are offensive however, the appeals court let stand the registries decision not to issue the domains saying:
“””The Respondent is a body carrying out functions of a public nature, and is the only body that administers the public resource that is the .ie Internet domain. It would appear therefore that there is no other candidate for the role of arbiter of public policy in respect of the .ie domain space except the Respondent itself.
“””In the absence of any other source of public policy and while the logic may appear cyclical, the public policy that this tribunal must apply is the policy of the Respondent. It would not be appropriate for this Appeal tribunal to take upon itself the role of arbiter of public policy. It follows that this tribunal must also conclude that the registration of either or would be contrary to the public policy governing the .ie domain space as found in the Respondent’s policies.”””
It wasn’t that long ago that the sole registry of .com domains was Network Solutions and they refused to register any domain which contained one of the “7 dirty words” made famous by George Carlin.
Bottom line, as we have discussed before when you register, or attempt to register a ccTLD, you are subject to the laws, rules and regulations of that country which could be drastically different than the US, for better or worse.
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This post was written by Andrew on March 31, 2009
Extends implementation of server virtualization to reduce management and support costs across all hosted offerings.
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This post was written by Andrew on March 31, 2009
Allows partners to resell not only dedicated servers, but also managed dedicated servers, managed hosting and data center colocation services.
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This post was written by Andrew on March 31, 2009
Extended security includes addition of authentication to the Enterprise Cloud and availability of managed security service for virtualized offerings.
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Enables customers to easily roll out virtualized computing and reduce growing operating costs with simplified management and increased utilization.
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Enables service providers to deliver hosted unified communications on a mature platform designed for the hosting market.
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Provides customers with high-performance Offshore backup solutions; enrolls in R1Soft’s Hosting Partner Program.
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This post was written by Andrew on March 31, 2009
Today, Richard Branson announced on his blog that he was holding a contest, where entrepreneurs can submit a 2 minute video pitching their idea, and every month he will select 5 winners who will have their video presented on Virgin Atlantic flights where it can be seen not by Richard, but by all those who fly on the airlines, including many successful businessmen.
Cool idea, only problem is from the domaining side, pitch.tv is a domain reserved by the .TV registry (although its going to a parked page) and pitchtv.com is owned by PitchTv, Inc. located in New York and seems unrelated to Mr. Branson or Virgin.
Of course if the owners of PitchTv.com has a site up, they could get the benefit of the extra traffic this campaign might generate, but the site seems dead.
Here is the official word from his blog:
“””When I was starting out, I wish I could have had the chance to pitch my business ideas directly to people who could help make my ambitions a reality. We can now make that happen for you, on this very blog…!
If you’re a budding entrepreneur, we’re giving you the unique opportunity of getting your ideas heard not only by the online community here but also by top business professionals from around the world watching the in-flight entertainment on board Virgin Atlantic planes.
All you have to do is film yourself delivering the very best pitch possible, but make sure it’s no longer than 2 minutes. Then simply upload your video pitch here.
The community here will then vote for the best ones, and every month the best 5 pitches will make it on to my new PitchTV show which will premiere on board Virgin Atlantic flights.
We’ll also upload each monthly episode of PitchTV here shortly after. Viewers will be able to get in contact with the chosen entrepreneurs and who knows – among the viewers might be someone with the power to bring your idea to life…
Each year, I will also personally select my favourite pitch, and the winner will receive a very special prize which I’ll reveal more details about later on…
In the meantime, get your 2 minute pitches together, film them, upload them and may the best pitches get the exposure they deserve!”””
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This post was written by Andrew on March 31, 2009
