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My “how to guide” on drop catching expired domains

I have been catching dropping domains for a few years now. It’s often times I see others going through the same struggles I did & this topic takes years to understand. There’s a lot of myths floating around the forums. First off, the meaning of drop catching, drop catcher is a term to label the [...]

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Apple Computer Announces iPad Tablet Today

Apple’s Steve Jobs today unveiled the iPad. iPad is Apple’s latest revolutionary take on what a Tablet PC should be like. Jobs states that the new tablet is best for reading books, watching video & playing games. One of the things that caught my eye was how the tablet doesn’t have a keyboard. You simply [...]

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I am going after these drops tomorrow

These two domains are dropping tomorrow & I am going to try & chase. jacket.com stubby.us Stubby.us doesn’t concern me, but Jacket.com is nice. I am sure many have backordered this domain, but since the drop is public & anyone can grab it, I’m going to try. I’m sure I won’t grab it. But if [...]

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A Win/Win Alternative To Sell Your Domain Names

As many of my blog readers know, I launched a realtime domain auction platform that rocked everyone’s socks off. The platform started off as: DNKO. DNKO.COM meant it’s time to fight for a domain & the last one standing that didn’t get knocked out – got the domain. This was spread over 60 seconds. Let’s [...]

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TasteDrop.com Reaches End Of Life

Today, I decided to pull the plug on the website: TasteDrop.com. The main reason is I need to use that dedicated server for some of my other projects. Tt was a free service that many used & while I hate to take down a tool you may have used, no one really cared for the [...]

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Understanding The Dynadot Beta API System

Dynadot.com has a powerful API system in place. It is currently in Beta mode – but to me, it’s in production mode. I have been using their API for over three years now. It’s the most forgiving API in my opinion – meaning you can run it 24×7 & they don’t care. To those of [...]

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Had To Disable Some Of My Domaining Websites

Sorry folks, As some of you may have noticed, I had to disable some of my domaining websites. The favorites to go down were: DNMeter.com & AntiqueDrops.com The time & effort to develop these tools became exhaustive. The last somewhat “nice remark” I received about DNMeter was: that it was 30 minutes “off” – I [...]

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Coming Out Of The Wood Work.. Back To Drop Catching

Wow, I am just amazed at how this blog of mine keeps reminding me.. Hey Dan, you have to update me.. lol. Hey, but you can’t say I didn’t warn ya Things have been busy at my fulltime job. They require a domainer to step back from domaining & give them undivided attention. The payback [...]

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Domain Tasting – Not Happening Anymore? Not!!, This is cool

Ok, I happen to have stumbled upon some old records & I tried to do a comparison domain tasting stats. Today, after checking out: DailyChanges.com, I am finding more domaining patterns as I like to call them. I for the past years have been seeing surges, spikes & trends following domain names. Today, I was [...]

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Drop Chasing Report For Tomorrow

Here’s a quick blurb about what I will be chasing tomorrow. I have just figured out that I burned my eyes out on .com/net drops that I liked. Nothing really stuck out in the .org & .net category. .us looks ok for tomorrow: telegram.us wept.us occur.us ruined.us cultivated.us squeezing.us But I am going to try [...]

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