ICANN, (Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers) created a group: Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group and they are seeking your input.  You can find all the details at the ICANN site.  You have until September 10, 2009 to submit your comments

I was looking over the domain names I own and wondering if I should keep them, try to sell some or if I should take a serious look at developing them.  I have always considered a domain name to be just like a piece of land without a building.  It might be worth something but how much more would it be worth if a building (a developed web site) was sitting on it.

I have decided to go the route of building some sites with the domain names I own.  I enjoy designing sites so I’ll get some content and see what happens.

I don’t have a firm timetable but I figure I should be able to develop one new site per month so look for Scores247.net to make its debut in within 30 days.

I found this link on Name Pros

It’s got good information so here’s the link:

10 US Laws Link

Brian

Since I launched this site about a week ago I have had many ideas for posts and this one just came to me as a result of the post earlier in the week about how much it would cost to have all of the extensions. www.GoDaddy.com has 58 extensions available depending on where you live so what to choose after the .com is gone.

I could kick myself (but not too hard) because I never registered my name as a .com.  I do own brianfreed.net, brianfreed.me and brianfreed.tel and I think that will be it for now.  I have designed a few web sites in the past few years for square dance callers and in all but one instance I was able to get the .com for them.  The one I could not was registered as a .ws.  I wasn’t too sure if people would remember this web site but if you do a search for Mike Driscoll on Google it comes up in the top 5.  I have CallerBrian.com tucked away for when I want to launch my Square Dance Caller site.

If you can’t get the .com in your name then let’s look at what’s available.  I am beginning to see some value in the .me extension.  It’s personal.  Bruce Marler believes in this extension so much he launched a company that revolves around it.  Chef Patrick has written on his blog about the .us extension.  I say if you have a site that deals in the media then look for the .fm or .tv extension.  If you try to match your sites content with the right extension I think people will find your site.  Now if I can only get ICANN to let me register a .sd extension for square dancing but that’s for another time.

Good luck with your search and if all else fails, find the person or company that owns the domain you want and make them an offer or keep looking at those drop lists.  You never know what you’ll find on those.  That’s how I got Industry News Journal.

Brian

In my last post I promised to find you some GoDaddy promo codes.  These were posted today and should be good until the end of August.

emma9=$7.49 .coms, emma8=20% off any order over $50.00, emma7=10% off any order

 www.GoDaddy.com

enjoy,

Brian

I got curious about how much would a person spend to register one name in all of the available extensions.  I went to GoDaddy to see how much would a person spend.  I was surprised that GoDaddy had 58 extensions available.

Over the last several years GoDaddyhas garnered a substantial amount of success in the domaining business. Originally, GoDaddystarted back in 1997 as Jomax Technologies.  Two years later in 1999, Bob Parsons, the owner, changed the company’s name to GoDaddy and then in 2000, GoDaddy became an ICANN accredited domain name registrar.

 I am here to let everyone know that GoDaddyis not just about expensive parties, Super Bowl ads and hot girls. They are much more. GoDaddyis the #1 registrar in the world with nearly one registration or renewal every second which equates to over 31 million domain names per year. Their closest competitor eNom, is 22 million registrations shy of them. With web development, hosting, 2,000+ employees and ALL of their customer service done in-house within the United States, you’re looking at a company that is a powerhouse.

 Currently GoDaddy has 58 domain extensions in which to register domain names with. Below is a complete list of these extensions along with their origin and price. Sales prices are as of August 2^nd, 2009 and are subject to change at any time.

Now don’t be alarmed by the published pricing. Quite honestly, their average customer owns less than a handful of domain names. Because we are not the norm, but still an important customer, they have established a discount club for $89.99 per year. Being a part of their discount club http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/club/landing.asp)gives us .com domain names for $7.29, which is one of the lowest prices of all registrars. Don’t feel like paying the annual membership fee for the discount club? No worries, there are a ton of GoDaddy coupons on the net.  I’ll keep you updated with the codes on the site.

 Take note that if you’re looking to register any country extensions there are a lot to choose from at GoDaddy. Make sure to research what the requirements are first for the particular country extension you’re trying to register. Some of the countries have requirements such as them only being open to businesses that reside in that particular country. Others are open to anyone registering. Do your homework first!