Weekend Edition of Daily Drop and Auction Picks

By ShaneCultra - April 30, 2011 - 3 Comments

Going to be a busy weekend with some decent weather here in old Central Illinois. Our town is also hosting the Illinois marathon and Roger Ebert Film Festival so it's going to be a traffic nightmare. I'll me taking in both. Before I do I present you a few names I like for this weekend. iNap.com Eventually going to be sold to Apple for their new improved napkin Wec.net 3 letter dot nets picking back up in price since the big 3 letter dot net dump on namejet a few months ago FaceStat.com I think this is an "s" away from being the perfect Facebook stats site Chatco.com A 1997 name with ... Read More »

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Big Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks

By ShaneCultra - April 29, 2011 - 4 Comments

Sedo is making up for some lost time. Some great names today and yesterday. Good news for the blog, I picked up another sponsor and it's none other than my good buddy Acro and his amazing design abilities. After you're done looking, take a look at these names. Plum.org I think that the org gives this name some authority. I hear the plum organization is a very powerful organization. I think plums are the coolest fruit. Even a rotten plum is still a prune. Racquetball.co This is my first dot co on the list this year (I have a feeling a lot more to come in the future) . I think $160 is a pre... Read More »

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The Chinese Domain Market: Part Two of the Insights of Anthony David: A Great Young Mind

By ShaneCultra - April 28, 2011 - 4 Comments

If you didn't read part one of my interview with Anthony David you missed out. Anthony is a young domain investor/site developer that previously lived in China and currently is working in Kuwait. Anthony and I have become friends because I think he is one of the up and comers in our industry. His 5 years in China and the fact he is fluent in Chinese enables him to give us an inside look at the Chinese domain industry and the culture in general. Today's interview in concentrated in this area and offers a perspective we don't often get in our industry. Thanks again for coming back for a few mor... Read More »

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Thursday’s Daily Domain Drops and Auctions: Big Names Today

By ShaneCultra - April 28, 2011 - 13 Comments

Ryan Perret must read my blog. Yesterday he registered the available hand register airlinecard.net. I'm guessing my thank you gift is in the mail. Speaking of thank yous. I'd like to give one to Jamie at DotWeekly for emailing me within seconds of the drop of iShane.com which I registered immediately. I smell a new email addy. Now onto today's names. There are some fantastic names today. Too many to list but here's my shot at it. Tornado.net Plenty of uses for this name. Certainly relevant with all the crazy weather and tornadoes around the country this month. Fantastic name and a rea... Read More »

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You Think Kevin Rose Can Pay Enough To Get Dan Bornstein To Sell Him Milk.com?

By ShaneCultra - April 27, 2011 - 10 Comments

Here's the story. Kevin Rose has started up a mobile development lab named Milk. He recently raised $1.5 million and his investors are a list of rockstar Silicon Valley investors. Michael Arrington, Ron Conway, Tim Ferriss, Dave Morin, Philip Rosedale, Evan Williams, Shervin Pishevar, Joshua Schachter, Anthony Casalena, Ashton Kutcher, Philip Kaplan, Chris Sacca, Gary Vanyerchuk, Tony Hsieh, Chamath Palihapitiya, Matt Mullenweg, Don Dodge, Matt Williams, Tony Conrad via True Ventures, Rob Hayes, Floodgate’s Mike Maples and Greylock’s David Sze. Currently the domain they are using is MilkInc... Read More »

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