By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 8th January, 2010
So many of us are in the same boat here. People have the next great idea that we just know is going to be successful or people see a domain name that you know you can flip and make a hefty amount. But in tough economic times, many can struggle with affording an expensive domain [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 7th January, 2010
As I was reading an interesting post on ElliotsBlog.com earlier today, it made me think about the lack of creativity we’re seeing in the domaining industry. Domainers see 5 or 6 figure sales, and immediately register variations of those domains. And the truth of the matter is the people who do that are cowards. It [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 7th January, 2010
DNUnderground is back and has gotten a makeover to look better than ever. There have been many improvements not only made to the design, but to the website’s functionality in general. A list of improvements include: There’s now a live chat. If you look at our floating footer, just click on a button that says [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 25th November, 2009
DNUnderground wants to wish all of it’s viewers a very happy Thanksgiving. As a gift, DNUnderground has decided to give away a GoDaddy gift card, good for 1 free domain, as well as 1 sponsored link, good for a full year, to the viewer with the best plans for Thanksgiving. To tell us what you’re [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 25th November, 2009
To look into the SnapNames scandal a little deeper, I decided to shoot an email over to my friend Monte, CEO of Moniker.com. He then forwarded my email to the Vice President of Corporate Communications for Oversee, the parent company of Moniker, in order to put me in touch with a person who could best [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 24th November, 2009
I probably hear complaints on a daily basis from people about not having enough Twitter followers. I’m even guilty of questioning myself about why I don’t have as many Twitter followers. Now, I’m not going to say Twitter isn’t a great way to not only market yourself or your brand. It’s practically free marketing, so [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 23rd November, 2009
As I was doing some grocery shopping at Jewel Osco (a midwest grocery store chain) with my family for Thanksgiving, a manager came over to me and asked me if I was finding everything okay. It’s getting to be quite a hectic week around the house because we are entertaining the whole family here in [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 23rd November, 2009
Well, swine flu isn’t the only epidemic going around the domain industry. DNUnderground has gotten word of the Desperate Advertisers Syndrome. If you catch this infectious virus, it could result in loss of revenue, loss of advertisers, loss of respect, and potentially, the loss of your potential friends. Do you think you might have the [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 21st November, 2009
Well, it’s a cold night here in Chicago, and probably an even colder night for Chicagoans with eBay auctions ending tonight. While searching eBay for domain names, I noticed that there were 0 search results. At first, I figured it was simply a glitch for that specific keyword (“domain names”), but I decided to side [...]
By Sam Silverman - Last updated: 21st November, 2009
“Domains have and will continue to go up in value faster than any other commodity ever known to man”. This quote was said by the self-proclaimed “Domain King”, Rick Schwartz. Many of the major domain investors would love to believe this, but let’s take a reality check folks. A domain name has a $0 (or [...]