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How to Make $1 a Day and Draw a Small Audience In Only 30 Days
by Shane on Nov.17, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: Not really the headline that makes you want to blog is it? My wife stopped asking several blogs ago about why I write for nobody each night. I would put in an hour every night writing for audience of 10 to 100 people. And that was just unique visitors, most of them probably never
Tuesday Morning’s Daily 7 Links
by Shane on Nov.16, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: The daily links seem to be catching on. I’ve gotten lots of good email feedback. If you hate it or like it let me know. Feel free to suggest a good story you’ve written as well. By the way, finally got Domain Shane up on Twitter. I’ll be following all the domainers soon but if
I Saved Money Designing My Blog By Staying In House……Really In House
by Shane on Nov.16, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: My 9 year old daughter thought my site and logo looked bad so I told her she was free to do better. She did, so I changed it over the weekend. I let her choose the theme and design the logo and draw a wonderful picture. The results were exactly the personal touch I was
Monday Morning Daily 7 Links
by Shane on Nov.15, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com:
I had a pretty busy weekend. I built the pond you see to the left, redesigned domainshane, and put up a website. It was the first weekend I had some free time in 6 months so I thought I would put it to use. The pond is 28 ft X 18′ and the center piece
Analysis of the Upcoming Luxury Names Auction Using Valuate.com Estimation
by Shane on Nov.15, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: Luxury Names and Snapnames have teamed together for a November 18-24 auction featuring over 200 generic keyword domains. There are many ways to analyze the value of names but since Valuate was nice enough to sponsor my blog (plug: more spots available) I’ve decided to use Valuate to evaluate the reserves set for the
Twitter’s DM System Has Turned Into a Spam Box. A Simple Button Would Clean The Whole System
by Shane on Nov.13, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: It’s getting ridiculous, and tonight’s one of the worst nights yet. I don’t mind the bots following me or the autorespond direct message but this never ending direct message of “hey I saw you in this picture” or “I’m smarter than you, check your IQ” “Is this you?” is a bit…
Coincidence? I Had My Best Week This Year Selling Domains
by Shane on Nov.13, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: I sold three domains this week for a total of $2600. Not my best total but the first time I’ve sold three. It was pure coincidence that it fell as the same time I’ve gotten my domain blog up and running, as 2 of these were in auctions and 1 was a private buyer. No
The Friday Morning 7 Links
by Shane on Nov.12, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: I’m not sure if anyone even cares about these links but I have a good time looking for them so I’m going to continue posting them. I received my first two emails suggesting a link so that’s a sign that at least two people are reading them. By the way, I’d like to thank my
Looking for Plant Domain Names
by Shane on Nov.11, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: It’s what I do. Grow plants. From Hostas to Maples, I grow plants for a living. My family started the business in 1865 and I’m the fifth generation to do so. Each generation had their “thing” that took them to the next level. Mine was building a plant name catalog to be used in the
Looking Back at My Snapnames Auction History Makes Me Realize How Much Junk I Registered
by Shane on Nov.10, 2009, under News
DomainShane.com: The first rule for new domainers is “Quit hand registering junk!!!!!”, yet when I went back at my snapnames history to look for halvarez restitution money, it made me realize how much junk I used to buy. I bought them thinking one of two things. I could flip the name for a quick $100