A blanket. A bottle. Diapers. A pack of onesies. What is the first thing you bought your child? If you don’t have children, what do you think will be the first purchase you will make for them? Do you plan on starting their college fund the moment they get a social security number? I was […]
ICANN Asks The Feds For Help With .Sucks Domain Name
I can’t say we didn’t see this one coming. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review whether any new laws have been broken in the roll out of the new .Sucks top-level domain. “ICANN is concerned about the contentions of illicit actions being expressed, […]
Web Hosting Talk Goes Silent
Earlier today while looking for something interesting to blog about, I navigated over to Web Hosting Talk to see what people were talking about. Much to my surprise, the blog wrote itself. Web Hosting Talk is down for the count! Literally, the website is offline as a new website is in the process of being […]
Political Domains Create Opportunity For Investors To Cash In
Rand Paul announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2016 election on Monday morning. Given that, I found it appropriate to look at investing in domains centered around the candidates. I view domain names as virtual real estate. I’m always looking to obtain good names with potential resell value. Even if […]
Target, Facebook & DirecTV Register .College Domain Names
The .College generic top-level domain was unveiled last week by the domain registry company XYZ. Currently in the Sunrise Period, they sent over a sampling of domains that have already been registered by trademark holders: Education — harvard.college, mit.college, oberlin.college, suny.college Retail — ikea.college, target.college Media — playboy.college Tech — facebook.college, twitter.college, yahoo.college, linkedin.college Other […]
Why Your Customers Want Cloud Web Hosting
While in the live chat on Monday a prospective reseller customer asked me why the Cloud? What is it about Cloud Web Hosting that makes it so superior? Why should you pick the Cloud over a traditional Web Hosting package? This is something I wanted to dig a little deeper on today. Cloud hosting is hosting that […]
Microsoft & Taylor Swift Register R-Rated Domains
Last week, we highlighted the new .Sucks generic top-level domain that has Ralph Nader behind it. Celebrities and brands are currently being proactive in registering controversial gTLDs to prevent from being shed in a negative light. CNN Money reports (via Stuart Lawley, CEO of ICM Registry) that Microsoft has already registered Office.porn and Office.adult and […]
Ralph Nader Declares New “.Sucks” gTLD A Protest Word
We here at NameHero.com [and every website or company online] are going to have to stay on their game because dissatisfied customers and people that like to complain online are about to get the opportunity to register a gTLD to let the world know just how they feel. The .SUCKS generic top-level domain will go […]
How To Start Your Online Business
I wanted to show my formula for creating a successful website. I have used this formula to create numerous properties, some that are still active and generating consistent revenue (my biggest earns approximately $232,000/year). For privacy purposes, I do not wish to disclose these domains but I have provided a screen shot of one the […]
Google Error Leaks WHOIS Protected Data For 280,000 Domains
Uh oh. When you register a domain and pay for privacy protection, you expect your personal details to be hidden in a WHOIS database. That wasn’t the case for Google customers as we’re learning the details of an epic domain privacy snafu. A group of security researchers from Cisco have revealed that Google had been […]