PokerCompany.com, one of the leading groups for online gaming marketing, has soft launched Poker.org.
After months of development, Poker.org finally makes a public appearance, albeit with a soft launch in order to sort out any turbulence on the path to a real launch.
All members of sister site Rakeback.org have been transferred automatically to Poker.org. Have no fear – all deals on Poker.org are matched or even topped. As a member of a bigger and more ambitious site, we promise you even better promotions and offers in the near future.
As a member of the Poker Club – which is what we call the Poker.org community – you have access to your own player account where you can create poker teams, add friends, post blogs, view your posted hands and much more.
The domain name poker.org was sold by National A-1 for $1 million in February 2010.
According to Ron Jackson of DN Journal, the $1MM price tag is currently the highest price ever reported for a .orgdomain. In a story that appeared on DN Journal shortly after the transaction, Markus Sonermo – the CEO of PokerCompany.com – revealed he also paid the second highest price ever for a .org domain with BlackJack.org, which he purchased in 2007 for $298,000.
Behind every domain name, there’s a story – and if you’re anything like me, during the Holiday season it’s always interesting to see what companies and people are doing with their domain names.
In the case of Halloween.com, its owner Christian Riley has an amazing domain name story that spans almost 20 years.
Christian Riley, not only owns Halloween.com, he owns a slew of category-killing domain names that he has developed into web sites. His passion for domain names started years ago back in the early nineties – some of which he has sold, some of which he has kept, and some of which he has developed.
Christian shows off his domain names and markets them on several of his properties. Visit Halloween.com, and at the top of the site you’ll see links to SantaClaus.com, PhoneBook.com, Hurricane.com and ThanksGiving.info.
On PhoneBook.com, Christian receives on average 100,000 visitors per month according to Compete. Scroll the bottom of the web site, and the footer links to other sites in Christian’s network including: whitepages.biz, scholarships.net, christmas.biz, easter.biz, diving.com, and jacksonville.biz.
What’s Christian Riley’s story?
What better way to learn about Christian, than to read his blog – at none other than ChristianRiley.com. The guy has some experience in the domain industry. In a post dating back to 2002, Christian writes about domain names he registered in 1993 and 1994. The list is long.
law.com (didn’t register, it but was Director of Operations, 1993)
games.com (July 15, 1994) – Hasbro/Parker Brothers wanted this. AOL has it as of 2009.
casino.com (July 14, 1994)
court.com (August 4, 1994)
gamble.com (July 14 1994)
hotel.com (August 4, 1994) – HotelSupplies.com Inc bought this
Halloween.com (August 30, 1994)
SantaClaus.com (August 1994)
EasterBunny.com (December 1995)
phonebook.com (July 14, 1994) – We began with web directories here, Miami.com, and at coral.net for clients and business in Florida and the Caribbean. Lots of realtors and destinations.
palmbeach.com (May 24, 1994)
rights.com (August 30, 1994)
dive.com (July 30, 1994)
Havana.com (Sept 1, 1994)
Coral.net (Sept 8, 1994)
Sequitur.com (June 1994) – The opposite of non sequitur. Ended up letting it go. Silly me. 😉 (We considered Sequitur for the corporate name, but ended up with Coral Technologies after a few people in the State of Florida government didn’t get what it me and thought it might be obscene. Just ended up using it as the follow-up name for The Rising Sun BBS (Ft. Lauderdale 1982-1993) which was running TBBS and we switched to private software, then FirstClass.
diving.com (July 29, 1994)
talk.com (June 1994) – HotWired need
sale.com (June 1994) – J.Lee bought it.
racing.com (July 30, 1994) –
national.com (April 1994)
cruise.com (May 1994)
cruising.com (July 30, 1994)
movie.com (June 1994) – Well, you can see who owns it now.
miami.com (April 12, 1994) – Miami Herald needed it.
Boca.com (June 21, 1994)
Pompano.com (June 1994)
FtLauderdale.com (May 1994)
ebank.com (1994) – a Bank
reservations.com (June 1994)
reservation.com (June 1994)
dolphins.com (August 10, 1994)
shark.com (July 30, 1994)
holiday.com (June 1994)
keylargo.com (June 1994)
honeymoon.com (July 30, 1994)
boating.com (July 29, 1994)
flying.com (July 30, 1994)
keywest.com (July 29, 1994)
flores.com (Aug 29, 1994)
oceans.com (Aug 30, 1994)
marina.com (June 1994)
bahamas.com (Sept 9, 1994)
medical.com (July 14, 1994)
read.com (June 1994)
mart.com (June 1994)
realtor.com (June 1994) – At the time I didn’t know it was a trademark, just thought it was generic like “realestate.” Younger and more naive. They were friendly about it all though!
islands.com (July 30, 1994)
zodiac.com (July 1994)
SonsOfLiberty.com (April 30, 1998)
Daughters-Of-Liberty.com (July 18, 2001)
Liberty-Tree.com (July 7, 2001)
What’s most impressive about the domain names and web sites that Christian has kept and developed, is that he operates everything on his own. According to the About page on Halloween.com, he writes: “Halloween.com is really just one person, no big companies here!”
Halo: Reach, which launched earlier this month “generated more revenue in a single day than any game or movie so far in 2010 in the U.S.” according to CNET News. That’s been big news for Microsoft, dominating the headlines for weeks, but what hasn’t been news is the web address the company uses for its newest game title, which naturally many people will type into their browser.
Prospective buyers and players going online to find out more about the game, should start their quest with a search engine like Google or Yahoo!, just to make sure they land on the official Halo: Reach page which is located on Bungie.net.
Microsoft/Bungie don’t own all the Halo game title domains
The domain name HaloReach.com isn’t registered to Bungie, the developers of Halo.
While it’s possible the domain name is being managed somehow for Microsoft, chances are unlikely. Though Microsoft owns names like Halo2.com and Halo3.com, the company doesn’t own Halo.com or another popular title in the series: HaloCombatEvolved.com.
The URL haloreach.com currently resolves to a Melbourne IT page with the following language:
This Internet address is being managed by Melbourne IT DBS for one of the world’s top brands. At the present time there is no active Web Site for the address. It may be under construction, or the owner may have reserved the address for future needs.
Enterprises of all sizes rely on Melbourne IT DBS to provide the services and tools needed to manage and protect their online digital assets.
The popular Twitter term "Retweet", can be used as a noun or a verb according to the Twitter glossary.
The Twitter Glossary, part of the official Twitter Help Center, contains lingo used frequently to talk about the company’s features and services.
Visitors can browse the definitions for “hovercards” and “promoted tweets”, and believe it or not, still lurking throughout the Glossary are a number of available domain names.
Twitter Glossary Terms
Because of the number of .COM registrations, it’s a lot more difficult to find domain names available that have immediate potential for an investor, whether the domain name is intended for resale or development.
However, with the soaring popularity of Twitter, a number of web sites and terms have been made popular by the microblogging service – so as the Twitter vocabulary becomes more widely used, if you have plans for a third-party Twitter service, owning a relevant term could help your branding and marketing efforts.
Five years ago, no one really cared about the term “Tweet”, but now the term is plastered all over the internet.
Twitter is regularly updating its web site, blog, and Help Center, so if you dig around you might discover some keywords that no one else has registered.
Available Domain Names
The Twitter Glossary goes from A to Z and includes well-known terms such as “goodies” and lesser known terms like “home timeline”. Examples of Twitter lingo include: cyberbullying, cyberharassment, direct message, DM, favorite and dozens more.
Now, if you’re looking for some available domain names, you can always scour the Twitter blog and find domains like EvolvingEcosystem.com, or TheFledgingInitiative.com available. But here’s a couple Glossary Terms (along with their Twitter definitions) I found that are still available for hand registration at the time this story appeared online.
And just because they’re listed in the Twitter glossary, that’s not to say they’re worth even the registration fee, but if you dig through the site and Help Center, you might stumble upon a term that interests you — and is available.
Follow Count (followcount.com) – The numbers that reflect how many people you follow, and how many people follow you. Found on your Twitter Profile.
Over Capacity Page (overcapacitypage.com) – Users sometimes refer to this page as the “Fail Whale” page. The “Twitter is over capacity” message and a whale image shows up when our site is having trouble keeping up with traffic.
How popular is fishing in Canada? According to the Atlas of Canada: "Fishing is popular throughout Canada, but in the more remote parts of the country it is a major part of the local economy." Photo courtesy of Flygal.ca
While this news might sound pretty shocking to some domain buyers, it might be less shocking to others.
According to Valuate.com, the web site that provides free domain name appraisals, this popular country code top level domain name is worth $40,000.
Globally, the number of monthly searches for the keyword in question using the Google Adwords: Keyword Tool (with a match type of “Exact”) is 1,830,000. Tailor the “Exact” search locally to the domain name’s country, and the number of searches for the month of August was over 60,000.
What’s the domain name?
The domain name is Fish.ca, a Canada domain name.
However, unlike some country code top level domain names such as .TV which can be registered by people outside of the domain’s country, requirements for registering a Canada domain name are more strict.
Now, I have to admit, I know almost nothing about .ca domains, but after stumbling across fish.ca available for hand-registration at GoDaddy, I’ve learned more about the process.
In order to register a .ca domain, you must meet certain eligibility requirements.
Basically, you must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, or operate a corporation in Canada. While there are other options for registering a .ca domain, the process is restrictive. And speaking from experience, even if the registration appears to go through, if you don’t meet the requirements, it will fail and the domain name will be removed from your account.
While there are probably tricks that some domain buyers use to register a name, I’m not aware of any legal means, besides working with someone who meets the requirements and who can register the domain in their name.
Fishing is very popular in Canada, and for just over $10, if you meet the requirements for registering a .CA domain, you might want to think about picking up Fish.ca.
Like I said earlier, I don’t know the first thing about .CA domains, but according to the search volumes, globally and tailored to Canada, it seems like this domain is worth more than the registration fee.
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