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Thought Convergence has officially kicked off it’s Aftermarket.com web site.  In an email sent out to subscribers, the Aftermarket.com team details information about the web site.

From the AfterMarket team:

We are pleased to announce the official launch of Aftermarket.com; the Thought Convergence online marketplace for domains.

Aftermarket.com offers Auction, Buy Now and Make an Offer domain listings. You can buy and sell with confidence knowing domains and buyers have been verified. Top-tier partners ensure that each listing contains links to relevant statistics and that domain transfers occur in a timely and secure manner. Using the platform is simple and intuitive because we dedicated some serious effort to collecting feedback and saving you time.

Earlier this week, Mike Berkens of TheDomains.com wrote a related post How Aftermarket.com can stand out from the Crowd, highlighting the importance of stopping ‘dead beat bidders and non-performing sellers’ on auction web sites – a problem that Domain Consultant is addressing with Boxcar.com.

Billionaire Calvin Ayre, who once graced the cover of Forbes magazine, as one of the richest people in the world, is continuing to build his Slots.com brand – a domain name that cost him over $5.5 million just for owernship of the web address. 

Despite the enormous price tag that would cause some businesses and individuals to say, ‘Why on Earth would anyone pay that much money for a domain name?’, Calvin’s ability to purchase the name could very well be one of his crowning achievements.

In case you weren’t aware, Calvin ‘sold everything he owned and with $10,000 to his name he assembled his team and launched the original Bodog.’

In September, Bodog announced Slots.com will be creating 100 new jobs.  ‘Slots.com will operate as an independent company, coupled with its existing dominance – by virtue of its domain – and the drive of the new company personnel the brand plans to become the largest player in, not only, online slots but also casino too. Beyond the launch stage, the site will also look to host a full featured casino, including live dealer options.’

In late October, in an article that appeared on CalvinAyre.com, news was announced that Lee Richardson, would be joining Slots.com as MD. 

What did Lee have to say about joining the Slots.com team?

“There is no strong brand in the slots area like there is in, say, poker yet any casino off or online will happily admit that slots are not only physically the biggest part of the casino but more crucially in profitability terms slots are equally dominant. The domain gives us a fantastic SEO edge and when coupled with the brand experience and marketing clout we will add this venture becomes a very powerful proposition,” Richardson commented.

Calvin Ayre has moved quickly to build the Slots.com brand, so expect a lot more news soon.

Aron Meystedt who owns the first domain name ever registered on the internet (Symbolics.com), has acquired the domain name Tablets.com, according to the XF.com web site.

Aron’s company XF.com Investments, a domain holding and development company, also acquired Deadstock.com in a recent deal.

Tablets.com already has a WordPress site online that provides news and reviews of tablet pcs.   While the sale price of the domain is undisclosed, Tablets.com last traded owners publicly in 2006, when the domain name sold at Moniker/Traffic for $50,500.

XF.com Investments Making Buzz

Aron’s company made quite a buzz in 2010 with the 25th birthday celebration of the internet.  Symbolics.com was the subject of dozens and dozens of articles from heavy hitting news sources like TechCrunch and BusinessWeek.

XF.com Investments is continuing to expand, and Tablets.com is the perfect name to grow its business with the tablet being the next hottest gadget to hit the market in years – made hugely popular earlier this year with the launch of Apple’s iPad.

Whether the acquisition is a name the company will be ‘holding’ or ‘developing’, the tablet market is getting ready to explode with more players entering the market and more consumers looking to make the switch from the traditional pc. 

According to PCWorld:

The iPad started shipping in April and became an instant hit, and Apple reported selling more than 7 million iPads by the end of September. But companies such as Samsung and Toshiba are knocking on the door, and will soon release Android tablets that include features the iPad doesn’t have.

About XF.com Investments

XF.com Investments is a domain holding and development company specializing in top-tier premium domain names. Our interests include the purchase and development of short, one-word .com domains as well as two-letter .com domains.

Our company owns Symbolics.com — the very first domain ever registered on the Internet. Symbolics.com was registered on March 15, 1985 and it is still in use by us today.

XF.com is interested in top “brand names” and we have amassed a great portfolio of top brands as listed at the right. We believe a top domain name brand is vital to your success online.

An article that appeared in The New York Times earlier this week entitled “Marijuana Web Names Snapped Up, in Case of Legalization” has fueled dozens of articles around the subject of domain names and marijuana because of next week’s vote on Proposition 19, the California ballot measure that would legalize marijuana.

While Proposition 19 is not a subject I really care to discuss, the article featured quotes from two prominent members of the Domaining.com blogging community, Shane Cultra of Domain Shane, and Mike Berkens of The Domains – two of my favorite bloggers within the Domain industry.

Shane, who doesn’t buy and sell adult related domains, was quoted by The New York Times as saying: “There is tremendous investment opportunity there”, referring to buying up marijuana-related domain names.  But marijuana-related domains aren’t something Shane is investing in. 

As the article points out: “In late September, Shane Cultra, 41, was bidding in an online auction for the domain smokingmarijuana.com when suddenly he stopped, midclick. “I asked myself, do I want to be in that business?”

Mike Berkens, one of the most well-respected bloggers in the Domain industry, points out that domain names mixed with politically charged topics can be lucrative.  That is, if the politics go the way of the domain name.

…Mr. Berkens thinks marijuana domains could be a good investment; he sees the political momentum moving toward legalization and decriminalization. “We own gaymarriage.com,” said Mr. Berkens, who is also president of Worldwide Media, a company that owns some 75,000 domains, 57 of them marijuana related. “That’s another one of these politically charged hot topics, heavily dependent on politics.”

Dozens of news articles spring up online

As a result of the story that appeared in the widely published news source, dozens and dozens of articles have been written since.  Here’s a look at a handful.

Marijuana Legalization Stocks – Benzinga

Get your pot-related URL now – CNET

People buying up pot-themed domain names – VatorNews

Marijuana web domains snapped up ahead of California legalisation – Joe.ie

1,000s of marijuana domains registered in US – silicon republic