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ICANN open gTLD policy very soon

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

So, as you might already know, those who can afford a gTLD are going to be able to get it soon.

I can already find people who are opening up for preorders on gTLDs like

Business

.deal, .movie, .food, .free, .music, .golf, .news

Cities

.berlin, .london, .miami, .dallas

Other

.family, .arab, .gal

So, will this slow down the .COM ? in my oppinion, nothing can slow down the .COM, i always advise people to always get the .COM even if they want there main website to be .net.

The reason is, when people want to visit you directly, they will either google your business name, or enter it followed by a .COM, if you get the .NET and no .COM to forward to it you will probably be loosing visitors to the competitor who has the .COM.

Othe gTLDs did not result in the revolution everyone expected, Always a Gold Rush, then 1 year after, people would not even bother renew the domain, if it is not a .COM, it is hard to make it work for you.

I do think the ICANN’s idea of approving any gTLD for anyone is a good idea, for example you will probably be able to download your drivers from www.drivers.hp but i don’t think HP would ever drop the HP.COM website or let’s say depreciate it.

Even if some gTLDs do pick up, i don’t expect anything revolutionary, nothing capable of stopping the .COM growth, but i do think they will have there place, some place at least.


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The Domain Buying Guide

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Ever since i started buying domain names many many years ago, they have always advised me to get the .COM, .NET, and .ORG, where the truth of the matter is, i should not have got them, they simply wanted to sell more .NET’s and .ORG’s and i believed them about all the benefits of having them all

Now that i know better, i only buy .COM’s and will not buy anything else anytime soon, And to help all the people who really have a hard time deciding on a domain name, this guide is for you.

Domain Name Buyer’s Guide

There i explain a few things on how to buy domain names, How to chose a Top level domain (in short, go for the .com nothing else and nothing less), How to chose a second level domain (YourSite.COM), and a brief intro on how to use them right away with the free tools that come with them, I have also explained what a domain registration is So enjoy

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Godaddy Wild West Domains API Script

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

So, for some reason i had to write a functional script that talks (PHP Via SOAP) to Wild West Domains API for domain registration and other services (For fully branded website), And i was wondering if there is enough interest so that i improve it and sell it.

Things that come to my mind

1- This could hurt Domain Reseller Direct, where people get a Turnkey Domain reseller account in addition to PHP tools to customize there websites (we add free scripts for them, and they can install them on there website or we install the scripts for them) i am not sure it is legal to tell you the details ! (I never thought i would ever have to say that), but that’s the system, what can (or should i say Can’t) i say.

2- If i was to charge for the script, i think it would end up being sold for $500 a copy, that won’t make me much money, but when i put effort into scripts, i like to maximize there use, either to make money or to give away, but again it is a loosing deal and i know it in advance.

3- To allow people to use the script, i have to create extra modules for paypal, 2CO, and other credit card gateways, this is an easy but tedious task, Do i have the time for this ?

4- I know many people want such a script, but Wild West Domains / GoDaddy API is not a complete API, it does require some pages to run off there servers, and basically that puts us back to the solution we are offering at Domain Reseller Direct, but at a much higher cost.

I really want to hear your thoughts on this, and if you are going to comment, please tell me if you would be interested in such a script so i can have that data to process with my “Handy capped business logic”

Awaiting your response

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Giving away Sub Domains in Web2

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Today, a friend asked me how to setup his server so that he can give away Sub Domain names under his domain to people who want to use his PHP application, he was asking all sort of stuff like how does he rewrite apache config files and all this stuff, i can see how he is imagining the system but this is not the smart way to do it really.

All you need is a dedicated IP address, a hosting account that is accessible by its IP address, and you are good, why take the long route.

It is the simpler more flexible way, and it is the only sensible way i think, So i made a little tutorial to show him how here, now all i need to do is call him up and tell him to visit my blog for the answer :)

Let me pick a fancy name for this

Dynamic Sub Domain Allocation, what u waiting for, click it

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