Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Export your address book and search available domains for people you know who deserve a good gift this year. Gmail allows an easy .csv export so its not as tedious as you think. Search for full names, last names – even add a WHOEVERfamily.com search You will be very [...]

Some time ago you heard about blogging, thought how wonderful it would be, created a unique name for yourself, learned some wordpress and started blogging when the spouse was asleep. Ideas were grand, intentions were good and you kept typing away. Have you ever thought about those great ideas promising to provide unique content to [...]

Singular or Plural? .com, net or .org? These are questions asked by newbies every day when looking for the perfect domain. Take a name like CowboyHat.com which just sold for $16,000 on NameJet. I’m sure most domainers who are relatively new in this industry are scratching their heads and appraising some of their own names [...]

What I love most about domain names are they help provide a foundation for creating original material accessible by anyone in the world. No long distance charges, no calling codes – simply type and go. When you create a successful brand the normal move is to spin off other ideas which can generate more revenue [...]

A great article was posted by belhass on Nokia’s newest campaign featuring call-to-action domain names in advertising using one of the best ways I’ve seen yet. Check out the full article, video and links here Nokia understands how to bring people to the web for sure and these ads are effective, unique, engaging – everything [...]

When we came up with the company name Newfound Names it was in part an ode to the province of Newfoundland but also a clear way to define each name we acquire through drops, registrations, private sales etc. Every now and then we will try to post some domains available for registration that simply do [...]

This post may ruffle some feathers but in “you snooze, you loose” fashion it should be clear that even the most professional domainers are not always doing everything they can to secure their brand.  Each time we launch a project we do our best to secure all 3 extensions (.com, .net and .org) also considering [...]

First, I’m going on record to say the industry is in a soft market at the moment but by no means a bear market. Domains continue to sell every day and every week for good prices. Buyers are still looking for high quality keyword names that have (a) development value (b) traffic and/or (c) investment [...]

BoycottKentucky.com – is live and it’s not a joke. The actions by the Kentucky Governor to try and take domains from various domain owners is no laughing matter.  His timing could not be any better with the presidential election headlining all the news but regardless of who wins the election this decision will last for [...]

There was a lot of debate this weekend over PepsiCo’s recent action to request the domain TropicanaField.com from its owner (see the topic on thedomains.com) In this particular cause I made it known that our side is with Pepsi for reasons some agree with and some do not.  All is fair when it comes to [...]