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10 Tools & Resources for Researching .CO Domains

Mark Fulton — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:23:58 +0000

The .CO launch is going very well. CoInternet is now reporting over 279,000 domains claimed in just 2 days. For more details on the launch, read my article on DotSauce.

There seem to be quite alot of skeptics happy to provide their commentary. On the other side of the fence, adopters are also sharing their excitement for .CO on blogs and Twitter (#dotco).

Then there are those who are opting to spend their time on research to claim the best possible domains for themselves.

Here are 10 tools and resources that should help you find quality and potentially valuable .CO domains.

WhoIs.co – See if it’s available
Google AdWords Suggestions – Invaluable keyword data
SEOMoz Term Extractor – Pulls popular keywords from any URL
Thesaurus.com – Endless possibilities
DNJournal Sales Archive – High priced .COM and other TLD sales
NameBio Sales Archive – Search previous sales
Google Insight for Search – Trends in search queries
DotSauce Q&A Forum – Stumped? Ask a question and get answers from experienced domainers
Books, Blogs, TV – Take note of buzz words and trends that may not be popular or generic
eBay, Amazon – Every product has a name

.CO Domains can be registered at GoDaddy here for $29.99 /year.

What tools are you using to research .CO domains?

The Only Person Earning Big Money On .CO Right Now

Mark Fulton — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:34:20 +0000

The public landrush for .CO domain names is just 2 days away. The only person that’s been making money thus far (aside from the registrars) has been Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire.

Andrew seems to be following my affiliate marketing advice from the .ME launch and promoting the heck out of .CO with multiple articles per day.

I had plans to do this myself, but he is beating me quite well at my own game. Well played, sir.

I will still take a portion of affiliate revenue from .CO pre-registrations and .CO public landrush registrations, but have not invested nearly enough time to earn four-figures during this launch.

If you’d like to support myself and DotSauce Magazine while investing in .CO, please pre-register from GoDaddy using this link so that I will earn a modest commission. Thanks!

My New Project: XboxMVP.com

Mark Fulton — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:35:06 +0000

My latest project is built on the newly released Smeego CMS (developed by the creator of PHP-Nuke). You can read an article I just published about the web development opportunities Smeego offers on DotSauce.

XboxMVP.com is your network for all things related to Xbox 360 from the hardcore gaming community. Game reviews, contests, Xbox news, downloads, articles, links and so much more.

If you are into Xbox 360 gaming, check it out! I will be holding a big contest soon, so register and keep dropping by the site for updates.

Keeping Busy with DotSauce Magazine

Mark Fulton — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:45:13 +0000

I have been dedicating 110% of my time to my flagship website DotSauce Magazine. Things have picked up tremendously in December. I am having alot of fun maintaining my web based magazine.

Here is a brief update on recent happenings with regards to my web development projects.

Sexy logo, huh? Shout out to Hive Designs

Revamped DotSauce with new design, logo and vBulletin forums community.
Featured in the Jacksonville Daily Newspaper Dec 26th
DotSauce now has 500+ RSS subscribers.
Advertising opportunities and paid premium subscriptions launched, which feature exclusive content and expired domain lists for domainers.
Exciting new project targeted at the domaining community launching soon.
Raising capital for web development projects in my latest domain name sale.
Relaunching BlogDuJour.com (Blog of the Day), and will hopefully have time to keep it fresh.

Domainer’s Choice Awards

Mark Fulton — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 21:34:49 +0000

The Domainers Choice Awards is underway and taking votes! Top three choices in each category will be in the final round of voting starting on December 16th, 2007.

DotSauce Nominated for Best Domain Publication!

My flagship website DotSauce Domain News has been nominated for Best Domain Publication. Please submit your vote for me at the Domainers Choice Awards polls towards the page bottom or do a find text search for “DotSauce.com”

Your support is greatly appreciated! Special thanks to whomever originally nominated DotSauce!

This is a great opportunity to show some love back to the domain industry professionals that work hard to make our lives easier and more profitable. Today the individuals, companies and resources that have spawned from the Domain Industry are amazingly advanced from former years. It is an exciting time to be a Domainer!

Looking Back on July

Mark Fulton — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:23:16 +0000

July was quite an eventful month for me, mainly online that is. Having invested so much time in domaining and web development I haven’t had much thrills in the world away from my monitor. Though I did find some time to glimpse some stray fireworks, see a few movies, play some Morrowind: Oblivion and wander about some local bars with friends.

I have sold numerous domain names and websites in the past few weeks. my current list of domains is outdated and I haven’t even found time to update my newer domains portfolio script. Lots of new purchases and sales, woohoo!

The website mentioned in my previous post (VidVoter.com) was the subject of my first ever fraudulent purchase from me by some chump in Australia. Lesson learned, thanks for stealing my domain and website mate! I have since also learned that PayPal provides no assistance for intangible item sales, so the risk is there each time I sell a domain–exciting.

Here is an update on my latest projects

fl*rt.com (Read: “Flirt,” A news sharing website for Women)
SurfersHQ.com (Surfer’s Headquarters, a site for sharing Surfing Videos)
VidBallot.com (Video Ballot, a site for sharing Political Videos)
PHPmod.com (Mod downloads for popular PHP scripts)

Now that wasn’t so bad and felt rather good to get some things archived in my life online. Sorry for the slow month of July, I hope to pick things up in August. I have been slacking with articles on DotSauce Domain Magazine as well, but I have managed to get a few published.