I want to share some good news from Drew and Anna Rosener on the birth of their baby girl, Mila Sofia Rosener. Mila was born very early this morning, weighing 7 Pounds 12 Ounces. Mom and baby are doing well.

Here’s wishing the two of them lots of smiles, happy times, dirty diapers, and good health!

If you need to get in touch with someone from Media Options in the next few days, be in touch with Tess Diaz at:  tess @ mediaoptions.com.

Congratulations to the Rosener Family!

A few weeks ago, I noticed that the Whois had changed for the Pelicans.com domain name, and Marksmen was listed as the registrant. Neither the domain broker nor a representative from Marksmen would confirm what I assumed, that the NBA was the buyer for Pelicans.com.

According to the most recent and current Whois information, the NBA did purchase the Pelicans.com domain name, and it will be used by the New Orleans basketball team that will be known as the Pelicans beginning next season.

When Media Options was brokering Pelicans.com, the asking price for the domain name was … → Read More

Earlier this month, I wrote an article about the Pelicans.com domain name. Pelicans.com was owned by a band called “The Pelicans,” and they listed the domain name for sale with domain brokerage Media Options with a $125,000 asking price.

I wondered whether the NBA’s New Orleans basketball team would purchase Pelicans.com because the team nickname was changing from Hornets to Pelicans next season. It would make sense to own the exact match domain name, especially since the league already owns so many other .com exact match team names.

Very recently, the registrant information for Pelicans.com changed, and it’s now … → Read More

I’ve been working with Go Daddy’s Brad Larson for a number of years, and he’s always been able to help me when I need something done. When Brad is out of the office, I generally speak with another Executive Accounts manager who fills in without any hitches. Go Daddy has done a great job of hiring and training representatives to be responsive and knowledgeable about domain names and related topics.

When Brad has been unavailable, Tess Diaz was one of my goto people for assistance at Godaddy. She was able to answer questions and offer customer support, as if she was my dedicated account representative. She has been a friendly and dependable voice when I need assistance.

I just received word that Tess has been hired by Media Options in a Business Development role. Tess will be working with Media Options’ clients as well as helping to build out some of the web company’s properties.

I spoke with Andrew Rosener about the hire, and interestingly, it was Tess who got Andrew involved in the domain industry in the first place. According to Andrew, I was just buying domain names for fun until Tess told me about the whole industry that was out there just waiting for me.”

Clearly Andrew has made the most of his time in the industry, as he has built one of the leading domain na e brokerages practically on his own.

I think hiring Tess will help Andrew grow his business, and I look forward to working with Tess on my acquisitions and sales.

Press Release is below: … → Read More

I want to pass along two domain names I saw for sale this morning on two different domain sales newsletters.

Luxury Names is currently offering CarInsurers.com for $7,500. Insurance-related domain names are pretty popular these days, and many are used for lead generation websites. According to the newsletter:

“CarInsurers.com is a 2002 registration and the seller is also including the website. There are no revenue or traffic stats provided but this is an opportunity to get in the car insurance industry with a premium domain name.”

Andrew Rosener’s Media Options newsletter is offering IRAPlan.com for $4,900. According to the newsletter: “Appraises for $96,000!!! – $12 CPC – Priced for fast sale!”

If either name excites you, be in touch with the newsletter sellers.