GMV 1

How to Receive a GoDaddy Domain Name Push

eBay domain name auction winners: Follow these steps for domain name push.

Step 1: If you don’t already have a GoDaddy account, use this link to open one up for free.  Note: you can use this link at anytime in the future to get discounted domains names for $6.95 as well.

Step 2: email me the Registration information you used when you opened up your GoDaddy account.
– Your GoDaddy account name or number & your email address (GoDaddy requires this information from me for the destination of the domain push)

Step 3: after I get the information, I will initiate the push at GoDaddy. You will then get an email from GoDaddy. Follow these steps to complete the push.

(a) Log in to your GoDaddy account

(b) Click ‘My Account’

(c) Look for the text : ‘Domain Names’ (top left next to the blue globe). Do not click on this, but simply move your mouse pointer over the words ‘Domain Names’ and a list of options will appear below - click on ‘Accept an Account Change’.

(d) You will then be asked for the Transaction ID and Code, you will find these in the email you received from GoDaddy.

(e) The rest of the transfer process requires you to keep clicking ‘Continue’ many times until the ‘transfer order’ is complete. Unfortunately many people have some difficulty completing the whole process, because it is easy to mistakenly think that the process is complete when in fact there are still more steps that you need to ‘Continue’ through. GoDaddy considers this process to be a ‘transfer order’ with a charge of $0.00 and to complete the order you need to go through all the steps of the ‘Checkout’ procedure until it says your order is complete and there are no more steps. It is not necessary to use a credit card at all. Simply click “Pay By Check” as the payment option. If you have any difficulty please feel free to contact us.

(f) After completing the whole Checkout process, you will soon receive an email from GoDaddy to confirm that the process has been completed successfully.

PARKED.com Information.

Currently this domain is parked at Parked.com.   Parked domains enable you to accrue revenue from clicks to your domain name even it is not developed.  If you don’t already have a domain parking company, you can use my reference link to apply for a free account.  Parked.com doesn’t approve every application, so a reference sometimes helps.  If you wish, let me know, and I can give you the key words used on Parked.com for this domain.  The link below for a free account includes my reference.

Please do not hesitate to email or call with any questions.
email: gvelez@asu.edu
tel: 9am - 5pm (PST) 623-935-1528
George Velez

About a year ago I picked up MadHacker.com at auction.  The domain name was auctioned at a relatively early hour on a Sunday, so bidding was not as fierce as I expected and I got the name for a song.  Like a lot of people in my generation, I grew up with computers.  My first computer was an Apple IIe - ‘e’ for enhanced!   I always wanted to be a hacker, but I spent too much time in sports and school to learn the ‘trade’.  So, when I saw this name, I got kind of nostalgic and thought it would be cool to have in my domain name collection.

Domain Tools lists a domain creation date of 9 May 1995 - which is really old compared to a majority of the domain names today.  For example, Amazon.com is only 6 months older!  From researching the name, it doesn’t appear to have ever really been developed.  That makes sense, because the negative connotation the name has doesn’t really lend itself to any legitimate business.  At any rate, it’s still a cool name to me.

Right now, I have the domain pointed to a student run pop art site called SuperFlyGallery.com as I don’t have any really plans to develop this name anytime soon.  I just like the name!

Part of the fun of domaineering is the collecting aspect. Collecting domain names is sort of like a modern day version of coin and stamp collecting - including the present value and potential future value said domain names might garner. There are times, though, where part of the collection doesn’t necessarily fall into the ‘value’ category.

For example, a couple of days ago, I picked up HolyBrotherhood.com at auction…for cheap. I did a quick Google search on the name and found several references to the book, Don Quixote. It seems as though the Holy Brotherhood interacted with Sancho Panza and Don Quixote throughout the book. That’s cool! And, while a professional domaineer would most certainly scoff at this name, it’s part of my hobby and in my personal collection. That’s the fun part of domain name collecting.

My family business since 1991 is a bricks and mortar trophy and awards store. This year we decided to take a leap into the 21st century and create an online presence via an ecommerce store. At the very least, we figured the store could serve as a catalog online for our current customers.

Finding the right domain name seemed easy at first. I registered SidelineAwards.com and then thought ZoomAwards.com sounder better. Then, I went on a trophy domain name registering frenzy. I picked up an old domain name, AcmeTrophy. I registered BaseAwards.com, BaseEngraver.com (we do a lot of engraving for the military), TrophyVault.com, GreatPlaques.com, and a few more I can’t remember at the moment. We had all but settled on BaseAwards.com when I stumbled across TrophyStar.com doing a search on DomainTools (a great domain name resource). I liked the sound and ‘feel’ of the name.

We then asked random customers which name they preferred, and it was an almost unanimous choice of TrophyStar.com. So, for $7.15 I was able to get a decent domain name for my online store. Now, the hard part - building the store and then getting it out on the web!

All of the real g dot com’s were taken, so I ended up getting www.GMV1.com. According to DomainTools.com, It looks like the domain name was used off and on since 2001-02 with various name server changes and IP changes over the years. Now it’s mine! <—- insert Mike Meyers’/Dr. Evil laugh here.