Today: Can Non Chinese non Gov domainer from USA reg .gov.cn domains? / 2301.com sold for $24,250 / How to appraise a .FR ccTLD keyword domain / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today!

Domain for Software Consulting Company – Budget: Up to $15,000.00 – Be sure to check your portfolio for a software consulting related domain name that fits this investors criteria.

Artists/Designers /Creators / Branders who Domain – Are you a creative and investing into domain names? Take a look at this like minded creative just coming into the industry with some great ideas and inspiration.

The current state of typo traffic – Have you been following typo domain name traffic over the years? What do you think the current state of affairs is with typo traffic? Take a look at what some domain investors said.

How to appraise a .FR ccTLD keyword domain – Are you investing into any niche keyword .Fr ccTLDs? What are some tips you can suggest for a better evaluation? Check out what other .fr domain investors are saying.

2301.com sold for $24,250 -That’s not a bad four-number .com domain name sales report for five-figures. Do you think it should have sold for more or less than what it sold for?

Can Non Chinese non Gov domainer from USA reg .gov.cn domains? – Does anyone know the restrictions on the ccSLD .Gov.Cn? Can anyone own one or do you have to be a Chinese based Government agency?

The formula of success for creating a domain name – Do you use a special formula when researching domain names to find the gems? Take a look at the formulas other domain investors are using and compare notes.

As all of you know, parking revenue went down the you know what over the past couple of years and a lot of people have moved away from this monetization option altogether. I think the launch of InternetTraffic.com and the revenue increases several portfolio holders have been reporting made a lot of domainers ask themselves if this situation can “save” the parking industry. If you’d prefer, the question I’m asking today (“Can the parking industry be saved?”) can be replaced by two more specific ones:

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That’s pretty impressive, I don’t care who you are. According to DailyChanges.com, InternetTraffic.com has 92,057 domains at the moment of writing, with a gain of 19,041 domains. I’m sure all of you will agree that 100k is an easy target for tomorrow and I’ll go ahead and list the TOTAL number of domains for a few very well-known parking companies:

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If this trend continues, then it will be clear to everyone that Frank intends to say no to typo/TM traffic and that would be a great thing IMO. According to DailyChanges.com, about 1,000 domains have been removed from Frank Schilling’s feed yesterday. Only 2 domains are “out” today and that’s how the trend has been since the project went live, so that makes me think that yesterday’s 1k domains have been removed by Frank and not by the domainer who owns them (the same domainer btw, privacy was used for all of ’em).

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In my opinion, Facebook would be able to monetize certain types of type-in traffic better than Google or Yahoo/Bing. The result? More competition for our traffic! Now before you jump to conclusions, read my post carefully because even though this theory may sound crazy, I think you’ll agree that it’s not exactly illogical.

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Bruce and Andrew wrote some interesting stuff about the iPad and how it could affect type-in traffic but when it comes to this specific product, I have to disagree. Here’s why:

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Nope! This post may or may not piss you off, depending on which side of the fence you’re on. Let’s get right down to business, here’s why (IMO) type-in traffic is NOT a long-term selling point:

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