Comments on: Recommend a good mass domain management program? http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:07:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: JP http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-239201 JP Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:41:16 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-239201 another great one is: http://www.domaintools.com (formerly http://www.whois.sc/) it's free. But if you want more research and tracking options (not needed for domain management) you can go on a $15/month plan. I use the payplan since over a year. allows you to research IP/domain lookups. keyword tracking on expiring or newly regged domains. give it a shot. its free after all. another great one is:
http://www.domaintools.com (formerly http://www.whois.sc/)
it’s free. But if you want more research and tracking options (not needed for domain management) you can go on a $15/month plan. I use the payplan since over a year. allows you to research IP/domain lookups. keyword tracking on expiring or newly regged domains. give it a shot. its free after all.

]]> By: JP http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-239154 JP Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:34:47 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-239154 I manage all my domains through Fabulous 5.0 http://fabulous.com/ best of all its free. you need to apply for an account though. I manage about 500 domains there since almost 2 years. Of which maybe only 10% are registered through fabulous. they have great deals on .com ($6.75) and .net ($4.75/year) but dont offer whois protection. I like that they are based in australia. Not so much a target having domains there vs. usa. some of the features they list: Fabulous 5.0 is the only program that offers monetization, registration, sales and domain management services Key features of Fabulous 5.0 include:- Market leading revenue Customizable graphic landing pages Keyword and associated phrase optimization Comprehensive domain reporting Free domain sales tools Award winning domain security Free DNS hosting and re-direction service $6.75 .COM domain registrations 24/7 customer support I manage all my domains through Fabulous 5.0 http://fabulous.com/
best of all its free. you need to apply for an account though. I manage about 500 domains there since almost 2 years. Of which maybe only 10% are registered through fabulous. they have great deals on .com ($6.75) and .net ($4.75/year) but dont offer whois protection. I like that they are based in australia. Not so much a target having domains there vs. usa.
some of the features they list:
Fabulous 5.0 is the only program that offers monetization, registration, sales and domain management services

Key features of Fabulous 5.0 include:-
Market leading revenue
Customizable graphic landing pages
Keyword and associated phrase optimization
Comprehensive domain reporting
Free domain sales tools
Award winning domain security
Free DNS hosting and re-direction service
$6.75 .COM domain registrations
24/7 customer support

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238999 TDavid Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:57:13 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238999 As you probably guessed, we have considerably more than a dozen domains. I'm not sure email is the right kind of notification though for us. RSS would be nicer if that was an option. I'd rather have something running in a place where I frequent (like inside the blog management area, hence why I said a plugin) or as a widget that will highlight in colors as a domain becomes closer to domains and only gets annoying when it's at the critical domain registration time (a week to renewal). Firefox extensions are an ok suggestion but for me those are starting to become like too many toolbars. Have to constantly assess and reassess if the extensions are used enough to keep them running/installed. It would be cool if Firefox had a way of turning off the extensions you don't need instead of uninstalling them. I like that feature with the Dashboard Widgets on the Mac. Maybe a newer version will allow this type of functionality. Firefox Extension Anonymous needed! As you probably guessed, we have considerably more than a dozen domains. I’m not sure email is the right kind of notification though for us. RSS would be nicer if that was an option. I’d rather have something running in a place where I frequent (like inside the blog management area, hence why I said a plugin) or as a widget that will highlight in colors as a domain becomes closer to domains and only gets annoying when it’s at the critical domain registration time (a week to renewal).

Firefox extensions are an ok suggestion but for me those are starting to become like too many toolbars. Have to constantly assess and reassess if the extensions are used enough to keep them running/installed. It would be cool if Firefox had a way of turning off the extensions you don’t need instead of uninstalling them. I like that feature with the Dashboard Widgets on the Mac. Maybe a newer version will allow this type of functionality. Firefox Extension Anonymous needed!

]]> By: FranciscoIV http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238995 FranciscoIV Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:35:51 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238995 Firefox extension would be nice.... I have a good number of domains with GoDaddy. Their email reminders at 90/60/30/15/5 are helpful if a bit annoying at times when you have more thant a dozen or so domains... Other than that they are fine... Firefox extension would be nice…. I have a good number of domains with GoDaddy. Their email reminders at 90/60/30/15/5 are helpful if a bit annoying at times when you have more thant a dozen or so domains…

Other than that they are fine…

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238987 Sterling Camden Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:16:32 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238987 ...or a firefox extension. …or a firefox extension.

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238986 TDavid Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:02:24 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238986 Our existing registrars have online management programs, but they aren't quite what we need. I keep seeing Go Daddy ads everywhere so I wonder if they offer a good program for domain management. Problem is it would be more of a hassle to move all our domains to one place, plus I prefer to keep this biz spread around a bit, even if it costs us a few more bones. I'm tempted to register a new domain there just to see what tools they offer. Take one of our registrars for example, which I'll leave nameless to protect the guilty, it doesn't tell you when your domains renew, they just bang your credit card automatically. In order to find out when the domains renew you have to run WHOIS on each domain (how helpful is that?!). Our other registrar makes every domain detail search a separate clickthru and there is no single page of info. We do have a file of our domains and renewal date and sort of manually follow through with it, but it is well past time we come up with something more automated and user-friendly. I like some of the features mentioned in the post above. Our needs aren't as complex as some of those programs, though. I could almost see this being a Wordpress plugin ... hmm, now there's a thought if nothing else fits. Our existing registrars have online management programs, but they aren’t quite what we need. I keep seeing Go Daddy ads everywhere so I wonder if they offer a good program for domain management. Problem is it would be more of a hassle to move all our domains to one place, plus I prefer to keep this biz spread around a bit, even if it costs us a few more bones.

I’m tempted to register a new domain there just to see what tools they offer. Take one of our registrars for example, which I’ll leave nameless to protect the guilty, it doesn’t tell you when your domains renew, they just bang your credit card automatically. In order to find out when the domains renew you have to run WHOIS on each domain (how helpful is that?!). Our other registrar makes every domain detail search a separate clickthru and there is no single page of info.

We do have a file of our domains and renewal date and sort of manually follow through with it, but it is well past time we come up with something more automated and user-friendly. I like some of the features mentioned in the post above. Our needs aren’t as complex as some of those programs, though. I could almost see this being a Wordpress plugin … hmm, now there’s a thought if nothing else fits.

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238985 Sterling Camden Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:49:40 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060727/3630/#comment-238985 I guess I'm still in the 1990's. I register all of my domains through my ISP, who also hosts them. They provide management through an on-line dashboard. Sorry, no help for you. I guess I’m still in the 1990’s. I register all of my domains through my ISP, who also hosts them. They provide management through an on-line dashboard. Sorry, no help for you.

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