Thursday, April 9, 2009

Brown Fat, A Money-Maker

Three new studies show that most adults have large deposits of "brown fat" -- calorie-burning cells that biologists once thought disappeared after infancy.

"This is a tissue whose sole physiological purpose is to expend energy," said Francesco S. Celi, a researcher at the National Institutes of Health. "That makes it an ideal target" for drugs or other measures designed to make it more active. At the moment, however, the only way to activate brown fat is to stay cold, on the verge of shivering, for prolonged periods.

So... brown fat can make you skinny and there may soon be a pill that will activate your brown fat, causing it to work extra hard at burning away those love handles. But can brown fat make you rich? Yes!

Domain names like BrownFatWeightLoss.com, Fat-BurningPill.com, TheExercisePill.com and (for Brits) TheFitPill.com are just a few that could attract big bucks from marketers of weight control products. The possibilities are infinite.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Make Money In Cuba (Cuban Domains, That Is)

As we noted a month ago, President Obama and Congress are moving rapidly to ease travel restrictions with Cuba. According to the New York Times, Americans will soon enjoy unlimited travel to our tiny neighbor, and U.S. citizens will be able to send unlimited cash back to Cuban family members.

U.S. investment opportunities in Cuba are going to soar.

That assures escalating value for domains like MakeMoneyInCuba.com, HavanaLodgings.com, or HavanaIndustriales.com (Cuba’s #1 baseball team) and city names like SaguaLaGran.com. Grab al the Cuban domains you can — they are money in the bank!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Take Heart -- The Polycapsule Will Save You!

The cure for heart disease appears to be the polycapsule. The pill combines five drugs that are already FDA-approved to lower blood pressure: the beta-blocker atenolol, the ACE inhibitor ramipril, the diuretic hydrocholorothiazide,the statin simvastatin and a 100-milligram dose of aspirin.

An Indian company, Cadila Pharmaceuticals, had researcher Salim Yusuf, MD, of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, test the 5-in-1 pill on 2,000 people with one heart disease risk factor (obesity, high blood pressure or high cholesterol). A single once-a-day capsule can slash the average person’s risk of heart disease and stroke by half, according to Yusuf.

Count this drug as an all time-blockbuster success, just as soon as FDA approval is granted. That should happen fast, given the proven safety of the ingredients and the fact that research shows no greater side-effects for the polycapsule than there are for those taking the five meds separately.

Domaineer possibilities? You bet! Try 5-in-1pill.com, polycapsule.com, polycapscheap.com and related phrases.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Alzheimer's Is Always in the News

ABC today reports that one American develops Alzheimer's disease every 70 seconds; by midcentury, it will happen every 33 seconds. Aging baby boomers will soon swell the numbers of victims well beyond the current 5 million. According to the National Alzheimer's Study Group, about one in seven will get Alzheimer's by age 65. By 85, you have about a 50% chance of having the disease.

With many drug companies working on treatments and cures, there's a good market for disease-related domain names, like AlzheimersDiabetes.com, SlowingAlzheimers.com and TheAlzheimersPill.com.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Smokeless, Spitless and Profitable

The tobacco industry is among the very biggest advertising spenders among all consumer product marketers. So when RJ Reynolds rolls out a new smokeless tobacco product called Camel Orbs, it's major news, and another reminder of the money to be made in tobacco-related domaineering.

Reynolds is very busy in the smokeless, spitless tobacco field, introducing a bunch of Camel brand extensions, including Camel Snus, Camel Sticks and Camel Strips, in addition to the dissolvable Orbs.

A major aim for Reynolds, Altria (new owner of Skoal and other former US Tobacco products) and other alternative tobacco products is to provide new choices for smokers who want to quit, but still need to satisfy their fairly harmless nicotine addiction.

That makes domains like SpitlessTobacco.com, SpitlessTobaccoProducts.com, SwitchToSmokeless.com and
SwitchToSnus.com particularly valuable. You can probably come up with a dozen more.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Another Auction Coming Up

The next T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain names auction is coming up April 29-May 7, but the deadline for submitting your domains for consideration is Friday, March 27. Go HERE to submit your domains. You'll have to open an account with Moniker and their sister organization, SnapNames, but it's all free. They only accept a small percentage of the many thousands of names they are offered, so don't be surprised if only one or two of your domains (or none) are welcomed into this auction.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Financial Terms for the New (?) Economy

The New York Times says locavesting (locavesting.com) is one of the top ideas to come out of 2008. It refers to investing in our own communities, putting our money into local small businesses. And it makes sense.

As the market surges higher (thank goodness!) people willl be looking for 10-fold returns on their investments (Ten-FoldReturn.com) and tomorrow's hot stocks (TomorrowsHotStocks.com).

As for any remaining Ponzi scheme operators out there -- you'd better be wearing bulletproof clothing (BulletProofApparel.com, Bullet-ProofClothing.com)!