I got an inquiry and as usual I submitted my quote. It was an 8 letter .com for $25,000. What I got back was another crazy response from someone not familiar with domain names or …
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5 Reasons Why Antony Van Couvering Was Fired From Minds + Machines
There was a press release today by Minds + Machines announcing that Antony Van Couvering is no longer the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr Van Couvering was removed from office with immediate effect …
Read More »Mike Mann Thinks New gTLDs Will Confuse Consumers
Mike Mann wrote a Facebook post expressing his views on the .com Vs New gTLDs issue: The new gTLD domains can sound very good and their industry can grow a bit for a while, but …
Read More »10 Things I learned About Chinese Domain Buyers
I sold a few domain names to a few Chinese buyers in November and December and it was all together a pleasant experience. Everybody knows they like short domain names and numerics but here are …
Read More »NAF Messes With The UDRP Rules In Domain Disputes
Evidence that the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) is advising complainants on how to win a complaint OR it simply allows complaints that don’t follow the UDRP rules to proceed has come to light. The complainant, …
Read More »Email Spammers Are Using Cheap .Top & .Pro Domains
I checked the last 50 spam emails I received to see what domain names the spammers are using. I have to say that this is not a scientific study in any way and maybe these …
Read More »Am I A Domain Name Geek?
I decided last night to watch the Silicon Valley TV show from the first episode. I had only watched 2-3 episodes of the show here and there, mostly on flights. I started watching episode 1 …
Read More »What percentage of my domains did I sell in 2015? (poll)
I wrote an article with details about my domain name portfolio including the total number of domains and the percentage of each TLD I invest in. I want to ask you to guess what is …
Read More »Adam Dicker Owes A Lot Of Money To A Lot Of People
I was at NamesCon and people were asking if Adam Dicker was coming or not. Some people told me that Adam Dicker owes them money. I didn’t have any complaints send to me until the …
Read More »My Domain Name Portfolio Numbers
These are the numbers from my domain name portfolio. People were asking me at NamesCon how many domains I got and I was not exactly sure so I was replying “about 10,000”. I am using …
Read More »The Most Kind Reply To A Domain Quote
I got an inquiry from someone in the US for a .org domain name that I would categorize as a “religious” domain. I replied with a quote and I got what is probably the most …
Read More »NamesCon 2016 – My Thoughts On A Stellar Domain Conference
NamesCon 2016 was another stellar domain name conference hosted by Richard Lau, Jothan Frakes and the whole NamesCom team. I understand the amount of work needed to prepare everything and in order for all to …
Read More »Do You Want To Be A Domainer? You Need To Work Hard!
I want to offer a real example of what is needed to become a domain name investor. How to buy good domains and ultimately sell them and be a domain investor. You need to work …
Read More »Should You Make Bulk Domain Name Sales? The Hard & Sweet Truth…
When you are selling domains in bulk you can’t expect to get an average price that is close to the domain’s actual value. Not even close. A bulk deal could mean 10 or 20 domain …
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