Opinions

What is front-running and how does it apply to domain names? Last month the 10-day auction for domain name detour.com was supposed to end at GoDaddy. The bids were above $30k but the domain was …

Many people have no respect for intangible things. Many people don’t understand how and why intangible things can cost (a lot of) money or simply pretend not to understand and play stupid to get a …

I got an email that quickly summarizes what is wrong with some newbies (and sometimes not newbies) in domaining. From: alexisq0yeuclark @ gmail.com Hello! I noticed you have copyrightfilters.com. Are you interested in rightfilters.com? If …

Here are some news that came out over the weekend from Mike Mann and Rick Schwartz. Rick Schwartz Rick announced that he will be using Rick.tv as the home of all the videos he has …

ICANN’s Ombudsman, Herb Waye called the 3,200 comments we, the registrants, submitted for the .org contract renewal (and the removal of price caps) SPAM. Or at least many of them were SPAM: “As far as …

Do you ever wonder why some of your potential buyers go MIA after you reply to a domain name inquiry? I did and I realized that I had an email deliverability problem. But how did …

It has been 3 weeks since I last replied to domain inquiries and I feel fine! During the year I reply to all domain inquiries within 24 hours. It doesn’t matter if it is a …

I sold a domain name using the Escrow.com domain name holding transaction service for about $10k. You can read all the details here: “What to do? A default in a domain name holding transaction“. Long story …

So I need your opinion on an ethical matter. I sold a domain name using the Escrow.com domain name holding transaction service for about $10k. The buyer agreed to purchase my domain name with a …

These are the top 10 domain name articles from the first half of 2019. It has been a crazy year in the domain name industry with some great sales but with ICANN screwing all domain …

In case anyone in this domain name industry really cares, the .org Registry Agreement contract was not the only contract renewed by ICANN. The .info, .biz and .asia Registry Agreement contracts were renewed too on …

While I didn’t really share the industry’s excitement regarding the sale of Voice.com for $30 million. Of course it is a good sale and it is good to know the sale happened but we need many …

While most of the domaining industry seems to be ecstatic about the sale of the domain name Voice.com for $30 million I can’t say I share this excitement. First of all this seems like a …

I don’t know why GoDaddy can’t do a single thing right unless its customers complain for getting screwed. There have been years and years of complaints since 2012 on this blog while I have been …