Please provide an example of the top giving two shits about anyone down here .

I would have to totally disagree on that one, too. I do not want to pick but I have seen plenty and experienced enough to tell you, you are wrong. And we can agree to disagree.

I am not saying anything is wrong with being on top. I am just trying to say that the people on top have all the power and just dont give a shit about anyone on the bottom. In reality who are the people at the top doing business with? Each other! This is why you will hardly see any transparency coming from above unless it benefits them directly.

And they do, don’t they?

Let’s not mix elected officials with self-made business people, Theo [πώς είσαι, καλά? καιρό έχουμε νά τά πούμε]. If big domain investors are acting as representatives of the industry as you say, it’s probably because the industry is indirectly asking them to act in that way.

Either way, Ross, if you have the golden egg, everyone is willing to listen and offer you the better deals. What would be wrong with that?

I was simply saying that there is no reason for the big names in the industry, a company or not, to disclose any sort of facts to the rest of us. We know there are deals between these big players and we know they own a large portion of names that really matter. I was merely using the names in question as an example.

As Theo has mentioned about the only way to roll with the big boys would be to shell out the big bucks to get in the club.

The rest of us are left to scrap for pieces and develop what we can and build value in to what we own. Is this a bad thing? No i do not think so but there are other methods than just simply building a mini-site that can maximize what you invest your time and money on. This is essentially what people in the industry are stuck on unfortunately.

Look at it this way: when you elect representatives and give them power, you expect them to provide you with coverage in times of duress.

Since the domaining industry has self-elected officers, Joe Domainer eventually realizes these principals up there work for their own interest only. And that’s the sad but honest truth.

“Taking a bigger risk”, I didn’t necessarily mean with cash. Domains, traffic, any other related asset can be brought forth as a risk.

Ross was implying that the bigger names not only could ‘sway the industry’ but that they should.

I don’t think it is their total responsibility is what I am trying to say.

There’s nothing unusual about regarding Frank Schilling, Rick Schwartz and Dr. Kevin Ham (known as “the man who owns the Internet”) as “big” players in the domain industry.

Unfortunately, it’s not as simple as taking a bigger risk; one would have to invest mid six figures to leapfrog into the big boys club and get preferential treatment.