Acro.net – Technology Rants & Raves by Acroplex®

When I acquired Acro.net in 2007 I intended to use it as my personal blog. Since my business name is Acroplex.com, it made sense to use the short version for personal rants and raves. ‘Acro’ is my forum handle on DNForum.com

The domain Acro.net was miraculously listed for sale on eBay and that’s where I bought it from its owner. The price ended up being less than $200 – a great value for a domain registered in 1997. A year later, this very blog was born.

Today, I received a message from a gentleman that I had just followed on twitter. He reminded me that I bought Acro.net from him a while back and noted that I’ve put it to good use!

Claude Dauman leads Domains 90210 – a team of web developers, marketing consultants and domain name advisors with a large portfolio of generic and highly brandable domain names. Domains 90210 LLC is based in Beverly Hills, California.

I really like Claude’s domain blog for its writing style, content and views about domain names. I’ve added it to my list of daily reads, as it’s updated more often than mine!

When I bought Acro.net on eBay for about $180 – a bargain for a 4-letter, 12 year old domain with a 4-million Google keyword – I hadn’t thought of using it as my blogging site. In fact, I hadn’t thought of the blogging process as much more than a platform to vent off. A year and more than 50 posts later, I can honestly say that it was a great decision to “sacrifice” a quality name and share with the world my thoughts, experiences and ideas about technology, social issues and doing business in the domain industry.

Other than being a shortened version of my business name, Acroplex.com, “Acro” serves as my nickname on various technology forums I frequent, such as DNForum.com and it allows me to express my viewpoints using my distinct discussion style – sometimes outspoken or sarcastic.

For the most part, my blogging subjects are not related to news; I am not blogging about recent sales or happenings. There are plenty of blogs out there to track and report on these. I’m here to analyze today’s world and society and to offer insight on subjects that I have personally lived through or that I have established an opinion or philosophy about. I want to offer substance and information that can be of value. This way, I keep things interesting and hopefully my readers do not get bored!

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