Archives for 2009

The Domain Adventures of Tobby in Domainland – Part 1: The Piranha Pool

Tobby visited DomainHeadlines.com for the latest news about the industry. Keeping an eye on his stream of twitter messages, he started typing up the summaries on his blog, that more or less read like this: "VacantParkingSpots.net sold for $500k on Febo - what a bargain for the 3rd buyer in a row … [Read more...]

The New Era of Domaining: Going Stealth

Recently I've been reading a lot of "doom and gloom" posts - the equivalent of "the sky is falling". If it's not PPC declining, it's the tm holders over-reaching - the new trend seems to be filing a UDRP with little supporting data. Furthermore, the overall state of the economy appears to include … [Read more...]

The various types of domainer species; a humorous study

About 10 years ago I wasn't fully aware of the domain world around me; I felt like a blind mole sniffing the cold air of opportunity at night. There was little, if any, education about what tools to use other than the rudimentary WHOIS at Network Solutions. To this day, I recall battling boredom by … [Read more...]

Still lost in .tel hell in the age of Development

On Friday, I had an interesting conversation on twitter with Justin Hayward, communications director of TelNic - the registry of the .tel domain TLD. For a person in an upper management position with the TelNic Registry, Justin came forth as being very defensive of his product, forgetting how … [Read more...]

A Matter of Trust

There is something that I detest losing more than money, and that's time. Time comes in the form of dedication of energy, creativity and personal essence, to pursue or achieve something, or assist someone. The amount of time dedicated to assist a person is tied even more to a number of … [Read more...]