Archives for 2012

Domaining rocks

The sun is still high over Anna-Maria Island; this is 'Old Florida', not the usual commercial tourist trap stuff. Just beautiful beaches, warm waters and fine sand. And that's why domaining rocks; I'm still able to blog, check my domain auctions, email clients and goof off with friends. It's 21st … [Read more...]

Sir Paul and I

Paul McCartney and I share the same birthday, and while he turns 70 today - a decade younger than my dad - I spin the big 45. Since my early days in domaining, I discovered that to retrieve and amass knowledge, one has to question authority, one has to challenge themselves and one has to stay … [Read more...]

CategoryDefiningDomains.com: Spamming an email database does not make one a domain broker

Everyone and their grandma seems to have become domain brokers overnight. Today's spamming moron is CategoryDefiningDomains.com - a name that reeks of long-tail debauchery. If your company name is a three-worder longer than John Holmes's schlong, you must be really desperate to proclaim what … [Read more...]

Selective investment is the key

More than a decade ago, I registered hundreds of three-character .com domains, then flipped them for a quick profit. The market soon got saturated, and while these LLN or LNN combinations - poor man's LLL .com's - still continue to be snapped, there is no end user market for them. The same … [Read more...]

The UDRP process belongs with the dinosaurs

The UDRP process is archaic and belongs to the dinosaur era. We witness domains registered a decade or more ago, being challenged by individuals or entities formed in recent years or even months. The SaveMe.com case is one such example. The question is: why are these domains being challenged … [Read more...]