Archives for August 2013

My offer is good for 0.5 seconds

Acro.net is for sale - as long as you post "sold" in the next 1/2 seconds. By the time you finished reading this headline, my offer would be over - null and void of any obligation to sell. Time's up! So what is the point of this obviously ridiculous invitation? Time and again, I have … [Read more...]

Please don’t buy my domain names

Having registered or acquired the majority of my domain portfolio between 2001 and 2006, I often review my attempts to sell these domains at forums, back in the day. I went after dictionary keywords early on, using the services of DomainsBot - not the same company as today. Time and again, … [Read more...]

Confirmed: Spam email from a Gmail account promoted DomCollect .eu domains

Yesterday, I referred to a mysterious spam email promoting the auction of a .eu domain owned by DomCollect - a sister company of Sedo. In other words, DomCollect functions as the private portfolio management company of domain assets owned by Sedo. Today, I can confirm that the spam email, sent … [Read more...]

Is DomCollect/Sedo spamming its domain portfolio?

I'm currently on a sabbatical, and thoroughly enjoying the pace at which I choose to conduct business. Surely, it's nice having sales complete via Domain Name Sales / Escrow.com without much interaction on my part, but I can't be bothered with the usual spam inquiries trying to sell me … [Read more...]

Big name domainers, fat promises

In a post over at TheDomains, Mike Berkens is visibly dejected over deadbeat domain buyers, and I fully understand that type of rant. While the majority of such sales appear to occur via semi-anonymous channels, such as Sedo or GoDaddy, sometimes a deal goes south coming from well-established … [Read more...]