The consumer world runs on brands. Household names are associated with products and services, not because of their dot or TLD, but because of the creative part that tags them. Products and services are in turn familiar items due to relentless advertising, that generates familiarity with the name. … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Registries and the igloo ice equation
June 18, 2014 by 7 Comments
A lot of math is floating around, some of which appears to be skewed to fit the agenda of the "professors." As I've said before, new gTLDs are not like candy, and therefore it does not matter what the total numbers amount to, at this point. What matters, however, is that registries stop … [Read more...]
My one and only XYZ domain
June 13, 2014 by 6 Comments
There has been a lot of controversy recently about 'XYZ' domain names. The criticism primarily arises not from the gTLD itself, but rather from the artificially inflated metrics - all thanks to an apparent XYZ agreement with Network Solutions. While this argument has been brought to the domain … [Read more...]
‘I hate your business model’
June 13, 2014 by 12 Comments
I will not sugar-coat it: we are being hated upon, potentially by the entire world outside our little industry. Domain investing is an open industry where anything goes; speculators, short term tasters, flippers, agonized penny stock traders, long term betters - anyone and their mother can become … [Read more...]
Moniker exodus: An update
June 10, 2014 by 4 Comments
After the Moniker issues of last week, I was able to transfer my last remaining domain there, to Uniregistry. It took 5 days, and the domain still shows in my Moniker account. Moniker always had issues with syncing its system to the Registry, so I'm left with a 'ghost' domain that's already … [Read more...]
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