Somehow, the notion that registering a series of domains in a vertical can lead to an endless generation of income, has become the Golden Chalice of domain investing. Perhaps that was true in the early to mid 2000's, but the game changed once Google decided to end the game of high payments for … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Super Bowl commercials: Sticky branding or a waste of money?
February 2, 2014 by 1 Comment
It's Super Bowl Sunday - and I don't really care about the football part; if that sounds like heresy it's because as a European transplant, I didn't grow up playing or learning the sport. Regardless, I am familiar with the culture surrounding it, and today is the equivalent of a World Cup final … [Read more...]
Domain disclaimers: For sale – or maybe, not
February 1, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The great actor, Maximilian Schell, has passed away; naturally, I typed in his full name with .com at the end to see what type of web site would come up. MaximilianSchell.com appears to be registered at GoDaddy, and parked using eNom's DNS. There is a link to inquire about the domain, which I … [Read more...]
Stop whining – start working
January 31, 2014 by 7 Comments
There is plenty of expressed misery and whining in the domainer community - all because people don't understand how to approach the domain investing business. As if fear and loathing of gTLDs weren't enough, the amount of misinformation about how these new extensions are about to change the … [Read more...]
All domain sales venues look the same, and other end-user misconceptions
January 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A sales pitch at an obviously confused buyer at Domain Name Sales triggered some interesting responses. I will keep their info private but would like to share their misconceptions for the fun of it. The rule of thumb: if product A costs $xxx today, there is no guarantee it won't cost $x,xxx … [Read more...]
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