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...]
Is your potential domain buyer bluffing or not?
I received some spectacular news this afternoon, about a domain sale that materialized over the course of the week. Without releasing any information that'd jeopardize the pending Escrow.com transaction, I want to share a few details about this sale, regardless. A friend contacted me last … [Read more...]
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