It is true what they say about events that occurred in December: they can't size up next to the Holidays and get lost in the spending glitz. And yet, an important anniversary, that of the attack on Pearl Harbor, deserves to be brought out of obscurity, each and every year. As every year passes … [Read more...]
Domain Name Sales and GoDaddy: The best of both worlds
December 5, 2014 by 3 Comments
The majority of my domain portfolio is monetized and available for sale via Frank Schilling's Domain Name Sales platform. Most buyers type in a domain and end up on a page lander, which prompts them with a link to inquire further. Others might perform a WHOIS lookup and email me … [Read more...]
Registrars taking the spamming route
December 3, 2014 by 4 Comments
As if domainer spammers were not enough, domain registrars peddling new, exotic gTLDs are becoming more brazen in their approach. With several hundred new gTLDs currently live, some registrars blindly send out announcements about the availability of extensions without any apparent opt-in or … [Read more...]
Ethics & the domain industry
December 1, 2014 by 1 Comment
Every function of human interaction is governed by ethics - the quintessential, unwritten rules of behavior that define how humans formulate both personal and interpersonal relationships. Without ethics, it would be fine to steal. It would be acceptable to cheat. It would be perfectly normal to … [Read more...]
Domainer spamming: “Everyone is doing it”
November 22, 2014 by 13 Comments
If you've been receiving email inquiries for your dictionary word domains from a range of Gmail addresses, you aren't alone. These "pings" harvest your email from the WHOIS, and mass-email domain owners with inquiries of questionable syntax, made by people with bogus names. I ended up … [Read more...]
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