I don't know Carlito. He's not a domainer, he's a complete stranger. He's the father of a friend's friend, and his daughter's plea showed up on my Facebook timeline on Friday. Carlito is spending his final days painting - having never painted before in his life - in order to leave on canvas … [Read more...]
Escrow.com : Two new things I just learned after more than a decade of use
May 17, 2014 by 8 Comments
I've been using Escrow.com for more than a decade of successful domain transactions - both sales and acquisitions - and it is the 'de facto' escrow option at Domain Name Sales. Despite my lengthy use of Escrow.com, I learned two new things about the escrow service during my latest domain sale, … [Read more...]
Negotiating with Chinese domainers and the language barrier
May 15, 2014 by 3 Comments
Almost three months ago I mentioned an important tip that George Hong of Guta.com gave me during NamesCon. George has both studied and lived in the US for years, and his command of English is excellent. The average Chinese domainer, however, speaks very little English; for such monosyllabic … [Read more...]
DropCatch.com – When the paradigm shifts, you need to adjust too
May 13, 2014 by 5 Comments
It's great when things work exactly as expected without any change whatsoever - like a Swiss watch. But everything changes, nothing remains the same, according to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, and when there is a paradigm shift, one needs to adjust their bearings … [Read more...]
Virtual Web Fair 2014: No hotel or airfare required
May 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In 1992, I visited the UK and spent a day at the London Trocadero, the entertainment sprawl that features shopping stores and cutting edge technological venues. At the time, a clean room manufacturing compact disks was all the rage; the operators were dressed in bunny suits replicating the shiny … [Read more...]
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