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...]
New gTLDs are not like candy
June 9, 2014 by 6 Comments
There is an ongoing obsession with gTLD numbers, that needs some debunking. According to several web sites that track the number of gTLD registrations, the total numbers now exceed one million gTLD domains. That's like saying that WalMart offers 1,000,000 different types of candy - which is as … [Read more...]
Goodbye, Moniker
June 4, 2014 by 12 Comments
I've never been a heavy user of Moniker; not even in the "good old days" when Monte Cahn ran the show. Moniker's interface always left something to be desired, and it was always a few steps behind the practicality and efficiency of other web interfaces, such as that of eNom. These days, even … [Read more...]
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