It is during the holiday season that the well-known phishing scammers proliferate. Consumers let down their guard during the holidays, as they make active and increased use of their financial means, including bank accounts and credit cards. Having received three dozen such emails in the past … [Read more...]
Registrars: I don’t need add-on services
The amount of spam - unsolicited email - that I receive daily, is horrendous. Along with offers to buy worthless domains, lowball inquiries and emails from "buxom Ukrainian 24-year-olds", some domain registrars started to send out a hefty amount of emails unrelated to domain registration … [Read more...]
Pool kicks SnapNames in the gonads
For domains that are scheduled for deletion, Pool has the upper hand over SnapNames. Time and again, I've found that if I back-order a domain at both, Pool wins it 100% of the time. If I use SnapNames only, then I either lose the domain to a private label drop-catcher, or SnapNames catches … [Read more...]
Domain investor’s dilemma: Sell or hold?
Quite often, domain investors manage their portfolios with a mother's tender eyes. Holding a domain - or several - for years, one reaches a point that they can't let go. Until the right offer comes, that is. ;) Despite what romantics among us want you to believe, money does buy everything: … [Read more...]
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