There is plenty of expressed misery and whining in the domainer community – all because people don’t understand how to approach the domain investing business.
As if fear and loathing of gTLDs weren’t enough, the amount of misinformation about how these new extensions are about to change the industry is astounding.
Typically, people complain and get upset when their routine needs adjustment or change. Try getting up at 5:00am if you normally sleep until 9:am, and you’ll see what I mean.
In business, adjusting one’s strategy is mandatory, in order to survive and thrive.
Closing the doors to a revolution won’t stop the revolution, it will only muffle the sounds of the stampede outside.
Be prepared to adjust; evolution is not only your method of survival, but also your biggest asset to become better. Do so in a smart manner, by engaging only the positive minds of the domain industry; the usual negative-talking, fear-mongering sources only project their own inability to adjust and thrive.
And for fuck’s sake: stop bitching – start working.
TGIF.
And for heavens sake, don’t be afraid to throw $100 down and play a little craps or Pai Gow with some friends. Live a little
Shane – What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas 😉
LOL Here here, I think I know the catalyst for this blog! I’m getting tired of domainers whining about these gTLD’s on DI not being an investment, for them it will not be, it will be the brick wall they always approach.
It’s the fine strategy, that one has to use with these names to make them investable, or flipable, even!
And, as with the daily domaining business, it’s the strategy one has worked well, but still craft and refine to a different level.
AntiWhiningDomaining.com
What if whining is your job?
Kevin – Obviously, present company excepted 😀 A pleasure meeting you at NamesCon.
former “new gTLD”, like mobi, me, biz, etc. have failed if you look at generic domain valuation on the second market or if you check the percentage of these extension if the top 1M of Alexa.
Why should it be better?
Bernard – You do realize that times have changed? That was 2004, this is 2014: this isn’t a raindrop, it’s a cataclysm, with hundreds (thousands) of new TLDs being introduced. The paradigm is shifted: to the surprise of many, now there will by anything to the right of the dot, unlike how it’s been for the past 20 years.