European domainers have an advantage

Elliot Silver is currently on vacation in France, and while he might be in a different timezone, he has an advantage with regards to domaining. Most of Europe is contained between 5 to 7 hours ahead of the US East Coast, or 8 to 10 hours ahead of the West Coast. In my experience, this is an … [Read more...]

One more reason not to use GoDaddy hosting

A client of mine was dealing with family matters for the best part of June; her web site - hosted with GoDaddy - went offline with a "This web site has stepped out for a while" notice. Not sure what was going on, she returned to it once her important matters with family were addressed. By that … [Read more...]

Risk and reward: the turtle lesson

Earlier today I witnessed a natural selection paradox; a mid-sized turtle was flopping its legs, walking alongside a very busy Orlando avenue. Some cars could clearly see the dome-shaped shell, barely averaging 1/2 a mile an hour on the asphalt, and changed lanes; others, either unaware of it or … [Read more...]

A small flaw at Sedo

Using Sedo to sell domains is a straightforward process. It's easy and quick - as long as every party involved performs their task as expected. There's nothing better than receiving the email notification from Sedo that the transaction is complete; it means that money is on its way to the … [Read more...]

Selective investment is the key

More than a decade ago, I registered hundreds of three-character .com domains, then flipped them for a quick profit. The market soon got saturated, and while these LLN or LNN combinations - poor man's LLL .com's - still continue to be snapped, there is no end user market for them. The same … [Read more...]