Receiving my first true "Internet email" 20 years ago, generated some odd waves - like opening gifts on Christmas day. Years prior, the use of similar email at college to communicate with European universities had nothing of the same effect; the late 80's were clearly focusing on a still unknown … [Read more...]
Escrow.com ticket response breaks new ground
August 4, 2014 by 10 Comments
I do not respond to domain inquiries during the weekend. It's a personal choice, and it gives both myself and the potential buyer the opportunity to think things over for 48 hours or so. Obviously, weekends are also meant to be used as time to tone down from the weekly work load. In the past, … [Read more...]
Domain lists look better when sorted alphabetically
August 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I've perused lengthy lists of domains for sale on forums for more than a decade. A large part of my domain portfolio was acquired from dictionary drop lists, from a now defunct service called DomainsBot, between 2000 and 2002. These lists contained thousands of domains in random order. To go … [Read more...]
Sales privacy: Another reason Internet Traffic is better than Sedo
December 28, 2012 by 3 Comments
One of the most popular blog posts is about why I ditched Sedo as my PPC and sales venue, after 8 years of on-off 'abusive' relationship. Into the 3rd month of using Internet Traffic, and while PPC does fluctuate, sales are wholesome. And that's another reason Internet Traffic is better than … [Read more...]
NameJet: Still a top venue for savvy domain investors
December 26, 2012 by 6 Comments
I've been using NameJet for the past 5 years; investing thousands of dollars in aged, quality .com, .net and .org domains. The sweet spot seems to be two-word .com domains, a practice that Frank Schilling ascribed to since his early investment days. NameJet is an excellent repository of such … [Read more...]
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