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
December 6, 2012 by 5 Comments
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?
December 6, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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...]
Anonymous or eponymous? Domain offers with a signature
December 5, 2012 by 2 Comments
Domain offers that arrive with a full name and contact information are definitely the best; they allow me to get a full grasp of who the other party is, and what they want. It gives me the opportunity to potentially get on the phone and negotiate a sale, quickly and painlessly. Anonymous … [Read more...]
Cutting edge isn’t always the best option
December 4, 2012 by 4 Comments
Just finished going through a two-plus hour down-time of my server; the culprit being, a new security update to CPanel. The popular and rather complex back end software for Linux servers, issued a security update, then reported problems with an initial release. Those of us that allowed the … [Read more...]
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