Part 1 of "Spam, Lies and Videotape" was an introduction to how information can be deceptive, and how anyone can claim to be someone, even promoting their location and address profoundly. But does it really matter where one resides? I suppose it does, when you want to achieve something of … [Read more...]
Domaining.com newsletter: “Top Headlines” are not truly top
August 17, 2012 by 9 Comments
After seeing a blog post syndicated on the Domaining.com feed appear in today's Newsletter that Francois Carrillo emails to subscribers, I just had to ask Francois: how do headlines get rated? My question makes sense: to appear in a sponsored headline in the Domaining.com newsletter, one has to … [Read more...]
Spam, lies and videotape: Part 1
August 17, 2012 by 10 Comments
The other day I received an email inquiry from a person with a long, antiquated name, and an even longer, pompous signature. He wanted me to price my single word .com domain - if it were for sale, of course. At the bottom of it all, Mr. Samuel Washington had signed with his address, in the … [Read more...]
Sedo Accounts Receivable: a very active department
August 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I noticed that several Google searches for "Sedo accounts receivable" end up at this very blog. At first I was perplexed, then realized that a recent post about how effective that Sedo department is, apparently sends visitors here. Sedo has been quite effective in collecting payments from … [Read more...]
Lock and load: Here’s why Sedo needs to arm the domain sellers
August 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Those of you that use Sedo as their primary domain marketplace surely agree that the first thing you look at in an offer, is the locale of the offer-maker. Obviously, the price is there, in your face; to shock you or elate you, but the other clue that Sedo provides is where that offer is coming … [Read more...]
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