With the upcoming onslaught of the GDPR - a European Union approach to data privacy that wasn't vetted by American organizations - the domain industry is about to lose yet another battle. So far, ICANN has been unable to come to a consensus regarding WHOIS policies under the GDPR. It seems that … [Read more...]
Dot .ORG domains offer authority to restricted gTLDs
March 28, 2018 by 2 Comments
I've been registering .ORG domains since 1999, and have been successfully selling them to private investors and corporations. The dot .ORG extension (TLD) provides a quality layer of authority and legitimacy. It ranks exceptionally well in Google, at a preferential degree, perhaps. Recently, … [Read more...]
Domain investors in Orlando and the Central Florida area
March 9, 2018 by 4 Comments
If you are a domain investor in the Orlando, or the greater Central Florida area, it'd be great to finally meet - offline. Last October, I attended MERGE! 2017 here in Orlando, and in May it'll be 10 years since TRAFFIC 2008 chose Orlando as its host city. Attending that event was eye-opening for … [Read more...]
A full decade of blogging on Acro.net
February 9, 2018 by 10 Comments
Time flies when one is having fun, and I just realized that this blog is now 10 years old. When I started Acro.net back on February 4th, 2008, the domain community was quite different from today. My primary domain exchange outlet was DNForum, and I had yet to meet with domain investors in the … [Read more...]
Domain brokerage : Communication is the key element
February 6, 2018 by 4 Comments
As with every personal and professional exchange, the core element for success is communication. Establishing a set of rules on any transaction, domain brokerage included, ensures that things will go smoothly. The primary platform for my "for sale" domain portfolio has been Uniregistry, since … [Read more...]
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