As the old saying goes, "everything has a price tag", and while I generally agree, not everything needs to display that tag prominently. Investing in domain names doesn't always come with the purpose to resell. Even long term investments can change into becoming selling opportunities, despite the … [Read more...]
When you inquire about a domain, don’t pitch your own
October 15, 2014 by 3 Comments
It's common sense: When I go to a store to buy a product, I don't turn around at the checkout to sell my services instead of paying for the item. This exact, unprofessional behavior applies to domain name inquiries as well. A person who introduced himself as a domain investor from India, … [Read more...]
The Internet, 20 years later: Party like it’s 1994
October 14, 2014 by 5 Comments
Around this time this week, twenty years ago, I connected to the "real Internet", using a borrowed 9,600 bps modem. There is one word to describe the experience: Slow. It wasn't just the already obsolete modem's speed, but also the national pipeline's available bandwidth, a T1 pipe to Pipex UK … [Read more...]
GoDaddy brokerage offers make little business sense
October 10, 2014 by 10 Comments
When someone looks up a domain through GoDaddy for availability and it's taken, they are presented with an option to make an offer to the domain's owner. GoDaddy emails the owner and indicates that one of their customers wants that particular domain name. The email does not disclose what the … [Read more...]
Perfect numbers revisited
September 30, 2014 by 10 Comments
While there is a trend that treats every numeric domain as a coin of sorts, the truth is that not all numbers are created equal. In the course of a decade, I've invested in a limited amount of numeric domains in the original three TLDs, perhaps no more than 25 in total, maybe less. Selective … [Read more...]
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