Sedo should learn from the TSA and restrict high-risk domainers from bidding

As I traveled by airplane during the change of the year, I could not but notice how the rules of the traveling game have become stricter. After the incident with the Nigerian terrorist who attempted to blow up a Delta Airlines plane bound for Detroit, there is no more room for mistakes. TSA's new … [Read more...]

From Real Estate to Cyber Estate: How Nick Spanos turned a “No” into $60,000

The entrepreneurial spirit of Nick Spanos, a respectable Real Estate broker from Manhattan, NY and owner of bApple.com, led him to new ventures in the 1990's. His vacation rental business was thriving and so was his portfolio of domain names. Nick's business expanded on the Web to promote these … [Read more...]

Be nice now – Working things out with Sedo

It's no secret that when things go wrong with Sedo - or any other service-oriented company - I tend to run my mouth a bit; out of frustration about the things that go wrong. But I'm also the one that praises them when things go right, or when wronged things get fixed pretty painlessly. In light … [Read more...]

Sedo scammers take advantage of email predictability

It was in early 2000 when one of my few - back then - domains got hijacked by a Turkish hacker. He picked that particular domain because it's a very common Greek cussword, shared equally among our eastern neighbors. The domain was registered with Network Solutions, which offered back then an update … [Read more...]