{"id":2910,"date":"2012-11-26T13:01:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T18:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2012-11-26T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T18:04:02","slug":"cyber-monday-no-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber Monday? No, thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cyber Monday<\/strong> is a term coined by Shop.org, seven years ago &#8211; according to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyber_Monday\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It marks the alleged beginning of online consumer frenzy, as opposed to the madness of Black Friday, where crowds fight at retail stores for deals.<\/p>\n<p>While there are some deals to be had, nothing beats the post-holiday season. That&#8217;s when the real bargains occur, after everyone got their presents and there are billions in unsold consumer products sitting at the stores.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, it&#8217;s great coming from a culture that exchanges gifts on New Year&#8217;s day, as I&#8217;m not prone to rush doing either real or online shopping.<\/p>\n<p>The rush of giving doesn&#8217;t have to be extreme, for both the giver and the recipient to enjoy presents. In a the consumerist society that we live in, moderation and appreciation are keywords that need to be re-introduced to our vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, I will pass on most deals offered on &#8216;Cyber Monday&#8217; and will focus on making the day productive instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyber Monday is a term coined by Shop.org, seven years ago &#8211; according to Wikipedia. It marks the alleged beginning of online consumer frenzy, as opposed to the madness of Black Friday, where crowds fight at retail stores for deals. While there are some deals to be had, nothing beats the post-holiday season. That&#8217;s when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[9,769,193,10,37,68,724,797],"class_list":["post-2910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-acro","tag-acro-blog","tag-acronet","tag-acroplex","tag-acroplex-llc","tag-acroplexcom","tag-cyber-monday","tag-domain-investment","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cyber Monday? No, thanks - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cyber Monday? No, thanks - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cyber Monday is a term coined by Shop.org, seven years ago &#8211; according to Wikipedia. It marks the alleged beginning of online consumer frenzy, as opposed to the madness of Black Friday, where crowds fight at retail stores for deals. While there are some deals to be had, nothing beats the post-holiday season. That&#8217;s when [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-11-26T18:01:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-11-26T18:04:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Theo Develegas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Theo Develegas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\"},\"headline\":\"Cyber Monday? No, thanks\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-26T18:01:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-11-26T18:04:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":1,\"keywords\":[\"Acro\",\"Acro blog\",\"Acro.net\",\"Acroplex\",\"Acroplex LLC\",\"Acroplex.com\",\"Cyber Monday\",\"domain investment\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cyber Monday? No, thanks - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-26T18:01:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-11-26T18:04:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cyber Monday? No, thanks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\",\"name\":\"Theo Develegas\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Theo Develegas\"},\"description\":\"Theo Develegas - News and opinions on domain name investing, brand development, design, and the occasional rant or two about life's challenges. Founder of Acroplex LLC.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/acroplex\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cyber Monday? No, thanks - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cyber Monday? No, thanks - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","og_description":"Cyber Monday is a term coined by Shop.org, seven years ago &#8211; according to Wikipedia. It marks the alleged beginning of online consumer frenzy, as opposed to the madness of Black Friday, where crowds fight at retail stores for deals. While there are some deals to be had, nothing beats the post-holiday season. That&#8217;s when [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/","og_site_name":"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","article_published_time":"2012-11-26T18:01:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-11-26T18:04:02+00:00","author":"Theo Develegas","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Theo Develegas","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/"},"author":{"name":"Theo Develegas","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe"},"headline":"Cyber Monday? No, thanks","datePublished":"2012-11-26T18:01:40+00:00","dateModified":"2012-11-26T18:04:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/"},"wordCount":173,"commentCount":1,"keywords":["Acro","Acro blog","Acro.net","Acroplex","Acroplex LLC","Acroplex.com","Cyber Monday","domain investment"],"articleSection":["Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/","url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/","name":"Cyber Monday? No, thanks - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-11-26T18:01:40+00:00","dateModified":"2012-11-26T18:04:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/cyber-monday-no-thanks\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cyber Monday? No, thanks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/","name":"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe","name":"Theo Develegas","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6794630c371bee89f2b833c1f4b777d9ba75767b217c8fce2cfd6e6d7d90960d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Theo Develegas"},"description":"Theo Develegas - News and opinions on domain name investing, brand development, design, and the occasional rant or two about life's challenges. Founder of Acroplex LLC.","sameAs":["https:\/\/acro.net","https:\/\/x.com\/acroplex"],"url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}