{"id":2999,"date":"2012-12-24T10:16:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T15:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2012-12-24T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T15:16:33","slug":"in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Domain investing requires the use of resources and alliances that are based on mutual trust and fiscal honesty.<\/p>\n<p>During the current year, it became evident which are the players that engage in dishonesty, deception, and who perform tasks in a selfish, egocentric manner.<\/p>\n<p>These companies deserve to be alienated in the new year, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest punishment isn&#8217;t leaving them, but showing them how much better their competition performs.<\/p>\n<p>As domain investors, we are looking not just to maximize our earnings, but to do so efficiently and without headaches. If a company made it difficult for you to engage in business properly, drop them &#8211; sack them, fire them.<\/p>\n<p>Coal for Christmas, to those that don&#8217;t want to engage in fair play. To the rest of us, have a wonderful Christmas with friends and family; the biggest gift is keeping the promises you give to yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Domain investing requires the use of resources and alliances that are based on mutual trust and fiscal honesty. During the current year, it became evident which are the players that engage in dishonesty, deception, and who perform tasks in a selfish, egocentric manner. These companies deserve to be alienated in the new year, 2013. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-domains","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In the new year, avoid dishonest companies - 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\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Domain investing requires the use of resources and alliances that are based on mutual trust and fiscal honesty. During the current year, it became evident which are the players that engage in dishonesty, deception, and who perform tasks in a selfish, egocentric manner. These companies deserve to be alienated in the new year, 2013. The [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-24T15:16:33+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\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Theo Develegas\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\"},\"headline\":\"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-24T15:16:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"commentCount\":7,\"articleSection\":[\"Business\",\"Domains\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/\",\"name\":\"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-24T15:16:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/acro.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies\"}]},{\"@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":"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies - 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\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","og_description":"Domain investing requires the use of resources and alliances that are based on mutual trust and fiscal honesty. During the current year, it became evident which are the players that engage in dishonesty, deception, and who perform tasks in a selfish, egocentric manner. These companies deserve to be alienated in the new year, 2013. The [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/","og_site_name":"Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","article_published_time":"2012-12-24T15:16:33+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\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/"},"author":{"name":"Theo Develegas","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe"},"headline":"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies","datePublished":"2012-12-24T15:16:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/"},"wordCount":154,"commentCount":7,"articleSection":["Business","Domains"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/","url":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/","name":"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies - Acro.net - A Domain Investing Blog by Theo Develegas","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-12-24T15:16:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/9c9625f061a0e603a87f5bf0f6f781fe"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/in-the-new-year-avoid-dishonest-companies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"In the new year, avoid dishonest companies"}]},{"@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\/2999","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=2999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}