{"id":3844,"date":"2014-02-27T11:10:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=3844"},"modified":"2014-02-27T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T16:33:03","slug":"never-underestimate-the-underdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/never-underestimate-the-underdog\/","title":{"rendered":"Never underestimate the underdog!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big news of the day is the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnjournal.com\/cover\/2014\/february.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Whisky.com sale<\/strong><\/a> for a staggering <strong>$3.1 million dollars<\/strong>. The Castello brothers need no introduction, but the person who manifested the sale could use a bit more publicity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/torontodomainer.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Toronto Domainer<\/strong><\/a> brokered this incredible sale to the German buyers; as a DNForum member he fought since 2005 to establish his vision about domain names, and often received scorn for being vocal about it. Haters even went as far as to post a bunch of crap online, attempting to force him to shut down his blog.<\/p>\n<p>At DNForum, alpha type personalities often clash; there are some great people there though, and those that were trouble-making time-wasters have long been kicked out.<\/p>\n<p>Being an underdog, someone who has very few privileges against the big crowd, has its benefits. Nobody sees you coming when you land the big deal, and the <strong>$310k dollar commission<\/strong> for the Whisky.com brokerage is one sweet reminder of that.<\/p>\n<p>Having bought and successfully flipped aged domains from Toronto Domainer&#8217;s portfolio, I am even happier seeing him receive such a great and worthy reward. Hard work always pays off, whether you raise chickens <a title=\"Diversification: A key element of intelligent domain investing\" href=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domains\/diversification-a-key-element-of-intelligent-domain-investing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>or pick the best eggs.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always professed that people should stick to their guns and <a href=\"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domains\/life-paths-outside-criticism-is-irrelevant\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ignore the white noise of naysayers<\/strong><\/a> and unbelievers. Success comes when you love what you do, and you do what you love.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations<\/strong> to Toronto Domainer for this remarkable deal. You&#8217;ve done well, kid. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big news of the day is the Whisky.com sale for a staggering $3.1 million dollars. The Castello brothers need no introduction, but the person who manifested the sale could use a bit more publicity. 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