{"id":5102,"date":"2016-05-27T12:42:25","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T16:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=5102"},"modified":"2016-05-27T13:01:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T17:01:47","slug":"domain-inquiries-not-every-ceo-is-an-arsehole-but-this-one-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/domain-inquiries-not-every-ceo-is-an-arsehole-but-this-one-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Domain inquiries : Not every CEO is an &#8220;arsehole,&#8221; but this one is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A startup I worked for many moons ago, thrived on the firecracker personality of its CEO, a Kiwi expatriate.<\/p>\n<p>The guy was highly demanding, but was also a good listener that could tell BS and well-documented arguments apart. It wasn&#8217;t random that despite several rounds of layoffs, I remained with the company until its final dissolution.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO would refer to himself as an &#8220;<em>arsehole<\/em>&#8221; in a strong New Zealand accent. He acknowledged the fact that he might not be likable for everything that he did, and actually gained more fans by admitting it.<\/p>\n<p>Not every CEO is an &#8220;arsehole,&#8221; or an asshole, if you prefer the more common term.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, a recent domain inquiry I received reminded me that indeed, the CEO title is often synonymous with obnoxious, rude and jerky behavior.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the inquiry for an aged, dictionary word .com quickly escalated into a list of threats, involving the &#8220;C&#8221; word. Not the one with four letters, but the one every decent domain investor detests seeing: Cybersquatter.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard of cases where Domain Name Sales banned account holders for ever so much raising the tone responding to inquiries, and some were, in my opinion, completely unjustified.<\/p>\n<p>Had I responded to this individual in a manner consistent with their unsubstantiated, ignorant claims and threats, I would have not been given a chance.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, such emails are supposed to be addressed by domain portfolio owners, under the guise of a thicker skin.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s plausible, but not every moment of the day is the same, sometimes a sudden insult requires an equal action to push back the offender. We need to be able to defend our turf, assets and life, after all.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, I had to block and ban that email address, and hope that they will shut up spewing garbage. For an investment-seeded company, their CEO surely is a major dickhead.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a couple of tools, <a href=\"http:\/\/domaintools.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DomainTools<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/domaingang.com\/domain-news\/zfbot-com-domain-research-tool-dumps-flash-expands-options\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ZFBot<\/strong><\/a>, I was able to confirm that the same day, they registered a domain consisting of my generic keyword plus a descriptive word.\u00a0 I&#8217;m now in a position to tell them to <strong>fuck off<\/strong> indefinitely, unless my asking price is met.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a CEO reading this, my apologies. Your business title is tainted, so spend some time inventing a new one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A startup I worked for many moons ago, thrived on the firecracker personality of its CEO, a Kiwi expatriate. The guy was highly demanding, but was also a good listener that could tell BS and well-documented arguments apart. 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