In the past two months I’ve had the opportunity to be in a time zone 2 hours earlier than EST and in Europe which is 6 hours later than EST and I have to say without a doubt its better to be early than late.
Actually I enjoyed being a couple of hours behind EST.
I would get up at 8am local time which was 10am EST and worked until noon or 2pm EST, and got most of my work done.
However In Europe where it’s 6 hours later than EST, I found it almost impossible to conduct business.
When Europeans awake, to start work its still the middle of the night back on the East Coast of the US and by the time the workday in the US hits it afternoon stride around 1pm its already time for dinner in Europe.
Of course when the stock market opens at 9:30am EST, its already 3:30PM in Europe and by the time the market closes its 10PM.
That sucks.
This of course is not the 1st time I’ve been to Europe, but its been the 1st time since I became a full time domainer.
As we know when it comes to TLD’s the world pretty much revolves around US time zones.
The back order deadline for normal drop domains, both on NameJet.com and SnapNames.com is noon EST and 9Am PST.
However that translates into 6pm deadline in Europe which is after the workday has ended.
Moreover the drop itself starts at 2pm EST which falls directly into dinner time in Europe at 8PM.
SnapNames.com auctions close at 3:15Pm EST which is 9:15 PM in Europe and Namejet back order deadline for its exclusive domains, of 11pm EST works out to 5am in Europe.
All of these times are most inconvenient for domainers.
I prefer to work in Europe. I have a completely different outlook. Europe is early.
By the time America wakes up I’m 6 hours ahead of them. I’ve got an empty inbox and I’ve knocked out a few projects. I’m ready for America when I’m in Europe. When I’m in the States, I feel like I’m playing catch up all day.
Try living in Australia, Mike….Everything in America is the middle of the night for us….And, I mean 2am, 4am etc etc….:)
@Rick….Can’t tell you how often I’ve been bidding at your live TRAFFIC auctions at 4am, 5am, 6am, Sydney time….lol
Its a global world now…Folks have to just manage timezones as one more element of doing business…
Fortunately, Aussie is in a better timezone re China than the US….And, that is becoming more and more important…:)
Me being in Greece, specially for the summer, makes it easy watching drops because I m used to eat at 12 am and then go out to have some fun until my clock hits 5-6 am where I get back home to sleep.
So I m used staying awake and to be honest I like it better working in the night.
“I would get up at 8am local time which was 10am EST and worked until noon or 2pm EST, and got most of my work done.”
I’m shocked / impressed that you’re able to manage & grow your vast portfolio in that amount of working time per day.
If the effort is worth it and is potentially profitable for my business I will be up, no matter the time of day or time zone I have to deal with.
In PST, work all night until 7am and you catch all the time zones at some point, except the Middle East.
-PST from 4am-7am – you get the early risers in EST (7am – 10am) If you want the drops, just stay up a little later till 9am PST. AT 3AM, You’re hitting Europe at lunch.
-PST late night gets Australia, and India.
-PST early evening
Plus, working all night gives you first lead on EST early articles, peace and quiet, and prepares you to live a rockstar lifestyle and nightlife is where it’s at. If you get up before 3pm, you haven’t made it yet!
CONS: Having active friends who think a camping trip, sailing, hiking, marathon, etc that occurs at 8am PST, ummm… you’re going to pass on it. It can be a pain at times…
TV
When I was building my portfolio up in the early 2000-2006 I worked more like 18 hours a day.
Boy am I dizzy with all that EST PST ams and pms, I’ll just do whatever I should do 24 hrs earlier tobe on the safe side
First what i hate is that AM/PM … i like 0-24 format -> 15:30 or 17:00 or 22:00
it’s clear and no confusion.
I think you’ve got “early” and ” late” the other way around. Europe is earlier than the US in that you see the sunrise hours ahead in Europe than in the states.