If you have been investing in domain names for a decade or more, what is your opinion of the domain business now compared to when you were a year in? Do you think the business is better or worse now? Are you more excited about the future of domaining now then when you started out? What was better back in the good old days? What does the industry have to improve on to keep domain … [Read more...]
Have you dropped all your domains?
So a year ago Rick Schwartz tweeted out that 90% of all domain investors should start over. 90% of every domainer should drop ALL their #Domains and start again! They are so far off the path that it is sad to see. #gtld#Startups — Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) May 16, 2017 The thread here got a lot of comments, some touched upon the topic of a post I wrote last week. "Are old school domainers … [Read more...]
Google Makes Over $1.7 Million In On The New Domain Extension .App in Just Early Access Fees Through Day 2
.App is a new gTLD domain extension which Google (GOOG) paid $25 Million for in a ICANN auction. .APP closed the Sunrise period that was open to trademark holders with over 3,000 registration. .App went into day 1 of the Early Access Program (EAP) on Tuesday allowing early registration of domains for a one time extra fee. Fees as always very by registrar but day 1 pricing was around $12,000 … [Read more...]
the Liquid Domain Market Exchange is coming
Giuseppe Graziano from GGRG.com sent out a message in his latest newsletter about a new offering. LXME - Liquid Domain Market Exchange. He writes: Last March, I had some time to reflect about why I started GGRG.com in the first place, and to me, since the beginning, I always had this dream of making the domain market more efficient by helping people understand what makes a domain worth $10 … [Read more...]
Enom pricing increase has some customers pissed off
I was reading a post at Namepros and then Mike forwarded me an email with a similar sentiment. Enom is going to be moving people down a tier and some are pretty pissed off. Namepros member WebInceptions posted: I've been with eNom through thick and thin from nearly their beginning, and have spend well over $1 million over the years. After some tech issues they refused to fix a few years ago, I … [Read more...]
Domain investors are scum
Even in 2018 the concept that good domains cost good money is foreign to many in business. I remember a friend bringing me to a meeting at his startup back in 2015, it was a name brainstorming session. The CEO kept saying "Oh one of those pigs has our first and second choice." I turned to my friend and asked who are these pigs? He said, "YOU!" I asked what he was talking about? He explained, … [Read more...]
Does GoDaddy have too much power?
It seems more and more domain owners are rebelling against the GoDaddy monopoly. Huge Domains also appears to be in the crosshairs of more angry domainers. Over the last week three threads on Namepros have popped up that deal with different levels of disdain, and in one thread it has been suggested to give your names away to another Namepros domainer, rather than let GoDaddy and Huge Domains … [Read more...]