So over the last couple weeks GoDaddy has reaped the rewards of one ladies' efforts. An avalanche of blockchain related domains sold at auction that had expired. The registrant was certainly a forward thinker who was earlier than most to the blockchain game. Jane Angela Maginsky Pantalone Both passed away sadly in March of 2017. It was unexpected as she was out walking her dogs. She was only … [Read more...]
Which company do you trust most?
Yesterday someone sent me an email with a pretty wide open question. "Raymond, which industry participant do you trust the most?" First, I have not used every industry participant as I am sure most haven't. So going on personal experience I guess I would say Uniregistry has been the most trustworthy for me. I am speaking purely from a registrar standpoint, I don't use their brokers or … [Read more...]
Are you bullish on domaining in 2018?
A fair number of domain investors had their attention off in other areas in 2017. The stock market did well and many were totally enamored with cryptocurrencies. Are you as interested in domaining as years past, or are you diversifying into crypto and spending more of your time on developments there? How do you feel about domaining in 2018 Bullish Bearish Same as … [Read more...]
You had me at scumbag
George Kirikos posted a thread on Namepros about what not to say in a domain inquiry. Here are some words and phrases I see all too often, that folks should avoid putting into their domain name inquiries: 1. student 2. non-profit 3. reasonable 4. I'm a broker 5. we have a client 6. starting a blog 7. we don't have a large budget 8. I'm a serious buyer 9. if you have a list of other … [Read more...]
How was your 2017 domaining experience?
At the beginning of 2017 we asked if our reader's were bullish or bearish on domaining for the new year. 65% bullish and 35% were bearish. So how did 2017 pan out for you? Was the year better or worse for you in terms of your domain investments? (please don't factor in stock market or cryptocurrency returns). How was your 2017 domaining experience? Better than … [Read more...]
Really?
It's tough to run a marketplace or auction platform and be 100% clean on trademarks. But you cannot send an email blast and make a blatant trademark an editor's choice. Sir Drago on Namepros posted the following: So I received an interesting email today from Flippa, Its weekly website auction advertising. Something immediately caught my attention. The registrant looks to be based out … [Read more...]
Nat Cohen gives some food for thought on potential UDRP reform
This kind of went under the radar except for some replies on Namepros. Nat Cohen replied to a post and outlined what could be in the works for domain investors if there is significant UDRP reform. I came across this after reading the excellent back and forth between Josh and Elliot on the purple.com post that DomainInvesting.com published. Elliot had alerted Josh to paragraph 2 and the rule … [Read more...]