Richard Dynas of Hatred.com fame, detailed how he got scammed by a scamster on the domain Technology.com. I think it was good of Richard to take the time to detail everything so that other domain investors, especially new ones, can be more alert. When someone won't or can't use Escrow, it's time to move along, especially when dealing with big dollars. Posted on Namepros: I cant believe I am … [Read more...]
The ADO.com decision brings up another potential problem
With all the news yesterday about the ridiculous UDRP decision on ADO.com, I read a comment on DNW.com that I thought was very interesting. The point made by commenter RP may require people to rethink whether all these logos are needed to sell very short names like three and four letter .coms. As Andrew Allemann pointed out, part of the discussion that motivated these 3 panelists to rule against … [Read more...]
A cool domaining story – $1.99 to $20,000
There was a story that I did not see posted about that was a really cool domaining story. While it's cool to read about the exploits of Mike Mann and Rick Schwartz, most small to mid size domain investors tend to think that the big sale will never happen to them. Especially when the sale comes from a $1.99 handreg. Well Namepros member Omelet scored big when handregging a domain name for $1.99 … [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...]
What kind of domains are you buying and what are you avoiding?
We have seen many trends come and go, and other niches are evergreen like 3L.com. I was having a couple chats about brandable names and the trend was the people were displeased with a lack of sales/offers for made up words. That frustration took me back to a post I read from Brandworthy on Namepros. He has been one of the more successful sellers on BrandBucket. He had mentioned about a month … [Read more...]
5 Things to Do with Domain Traffic Other than Park
Sponsor Content presented by Tough Domains According to some sources there are over 1 billion active websites, however the same source estimates nearly 75% of domains are not actively developed or parked. With so many domains parked and parking revenues generating pennies per month for each name here are five alternatives to parking. Donate your traffic- Sites like Domains4Good puts … [Read more...]
Domain names centered around Boycotting the NFL have been registered for years
Things went up another notch today around the NFL, with recent comments from President Trump at a rally on Friday, Roger Goodell responding, NFL owners giving their two cents, some teams did not take the field for the national anthem. There are calls for boycotts everywhere on social media, @NFL tweeted out the following video, they plan to play this video tonight during the Raiders - Redskins … [Read more...]