Todd Han the founder of Dynadot did an AMA on Namepros over the weekend. Todd has 40 posts in the thread, sometimes answering multiple questions of members in one post. Let's start with the first thing that comes to mind, why Dynadot? The Durfer asked: Hi Mr. Todd, honored to meet you. Why the name, Dynadot? Todd: Thank you for this question. Dynadot is a word I made up. Dyna is short … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Namepros
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]
Warned.com was not a garden variety “pricing mistake”
Four days ago I wrote an article about Warned.com and the buyer being told the price was not correct. The sale was not going to complete and the buyer refunded. The buyer stated they paid x,xxx for the domain name Warned.com, a domain name owned by Frank Schilling's Name Administration Inc. The price may have been $2,000 and I say that because another member on Namepros said they saw the … [Read more...]
Namepros replies to Kate Buckley
As most know Kate Buckley wrote an open letter concerning the threads on Namepros that questioned the validity of certain sales Kate brokered. Tonight Namepros posted their reply to Kate, they sent it to her personally and also decided to share with the community. Hi Kate, Excellent letter to the community! Well articulated and supported by credible sources. That’s the way to do it. The … [Read more...]
The HD bot and GoDaddy Auctions
It's no secret to anyone active in the expired auction scene that Huge Domains and their bot are a big deal on GoDaddy auctions. A thread titled, HUGE DOMAINS SNIPING GODADDY CLOSEOUTS got things going on Namepros. The thread has 21,000 views and 430 replies. It's a long read and an informative read, if you have not read it you should bookmark it. Today Namepros member Dave put forth an … [Read more...]
Namepros takes further steps to protect it’s moderators
Namepros has made a change with regards to moderator identifiers, amidst threats spelled out in the post below, Namepros smartly has moved to mod team id's. In March of 2018 Eric Lyon was receiving threats and had his role changed at Namepros. In February of 2017 Namepros reached 1million discussions and it sucks to see things get to this level. I was a mod there for 12 years but I cannot say … [Read more...]
Should Epik just buy Namepros?
Rob Monster of Epik has become the most prolific poster on Namepros over the last couple months. Rob is embarking on a lot of different projects and is putting them all out there on Namepros to get feedback. Domain Microfinance Program As some folks here know, I am a big fan of Digital Empowerment projects that scale. Over the last year, I have seen lives transformed by people becoming … [Read more...]
