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...]
Scandals, Crypto, Emojis – A look back at 2017
2017 is wrapping up and it was quite the interesting year in domaining. It was a year when many heard of crypto for the first time and then played the part of crypto expert. It was the year of the emoji, one excellent guide written by Michael Cyger and emoji domains were off to the races. Domaining has become to a certain degree a collection of echo chambers. Those seeking confirmation bias … [Read more...]
Our Twitter account has been recovered
We are back at our Twitter account @thedomains, after a week we have gained access to the account. Mike and I would like to thank everyone who helped with spreading the word. Special thanks to George Kirikos, Vito at Media Branding and Jag Singh. … [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...]
Merry Christmas
To all our readers throughout the world, Mike and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Thank you for reading TheDomains and posting comments. A special thank you to all those who have spent some of their weekend helping with the Twitter situation. … [Read more...]
PSA: Ignore all tweets
Please ignore all tweets that came after the tweet at 1:01 am that said "test"from @thedomains. The account has been hacked and the hacker is trying to pretend everything ok, saying we got it back. There will be a post when that's accomplished, all tweets are not legit. Please report @thedomains if you have time and click the box for It appears their account is hacked Thank you … [Read more...]