Image courtesy of Pixabay.com I read TechCrunch almost everyday. It's a real pleasure to enjoy, but it also gives me a glimpse into the future of domains. TechCrunch is an online tech magazine. It features leading internet startups which may one day become household brands globally. Because these startups are also the new leaders in the corporate world, they will also set the trend in domains. … [Read more...]
Is confidential information leaking from your domain?
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Several years ago, I had an experience which shows how confidential information of your company may leak to outsiders if you don't own your brand-matching .com domain. The problem highlights human weakness when sending emails. It happened when I was setting up email addresses using a .com domain. I somehow turned on its catch-all function. In the next few days, I received … [Read more...]
One new domain investor’s journey from $50 to $5,000 a month
An Indian domainer Rohit Goyal from Namepros detailed his two year journey in domaining. It's a very clear look at all the ups and downs he faced over 2 years. From wanting to start out with $0 to getting his NameJet account suspended, to $5,000 a month in outbound sales. It's a good read for anyone new to the industry and also worthwhile for an old timer to see what the new, minimum bankrolled rookies … [Read more...]
You have to see the business for what it is
You always have to see things for what they are, if you are going to delve into a business or other opportunity, you need to know the rules or lack of rules of the road. There is a lot of anger in the business, it ratcheted up over the summer from some conversations I have had with people and from things written all over the space. I get emails from some I really don't know well or sometimes even at … [Read more...]
7 Common Pitfalls of Domain Leasing
When most people think of leasing, they tend to think of common things such as vehicles, buildings and land to name a few. But what most fail realize is that domain names are high on the list of things to be frequently leased. Although leasing is nothing new under the sun, domain lease agreements often encounter significant setbacks when lessors and lessees forget to identify and address key elements … [Read more...]
Branding 2.0 and domains
Image courtesy of various brands While traditional branding (Branding 1.0) focuses on "what", domains add the "where" dimension to it. Well, I must say that I'm not a branding expert, so my knowledge about branding may be limited. As I understand, Branding 1.0 is about associating a brand with "what". When you think of a brand, you automatically think of a product or a service. Conversely when you think … [Read more...]
One Critical Action to Take Before Starting a Blog
While settling down and preparing for the next day, I took a quick break to visit Domaining.com to discover any breaking domain industry news. If you’re not familiar with Domaining.com, it’s a curation of publishers and bloggers that produce newsworthy content in regards to the domain industry news. In fact, you’ll likely find a few articles written by yours truly as a contributing writer for … [Read more...]
You don’t see these everyday – 2L.net auction starting at $1
Let me say upfront, Namepros members don't verify their identity. You don't see a 2Letter.net auctioned everyday on Namepros with a $1 starting bid. But that's what we got with QM.net being auctioned off by a member who has 73 positive reviews, 0 negative. QM.net is up for auction. XR.net just closed at NameJet on Saturday at $19,532. The name sold in December of 2015 for $42,000 at … [Read more...]
Should domaining do away with the ridiculous?
Should the domain industry allow for the ridiculous, names being listed for sale at prices that border on the absurd? This has long been the forte of an Ebay, but what about a Sedo or Namepros? There was a thread on Namepros about whether the rules should be changed? Imadoer posted: How many times have you clicked on a domain for sale and seen that the person is asking a million dollars or more … [Read more...]
Domaining a collection of echo chambers
Many times I have written about how divided the domain industry is, some like to say the industry has to become united again. It never was united. I see the back and forth with the latest posts by Rick, where some are like you tell em, and others are like aren't you rich? Nothing better to do. Morgan is telling people they don't get it, he is leaving out the point that some just don't care, they need to … [Read more...]
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