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Happy Independence Day. I’m still listening to the American Revolution podcast, if you’re interested in history I think you’ll like it. As I write this I’m listening to episode 70, there’s currently 155 in the series and the creator Michael Troy is still making them. After 4 years of podcasts every week, he [...] Continue reading
Trust is the second Life Principle that forms the bedrock of my own life. All relationships are built upon a basis of the truth (from the previous week’s video) and trust. In fact, you could also say that society is built upon an unspoken contract of trust. When I look at the world today one of [...] Continue reading
I was talking to a friend today who is looking at buying a portfolio of .IO domain names. We’ve all seen .IO domains command higher and higher prices over time with domains like Jackpot.io selling for close to $50,000 this year and one-word .IO’s going for over $1,000 at Park.io [...] Continue reading
Today: The effects new gTLD’s are having on .com and cctlds prices / The importance of domain history with Expired Domains / $1 .US and .Co registration / and More… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: [...] Continue reading
The UDRP filed against the domain name Trueworths.com referred to domainers as “high-volume registrants” – and asserted that they special duties to avoid trademark infringement. The Complainant, is Truworths Ltd, South Africa, and has 767 TRUWORTHS branded stores in South Africa, and 39 stores elsewhere in Africa, including in Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, [...] Continue reading
Domain industry attorney Jason Schaeffer reported today that three of his clients received $60,000 offers to buy domain names, and the supposed prospective buyer requested an “appraisal certificate” in order to proceed with a deal. 3 clients this week had $60K offers through GoDaddy. Each appeared to be from Japan requesting an “Appraisal Certificate.” Screen [...] Continue reading
Mike Mann wrote an EPIC comment on my post about him dropping 50,000. The comment covers several different subjects including buying and selling domain names. To get some context you should first read these 3 posts before reading Mike Mann’s comment. Mike Mann drops 50,000 domains Complete list of the 50,000 domains Mike Mann dropped [...] Continue reading
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