In the spirit of “telling it how it is”, I thought I’d bring your attention to a recent blog post by Eric Borgos. For the record, I don’t know Eric; however his post resonated with me, so I thought I’d share it. Here’s a summary: He “bought the Weights.com domain name for $32,000″. It [...] Continue reading →

Blogs, conferences and meetups are filled with positive, almost heroic stories about how domain investors buy low and sell high. The problem is, nobody talks about the failures or the journey it took them to get there. They don’t talk about the struggle, all the time and $$$ spent. I know readers of DomainerIncome love [...] Continue reading →

This is a question I get asked a lot. It’s typically followed by “What’s the best forum?” or “What forums do you use?” I believe that forums are a great way to share information. It’s good to see small communities of like-minded people sharing ideas and tips on what has worked for them. I always [...] Continue reading →

This is a textbook case of both reputational risk and trademark infringement. A classic case (on both sides) of how not to do something. Here is what happened. Jules, the owner of ikeahackers.net recently posted a story about her experience with IKEA. You see, Jules is a BIG IKEA fan and set up the site [...] Continue reading →

I know what you are thinking – “Is this true or has Simon lost the plot?” My regular readers will attest to the fact that I’d be the last person on the planet to turn into the 99% of sell-out bloggers and self proclaimed news sites. This is the real deal and its backed up [...] Continue reading →

Whenever Google employees say anything, the blogs go crazy and treat it as gospel. For example, a recent post on the Google Product Forums stated: “we currently treat the new TLDs as gTLDs, even if they sound like they may be region-specific (eg .berlin). If, over time, our analysis shows that they’re clearly limited to [...] Continue reading →

Today I received a Tweet reminding me that its been 6 years since Domainer Income started on Twitter. That might sound like a lot, but then I reflected on the fact I joined: eBay in April 2001 Paypal in Nov 2002 Afternic in April 2003 Going back even further, I couldn’t find any [...] Continue reading →