According to a NamePros member, Dreamhost (Dreamhost is not exactly a great company btw – ok, I know, I can’t be objective because I own DomainingServers.com which is also a hosting company – but even if you don’t end up choosing me as your hosting provider, do yourself a favor and go with an option that’s at least better than Dreamhost) called all of us squatters through their newsletter.

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I know, I know, this isn’t a domaining-related rant but sheesh: is it just me being unreasonable or is there some kind of an overly mediatized news story related to the end of the world each week or at least month these days? Sometimes it’s a scientist making these predictions, sometimes a clairvoyant/whatever and this time, it’s a 89-year-old dude who thinks the world is going to end today (May 21). Oh well, it was nice meeting you guys

Congressman Darrell Issa asked one of the most ridiculous questions I ever came across: “Why do I have to pay $6,000, $8,000 or $10,000 for a domain because someone has camped on it?”. This is just unbelievable, a question which definitely deserves its own post IMO (I read it on TheDomains btw, I encourage you to read Mike’s entire post because the things that have been discussed can and will eventually affect you directly).

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Lots of US investors make the mistake of thinking that European domainers benefit from the fact that the Euro is strong and the dollar is weak. Wrong, wrong, wrong! In fact, a strong Euro represents a disadvantage if you earn a living online and live in Europe, as I will explain through this blog post.

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In my opinion, that’s exactly what people will ask you 10 – 15 years from now, in other words they’ll have the same attitude that lots of domainers currently display towards those who got in back in ‘95 or after the dot com crash. If you think the Internet is all grown up, you’re 100% wrong, the Web is still in its infancy and that’s absolutely great! If you take advantage of the opportunities that are right there in front of you now, you’ll thank yourself later and if not, well you’ll just have to work 4x, 5x, 10x harder in 2021/2026/whatever.

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UPDATE: 30 minutes after this post was published, Martin edited his article and wrote a very reasonable/professional comment on DomainingTips.com. Thank you Martin, the Internet would be a far better place if everyone were as open minded as you have proven to be!

Ron Jackson, who covered the Business Insider article I’ll be dissecting today, is one of the most polite online journalists out there and we’re fortunate to have him as an industry leader IMO. On the other hand, I’m not as polite and for this reason, am writing an open letter to Martin Zwilling (as a gesture of respect, I will also email him a link to this post) in order to explain that even though his article is decent, one remark is just plain insulting.

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Now I’m obviously not surprised that PETA closed their GoDaddy account but I can’t believe how many domainers are willing to follow their example (some of the people who commented on blogs/forums were just trolling but most of them were actually serious) and as a person who values logic/common sense, I want to make it clear that in my opinion, such an approach is just plain childish. Why? Let me explain:

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To be perfectly honest, I just don’t understand why lots of people see Facebook and social media in general as something bad for our industry. As mentioned on DomainingTips.com two days ago, Google’s response to Facebook’s “Like” button makes it clear that they don’t label social media as just some fad and in my opinion, neither should we as domainers.

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This guy contacts me and wants to buy a domain, great. I ask him to make an offer, he says $150 and when I counter with a more than reasonable price, he starts ranting about how people like me suck, while flipping burgers is honorable. I’m sure most of you have come across at least one douchebag like this guy and only one thing bugs me: how can someone claim that selling unhealthy heart attack inducing burgers is honorable, while investing in something isn’t?

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Since buying DomainingTips.com, I’ve received my share of requests to broker domains and I always said no because after drawing the line, being a broker is just not worth your time if you’re a serious domainer unless we’re talking about category killer/blockbuster domains worth mid 6 figs or 7 figs and priced to sell. Let’s be realistic for just one moment, shall we?

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