Archive | June, 2014

Some “End Users” Just Want to Pick a Fight

Posted on 30 June 2014 by Andrei

Unfortunately, not all end users are reasonable. Quite frankly, some of them will be the exact opposite and if you’re not careful, you’ll end up wasting time/energy with them that could/should have been spent more wisely.

Yes, some “end users” just want to pick a fight.

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Next Week’s New gTLD General Availability Phases

Posted on 29 June 2014 by Andrei

If I’m not mistaken, the General Availability period for 4 new gTLDs will start next week:

Dot Fish
Dot Services
Dot Vision
Dot Report

… the date will be July 02 in all cases.

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22 GoDaddy Discount Codes

Posted on 28 June 2014 by Andrei

Good week for coupon enthusiasts, I’ll be sharing 22 discount codes with you guys today. One of them should bring the price down to $0.99, six of them should bring the price down to $1.99, two of them should bring the price down to $2.49, one should bring the price down to $3 with free privacy included and the remaining ones should bring the price down to $2.95.

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Anyone Else Notice an Increase in Offer Volumes for Short Domains?

Posted on 27 June 2014 by Andrei

If you own short domains, you’ve probably received your share of lowball offers and it’s a known fact that such domains receive more offers than other domain categories but over the past let’s say 6 months or so, the frequency seems to have gone up quite a bit.

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A Few Thoughts About Boosting End User Sales

Posted on 26 June 2014 by Andrei

I’ve been thinking about a few very simple changes that might be worth implementing so as to boost end user sales and decided to run them by you guys.

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New gTLD Case Study, Update #8: Dot Tools and Dot Parts

Posted on 25 June 2014 by Andrei

Five new gTLDs entered the General availability phase today:

Dot Tools
Dot Parts
Dot Supply
Dot Supplies
Dot Industries

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Are Domain Names Antifragile?

Posted on 24 June 2014 by Andrei

Back in December 2013, I wrote a post about Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan Theory, which refers to the fact that certain extreme events can end up proving that everything we thought we knew about something was wrong.

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What’s Your Main Strength and Weakness as a Domainer?

Posted on 23 June 2014 by Andrei

Just like you have strengths and weaknesses in other areas of your life, they’re present when it comes to your domaining journey as well, so identifying the #1 strength/weakness would be a decent starting point in my opinion.

I’ll go first:

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6 New gTLDs Entering the General Availability Period Next Week

Posted on 22 June 2014 by Andrei

The General Availability period for Dot Ink will start tomorrow (June 23) and for the other five new gTLDs, it will start on the 25th. Here are the 5 new gTLDs in question:

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12 GoDaddy Discount Codes

Posted on 21 June 2014 by Andrei

Pretty decent week for coupon enthusiasts, I’ll be sharing 12 discount codes with you guys today. Two of them should work worldwide and as far as the remaining ten are concerned, I’m not sure whether they work internationally or only for people from the US/Canada.

Haven’t used any myself, so I can’t guarantee they’ll work.

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