Today: Buying Market or Marketplace domains in .com – Budget: Up to $1,000 / Looking for Hardware Store / Home Improvement Domain (.com/.net) – Budget $1–$300 / PureSport.com sold for $18,000 and More…

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

Buying Market or Marketplace domains in .com – Budget: Up to $1,000 – Be sure to check your domain name portfolio for one of these market or marketplace related .com domains that this buyer needs. this could be an opportunity to liquidate for some fast spending cash this weekend.

Looking for Hardware Store / Home Improvement Domain (.com/.net) – Budget $1–$300 – Are you holding any of these hardware store or home improvement domains that this buyer is looking for? If so, this is potentially an opportunity at sone quick cash.

PureSport.com sold for $18,000 – That’s not a bad looking domain name sales report for a nine-letter, two-word, .com domain for five-figures. Do you think it should have sold for more or less than what it sold for?

(Song) A Day In The Life At NamePros – Wow! Have you listened to this cool domain industry song yet? It’s a 4-minute track, but the beats are pretty good if you like a country type of tune. Worth a listen, check it out!

As the name suggests, the “middle ground” fallacy (logical error) is basically the assumption that the truth is *always* in the middle or that a compromise *always* represents the best solution. Since it makes you sound “reasonable” rather than a person with extreme views, this fallacy is unfortunately widely used but just like the other ones, it’s a logical error that should be avoided.

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The name of today’s fallacy (logical error) speaks for itself. When you’re cherry picking, you are only referring to the data points that confirm the message you’re trying to get across, while “conveniently” overlooking other data points which are just as relevant but that contradict whatever it is you’re trying to say.

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Today, I’ll be analyzing the “false dilemma” fallacy (logical error) from the perspective of a domainer. As the name suggests, we’re dealing with such a fallacy whenever someone tries to make it seem that the two options which are being presented are the only possible situations despite the fact that there are actually more.

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The principle behind the straw man fallacy (a logical error) is simple: instead of attacking someone’s position, you present a distorted version of that position (one that is easier to attack) and start attacking that one instead of referring to that person’s actual position.

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One of the most important debates when it comes to new gTLDs is without a doubt the “Will consumers accept them?” one and I’ve noticed that today’s fallacy (logical error) is quite common when it comes to this specific debate.

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This is a fallacy (a logical error) that we will most likely be seeing more and more of unfortunately. What is the ad hominem fallacy all about? Simply put, it means rejecting an argument by pointing out various negative aspects about the person making it. In other words, instead of analyzing the argument, you’re analyzing the person who is making it.

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This might be the most common fallacy (as explained yesterday, a fallacy is basically a logical error) I’ve come across in the domaining industry and I’m glad I’ll be able to address it today.

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As of today, I’ll analyze some of the most common fallacies we come across in the domaining industry.

What’s a fallacy? It’s basically an argument that isn’t backed by sound logic or a logical error/mistake, if you will.

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