As Konstantinos pointed out earlier today, those who want to buy good .blog domains don’t just have to cough up a huge upfront fee, they have to pay the fee in question each and every year.

Yaaaaaay! /sarcasm
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First and foremost, I don’t want this to be a political post, I’m writing it as an economist who’s analyzing an asset class (domain names). Also, I want to make it clear that I don’t live in the US, so even if I wanted to, I can’t vote.
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The industry has changed and if you’re expecting the “good old days” back, you will in my opinion be disappointed.
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… but how many domainers are genuinely willing to support the content producer?

How would you define good domaining content? Well, I’d say it would need to have the following three characteristics at the same time:
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I don’t want to be a “perma-naysayer” when it comes to new gTLDs but a lot of things about them leave me scratching my head… to put it mildly.

Here on DomainingTips, the #1 question I want to answer is not “Are new gTLDs a good option?” but rather “Are new gTLDs a good option FOR DOMAINERS?”
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Look, I don’t mind taking risks. In fact, as an entrepreneur and investor, you could say I take calculated risks for a living.

But when it comes to new gTLDs, I just don’t understand the equation. Why on Earth do people invest in them when there are lots and lots of more attractive investment options out there?
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Whenever there’s as much money on the table as with short domains, a lot of people try to manipulate you. Through blog comments, when posting on forums and so on.

The easiest way to identify someone who is trying to manipulate, at this point, is seeing him or her say things such as “short domains are hot” or “ is hot” when the reality is quite different.
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For the first time since new gTLDs have been released, I’ve actually seen a local business use one in my little Eastern European corner of the world. I was driving and noticed the site being advertised on a red transportation car. Of course, I took a picture (well, my wife took it), for your viewing pleasure:
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Today, it’s easier than ever before to buy domains on the cheap… the only problem is that the “quantity over quality” strategy doesn’t exactly work very well… at least not usually.
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Haven’t posted over the past month or so due to the fact that someone was crazy enough to sign up for a lifetime of me 🙂

After planning/organizing the wedding, getting married and enjoying our honeymoon (got back in town yesterday night), it’s time for a huge list of thoughts about the industry, about my own plans and all that good stuff. Let’s get started:
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