Posted on 28 May 2014 by Andrei
Update: there are actually 8, didn’t include dot holiday.
The general availability phase for seven new gTLDs will start today:
dot cruises
dot flights
dot rentals
dot vacations
dot villas
dot immobilien (this means “real estate” in German)
dot ninja
Posted on 27 May 2014 by Andrei
Today’s post has one purpose and one purpose only: making you think about the question in the title. To elaborate, let’s assume you live in country A and are running the only company in that country which sells cotton shirts. We’ll also over-simplify by leaving aspects such as globalization aside for a moment, assume that importing is impossible and call your business Company 1.
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Posted on 26 May 2014 by Andrei
… that seems to always motivate me to work harder. Had an awful day, literally awful. Almost everything that could have gone wrong went wrong, Murphy’s Laws and all that good stuff. Yet strangely enough, days like this one motivate me to work harder, no idea why but that’s just the way it is.
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Posted on 25 May 2014 by Andrei
The 2007-2008 economic crisis has proven that domains are by no means an oasis of stability during times of turbulence. Not at all. Domains are risk assets (as I explained back in 2012) and therefore go down in value during economic downturns.
Posted on 22 May 2014 by Andrei
In my opinion, premium renewal fees are a huge problem for any domaining-related business model. Let’s assume you register 10 new gTLDs with premium renewals, $300 per year each and hang on to them for 5 years. In other words, your total investment would be $15,000 over that five-year period.
Posted on 21 May 2014 by Andrei
In my opinion, it might take years until we finally have an answer to the “Is investing in new gTLDs worth it?” question. In other words, we’re talking about a marathon rather than a sprint and your business model should be adjusted accordingly.
What does this mean?
Posted on 19 May 2014 by Andrei
Since I’m also an economist, I try to occasionally analyze certain terms/theories/principles from a domaining perspective. The paradox of thrift is easy to understand. Let’s assume that all of us decide to start saving money. Now for the average person, saving money would be a good thing but if *everyone* were to do it, the economy would grind to a halt and we’d all be ultimately be worse off.
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Posted on 17 May 2014 by Andrei
Earlier this year, a lot of people were worried because GoDaddy coupons became harder and harder to find. Fortunately, things are back on track and the past couple of weeks have been very good for bargain hunters. I’ll be sharing 14 GoDaddy coupons with you guys today: two which should bring the price down to $0.99, nine which should bring the price down to $1.99 and three which should bring the price down to $2.95.
Posted on 16 May 2014 by Andrei
This happens in pretty much all industries and ours is no exception. A guy invests in a certain stock or in a few stocks, the results are good and he now claims to be a stock market expert. A person flips a home while the bull market is in full gear and now claims to be a real estate mogul. A person has a few good sales as a domainer and claims to be a domaining pro.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case.
Posted on 15 May 2014 by Andrei
I wrote about this topic earlier this month and was glad to find out that The Sherpas covered it as well today. It’s an interesting discussion and I encourage you to read my post as well as watch the video.
Today, I’d like to make two clarifications.
