I know quite a few people have registered LOTS of 3D domains (and, of course, other technology domains) and in my opinion, it’s a losing proposition most of the time. While I understand that being a part of “the next big thing” is always tempting, we need to be realistic and here’s what I mean:
Archive | Random Rants
The Importance of the RESELLER Market
Posted on 09 January 2011 by Andrei
Now all of us obviously prefer selling to well funded end users but what if you all of a sudden need to liquidate 500 domains? Emailing end users can work but scaling can be a royal pain in the you know what, so let’s face it: our industry NEEDS an active reseller market because without it, I’m not really sure we could call ourselves an industry and here’s why:
WHO Are You Taking Advice From?
Posted on 30 December 2010 by Andrei
Popular domaining forums have hundreds of thousands of members but the thing is, less than 1% of the memberhsip base consists of people who actually earn a living online. When starting a thread or asking a question through a post, you have to ask yourself: who am I taking advice from?
A Dose of Realism – Let’s Build on a Solid Foundation, Shall We?
Posted on 06 December 2010 by Andrei
The quality of type-in traffic as a whole is going down (read this post if you want to find out why) and has been for quite a while, advertisers are becoming better and better at filtering out traffic which doesn’t convert and this situation will only get worse. Let’s stop living in fantasy land, acknowledge the truth and build on a solid foundation, shall we?
Why Do Some Domainers Burn Bridges?
Posted on 08 November 2010 by Andrei
I’ve noticed quite a few posts/threads on domaining forums where people brag about how they “taught that cheapskate end user a lesson” through a rude reply after the person in question made an offer the seller considered too low. I want to make one thing perfectly clear: if we want to be taken seriously as an industry, some of us need to grow up!
Why Not Make Money TODAY?
Posted on 24 October 2010 by Andrei
“Potential” is probably one of the top 3 words that domainers overuse. Potential this, potential that. I have one simple question for you: does potential put food on the table? Or here’s another one: lots of stores accept cash as well as credit/debit cards but how many accept potential?
No, Domainers DON’T Have to Become Developers
Posted on 17 October 2010 by Andrei
Lots of people are rambling (especially on domaining forums) about how in order to survive, domainers need to become developers. In other words, learn how to build sites, how to generate traffic and how to monetize that traffic. Oh really? Well, I strongly disagree and here’s why:
Why Domaining Forums (and Forums in General) Have a Bright Future
Posted on 22 February 2010 by Andrei
I was reading a comment earlier today and remembered that I’ve been meaning to post my opinion regarding the “do forums have a future?” issue last month but forgot all about that idea. Let me start by answering with two questions: do blogs have a future? What about email, does email have a future?
iReport.com, iPad.com… iPleaseBuyTheseSocks.com?
Posted on 27 January 2010 by Andrei
Remember Rick’s $750,000 iReport.com deal? Remember how many i+keyword domain name owners started daydreaming afterwards? Remember how many people started to foolishly invest in absolutely worthless i+keyword domains?
2010 and My Mission
Posted on 20 January 2010 by Andrei
Rick Schwartz and quite a few folks are fighting a battle on an extremely complicated front: corporate end users. As domainers, we all want as much “fresh” capital as possible but aren’t we overlooking something? Shouldn’t we pay more attention to the potential end users who are right in front of us?
