It all started with a DomainGang post about Adam Dicker’s “decision” to shut down DNForum (obviously a joke, the post even ended with a “dummy disclaimer”). Come on, why would someone take a DomainGang post seriously?WTF? Here’s what happened:

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Enough with the bs already, seriously. Were you around back in let’s say 1996? Do all of your domains practically sell themeselves? Probably not! Don’t worry, you can still make bank and as of tomorrow, I’ll show you EXACTLY how 😉

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A lot of people seem to be extremely talented observers and there’s definitely nothing wrong with that as long as they understand that at one point or another, one needs to stop observing and start DOING. Unfortunately, most people don’t and here’s the thing:

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If I hear/see the word “halvarez” one more time, someone’s gonna get hurt. Seriously, enough is enough: “Pictures of halvarez”/”What did halvarez have for dinner yesterday?”/”Why did he choose this username, why not alvarezh?”… don’t we all have something better to do?

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It’s been a long time since I had such a good laugh. The domaining community exploded today after SnapNames announced that yes, “halvarez” is actually their VP and has been up to no good since 2005. Here’s why I find the entire situation hilarious:

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Alan from NewfoundNames (don’t know him, nothing against him – I’m criticizing the blog post, not the person who wrote it) wrote a post I found pretty funny about 2 hours ago. The post illustrates a “development is king, Rick/Frank/Kevin are history” way of thinking which (IMO) is just plain wrong and here’s why:

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End users don’t “get it”. Other domainers don’t “get it”. Marketers don’t “get it”. Nobody “gets it” except you, right? Seriously, I’m starting to develop some kind of an allergy to this phrase. It was relevant the first time someone used it, it was relevant the second time but too much is too much!

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After I wrote my last post about why I hate blogging, I got a lot of feedback from people. One such person was Eli, a guy who I really respect — and what he said convinced me to start a personal blog. What he said, you can read in this introduction post.

You can read my personal blog at lord.is. Here are some posts I’ve made there —

lord.is / getting rich with Felix Dennis’ 8 Rules

lord.is / books everyone running a business must read

lord.is / how to outsource

lord.is / Sex, Lies and Internet

lord.is / most important skill

Even though I was on a vacation at a place with horrible internet connectivity on my data card, I could not resist myself playing a few pranks on April Fools Day. What I had only done for a few laughs revealed some really interesting things to me.

If you have ever been on WickedFire then you’d know how much we hate “get-rich-quick” eBooks and how swiftly we take actions against them. The last thing that you’d want to see is a WickedFire Staff Member and Domaining Section Manager writing a Get Rick Quick eBook.

But yes, I did! I claimed to be writing an eBook revealing all my domaining secrets and made an offer to people to pre-order it for just $7. You can see my thread and the funny-comments people made there by clicking here.

Another thing — when Jon had started a crusade against these quick-buck eBook authors, he had done so by openly posting a copy of the crap that these authors were selling. So to take the joke further, I asked a friend to post a fake download link for what I was claiming to sell. The link was a Rick-Roll!

The tone of comments in the thread was enough for anyone to see the joke. However, I was shocked when over 20 people contacted me via private messages, eMail and instant messenger asking for payment details for the eBooks.

I was even more shocked to see the key-phrase “lord brar ebook” in my search referral stats!

Com’on guys. I have not written any eBook and neither do I plan to anytime soon. However, this validated the fact that a fool and his money don’t stay together for long.

Remember – What Works For One, Doesn’t Work For Everyone and you have to find out what works for you by hit and trial.

I made this post claiming that DomainingTips.com has been sold. A lot of you saw through the joke and posted in the comments or ribbed me via IM or PM about it.

However, I actually received a few offers in high x,xxx range trying to out-do the current bidder or in case the sale doesn’t go through.

No folks, I don’t plan to sell DomainingTips.com anytime soon but it was pretty interesting to see the offers rolling in!

I hope you had a nice First April. Do tell me about your experiences and pranks in the comments.

Hey — I need a favor from you! Can You Please Vote for DomainingTips.com as the Best Blog and DNForum.com for the Best Forum. Here’s the Link? =)

Thanks!