As a business owner, keeping these three words in mind is a must in my opinion. I don’t know if it’s just me or if it’s human nature but a lot of times, whenever I hear about an opportunity (domain sale or acquisition, business, offline investment, you name it), I tend to be pretty excited initially.

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I was taking a look at an image that displayed the Internet’s most popular sites since the beginning of the commercial Web and up until this point, when I realized that several were/are allegedly “domain killers” (the image I’m referring to can be found below).

Let’s see:

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After all the excitement and promises from both competitors, reality is rearing its ugly head again, as voters of both parties realize that the world’s problems can’t be fixed with just words. As domainers, it’s important to pay attention to how the economy is performing and after the elections, people are once again realizing that the worldwide economy (especially Europe) has seen better days.
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In the domaining industry, people often say things like “I hate GoDaddy” and “GoDaddy sucks” but quite frankly, I don’t understand why. GoDaddy is one of the companies I frequently use, so let’s see:

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That’s it, just a random thought that will hopefully help you guys avoid useless back and forth arguments in the future. From now on, whenever you come across someone who rationalizes using arguments such as “oh I wish I started investing in domains earlier”, simply explain that our industry isn’t even 20 years old.

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As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Verisign’s stock fell sharply and all in all, the dot com growth rate is slowing down. We still have growth but as the Internet matures, it’s understandable that the growth rate will not always be impressive.

Will new gTLDs affect this growth rate as well?

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Francois wrote an interesting post back in July, he highlighted it again on Domaining.com and it’s an article I encourage you to read. Here it is. Since I started my 3% commission brokerage offer, I’ve mostly received submissions which fall into two categories:

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A lot of us earn a living online and it’s easy to say things like “wow, I can’t believe I worked x hours in a row” but in reality, how much did you really work? Seriously, how much did you really work if we define “work” as something that either makes you money now or will help you make money in the future (gaining knowledge, for example).

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Whenever you hear something like “I can’t believe someone bought Lnvestors.com thinking that it was Investors.com”, don’t assume that it can’t happen to you. It obviously won’t happen if you’re paying close attention but if you’re like me, you’re often thinking about a million things at any given point, so mistakes can and will occur.

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Humans aren’t perfect and this economic climate tends to bring out the worst in most people but situations such as the SOPA drama manage to restore my faith in humanity every once in a while.

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