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THE GENIUS OF ELLIOT SILVER

I don’t write headlines very often – well, actually never, that point people’s attention away from my otherworldly mind. (Not sure if that sounds right!).  However, a very simple (‘ere genius) article by our fellow domain blogger, Elliot Silver, really pulled out some excellent questions all domain investors should try to answer, including those who

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“I CAN DO NOTHING FOR YOU, SON.” The Sad Reality Of Domain Corporate Proliferation

True Grit. Few people we all knew for years in this industry who helped us through rough and ignorant times are left. With the loss of Mike Robertson at Fabulous.com months ago and Victor Pitts at Moniker.com, I think there’s no other rep working for a domain corporation who will bend over backwards to make

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HOPE LIVES! IS THERE FINALLY AN ALTERNATIVE TO GODADDY?!!

I’m not the only one sick of GoDaddy. The ridiculous ads, the manipulations, the trickery, the failure to support the domain community at a level they’re capable of doing, GoDaddy is the top money-maker suckering in the naive masses of consumers and businesses who believe a company that places a T&A Super Bowl ad would

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HOW REGISTRARS MAKE MONEY FROM EXPIRED DOMAINS

[FOLLOW-UP TO DOMAINNAMEWIRE.COM GODADDY ARTICLE] This is the way it works when a registrar gets an expired domain falling into their lap after a customer stupidly forgets to renew it: 1) On Expiration Date: Registrar disconnects expired domain from owner’s website DNS (previous owner’s use of the domain ceases, and the registrar now can play

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ARE REGISTRARS UNFAIRLY STEALING DOMAIN DROPS?

Props to Mike at TheDomains.com for running this popular blog article. It seems to have touched a lot of nerves, and the heat is cooking a tasty marbled ribeye I have sitting next to my computer monitor. I recommend everyone reading my blog who hasn’t seen this article and the comment threads to make a

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