But it was all predicted RIGHT HERE on this blog. But we had a 5 year detour that is now coming to an ABRUPT end! With the reported bankruptcy of Famous Four, this is the beginning of the end. I blame domainers for being ignorant of their true role and value.
I am so glad you are letting the Division of Drivers Licenses have so much influence when they should have NONE! Who are they to YOU? They are not your FRIENDS! They are salespeople! And that is fine. YEARS of it!! But until you realize that registries and registrars MEAN NOTHING to you as domainers the industry will never have direction and meaning. Even with the dense fog of bullshit and noise. However with time, there is also clarity. I only buy domains in a depressed market. Long gone is the hope for new GTLD's of 2013. The month of the stock market and housing crash. Long gone are the shrimp as big as my fist in 2008. Long gone are the $12 million domain auctions of 2007.
I will always piss off multiple groups because the truth is sometimes their enemy and I don't carry water for anyone but progress and success!
I share what I see and how I think it will unfold and I share why. I don't sell you folks anything since TRAFFIC closed in 2014. I don't sell domains to domainers I BUY domains from domainers. That equation is in real and serious trouble. The golden goose has been abused and misused and many of you are finding it harder and harder to make ends meet and also justify the time spent. Never saw one as bjg as ours and so splintered and messed up. I have been in dozens of industries in my life. There are also some very dumb and silly people. Sorry, but maybe it is time to question the mental health of the so-called "Domain Industry". Is the Domain Industry Brain Dead or just Stupid and Foolish? And a Namescon Secret I Have NEVER Revealed Until Now! The following were early sales to establish domain value. (Bought via broker for about $100,000 in 2005) (Purchased for $42,000 in 1997) It is important to note that this domain had career earnings in excess of $15 Million via pay per click earnings and never had adult content)ĩ89.com $818,181.81 (registered for $100 in 1997)Ĩ99.com $801,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)ĩ595.com $180,000 (registered for $100 in 1998) This was the 4th largest recorded cash domain sale ever!