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DomBuyer · 08-26-2004, 03:40 AM

LOL, you guys are cards.

Yes, Taboo did dive in earlier to tell me what a fool I was for selling so cheap, but failed to actually come up with the $25k to put his five dollar words into action. Hmm, never seen that before in the domain game.

KRL "missed" it. Oops. Now he's slagging me because he "missed" it, though he seems to be on this board 24 hours a day. Hmm.

In fact, over the 24 hour period of the sale, I had dozens and dozens of offers, but 99% of the "players" in the industry were either remarkably silent or "absent". Elequa, the playboy with a lot of cash, but sometimes not much buying sense, was twice offered the name, but said it wasn't "worth it". That made me laugh.

The name was also posted on domainstate.com, and had hundreds of page views by lots of "players". The owner of dnforum, known for buying big names, contacted me, but also passed on the price.

Shall I continue? Why don't I?

In fact, prior to closing escrow, I preoffered the name to ten select people, some of the biggest "players" in the domain game. None of them were within $5k of the buy it now price. Hey, maybe they had their reasons.

Still.

I'm not here to embarass or hate unlike some of you, just pointing out that time and again when it come down to ponying up, most "players" in the domain trade are extremely conservative about spending money. People push out the three dollar press releases and talk about $1 million domain sales--and god bless 'em if they can pull it off--but amazingly when it comes down to actually buying really good names, very few "players" actually take big risks on domain names.

And then they can't wait to come onto public boards and tell you how stupid you are for selling. Nice.

I have never been a big fan of DK, but he was in early spending freely and with real money when no one knew these names were going to have value, and in that sense, he stands alone from the chatterers.

I contacted the seller of band.com nine months ago (!) through the whois. From then till now, not a single other "player" was even close to the finish line, with the exception of John Quail, a broker, who graciously bowed out when I was in escrow with the seller.

In fact, not a single other "player" even offered the seller anything north of $10k in that stretch of time. Most offered $3k or $5k.

We all have different ways to make money and different business plans. I don't develop, I do PPC. Band.com is useless to me as PPC. So I sold it, and made a nice one day profit.

I'll tell you guys what: I have a list of names that would make you blush. Ask AVM to give you a rundown. Next time I offer one up, I'll give you each a chance to pre-buy it, get on my short list, so to speak. Send me an email.

Until then, you can all run your mouth like Taboo. Money talks, bullshit walks.

Shuki ponied up. No one else did, except Hank from SexKey (with whom I'd like to do something in the future).

There's not enough respect on this board. Way too much bullshitting and slagging. Life is too precious.

08-26-2004, 03:40 AM
DomBuyer Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Amalfi Coast Posts: 2,595	LOL, you guys are cards. Yes, Taboo did dive in earlier to tell me what a fool I was for selling so cheap, but failed to actually come up with the $25k to put his five dollar words into action. Hmm, never seen that before in the domain game. KRL "missed" it. Oops. Now he's slagging me because he "missed" it, though he seems to be on this board 24 hours a day. Hmm. In fact, over the 24 hour period of the sale, I had dozens and dozens of offers, but 99% of the "players" in the industry were either remarkably silent or "absent". Elequa, the playboy with a lot of cash, but sometimes not much buying sense, was twice offered the name, but said it wasn't "worth it". That made me laugh. The name was also posted on domainstate.com, and had hundreds of page views by lots of "players". The owner of dnforum, known for buying big names, contacted me, but also passed on the price. Shall I continue? Why don't I? In fact, prior to closing escrow, I preoffered the name to ten select people, some of the biggest "players" in the domain game. None of them were within $5k of the buy it now price. Hey, maybe they had their reasons. Still. I'm not here to embarass or hate unlike some of you, just pointing out that time and again when it come down to ponying up, most "players" in the domain trade are extremely conservative about spending money. People push out the three dollar press releases and talk about $1 million domain sales--and god bless 'em if they can pull it off--but amazingly when it comes down to actually buying really good names, very few "players" actually take big risks on domain names. And then they can't wait to come onto public boards and tell you how stupid you are for selling. Nice. I have never been a big fan of DK, but he was in early spending freely and with real money when no one knew these names were going to have value, and in that sense, he stands alone from the chatterers. I contacted the seller of band.com nine months ago (!) through the whois. From then till now, not a single other "player" was even close to the finish line, with the exception of John Quail, a broker, who graciously bowed out when I was in escrow with the seller. In fact, not a single other "player" even offered the seller anything north of $10k in that stretch of time. Most offered $3k or $5k. We all have different ways to make money and different business plans. I don't develop, I do PPC. Band.com is useless to me as PPC. So I sold it, and made a nice one day profit. I'll tell you guys what: I have a list of names that would make you blush. Ask AVM to give you a rundown. Next time I offer one up, I'll give you each a chance to pre-buy it, get on my short list, so to speak. Send me an email. Until then, you can all run your mouth like Taboo. Money talks, bullshit walks. Shuki ponied up. No one else did, except Hank from SexKey (with whom I'd like to do something in the future). There's not enough respect on this board. Way too much bullshitting and slagging. Life is too precious.