Hey guys I'm Chase. I just joined a few days ago and I'm new to domaining. I really like unique and out of the box domains like domain hacks w/ ccTLD's and edm's w/ the new gTLD's, so especially excited to get some tips from ppl experienced in these areas.
Btw, just got my first CV.CV domains...
Just got the same exact email today. Was suspicious when I saw a couple misspelled words in the email, and the Google Answers page looked like an obvious advertisement for Authorize Merchant. And yep their "appraisal" price went up to $199. Wish there was some way to catch and imprison these...
I agree with the others, .io will only go up over time. It's new, it's short, it's cool/trendy. .com's are overrated, overpriced and saturated. As they they gradually lose they're power I think .io will be one of their biggest competitors.