I know they've reserved some names because I'm aware of one I had mentioned to them I was interested in and they now have the same name reserved. Maybe they're holding it just for me
Thanks again Stub!
Sneaky little slobs. Reserving a domain after you discussed it with them. But you did break a cardinal (funny I heard that name somewhere before) rule by talking about the domains you may or intend to purchase. Let that be a lesson to you 
What's sort of interesting is that I put the name in a email to them of which I still have a copy, so they can't say they didn't know about it. I even shared with them what I believed the best use for it might be. At the time, just about 6 months ago, I could have bought the name for less than a hundred bucks. I'm going to check to see what they'll sell it for now. If the price is a lot more, I won't buy it, but it certainly adds to my credibility in more ways than oneYou are always welcome
contractor.
Jungle.homes was on my list too, but added:
Yankee.homes
Rembrandt.homes
Bridgewater.homes
This is keeping with my promise to add a .homes a day for the foreseeable future, and should carry me through the weekend. Note, Rembrandt.homes is perfect for a home painting
I know I can't share with you my plans here on NamePros, but I plan to play by the 'ol 80/20 rule whereby I'll probably drop 80% of the domains that come up for renewal. I'm not about to "hoard" domains as Verisign refers to it, but I plan to sell a lot more than the 1-3% "average" that domainers sell from their portfolios each year. Thanks for the concern Stub, but I will tell you about another .homes domain I bought today your post about "Waterfront.homes" inspired me to buy. I bought Rivershore.homes and it's .com equivalent RivershoreHomes.com. It's certainly not Waterfront.homes, but with literally tens of thousands of homes viewing rivers around the world, either a realtor, a builder, a contractor will love to own these domains. And if you think these "end users" will come to me before I locate them, I've failed my contrarianism test Thanks again Stub.
Thanks Stub, but I'm not your typical domainer. I've not always been a contrarian, but after Verisign confirmed my suspicions about this industry in November, 2017, I'm more of a contrarian now than ever. And NamesCon only added to my contrarianism...wow I didn't even think that was a word until I just typed it, and it wasn't red-flagged
I think it's also a nice name. But felt "lakeside" had more potential. I'm happy to see you register "rivershore". This is a true story. Not re-manufactured fiction.
Your welcome. My comment, although directed at you, was not meant only for your consumption. It was a reminder to us all, the triple priced renewals are only 1 short year away. I get the 80/20 theory. I also use some version of it for some section of my domain purchases in .com. But for these expensive renewals, I decided to try to stick to registering only a few domains, which I would be happy to pay the renewals for. My theory here is more like the 20/80 theory
As a matter of fact. When I noticed that waterfront.homes was reserved, I went looking for other "waterfront properties". Almost all .homes domains containing water (and it's substitutes) and proximity (and it's substitutes) were almost all taken. I found only lakeside.homes and rivershore.homes were about the only 2 names available. I did a google search for "lakeside" and "rivershore" and found that "lakeside" had 93 million listings and "rivershore" had 382 thousand listings. So I took "lakeside" and left "rivershore" unregged. My 20/80 theory in action
Enjoy your weekend!
