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Saw a comment today about (perhaps) smoke and mirrors. This made me twitch a little.
I'm pretty sure there is a lot of smoke and mirrors going on. Quite a lot. But it's not just that.
Bait and cast net for gullible fishies. (seen this too much)
Also search and get your regs snatched by(via) the registrar. ( seen this too much, and yeah, with many popular registrars)
Also pump your auction price up to infinity via vouched bot bidders. ( anyone missed this one...? )
Also "steal the dinner" = lowball offer to get your name for $100 when an hour later there's a 3K+ BIN going to come at ya. ( Had this so many times personally that I lost the count; so I'm not making any significant min offer anymore, or a min offer at all.)
Also I believe there's a new smoke and mirror league: So-called branding agencies selling overpriced domains and crappy sites to gullible (mostly fintech) founders. Ugh.
I've said it before: The game is rigged. Entirely.
We're the gullible believing that maybe, maybe, maybe it's not.
Make your voice heard below, we all appreciate it.
( Edit: Shall we also mention for a second, registrar premiums, hidden renewal costs and additional services, etc etc. But these are already too small to matter in an ocean of deceit. )
I'm pretty sure there is a lot of smoke and mirrors going on. Quite a lot. But it's not just that.
Bait and cast net for gullible fishies. (seen this too much)
Also search and get your regs snatched by(via) the registrar. ( seen this too much, and yeah, with many popular registrars)
Also pump your auction price up to infinity via vouched bot bidders. ( anyone missed this one...? )
Also "steal the dinner" = lowball offer to get your name for $100 when an hour later there's a 3K+ BIN going to come at ya. ( Had this so many times personally that I lost the count; so I'm not making any significant min offer anymore, or a min offer at all.)
Also I believe there's a new smoke and mirror league: So-called branding agencies selling overpriced domains and crappy sites to gullible (mostly fintech) founders. Ugh.
I've said it before: The game is rigged. Entirely.
We're the gullible believing that maybe, maybe, maybe it's not.
Make your voice heard below, we all appreciate it.
( Edit: Shall we also mention for a second, registrar premiums, hidden renewal costs and additional services, etc etc. But these are already too small to matter in an ocean of deceit. )
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