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Hello everyone!
Although I got carried away and made a post without introducing myself recently, I thought that mistake should be rectified.
I go by Biff (my real first name is ambiguous and it caused many fights on the playground) and I am addicted to buying domains. I live in the USA and started this addiction in the mid 90's when I acquired a domain for my personal use that was kinda quirky; but as the bubble began to swell it started getting offers for a buyout. Being young and hungry I sold it far below what it eventually sold for (sound familiar!?!?!)
Not too long after that happened the bubble burst. Most of my decent names were liquidated a couple years later and I got back into construction since building things, no matter how small or inexpensive, filled a creative need in me.
In '07 the big 'C' reared its nasty little head and I was given 3 months to live (never believe what they say or give up) so I liquidated everything and partied like it was 1999. Actually I gave most of it away and began looking forward to the transition to the other side since I am sure it is going to be a hoot. Nine years later and I'm still waiting!
In December an operation to clean up some old damage from the chemo made it so I could not do anything too physical for a couple months which put me back in front of the computer and the addiction kicked in...hard. That crazy .99 info sale pushed me over the edge...yes, I think a quality .info will increase 10 to 15% a year in value. I did hold on to some names all these years, mainly for sentimental reasons but after a 6 week binge I guess I am back in the biz...just wish I had a buyer or two!
I ended up here from a search about parking providers since one of the several I used for some of the new domains did not provide the content they deserved (I have now learned from this site I may not have left them parked long enough).
It looks as though many people posting here are generous with their knowledge and that is refreshing. Hopefully I will have useful input from time to time but don't rely too much on my predictions. An old buddy began buying numeric domains when I was still looking for a great BBQ domain to buy as a long term investment. I told him that he was wasting his money spending $35 (that what it used to be) on those NNN.COM domains that meant nothing. Today he is a multi-multi millionaire and won't even return my calls...whatever.
Although I got carried away and made a post without introducing myself recently, I thought that mistake should be rectified.
I go by Biff (my real first name is ambiguous and it caused many fights on the playground) and I am addicted to buying domains. I live in the USA and started this addiction in the mid 90's when I acquired a domain for my personal use that was kinda quirky; but as the bubble began to swell it started getting offers for a buyout. Being young and hungry I sold it far below what it eventually sold for (sound familiar!?!?!)
Not too long after that happened the bubble burst. Most of my decent names were liquidated a couple years later and I got back into construction since building things, no matter how small or inexpensive, filled a creative need in me.
In '07 the big 'C' reared its nasty little head and I was given 3 months to live (never believe what they say or give up) so I liquidated everything and partied like it was 1999. Actually I gave most of it away and began looking forward to the transition to the other side since I am sure it is going to be a hoot. Nine years later and I'm still waiting!
In December an operation to clean up some old damage from the chemo made it so I could not do anything too physical for a couple months which put me back in front of the computer and the addiction kicked in...hard. That crazy .99 info sale pushed me over the edge...yes, I think a quality .info will increase 10 to 15% a year in value. I did hold on to some names all these years, mainly for sentimental reasons but after a 6 week binge I guess I am back in the biz...just wish I had a buyer or two!
I ended up here from a search about parking providers since one of the several I used for some of the new domains did not provide the content they deserved (I have now learned from this site I may not have left them parked long enough).
It looks as though many people posting here are generous with their knowledge and that is refreshing. Hopefully I will have useful input from time to time but don't rely too much on my predictions. An old buddy began buying numeric domains when I was still looking for a great BBQ domain to buy as a long term investment. I told him that he was wasting his money spending $35 (that what it used to be) on those NNN.COM domains that meant nothing. Today he is a multi-multi millionaire and won't even return my calls...whatever.
