So wwwweb....who do you really work for, and what's your agenda? I just reg'd
eGreen.homes. First because I could, and second because I delight in the opportunity you and other critics present...it's like the gift that keeps on giving
You know as well as everyone else these names were just released to the likes of GoDaddy and Dynadot just 45 days ago on January 14th, 2019. And I think after Stub started this thread, you were one of the first ones to post poking fun of the registry for holding back Smart.homes and asking 600K for it. I can't say as they don't deserve it...the "poking fun", but I guess they have their reasons like I have my reasons for hand regging eSmart
.homes, then eSolar
.homes and now eGreen
.homes.
I've gotten so I trust very few people in this industry, and especially old timers with an agenda. Sure, the registry has held quite a few names back, but I've been able to find and register my share of pretty good names, and it's not because I know the guys who run the registry
I can assure you that gives me
zero advantage, or it may even be to my detriment
As for renewals ramping up 3-4x? I guess you know that to be a fact? I didn't think so
I don't know if you know anything about business, but my 50 years of experience tells me when people are spewing smoke. I wasn't born yesterday like other NP members at NamesCon learned. With me, what you see is what you get, and please don't tell me or anyone else you're here to help. There...did I make myself clear? Try to have a nice weekend, and try not to think about me too much
I work for myself. E and I domains have have been pretty slow for the last few years, and that trend is pretty dried up now, mixed into a gtld combo, thatโs another wasted registration.
Right now registrations are around $10-15, it is stated quite clearly when you register renewal are going to be $30-40 next year based on your account status. So yes it is a fact.
These names were not released 45 days ago, but over a year ago. The people who you know when they had the chance, and traction of gtld marketing releases behind them screwed this up over false hope, and greed. When they saw no traction they had to remarket at a lower pricing model, otherwise their extension was kaput.
I understand you werenโt born yesterday but your namepros registration date of Nov 2017, with restricted status shows you kind of were in this space.
There is a million great .homes domains, actually every major city can have a good name attached to it. The problem is the registry has reserved, and put unattainable high premiums on them, or nobody in the industry is willing to pay a middle man premium for one because they have other options. If you ask any schooled domainer how hard it is to deal in the real estate space in general, they will have you shaking your head to some of your buys.
Guys like Brad have nothing to prove here, his opinion which you are getting for free is quite valuable, as he has a great track record. You wouldnโt know this because you have been here since 2017, and have been to busy bickering to actually listen to people who are successful in this industry.
Thatโs great you went to namescon, and have that warm tingly feeling when you got back home, but itโs a marketing event, it did what it was supposed to do, give you hope, get you to come back home, and spend more money, even though you are just doing what you think is right, not following sales trends, or reports.
I think there was some flyers you could have taken on the rerelease of this extension that may yield $1500 or less type sales, but it is going to take time, and real estate brokers love to low ball so if you want to waste your golden years listening to lowball $100 offers on your precious .homes gems be my guest.
Nobody ever said domaining was easy, to be honest domaining is the hardest I have ever seen it in 2019.
Letโs take your precious egreen.homes as an example the .com someone didnโt think was worth renewing for $10 in 2017, where it dropped, and passed thru backordered, and was finally caught on a low tier catch by huge names, and sits with a parking for sale lander, with payment plan unsold. Now how do you expect to sell your gem, when they make it quite easy to acquire the .com? Do you realize the gtld contracts allow registries to raise prices by infinite amounts, and they donโt need to inform the registrant, only the registrar.
As for poking fun, no that was an observation, yes I believe smart.homes was $600k, if you donโt see an issue with that, then I guess you proved my point throughout this thread that you have absolutely no idea what you are doing, and maybe it is time for the powers to be to take your credit card away from you so you donโt do anymore financial harm to yourself, or your family.
I wish you luck, but your working much to hard to to find yourself 2 steps behind from where you first started.
