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Those of you who follow my writings know that part of my past is full of close encounters with some of life's less desirable situations. After writing an article entitled “how I broke free from the chains and got my start”, the questions started pouring in. Readers wanted to hear more about my adventures, and pitfalls. Since this is a domain forum and the topics in the Domain Name Discussion forum should remain about the industry itself, I needed to find a perfect medium.
I asked myself, “How do I get my adventures out there and still keep everything related to the domain industry?” After about an hour of stroking my beard and making some rather funny noises, I came to the decision to merge the two in a well-balanced article that not only gets the juicy stories out there, but also provide some insight on domain investing at the same time.
In a previous article, a member requested more information about a comment that I made landing my vehicle nose down, with the rear axles up.
This is where it all gets interesting...
Story: The year was 1995, and I’m not sure what came over me except the excitement of adventure of uncharted territory. When I saw a Moapa River Indian Reservation sign, I got off at the very next exit and carelessly drove. However, the excitement settled once it was apparent that I was driving down the wrong road. The adventurer in me said, “Hey, take a turn on that desert road and follow it a ways, it might end up bringing you to the reservation.”
So I followed my gut feeling.
Commentary: I couldn't help but wonder at the time if Native Indian’s reservation’s businesses’ had an online presence yet. I'm sure there were probably a few, but could there potentially be an untapped market for them now?
Story: There I was, heading down this sandy desert road for about 4 miles when, wham! I had driven straight into a ditch, which might have been an old river bed of some sort, but it hadn’t had water in it for some time.
Commentary: Old river domains? Hmm, I wonder how many rivers have dried up over the years that none of the mainstream investors picked up on. I thought to myself, “Could they be potential areas for tourists or metal detector hobbyists?”
Story: So, there I was, four miles in the middle of nowhere near my van with its nose down in the ditch and the rear axles up on the edge of a dried up river bed. I had no cell phone reception, no money left and about two cups worth of water in my canteen.
I knew that if I stayed there with the sun directly over me, I would probably end up dying of dehydration as I saw no signs of life for miles. I decided to sit in the van that was still operational, with the air conditioning running till night fall when it would be cooler out. Then, I planned to hike it back towards the highway.
Commentary: Seems to me that there could be a market for desert adventures of the unplanned kind. Survival book outlet / tips and tricks / targeted survival stories site / community of desert drifters / etc.
Story: At nightfall, I placed a change of clothing with a few other personal items into a shirt and tied the sleeves together so I could sling it around my shoulder, and headed off into the unknown.
I ended up depleting half of my water supply in the first mile alone, even though it was at its coolest. Under the glow of the moonlight, I could see snake holes all over the place in the sand with the occasional rattle snake. I carefully maneuvered forward as if I were in field of landmines, careful not to trigger one of the rattlers to feel threatened while I was near them.
After 3 miles, all my water diminished. One mile to go; feeling drained, and thirsty.
Commentary: Whoa, I found myself doing the rattle snake shake dance. A lot of snake domains are taken, but there seems to be heaps of long tail snake domain names available that are comprised of
I wonder what kind of ROI those could bring for mini-site development? Are there any domain investors on NamePros who are in this niche?
Story: I finally made it back to the interstate where I could see a Moapa rest stop and cafe. With no money left and humping it, I figured I could at least find a hose to fill my canteen and hitch hike a ride into Las Vegas.
I was rather lucky that night. After I went into the cafe to rest it off, the waitress asked if I was ok. I told her my encounter and she brought me over a free bottle of water with soup and saltine crackers. After thanking her, I left and sat outside waiting on travelers to stop so that I could ask for a ride.
It took about 6 hours of people declining, some rudely and some not, before an elderly couple said that they could get me to where I needed to go. With no real destination of Vegas in mind and the couple cringing at the ripe odor I had after all the sweating without bathing, I had them drop me off on the side of the road once the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign was in sight.
Commentary: There has to be some way people can thank others publicly for the good deeds they have done and it be archived, much like the Way Back Machine. I see the random anonymous sites where people plug others businesses and of course the millions of spam sites out there with backlinks, but I don't really come across a genuine "Thank You" site much. I’m not sure how bad the moderation it would be, but it sure sounds like a good idea in theory; random sincere “Thanks” to others (personal or business) for the unconditional help they provided to a stranger.
One thing about our moderator @David Walker that came to my attention after collaborating on this piece is the above is exactly what he does with his “thank you very much” site, and it was hard to manage. Kudos to someone that does their social responsibility in this world, donating all profits to wounded veterans and animal shelters.
In Closing
Ok, so that was the short and skinny version of the story. Sorry if I bored some of you with it and I hope it spiced up others day that enjoy this type of reading material. I'm happy to share more about my adventures, the domain industry, and other things that may go bump in the night in dark alleys, or, wait, I suppose it depends on that last one.
Let me know if these types of stories with domain related commentary interest any of you or if I should go back to sticking to the more technical article style. Your opinions matter to me
By: @Eric_Lyon (03-11-2015)
I asked myself, “How do I get my adventures out there and still keep everything related to the domain industry?” After about an hour of stroking my beard and making some rather funny noises, I came to the decision to merge the two in a well-balanced article that not only gets the juicy stories out there, but also provide some insight on domain investing at the same time.
In a previous article, a member requested more information about a comment that I made landing my vehicle nose down, with the rear axles up.
This is where it all gets interesting...
Story: The year was 1995, and I’m not sure what came over me except the excitement of adventure of uncharted territory. When I saw a Moapa River Indian Reservation sign, I got off at the very next exit and carelessly drove. However, the excitement settled once it was apparent that I was driving down the wrong road. The adventurer in me said, “Hey, take a turn on that desert road and follow it a ways, it might end up bringing you to the reservation.”
So I followed my gut feeling.
Commentary: I couldn't help but wonder at the time if Native Indian’s reservation’s businesses’ had an online presence yet. I'm sure there were probably a few, but could there potentially be an untapped market for them now?
Story: There I was, heading down this sandy desert road for about 4 miles when, wham! I had driven straight into a ditch, which might have been an old river bed of some sort, but it hadn’t had water in it for some time.
Commentary: Old river domains? Hmm, I wonder how many rivers have dried up over the years that none of the mainstream investors picked up on. I thought to myself, “Could they be potential areas for tourists or metal detector hobbyists?”
Story: So, there I was, four miles in the middle of nowhere near my van with its nose down in the ditch and the rear axles up on the edge of a dried up river bed. I had no cell phone reception, no money left and about two cups worth of water in my canteen.
I knew that if I stayed there with the sun directly over me, I would probably end up dying of dehydration as I saw no signs of life for miles. I decided to sit in the van that was still operational, with the air conditioning running till night fall when it would be cooler out. Then, I planned to hike it back towards the highway.
Commentary: Seems to me that there could be a market for desert adventures of the unplanned kind. Survival book outlet / tips and tricks / targeted survival stories site / community of desert drifters / etc.
Story: At nightfall, I placed a change of clothing with a few other personal items into a shirt and tied the sleeves together so I could sling it around my shoulder, and headed off into the unknown.
I ended up depleting half of my water supply in the first mile alone, even though it was at its coolest. Under the glow of the moonlight, I could see snake holes all over the place in the sand with the occasional rattle snake. I carefully maneuvered forward as if I were in field of landmines, careful not to trigger one of the rattlers to feel threatened while I was near them.
After 3 miles, all my water diminished. One mile to go; feeling drained, and thirsty.
Commentary: Whoa, I found myself doing the rattle snake shake dance. A lot of snake domains are taken, but there seems to be heaps of long tail snake domain names available that are comprised of
Region↔Snake Type variants. The more popular combinations are gone, but there are several smaller niches available.I wonder what kind of ROI those could bring for mini-site development? Are there any domain investors on NamePros who are in this niche?
Story: I finally made it back to the interstate where I could see a Moapa rest stop and cafe. With no money left and humping it, I figured I could at least find a hose to fill my canteen and hitch hike a ride into Las Vegas.
I was rather lucky that night. After I went into the cafe to rest it off, the waitress asked if I was ok. I told her my encounter and she brought me over a free bottle of water with soup and saltine crackers. After thanking her, I left and sat outside waiting on travelers to stop so that I could ask for a ride.
It took about 6 hours of people declining, some rudely and some not, before an elderly couple said that they could get me to where I needed to go. With no real destination of Vegas in mind and the couple cringing at the ripe odor I had after all the sweating without bathing, I had them drop me off on the side of the road once the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign was in sight.
Commentary: There has to be some way people can thank others publicly for the good deeds they have done and it be archived, much like the Way Back Machine. I see the random anonymous sites where people plug others businesses and of course the millions of spam sites out there with backlinks, but I don't really come across a genuine "Thank You" site much. I’m not sure how bad the moderation it would be, but it sure sounds like a good idea in theory; random sincere “Thanks” to others (personal or business) for the unconditional help they provided to a stranger.
One thing about our moderator @David Walker that came to my attention after collaborating on this piece is the above is exactly what he does with his “thank you very much” site, and it was hard to manage. Kudos to someone that does their social responsibility in this world, donating all profits to wounded veterans and animal shelters.
In Closing
Ok, so that was the short and skinny version of the story. Sorry if I bored some of you with it and I hope it spiced up others day that enjoy this type of reading material. I'm happy to share more about my adventures, the domain industry, and other things that may go bump in the night in dark alleys, or, wait, I suppose it depends on that last one.
Let me know if these types of stories with domain related commentary interest any of you or if I should go back to sticking to the more technical article style. Your opinions matter to me
By: @Eric_Lyon (03-11-2015)
