Virtual Punching Bag - LET IT OUT!

[Internet.Domains]

Let it out!

Are you angry with the NewG's? Let it out!

Are you tired of the .com maximalist's? Let it out!

Got a domain gripe? Let it out!

Have you been burned in domaining? Let it out!

Is something in the domain industry bothering you? Well, of course, LET IT OUT HERE!

 

[DrJacoby]

FYI .. @Michael Cyger didn't actually sell DomainSherpa .. he actually ended it to move on to other challenges (including DNAcademy) .. and then MediaOptions came in and bought it to keep it alive a few months after Mike closed it. Mike's a domain baller now .. small portfolio of top notch high-5 and 6 figure domains (with the exception of his unicorn .. on which he is probably riding off into the sunset .. lol)!

Wow, didn't know that. Where did you read it?

 

[Ategy]

I was a loyal weekly listener of DomainSherpa (still am) when I started "domaining" about 3 years ago (I had domains much longer). The close (404th show) and eventual sale was fairly well known .. there were several months gap in between the last pre-sale show and first post-sale show ...

https://www.domainsherpa.com/farewell/
https://www.domainsherpa.com/domainsherpa-acquired/

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Pretty great list @Ategy.com - your posts are always well thought out!

For a few things mentioned in this entire thread, we should not underestimate our power individually or collectively. I think many share the auction frustrations and the domain auction system is ripe for either disruption by a new player or major improvements by existing players.

I really like your taking ownership attitude @BrandsOpen! We should all take that to heart.

Bob

 

[Arfy]

I had an issue with GoDaddy support around a domain transfer for a .uk domain. Was told that my billing details were wrong 10 times over even though I insisted they were correct and even mentioned they had charged me on that same card for something else. After speaking to 2 other people it seems it was a bug on their end and the payment has gone through.

Then, regarding the push itself (.uk works by changing the tag which is a sort of a push from registrar to registrar) I was told the sending registrar cancelled and to contact them, even though whois showed GoDaddy. Sending registrar said GoDaddy was talking nonsense. Went back to GoDaddy, this time spoke to a chap from the US and he told me right away it was another bug and the domain was now in my account.

Terrible service from their offshore call centers who annoyingly don't listen to what you are telling them. Atleast that is my experience so far and hope that it was just a coincidence that both operators were offshore - may be the training needs to be improved. Also, what is with all of these bugs!

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

thiswill.neversell

How many times did I buy this domain in the first 6 months!

(And I hate my new phone as well.)

 

[dirk]

I had an issue with GoDaddy support around a domain transfer for a .uk domain. Was told that my billing details were wrong 10 times over even though I insisted they were correct and even mentioned they had charged me on that same card for something else. After speaking to 2 other people it seems it was a bug on their end and the payment has gone through.

Then, regarding the push itself (.uk works by changing the tag which is a sort of a push from registrar to registrar) I was told the sending registrar cancelled and to contact them, even though whois showed GoDaddy. Sending registrar said GoDaddy was talking nonsense. Went back to GoDaddy, this time spoke to a chap from the US and he told me right away it was another bug and the domain was now in my account.

Terrible service from their offshore call centers who annoyingly don't listen to what you are telling them. Atleast that is my experience so far and hope that it was just a coincidence that both operators were offshore - may be the training needs to be improved. Also, what is with all of these bugs!

No, that's no coincidence. That's my experience as well. They don't know nothing and just don't understand anything that you're explaining to them. Basically they are lacking the knowledge to provide basic support.

Luckily we have Joe around to help out with the occasional issue.

As for pushes, I was told they're experiencing issues when you provide both the email address AND the client# when you request the push. So I will try using just an email address next time and see if that's any better.

 

[BrandEntrance.com]

Definite.udrp

Suxxx

 

[Blitzpotz]

Life is a stream of blindness with a chronology of undetected chances, e.g.

1984 Basquiat paintings - What did I do? Hang around in bars and clubs
1994 Domains - What did I do? Dating
1997 Nasdaq, Nemax - What did I do? Play Lotto
2009 Bitcoin - What did I do? Collect dot.mobi
2017 FAANG stocks - What did I do? Nothing
2019?
2020?
...

Aaaaarghhh Punch Zack Gong Wham

 

[PeakDots]

Spammers,scammers, and trolls burn my arse!

 

[Arfy]

Life is a stream of blindness with a chronology of undetected chances, e.g.

1984 Basquiat paintings - What did I do? Hang around in bars and clubs
1994 Domains - What did I do? Dating
1997 Nasdaq, Nemax - What did I do? Play Lotto
2009 Bitcoin - What did I do? Collect dot.mobi
2017 FAANG stocks - What did I do? Nothing
2019?
2020?
...

Aaaaarghhh Punch Zack Gong Wham

HAHA best one yet

 

[DomainRecap]

I really hate that a non-US ICANN has been given the keys to the virtual hen-house, and we're now supposed to be surprised they're gorging on chicken morning, noon and night?

 

[Grego85]

Making a living from domaining is frickin hard!!!

some days it really sucks

 

[oldtimer]

My biggest gripe (for a long time now) is that when I do a lot of research and find a nice available .com domain and add it to my wish list and then a week later when I go to register it I see that someone has just taken it.

My guess is that all our Whois searches and any researches done on search engines are being monitored or sold to others. Some of it is being done at the Registrars, but I now believe that a lot of our domain lookups are also being monitored at the Registry level. (and even ICANN itself).

I recently did a lookup at ICANN Whois for "Wallet Fortress" in .com which showed to be available and then a week later when I went to register it I noticed that someone had just registered it.

Now if you ask why I didn't register that domain right away, well at the time I couldn't afford to spend any extra money on domains and so I added it to my wish list to register it later.

Every time that I bring this up people tell me that it's just coincidence, but after losing a lot of nice domains this way I am now convinced that there is something going on here.

Nevertheless I still managed to get a few other Wallet domains that I had on my wish list even though I lost one of the best ones:

ExecWallet.com

RevolvingWallet.com

SmallBizWallet.com

and

IncognitoWallet.com

 

[Internet.Domains]

My biggest gripe (for a long time now) is that when I do a lot of research and find a nice available .com domain and add it to my wish list and then a week later when I go to register it I see that someone has just taken it.

My guess is that all our Whois searches and any researches done on search engines are being monitored or sold to others. Some of it is being done at the Registrars, but I now believe that a lot of our domain lookups are also being monitored at the Registry level. (and even ICANN itself).

I recently did a lookup at ICANN Whois for "Wallet Fortress" in .com which showed to be available and then a week later when I went to register it I noticed that someone had just registered it.

Now if you ask why I didn't register that domain right away, well at the time I couldn't afford to spend any extra money on domains and so I added it to my wish list to register it later.

Every time that I bring this up people tell me that it's just coincidence, but after losing a lot of nice domains this way I am now convinced that there is something going on here.

Nevertheless I still managed to get a few other Wallet domains that I had on my wish list:

ExecWallet.com

RevolvingWallet.com

SmallBizWallet.com

and

IncognitoWallet.com

There has been lots of reports of that going on throughout the years. Nobody has proven it that I know of, but you know what they say, "where there is smoke there is fire."

 

[HotKey]

Left Jab (lowballer)
Right Jab (another lowballer)
Elbow (renewals)
Uppercut (pump bidders)
Knee to Groin (no response from seller)
Shin Kick (no response from buyer)
Big Kick (registry domainers)
Le Grande Punch (comparing .Mobi to The G's)
HeadButt (.com vs New G adoption)
Kangaroo Slaparoo (ok to reg AppleTeslaCocaCola.com?)
aaand
Roundhouse Kick for the KO!! (premium renewals)

ahh so much better.

 

[Blitzpotz]

Very strong post @HotKey
Which punch can you recommend for fun buyers? Would appreciate an adequate tip.

 

[artstar]

removing privacy whois on domains to try and sell more with the added obvious exposure to buyers and getting spammed by email AND phone endlessly!

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

Let it out!

Are you angry with the NewG's? Let it out!

Are you tired of the .com maximalist's? Let it out!

Got a domain gripe? Let it out!

Have you been burned in domaining? Let it out!

Is something in the domain industry bothering you? Well, of course, LET IT OUT HERE!

nice thread

 

[Lox]

Once you sell a domain or drop a domain, remove the domain name from the aftermarket places (f.e. Afternic, Sedo, Dan, etc.). Thank you!

 

[NickB]

people who ask for an opinion on a domain name, don't like the answer and get annoyed when you tell them it is worthless - Your asking for an opinion, stop looking for self justification - Deal With It

Godaddy Expired Auctions
Godaddy Domain Push Process
Godaddy in general....

Bots

Not enough new trends or tech to go around

and pilchards