Making Money with Domain Names, Revisited

I wanted to revisit a topic I first wrote about almost three months ago, How to (Really) Make Money with Domain Names. Before I wrote that, and increasingly since then, I've seen public admissions by a number of domainers that the potentials for growth by just buying and holding domain names isn't what it used to be. 75% of domain industry professionals may expect domain prices to increase this year, but even Andrew Allemann from Domain Name Wire ... Keep reading »

Lesson 4: Not Every Disaster is a Disaster

A corollary to yesterday's lesson about some elements always being out of your control is that not every disaster is a disaster -- as we learn from Frank: In September 2004 category 4 Hurricane Ivan slammed into the Cayman Islands. Schilling had gotten his family on the last evacuation flight off Grand Cayman before the storm hit. Though they were safe their home was destroyed along with everything in it. Their cars were also wrecked but the biggest loss was ... Keep reading »