Great. Frank Schilling and the “Big Boys” Are Making More Money But Nothing’s Changed for the Rest of Us

It's not jealousy, it's just a fact.  Congratulations to Frank Schilling, Rich Schwartz and Michael Berkens. Glad to hear they are getting the cut of the revenue they deserved all along.  I just wonder what took them so long.  I never understood why all had their own registrars but couldn't form a parking company that dealt directly with an ad provider. Google was providing parking to thousands of little guys like me and yet domain investors with tens of thousands of domains couldn't negotiate their own deal with Google?  Well they finally did and not surprising,  it's better than everyone else's d... Read More »

DomainFest Barcelona Auction Has Some Great Names and a Few Problems

Over the last few years I've had countless articles about domain auctions and their inability to add "sweet spot" domains to their live auction list.  By sweet spot I mean domains that would sell in the $2 to $5K amount and draw multiple bidders due to their low entry point.  While there is no doubt that the bills are paid by the 6 and 7 digit domain sales, I believe they can get rid of the "friends and family" domains off the list and swap them with some lower priced, more attractive names. Let's start with the positives.  Their are some fantastic names in the DomainFest Live auction. Let's look... Read More »