After 27 years of running the nursery I have made the decision to retire. It was an incredibly difficult decision for me, my family, and my company. We are family owned and run and the wear and tear of retail took its toll. Incredibly at 80 my Dad still wanted to be in decision making remotely. Ironically watching the show Succession made me realize what my future years looked like. My family has all made it to 95 plus and time is precious. It came down to me or him and he wanted the reigns and I gladly gave them back to him. My brother will continue on just fine without me and I have things I want to do. I have made some good money on the side over the years and I still have a skillset that I think I can create something to pay the bills for this last chapter. Fortunately those bills are very small. House is paid, cars are paid and daughter is getting paid to finish up her PhD. Its just the perfect time to try something I really want to do. I don’t know what that is but I’ll figure it out. I will be able to spend more time on DSAD and make it better as well as perhaps turn one of my side hustles into a real business. I’m just not sure. But I know I’m in a great place. A bit scared, a bit nervous, and a whole lot excited. As I always say you have to get uncomfortable to grow and do great things and I made a big uncomfortable decisions and plan on doing great things.
Quote of the Day: “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” –Fred Rogers
Domain of the Day: I go through the list before I see the prices and amounts of bids and see if I can predict what they top names are. I picked this as being the best “raw” domain. I was right. Most bids
Namejet, Sedo, and Catched.com Names at Auction
LeonardoDiCaprio.com Own this and you get to date 28 year olds eternally
Framable.com At the bottom end of the reserve so it might get there
RoadBikes.com Namejet has an exclusive on this one. Great name and a huge category of bikes
OCoin.com Probably not going to reach reserve but a nice name
FreshDude.com Almost no reserve. Men’s grooming all the way
MetaverseTrends.com Still think its worth more than $110
Chart.co Gets 2000 visitors which is about 50 cents a visitor at this price
Forecaster.com High reserve but a heck of a name. From financials to weather. So many uses
Godaddy Domains With Bids
SeoAdviser.com SEO for SEO
Batchy.com sounds like a tool or app. And kind of how my wife gets when she get crabby. Spelled a bit differently though
FindingHealth.com What we all are doing. Some of it worse than others
HealthyActive.org Another health name but finding some legs on the backlinks and history
WellBeings.com A 3rd health name but this one is taken in 53 extensions and probably the most marketable. S will cause a bit of a problem
TheDeepSouth.com Sounds a little racist but some people will eat this up
MSSH.com Top tier letters. H for holdings
eDistributor.com Electronic Distributor
TokenHut.com News or blog all the way. I would eat there too
TheWang.com Great blog if your name is wang. Or a site about Vitalek
Quinks.com Taken in 10 extensions so probably an upgrade for a few. Not a bad brand
BestGarageDoors.com SEO name . Best has been a naming convention for centuries
AirdropTokens.com Its going to get sold at auction for a decent price but one of those names where people love what it represents but tough to build a brand around it
MolonLabe.com Taken in 35 extensions. Why? Because it translates to “Come and take” and is the battle cry for gun advocates
Vakar.com Love a good 5L at the right price
DataSig.com Sounds like a blockchain application
Azpa.com Another short pronounceable
Godaddy with One Bid or Fewer
Godaddy Domains with No Bids
ACWS.net
AlfredStower.info
altress.com
AndHotels.com
aouy.com
aroyalroofing.com
astud.com
BarnstableHighHockey.com
BarrysAutoBodyShop.com
bdb718.com
bditransfer.com
benedictjfernandez.com
BibIsAfricanHairBraiding.com
BlogIndices.com
BoozyBabes.com
CalvarySandimas.org
CamDepot.com
CenterSoftware.com
championautony.com
CharliesCharts.com
ChicagoTaxAttorneys.com
Chicken-Up.com
ClermontAnimalCare.org
coudersport.org
CovenantPlumbingSupply.com
DennisLloydMusic.com
DenverSartBar.com
diamondnmeats.com
EarthVisionInstitute.org
elktonha.org
elquintopinonyc.com
ExoticChest.com
FondPets.com
FranklintonPrep.org
gballtesting.com
glofit.com
HarvestPanCakehouse.com
HoustonHotelFurniture.com
ibuspan.com
JoshGuestLaw.com
joyinthehome.com
kalika.co
KapoOrDesigner.com
KidActivePlay.com
LaverneGore4Congress.org
lelaboratoirecambridge.com
liqurious.com
medositalian.com
miradoresresidences.com
mollystropicalplants.com
mpstudy.com
mwvp.com
NatureBridge.com
OkinawaVolcano.com
OneTail.com
opiga.com
PhotographyDegrees.org
PreachingPeace.org
PrudentialLease.com
Qatar-Info.com
RegAsStudio.com
SafeRise.com
salexy.com
SandIslandLighthouse.com
sb0.com
SecretIdentities.org
sefcoelectric.com
SeoAdviser.com
SeoCourt.com
SharingBackyards.com
SouthEugeneTheater.org
SteamPunkArtifacts.com
stmartinohsep.org
SupplementsBook.org
TradeUps.com
tucolchonoutlet.com
zhoulibo.com
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Congrats Shane! No doubt you’ll be successful in whatever you do next. Looking forward to hearing more about that journey, but take time to really enjoy the retirement too.
Thank you David
Where do you see the greatest opportunity/direction for you from here on? Anything on your mind?
Not sure quite yet. Still exploring. Would like to create something that provides value through improving their life via health, saving time, brings smiles, or makes them money. Will narrow what that is in time
Happy Retirement!
Congrats Shane. Been fun watching your journey. This blog motivates me most days! Kick Ass!!!
I’ve been following you within the domain industry for some time but also know, through your blog, how much hard work, early hours and long days you have sunk into the nursery business, that this has been a monumentally difficult decision. But I also know you have a skillset that will make you successful at ‘anything & everything’ you do so I wish you much success in your next chapter.
And I hope you’ll be documenting what you do along the way and motivating those lucky enough to read your blog. Best wishes and Slainte from the Emerald Isle.
Thank you Paul and everyone. Taking a little time to take it in but will seeking out my next adventure
Whoa congratulations!! 😊
Happy Retirement Shane, It’s an amazing achievement to be in your position and I am looking forward to continuing to watch your adventures online 🙂
Happy retirement Shane.
Congrats Shane! I know you’re going to kill it in whatever you choose next. It’s been great hearing about your nursery stories over the years, and I can’t wait to hear about your new adventures.
Have a healthy, fun and productive retirement. Enjoy the simple things in life.