One of the best parts of owning a business is having the ability to “fire” a customer when they’re bad for the financial or mental health of your company. It doesn’t happen often. Maybe once every few years. But there’s always that one who’s clearly taking advantage. Complaints aren’t the issue. It’s the customers who berate employees or make unreasonable demands. That power isn’t meant to push away people I don’t like or agree with. Some owners do that, and while it’s their right, it’s not good business.
Take the owner of Sticker Mule, for example. He publicly accused one of my favorite social media guys, WorkDieWear, of scamming him. The accusation wasn’t even close to true, and the post got destroyed online. I’ve never seen fewer likes and more comments calling someone out. I was one of them. Thinking I’d just be another voice in the crowd, I left a comment. He went to my X bio and replied with something like, “That’s coming from a guy who owns Beehouse, which gets no traffic or sales.”
I responded, “That’s literally a hobby company. And one that’s spent over $5K with you on labels and stickers.” His answer? “Go buy them somewhere else.” That’s exactly what bad business looks like. He got upset and told a good customer to get lost. And I wasn’t the only one. He did this with a lot of people. I felt bad for his employees. A business is a reflection of its owner, but I guarantee no one working there wanted me to leave. He’s just a troubled guy.
On the flip side, I once sold over a million dollars a year in mulch. I had exclusive contracts for certain territories. One landscaper, who bought six semis a year from me, called the supplier pretending to be out of state just to find out my price. Then he hired an out-of-state trucking company, picked up the mulch himself, and brought it into my market. When I found out, I told him it was shady. Sure, he saved money, but I had always treated him well.
He didn’t stop, so I told him he couldn’t buy anything else from me. It was all or nothing. His crews were furious. Instead of making one stop for everything, they had to drive an hour away or get it shipped in and keep it watered until the job was ready. In the end, it cost them more than they saved, and the quality of their jobs went down because we had some of the best plant availability in the country.
When my brother took over, he let them buy again. His thinking was that the $75K they spent with us offset what we lost in mulch. From that perspective, he was right. But I felt like right was right. In the end, maybe both sides suffered a bit. Those are the hard choices. Figuring out what’s best for the overall health of the company.
The good thing is, you get to choose.
The bad thing is, you have to choose.
Have a great weekend. Say it back 😀
Quote of the Day: “If you’re not willing to lose a customer, you can’t own your business. The customer owns you.“ – Dan Kennedy
Domain of the Day Judo.org Somebody let a lot of martial arts names drop. My guess is they died from a chokehold
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Dynadot
RoveAI.com People are buying these up and some are hitting the jackpot . Ends today
MonitoringAI.com Another one and I think its much better
Shaper.io I think fitness but could be many other things
Chetto.com Doesn’t mean anything but a decent brandable if you get under $150
OffCoin.com Youcoin sold for 100K but this isn’t youcoin
Fashionz.com I just hope I live long enough to bid on it. Its 14 days out
Veins.org Bloodwork?
ShipmentStatus.com Not sure how you build a 3rd party site when the shipper themselves do a pretty good job with trackers now. But its a thing
LiveTracker.com A long way out but might as well get a bid in to remind yourself
uBitcoin.com This one won’t sneak through
Namejet
Sunergy.com Still the top name on the board. Goes to auction this weekend
Calp.com Prounouceables do well and I expect this to be no different
eLabs.com As talked about on Domain Sherpa. One of my favorites this week
MegaPower.com My favorite on Sherpa as well
PerfectWay.com Reminds me of the Scritti Polliti song. This really ages me
Rinco.com I feel like I’ve seen this one before but I’ve seen millions of domains so probably the Mandella effect
SpaceFlower.com My perfect name. Born on the day they landed on the moon and I love flowers
MasterLog.com Exudes a great record keeper
Planus.com Botanic names make great brands
Atom – Active Auctions
ZERB.com Pronounceable 4L brand. What Atom is built on
Grew.ai Now at BIN of $1650
PLK.ai Met reserve at $355
Bankly.ai I guess we’re doing brandables now in AI, if so this is a decent one although not supposed use bank if you’re not
GrowEasy.com Great brand. And you know I love this one
Massify.com Make it Massive
ExtraHours.com We’re all looking for some each day
DigWorks.com Great excavation company name
SmartThreads.com Tech clothing
Sedo
Wishi.com Met reserve at $100
QAHO.com CVCV met reserve at $500
DHMS.com More great letters. Crossed 4 figures
NAR.com Probably won’t meet reserve but nice name
ARJM.com $100 bid has met reserve
Sudoku.me Still a very popular game
PAPO.ai Still sitting there at $1K BIN
Catched
Symbol.us The keyword is strong enough to give the .us value
Capitalize.us Surprisingly this one doesn’t. No bids
MBA.xyz No bids. $285 Renewal price
Reca.co CVCV.co getting some bids
Stronger.at Keyword crushes
AIDetector.site I feel like we will have a lot of AI detector sites . No bids
Bot.builders perfect partnering of SLD and TLD. Getting the love it deserves
Hive.consulting Getting no love but love the SLD
Nawa.co CVCV in dot co worth a few hundred IMO
Space.solutions SpaceX competitors. A few bids
Godaddy Domains with Bids
MintCoin.com A little past peak. Pump.fun made a few hundred million on these keywords
ONEM.com ticker symbol for 1Life and a good acronym
Homezilla.com zilla naming is not as popular but this is a monster
MarketLead.com leads for sales or leader in the field
Look.tv LOOK is such a great name for a program
Sumo.org this is one of the names
Karate.org this is another
Reflux.org This might be another but nothing to do with martial arts
Hopple.com Love this brandable. The kind I buy
Alta.io As good of a dot io as you can buy
QuantumEnigma.com Two hot keywords for one low price
FitnessCoffee.com Because there is and will be more. Infused with creatine and sodium bicarbonate
HyperUp.com Can’t get hotter than the word Hyper
StoryPad.com I see this as an AI story creator
123Sun.com Brandable solar name and 123 is very memorable
QuickContract.com Competitive space but make it slick and fast enough and people will use it
MixWire.com connectivity of some sort
ChargeCity.com Car Charging all the way
KnowCrypto.com Blog or informational site
BigMining.com I see cloud crypto mining
FindFuel.com When you pull up to Charge city and realize your a combustion engine. Have to use FindFuel to go to a proper gas station
Godaddy Names with 1 or NO Bids
Other GoDaddy Names With More Than One Bid
090888.com
123Sun.com
19671.com
19761.com
716777.com
AiDen-Reward.com
AirFusion.com
AllMyBest.com
Alta.io
anston.com
AsianInvestors.com
bacallsnyc.com
BigMining.com
BirdStation.com
BisonPower.com
BrasilArtsCafe.com
broderickroadhouse.com
BroncoSpace.com
caferati.me
catpennenga.com
ChargeCity.com
Charity-Charities.org
CityBottle.com
CityLanesBowl.com
ClevelandRocksClimbing.com
CoffeeAndCornbread.com
continuumjh.com
CryTech.com
DrivingDiva.com
eatpho79.com
ElectJimBaird.com
estrohaze.com
fieni.com
FindFuel.com
FitnessCoffee.com
FundFunds.com
GalaBoutique.com
GreenPleasure.com
griffintavern.com
guardianchain.com
HelpFindMaya.com
hikigame.com
holistafoods.com
HomeZilla.com
Hopple.com
HyperUp.com
InfraTalk.com
InterstateTitle.com
iotar.com
IrishVeganFestival.com
JabAt.com
Judo.org
JuliaSweeney.com
Karate.org
KevinGroup.com
killebrewrootbeer.com
KnowCrypto.com
LaborTemps.com
LetRent.com
Look.tv
LuigiAndGiovanniCaterers.com
MarketLead.com
MigrantJournalism.org
MintCoin.com
MixWire.com
muminkaffe.com
Muni.io
murge.com
mwpy.com
NapkinDeals.com
NaturalGuide.com
OceanSaves.com
OkBeast.com
onem.com
opms.org
OptOutNow.com
PaperbarkRestaurant.com
PayCent.com
progressiverockbr.com
PurpleDoorCoffee.com
QuantumEnigma.com
QuickContract.com
reflectives.com
Reflux.org
RelayBikeShare.com
RingNow.com
rukusfx.com
SaveBarbuda.org
sephoria2022.com
ShowMobile.com
sii.me
SiteSaver.com
SixStarFamilyRestaurant.com
SneakerSafe.com
SoundSanctuary.com
StandardStation.com
StoryPad.com
Sumo.org
TechnologyCamp.com
tecrit.com
TheLastWeekend.org
TheScentGuruGroup.com
TheSourceDenver.com
TheTempleTheatre.com
TrustStory.com
TweetPhoto.com
uvflow.com
VillaNailSpa.com
VividFinancial.com
VoodooInnovations.com
wifone.com
WindowFixer.com
wpcbsa.org
YezidiTruth.org
zegv.com
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Have a great weekend, Shane!
Thank you Cory. You too