Finally sold a domain yesterday. It’s been a while but I figured if I keep making good decisions and doing good things then eventually I’ll sell something. I did and one sold. I’d tell you what I sold but I’ll save it for Sherpa. Call it what you want Karma, God, whatever it is, I’ve been taken care of this week.
Someone emailed me and wondered with all this Africa talk if I was going to start trying to raise money for my charities. The answer is no. Not at this point. I have never asked anyone to donate money. The only time I ask is for someone else’s cause, not mine. In 20 years I have never asked one person for a cent to help my causes. I won’t let my daughter sell anything for a school or organization because I don’t want to impose on others while she tries to raise $25 for a field trip. I have never felt right asking someone to give to my cause, to support my endeavors. I feel like I am using my friendship, my relationship, or my position to force them to give. If they don’t they feel guilty. I have never wanted anyone to feel like they have to. Putting my kid in the middle is even worse. I always just bought whatever my daughter had to sell to avoid asking others. And buying everything was a bit of a strain back in the early days. I remember selling some stuff on eBay to try and buy 30 containers of cookie dough. I cringe when I see my wife’s boss bringing in sales sheets to her place of work. That’s as bad as it gets. Asking subordinates to buy something.
I’m not saying that someone raising money or asking for money is bad. I just struggle doing it. I guess I have always hoped I make enough money that I can be like Gates or some other wealthy guy and do it on my own. I know its not realistic but it’s worked so far. Just on a much smaller scale. I’ve been able to give my time and some money and made my own little dent. I’m not doing a good enough job myself so I see no need to ask someone else to help when I’m not doing all I can personally. Once I’m tapped out financially and time wise, maybe them I will ask others to chip in. Until then I will keep plugging away and like I said in the beginning paragraph, I feel confident that good things will happen as long as I keep running hard on a good path. Here are today’s names. They don’t work if you don’t click on them
Quote of the Day: “Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat” -John Paul Sartre
Domain of the Day: Deduced.com Met reserve. Good brand for any product that requires action and thought.
Portfolio of the Day: CryptoJob.com, Lead.cc, BitcoinConsultant and m
Namejet and Sedo Names at Auction
CurrencyIO.com If you are going to own the .io you should own this
FinancingSolutions.com “Need capital? Let Financing Solutions help you with your money needs” Free slogan
Godaddy Domains That I Like With Multiple Bids
Gorgeous.net Its a dot net but a gorgeous keyword
Isobe.com Japanese word and name. Also a nice 5L.com
NameBusiness.com Figured this would be the biggest name on the board given the crowd
Chauffeured.com Getting great bids but just not sure anyone can spell it
SE11.com I think the 11 is driving the price but not quite sure
Bitcoin And Crypto Names
Godaddy Names With One or No Bids
UpSmoke.com Vape or Canna name
FinGov.com Finance or FinTech
BlubberButt.com Fun name with a 1998 birthday and no bids
Drusso.com At $12. Upgrade name for a few companies
TheBarley.com Good name for a bar or something beer related
TheMediaBook.com Media names seem to sell. No bids at $12
Bivid.com Gets some typo traffic probably from Vivid. Nice 5L IMO
StuckInTheBox.com Can’t think outside it if you’re stuck in it.
RoseStore.com The next 1800 flowers. Already gets almost 1000 visits a month
Godaddy Names With Bids
0379fang.com
371dx.com
919com.com
AdirondackHealthInstitute.org
admiral-bkk.com
adtechsummit.com
Aftershocks-Suspension.com
AnvilTheMovie.com
AsNetwork.com
BadStore.com
BelleviewBiltmoreGolf.com
BlockDao.com
Boston-Terrier.com
BScopes.com
Code-Zone.com
cz720.com
Dart-et-dailleurs.com
DesignChange.com
DickieDees.com
Eotfast.com
ExpoFitness.com
ForSleep.com
FunnelBuilders.com
HiFusionMedia.com
Horoscope-Daily.com
Indannyskitchen.com
jkh001.com
JoanRecords.com
M3O.com
Majohn.com
MapContext.com
Michellekaufmann.com
Monarque.com
NewSedges.com
nsibidi.net
Pay987.com
PivotalTechDecisions.com
Postmedya.com
PsychicReadingLounge.com
Pushair.com
QOVD.com
QUUA.com
RaidThem.com
SeoSeonews.com
Smart-Girl.org
SO720.com
Soul-Audio.com
SSLInstall.com
sthba.org
Sushizen-ny.com
TheNutFreeBakery.com
TheParlourBushWick.com
TommyMacboxing.com
TrueShipping.com
ttpyh.com
TycoonsAlehouse.com
UltimateContent.com
UnwindKnits.com
UYIOrganic.com
VDSP.com
VitalHoney.com
xf566.com
youniquelypamela.com
ytys.net
Zafeya.com
Zuicili.com
All names chosen by me Shane, or Josh . (ie you click through and purchase a name you like) or an occasional paid listing. Everything I say is based on my own research or is opinion. Do your own due diligence. That means look it up yourself if you don’t think the stats or my opinion is correct. I hand choose my names but I am paid to make this list by the auction houses, individuals that are auctioning names, and Godaddy affiliate links. Keep that in mind and only buy names that YOU think are good
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I usually feel the same way for that sort of fundraising. But to be fair .. it really depends on the type of fundraising. There is a huge difference between asking for your daughter’s field trip .. and asking to help support doctors in Africa. Your daughter actually is somewhat your cause (otherwise you would have to spend the money) .. but helping the health of Africans is not “your cause” .. it’s a cause you support. I really don’t see the harm in say, after your full write up of your trip the other day saying something like “Click here to go to Doctor’s Without Borders” type of thing.
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Back when I had my huge DJ/Music community I didn’t really have much in terms of ads as I was focusing on growth (which actually is what killed me because of the monstrous bandwidth needs that just exploded too fast as I grew) .. but I did put up charity links .. I think it was to “thehungersite” and “therainforestsite” .. or something like that .. they certainly made many thousands from the traffic I sent them of that time.
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OK .. now on to the on-topic stuff. I deliberately didn’t say anything in the comments or discussions until after the auction .. because I DID notice how even though it was listed in the NameJet list on the last Sherpa .. there was (too conveniently) no discussion of Runner.com .. lol. But now that it’s over .. when are you going to spill the beans on whether you got it or not? I’m thinking at the price it hit it wasn’t a bad buy .. but that you likely would have passed it up as not being a super bargain (Drew just skews all semblance of realistic pricing with the insane 1-word for $5k buys he’s shared on Sherpa .. lol) .. and more importantly that it was above the threshold you’ve mentioned in the past that you usually have cash-on-hand for. So my guess at first would have been that you didn’t get it … buuuuut … you did say you bought a domain with partners .. and I did see a certain “like” somewhere .. so I’m not so sure anymore! lol
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Either way .. based on your hinds and posts, you clearly don’t intend to keep it a secret for that long .. so I don’t feel bad posting this publicly .. lol