There is no other way to say it. I am an idiot. I know there are plenty of people at the other blogs and comment sections that agree with me. I’ve been called an idiot for years, but this time I proved it. Remember when I said I was updating my prices at Afternic? I did. I checked them twice. But when I uploaded my price sheet in a price I had a numeric squeezed in some other numerics. Except this one was much much more valuable. And within 3 hours of uploading my new price list it got bought and transferred away. A name I just paid a lot of money for. About $4K (it was part of a package) . It sold for $500. It’s 100% my fault but that made it no less upsetting. The name was 90X.com.
Afternic couldn’t do anything about it. They tried but we all knew it had no chance of being recovered. Aaron Johnson and Adam were so much help and really felt bad. The kid that answered the phone at Afternic? Not so concerned or helpful. “I’ll have to leave a message for my manager” he told me. “Block the motherfucker before it gets away” I told him. “All I can do is leave a message for my manager” he said in no so many words. I asked him if the manager would call me. He said no, it would probably be an email. Just want I wanted to hear. He wouldn’t tell me but eventually I figured out it moved to eName and the only way it could be had back is if it were stolen or the buyer agreed to give it back. Zero percent chance. Again, its my mistake but its a scary mistake. I have a security on my Godaddy account that they have to call me to move a name out. It prevents people from stealing from me. All that is waived wen you have a BIN on Afternic. I knew that but I didn’t take it seriously enough. Turns out the easier way to steal domain names is break into your Afternic account, change a price lower and then fast track it to another registrar. That way there is no SMS, no calling you, zero protection about moving things out. This wasn’t stealing, this was my error, but I definitely see a weak link in my security. And that is a free pass given to Afternic to send a name out immediately if a price is met.
Of course the first thing I did is get sick to my stomach. After that I checked all my names to make sure no others were bad. Although I figured if they were they would all be gone. I can’t imagine what would have happened if I would have screwed up my upload and messed up all the numbers. I HIGHLY suggest you don’t upload a file and change. That you do each name manually. That you have a 3rd party check your prices to make sure things look good. Afternic will do all this for you. They offered to do it many times. Even matching up their valuations to your prices to point out glaring differences. They will make sure you get it right because of exactly what happened. They know there are people like me that manually fuck things up like I did.
I’m not going to lie, it effected me all day. It was a lot of money. I also knew that I didn’t want to make it worse and make the day for everyone around me worse. I called a few people to vent and talk it out. Michael Cyger, Josh and Travis, and my wife. That got me filling good enough to make it through work without barking at everyone and able to get stuff done. Then I came home and meditated for 30 minutes. (probably should have medicated). I meditate 10 minutes every day but I needed some extra time. And then I ran. I Forrest Gumped it and ran. By the time I was done I was good. It was over and we move on. Lesson learned. Money gone. And back to work.
I wouldn’t get all cocky and think you’re too smart to let that happen to you. Keep thinking that. I thought the same thing. The reality is that anytime you give someone the right to take something of yours with no safety checks you are opening yourself to human error. Unfortunately I was the one that provided the human error. I just wish I was Web.com Here are today’s names. Click on them for current price
Quote of the Day: “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes” -Oscar Wilde
Domain of the Day: ReputationManager.com Unfortunately this reminds me of Adam Dicker. Nice name regardless
Namejet and Sedo Names at Auction
Slipped.com Slip and falls are one of the biggest insurance scams out there. And that’s why lawyers love them
Bey.com Love this one. Other than the radio test fail its a great name
Kyrie.com This is being laid out there just for Kyrie Irving to buy
ProRunning.com The site LetsRun is the most popular pro running site but room for another
JALN.com Expiry name. So it has no reserve
TravelStick.com I’m not even sure what is going to add to your trip but sounds cool
BoobFairy.com I met a guy that called himself this. He bought random girls new boobs
70 LLLL.nets for one price. Took a lot of time to gather all these up
Cika.com Cool looking CVCV.com And reserve is met so is going to sell
GoodPizza.com I think this may actually get a few higher bids
Godaddy Domains That I Like With Multiple Bids
GamblersBook.com Online sports gambling is about to become legal across the US. When I say about I mean in the next 10 years. 1996 name
Magrit.com 1996 birthday on this 5L.com
Monga.com Much nicer 5L.com. From 1999
AtlasMarketing.com You can have it at this price
HomeDefibrillator.com As they come down in price everyone will have them. Everyone should have them
66wy.com Another NNLL with number pair. Getting closer to $100 each month
Gigbot.com I figured this one would be popular. People like bot names and Giga names
88780.com see if you can guess what this goes for. I bet you aren’t within $500
06618.com OK. Now try this one. I bet you’re not within $1000
Xiaxun.com Means “Fighting Chicken” in Mandarin
CoinFrenzy.com Most of the crypto names that have been selling are pretty rough. This isn’t great but not rough
DebtReverse.com a lot of money made in helping people getting out of paying back money they spent
TotalSteps.com I love step challenges. There are no losers. Just kidding. That’s what losers say.
CryptoWebsite.com Good crypto portfolio name
RPTN.com and PDFF.com Private seller put up some strong LLLL.com
Godaddy Names With No Bids
TopNameSales.com Another great name for a domain name portfolio. No bids
4X4Pickup.com The best selling vehicles in the US are this. And they cost 50K plus each. No bids
Nirro.com I wanted this one but figured there was no way it would slip through so I put it here. No bids
HepTest.com Hepatitis test name with no bids at $12
RunPikesPeak.com A lot of people do and want to. One bid
WhereDidYouBuyThat.com A bit long but very memorable. So good it sounds fake
SelfZone.com Self help site all the way. Start with yourself and work out. A step challenge is a great start
MarijuanaCost.com And then smoke some weed. Find out the going rate here
TouchAndSave.com Mobile is all about touch. Internet is all about save. No bids
DiscountShack.com Speaking of saving. This is where I get all my smokes
ALotOfCrap.com The real name of most portfolios
DataTreasure.com Big data…..Big money
Godaddy Names With Bids
AC71.com
AdSolarChina.com
Alfawy.com
AllLifeMatters.com
BareBabies.com
BeautifulBlossoms.net
BoutiquedCaroline.com
CambridgeHealthcare.com
Constitution101.com
CryoMaker.com
DanceEvent.com
DeluxeWatches.com
DJGT.net
ElleDesign.com
EndTheKoreanWar.org
ErsatzLabs.com
Ezmlm.com
F74p.com
FashionLovesPeople.com
fdi2016poznan.org
FollowDesign.com
GlenCampbellShow.com
GlobalMediaInc.com
HerbertMatter.net
HomespunHearts.com
infjcafe.com
ItHolding.com
LesalonBridal.com
LovelyShirt.com
MedicalCannabisDomains.com
Medoils.com
momonamission.me
NIMN.org
ODVG.com
PantherRacing.com
Piams.com
QuarrySpoon.com
ReignUSA.com
RockfordAviators.com
Roteks.com
SalineCountyEconomicDevelopment.com
ScentedProducts.com
SharePress.com
StatsRemote.com
SuperiorShots.com
ThemesJoomla.com
ThisIsRockSalt.com
TopsWedding.com
usetdas.com
WIH.cc
WintErinTheBloodFilm.com
workwithus.org
WPXE.com
YZIG.com
you want to promote, email us for details.*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
Sorry to hear this happened to you Shane. Thank you for the heads up.
A deal is a deal, you put a live contract your not network solutions that you could pull it back because you made an oopsie.
It sucks, but the Chinese are on it, and they got you.
James,
You’re not wrong. I’m not 5 so its not an oopsie. More in the “I carelessly fucked up” category
Good crying over losing $3500 man who brags about making all this money from this blog stocks nursery etc lol change the blog name to Domain Lame
James,
I will always care about $3500 lost regardless of how much I have. Risk is part of my investment strategy. I just don’t usually add a giant dose of stupidity to it like I did in this case. I could have easily just eaten it and not posted it but its a good reminder for everyone. Not everyone is as smart and gifted as you. Oopsie and now Domain Lame? Again, not 5
The man shared his mistake which he didn’t have to do. He shares his wins and his losses. Honesty is all you can ask of a blogger. Appreciate. Don’t hate.
And his reply to you was all class.
James, It’s DSAD now dickhead, so Domain Lame doesn’t work, but DLAD would. Did you really laugh out loud thinking about your super funny joke? “Domain Lame”!!! BAHAHAHAH!!! Why don’t you focus on learning basic punctuation and sentence structure before delving into comedy. They DO speak English in the Western half of Canada right?
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Tonight, after you put the cats to bed and jerk off to donkey porn, and after crying yourself to sleep doesn’t work, plan something productive to do tomorrow. I don’t think you’re fulfilling your full potential James. Reading and trolling domain blogs that you think are lame can be fun, but maybe you could find something more lucrative to do online. Then you too can “brag” about all the money you make and lose. We’ll still think your a douche, but at least you’ll have something worthwhile to talk about.
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Super busy with work and portfolio management that I haven’t commented much here lately .. but I feel the need to step in here .. Josh .. not sure how you can mock someone for their love of donkey porn when you’re likely the king of seal porn! lol 😉
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Sorry to hear about the mess up Shane .. totally sucks! It’s amazing how many times I’ve had domains be pulled back .. after all of them I’m not sure how they can actually justify not being able to do anything about it!? Hopefully the door isn’t 100% closed just yet! Good luck with it!
“There is no other way to say it. I am an idiot. I know there are plenty of people at the other blogs and comment sections that agree with me. I’ve been called an idiot for years, but this time I proved it. ”
God bless you 🙂 You are so sincere and so funny man 🙂
Ouch. Sorry to hear this and thank you for sharing. It emphasizes to many who don’t how quickly and effectively Afternic fast transfer works in any scenario. Also raises the question and concern why no 2/FA on all major marketplaces yet? Not that it would have made a difference in this situation but extra security layer just to log into marketplaces should be added.
It’s crystal clear that Afternic needs to implement 2FA. It’s unfathomable that they haven’t done so yet. It’s the weak link in their whole ecosystem. (although I know it wouldn’t have fixed your problem in this case)
Shane,
ProRunning.com and LetsRun.com (best of the two) are decent domains but IMO the category killer for that sector is…
Runner.com 🙂
Cheers
Ken,
🙂
Sorry to hear the loss of one of your quality domain which I remember you have shared very proudly of. Thanks for being very open as always and not many share their losses like you do.
Wish you recover this loss very soon.
Best wishes!
Thanks Abdul,
Nice offset to James’ comments I have a little chunk of Taser stock now known as Axon and they had great earnings yesterday that helped ease my pissed off state 🙂
I wonder why such people bother coming to your blog if they don’t like it and hide their identity as well.
Trolls are trolls. They can’t help it.
Sorry to hear about this. This is one of the things I really fear about using Afternic’s fast transfer. And Afternic’s terrible UI doesn’t make it any easier to control.
Ouch. Sorry to hear that Shane… 90x is such a great name.
I recommend my strategy of only buying names that are worth $249. I never sell lol
Tim,
That will keep down the losses 🙂