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I’m trying to get my hands around Macromedia Fireworks, and hacking away testing it’s features..

cutting, pasting, modifying, stretching, zooming, … you get the point.

As an exercise, I decided to drop in all the domainer blogs and publication logos out there, and mess around with those..

rather than delete my newbie masterpiece, I thought I’d dump here (as I tend to dump all my research here as well)

how about that fancy cropping on the ricklatona logo.. classy.

my apologies to elliot, frank, and modern domainer, as their logos are a bit grainy - had a bit of stretching issues.

oh, and whoops, what do you know, DG got the biggest logo..

I mentioned it a few months back, but it’s now official.

DomainerCon

…a domainer networking conference.

and it’s free. Just register and show up. (See the site for all the details)

We’re tentatively scheduling it from 5-7pm, but chances are it’ll last longer than that.

Why don’t you drop by, say hello?

in no specific order:

• For the most part, .ws .biz and .cc domains are worthless.
• SEO domaining is not easy. I’m not saying this to discourage competitors. I’m saying it cause it’s starting to beat me, rather than me it.
• Network Solutions sucks.
• There are too many domaining blogs that report ‘breaking news’. If you hit Domaining.com at the right moment, a large percentage of the headlines will read the exact same thing.
• Monte Cahn likes bowling shirts (with the Moniker logo stitched in).
     
• When you buy a domain direct, if at all possible, create your own account at the same registrar. Why? Transferring into another account usually takes a few hours. Transferring away, to another registrar, takes up to 5 days. In other words, 5 days for the seller to get cold feet and back out.
• The more I domain, the more I like Geo names.
• Ron Jackson, of DN Journal, works his butt off and should be thanked by every domainer for his efforts.
• And since we’re on Ron, I wish he’s only sell static ads on his site. There’s only so many swirling, swooshing, rotating, flashing ads my brain can register. (I just counted 15 on his homepage)..don’t get mad Ron, I’m just sayin’…
• Domainers LOVE conferences.

And finally -

• Domainers, for the most part, like to live 1. near a beach, or 2. in Canada.

..so, do you domain? what have you learned?

seems their design team decided to test their homepage layout in IE, and only IE…

now, Firefox is wreaking havoc, and re-written their homepage slogan to:

“You want a career that’s ORDINARY”

Ok, only if you say so..

and to think these jokers also own TravelNurse.com too… oye.

thought I’d throw in my two cents on the state of the domain name market. It’s a small microcosm of the rest of the industry, but I think it speaks volumes where this market is (and where it’s headed).

On 3/15, I was in NameJet attempting to win the domain TourismOfIndia.com. It got a bit out of my price range, though, so I passed. It ended up selling for $8,888 to bidder ‘ amitabhbachchan’.

Curious to see what the new owner would do with the property, I continued to visit the domain every other day. And each time, I’d find nothing.

After a few weeks passed, I was surprised to see the name re-enter the auction process at NameJet (guess the original buyers flaked). The new auction completion date was scheduled for 3/31.

I watched again. I bid again. And the domain jumped out of my price range again. Like any second round auction’s I’ve typically seen in the real world, or online, the second go-round price tends to drop a bit from the original sale.

Guess what? The darn thing sold for *more* on the second go-round.. $9,100 to be specific, from a bidder who was silent during the first auction (alias is ‘vanuatu’).

how’s that for proof of a strong domain market?

My wife recently got one of those Sonicare toothbrushes, and the darn thing made her teeth look like they were brightened by a dentist. So today I decided to do a little research to buy one for myself. Amazon.com was my first stop.

So I plugged in ‘Sonicare’ into their search box, and got the search results. The first listing featured the Sonicare replacement brush heads, but that wasn’t what caught my eye. Per the picture below, Amazon was quite proud of the fact that they had ‘9 Used and New’ Replacement brush heads..

Now, logic would tell me they aren’t selling used toothbrush heads. But the caption clearly says ‘Used & New’. So hey, who knows, they might be selling used one’s, right?

now, of course, they aren’t actually selling used toothbrush heads, but it got me thinking… what other items does Amazon promote as Used, that really shouldn’t be sold Used..

since toothbrush heads was #8, here’s #7

Number 7 - Q-Tips

simply, an overall gross level here. Imagine someone diggin some wax out of their ear, then passing the Q Tip to you.. na-hasty..

Number 6 - Mouthwash

I envision folks taking a swig, gargling, gargling some more, then fitting their mouth back over the bottle and re-spitting back in.

Number 5 - Baby Diapers

So many levels of wrong here. I guess you attack this problem with a tanker load full of baby powder.

Number 4 - Adult Diapers

Now, the fact that an adult would actually consider buying used diapers for themselves is disturbing.

Number 3 - Cat Litter

I can’t see a way cats would accept this. Sorry Amazon.

Number 2 - Toilet Paper

Maybe cause it’s 2-ply, you can re-sell the second layer?

Number 1 - Condoms

sorry, I had to go there. Actually, Amazon had to go there. They’re the ones selling ‘em. Oye..