(sorry, got to turn ole DG into a plea blog real quick)
it’s 4:27am, and I’m bummed. Couldn’t sleep, so I decided to wake up and post a quick blurb.
A few months back I helped acquire two domains for a small investment group. Our initial interest was to fully develop the names, but after some time, we decided to move our interested onto other projects. Since the DOMAINfest auction was coming up, we decided to toss them into the ring for consideration.
the names? RentalCondos.com and RentalVillas.com.
Initially - I now realize - we were a little aggressive on our reserve price. Because of that, we were originally turned down. I personally thought we had some good names, so our investment group decided to lower the reserve, and re-submit.
We eventually got Tony Clark of Snapnames on the horn, who was a great help, and worked his tail off submitting our names for re-consideration.
On Thursday 1/17, I got a quick chance to speak to Tony, when I was on vacation in Utah, and received verbal confirmation our names were accepted, and that they’d be placed in the auction (I wasn’t sure of which auction - live or extended - I didn’t really care, just wanted them included somewhere).. And just so I could have sort of confirmation, he was cool enough to drop me an email verifying everything:
Hey Peter,
I got it, and will push them in!
Take Care,
Tony-SnapNames
Tony Clark | Account Manager | 1600 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 400 |
Portland,
OR 97201
Then comes today, Friday 1/18 (or make that yesterday since it’s 4am), heading home from the airport, checking messages. Ran across the email, “Final SnapNames Live and Extended Auction Catalogs Released”..
sweeet..
run a quick check..names not on the live list.. darn. Oh well, extended is fine with me.. Quick scan. names not there. double darn.
Tony, my man, can you help a brother out? Ron (Sheridan), can you help me out?
I’d love to have these names included. I thought blog post might be one way (as I’ve already left ya’ll a message)..and also thought a blog post might be wise as early speculators are gonna download the lists without our names included, and may never realize they’re up for consideration..
and I ain’t here to bash Tony or Snapnames, cause they’ve been great. I’m just here to try and get these little babies included on those lists..
Can ya’ll help a (red headed, glasses wearing, Larry Page stalking) domainer out?
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