A Fellow Champaign Urbana Resident Shahid Khan Featured on 60 Minutes
As most of you know, I am a resident of Champaign Urbana Illinois (and owner of ChampaignUrbana.com) . My family settled near here 150 years ago and despite me leaving to pursue other dreams, I was...
View ArticleNameJet Appeases Customers and List “Reserve Auction” Next to Price
You asked for it. You received. Looks like Namejet has put in a new feature this evening. I’ve noticed for the first time that there are the words “Reserve Auction” next to the price letting...
View Article“The People Who Live in a Golden Age Usually Go Around Complaining How Yellow...
I find there are three types of people. Those that talk about doing things, those that do them, and those that bitch about the first two groups. Bloggers get put into the first group because most...
View ArticleThe Magic Bullet Method of Getting More Comments to Your Blog
Every blog author on the Internet wants more comments. More response. Most pretend that they want the comments to drive intelligent discussion but in reality they just want to their writing to be...
View ArticleSHANE’S BIG LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 16th and...
I can’t believe how fast these Sundays keep popping up. Local and online shopping all day today and a reminder that you probably need to do some yourself, especially if you need something shipped. So...
View ArticleInternet Revenue Models
The goal of starting a business online is to make money. And there are a whole lot of ways to do it. Fred Wilson, with the help of various people put together the most complete list of revenue models...
View ArticleSHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 21st
The list is pretty heavy on LLLL.coms today. But they’re all pretty good and while not category killer product domains, they have proven to be pretty good investments. Thanks again to all the people...
View Article10 Domaining Things I Learned Today on Facebook
I always feel a little weird reading articles that have sourced Facebook posts for content. I realize that once you post something on Facebook it’s realistically public from that point on and in many...
View ArticleSHANE’S BIG LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 13th
Does the whole world have the flu or sinus infection right now. I feel good but my friends around me are like the walking dead. And that’s if they’re not in bed. My friends are all doctors (and...
View Article10 Positives I’m Seeing Already in Domain Investing in 2013
It’s hard not to be positive in 2013 in the domain industry. There are more people than ever on the Internet. A trend that will continue to rise most likely my entire lifetime. Businesses now accept...
View ArticleSHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 5th
Had a great evening last night. Oversee was very gracious and took me out for a nice meal on the Beach. I would have loved to go to Frank’s event but I’m not a broker (yet) and you can only go to one...
View ArticleKraft Gives a Nice Glimpse of Why Marketing Names Have Good Value
One of the first questions I ask myself when evaluating a name is “Would this name help a company make money?” It’s a pretty open ended question but it’s a good place to start. A look at the names...
View ArticleSHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 28th
One more day and I head out to do a little business and have a little fun in Vegas. Hopefully I’ll be able to come up with a plan to work with Godaddy and Namejet on this little list. I do it because...
View ArticleSHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 11th
My daughter went to camp Sunday night and was going to be gone for 4 days. “Dad, I have something to tell you” she said. I feared the worst. Had she kissed a boy? Had she done something wrong and was...
View Article10 Personal Thoughts Of My Week in Domaining
These are usually the posts that get me in trouble. Some love em some think I’m an idiot. Occasionally they are both right. Here are a few thoughts that have gone through my mind as of late. 1. I...
View ArticleThis Picture is a Perfect Analogy
This is a neighborhood I cut through occasionally and for the last year I have watched these two homes and their yards. The guy on the right had his house built at the same time as the person on the...
View ArticleSHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 9th, 2013
I don’t ask many favors of people. I don’t hit up my friends for candy or raffle tickets my kid is selling. I just buy all of them to avoid bothering them. But today I have a favor to help a fellow...
View ArticleThe Great Mum Revelation: A Domain Name Triggers An Attempt to Take Over the...
We’ve all learned basic business strategies through out our lives but implementing them and having success, is another matter. You learn, read, and study how to do things in school, but you don’t...
View Article7 Thursday Thoughts
I think too much so I’ll share 1. I’m not sure if I should take it as a compliment or an insult. I’ve had several fellow domain investors endorse me on LinkedIn for gardening skills……but not domain...
View Article8 Monday Thoughts About Domaining and Maybe a Few Other Things
I think too much, here are a few I’ll share 1. While I enjoy hearing about all the nice sales of the big boy domain investors I am much more interested to hear what they are buying. You hardly ever...
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