Archive | November, 2006

Buying an expensive domain

16 November 2006

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I am going through with the domain sale. After calling the sales rep in charge, they sent me an offer of just over half of what they originally quoted – $2500. I have accepted the offer. I think some people will think that it is a lot of money, but I see conferences costing much [...]

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Buying a premium domain part 2

15 November 2006

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I just spoke to the company (sales rep) that owns this domain. At least they were fairly honest and said the domain itself is not generating much traffic. I told him a figure I would be happy to pay and he said he would go to his manager. They have sold similar domains for more [...]

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Timely post on domains

15 November 2006

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There is an interesting thread going on at webmasterworld on domains. I am totally convinced that a good, quality domain will return its value several times over. It is just difficult for ordinary people to see what it is all about. Perhaps when mainstream business realize the real value of a good domain, domainers will [...]

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Tsunami to hit Japan

15 November 2006

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I just turned on the news and it looks like a tsunami is going to hit Japan. Goodbye everyone! To be honest though, it doesn’t look too bad now, at least in Tokyo. Fortunately I am living on the tenth floor. Japan has some excellent systems in place, unlike the countries that got hit in [...]

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How John Chow got started

15 November 2006

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I have really enjoyed reading John Chow’s blog lately. Today he writes how he got started developing websites. He started his hardware review site back in 1999. John’s blog is a refreshing read, especially since a lot of blogs these days concentrate too much on promoting other people’s affiliate ebooks. He is on the ball [...]

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Buying a premium domain

15 November 2006

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I have found a domain that I like and I think I could build a profitable site around it. Just one problem. The owners want $4000 for it. I am sure most people wouldn’t even consider this. However, if for example you invested the money in shares, you would probably be happy with a 10 [...]

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Selling my unwanted books

14 November 2006

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I am clearing out all of my old books that I no longer need. You can see the whole list here. Looking at the list you can see it is an interesting mix. I always like looking at other people’s CD/book collections. Some books I just can’t part with and will be sending to Australia. [...]

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Bringing traditional businesses to the internet

13 November 2006

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I am planning to go back to Australia soon for a while at least. The one year I told my family I was coming to Japan for has turned into at least five years. I will be taking some time off from working a regular job and working as much as I can on my [...]

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Paid reviews

12 November 2006

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This is a sponsored post. I have signed up with one of the newer pay for posting service: ReviewMe. They are giving out $25,000 to bloggers who review their site. They are associated, or owned by TextLinkAds. I have just recently signed up with Textlinkads and I have been impressed so far with how it [...]

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Pubcon 2007

9 November 2006

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I am a little disappointed I couldn’t make it to Pubcon this year. I was emailing with someone recently and he said it was an event you just cannot miss. Perhaps I will have to wait until next year.

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