Some investors are domain name enthusiasts, others love cryptocurrencies, whereas we also have examples of individuals such as Michael Saylor who embrace both. While we are dealing with two completely different asset classes and the profile of the average investor also tends to be quite a bit different (with domain investors representing a slightly older …
One of the most memorable takeaways (and there were many!) of Andrew Rosener’s interview with Michael Saylor over at DomainSherpa was represented by the fact that betting against mega-trends that have trillions of hours as well as dollars behind them would be counter-intuitive… to put it mildly. More specifically, why on Earth would you bet …
In the (very) early days of domain investing, pioneers such as Michael Saylor or Rick Schwartz had to essentially go blind and acquire domain names based on a combination between intuition and common sense more so than anything else because there wasn’t exactly readily available data they could have analyzed to draw conclusions with respect …
Michael Saylor made a more than interesting point approximately one hour into his DomainSherpa interview, when drawing a parallel between domain names from the perspective of commercial viability and the world of real estate by asking a straightforward question: why should a brick and mortar business establish a physical presence in 50 states if most …
Yes, sex sells generally speaking but when it comes to domain names, things are a bit too complicated to be summed up through overly simplistic marketing gimmicks. In terms of anecdotal evidence worth referring to as a metaphor, we have the $30,000,000 Voice.com sale that Michael Saylor discussed during his DomainSherpa interview with Andrew Rosener …
Perhaps the number one mistake domain investors tend to make is assuming more truly investment grade domains exist than there actually are. It isn’t the least bit difficult to understand why that is the case, with the reasons primarily revolving around the fact that most investors do not have what one would call an impressive …