Well,

the news section of this site has regrettably been neglected over the past few months due to a relocation to a new office and commitments to other domains in development.

These include Architectural Ironmongers which is a new, industry-defining portal site and a number of other blogs and sites which I will showcase here over the coming months.

Part of the reason the domain sales section of accurate name has been put on the back burner is the current market conditions. Although we have experienced the usual handful of end-user sales there has been a sharp fall in reseller market activity, and many names are currently selling for around two thirds of their early 2008 prices. It just doesn’t make economic sense to sell at this point, so we have been expanding ou portfolio with some of the offers which have come our way.

A new office, landline telephone number and a more active role in the domain industry are just weeks away now, so please bear with us and you will find it worth the wait!

Domaining Lessons

Well, if there is anybody reading this, (which I do wonder!) you may notice a change in the blog and it’s contents as of this post…

Earlier in the week, it came to my attention over on the domain forum namepros, that my earlier vision for this blog was not being well received, due to the publication of rss content from other blogs. Although this in itself is a common practice, and all posts were linked directly to their respective author’s posts, the posts were being published in their entirety - an oversight on my part due to my inexperience with syndicated feeds.

I had originally decided to start pulling rss feeds from some of the industry’s top blogs after the popular site domaining.com decided to alienate some of its userbase by deciding to charge. Knowing that a fool like myself can put together an rss based site (albeit badly - I’m sure I could have learnt) I can completely understand why people were unhappy at being asked for a membership fee.

Seeing an emerging potential gap and having just installed this site a couple of month’s earlier and yet to begin blogging, I decided to try and build a similar service to domaining.com. I decided that it may drive users to sign up for the newsletter I have been working on (it has a large number of private investors but relatively few ‘domainers’ so far) and failed to consider it might ruffle a few feathers of those who originally wrote the articles.

Upon realising my error I confirmed with many of the authors that it was the reproduction of full articles, and not the syndication which was not permitted. I have since decided that inspite of this, it would be a smarter decision to offer some original thought and put it down to experience. i have removed all syndicated posts so it is a little bare around here now! Brrr! - is it getting colder?

The conclusion

From now on Accurate Name will be my personal blog. I will continue to bring you my ‘pick of the drops’ service, although I have to admit that like most of my online life, this has been neglected in favour of turkey, brussel sprouts and lots of festive obligations. Haha. I’ll introduce a few more features, including an available domain list, some of my development stories, sales, successes and learning experiences like this one. If I am honest i don’t know what direction it will go in, but I’ll give it my best shot.

Happy new year everyone, may it bring prosperity to all who strive for it.

“The value of assets often increases exponentially while the value of your labor only increases incrementally.”

- Robert Kiyosaki

I’ve been sick for a while with all the doom and gloom of the current financial situation. The fact is, there are people who are currently experiencing hardship the like of which they have never known- yet the majority of people I see pedaling the media into a frenzy about this are not people who are really in any sort of trouble, they’re people who are pissed off that the stock they have invested just fell. To all these people, you are fools - firstly because you don’t know how good you have it and secondly, because you are missing all the opportunities to be had in this climate.

My comments are said with a certain amount of tongue being pressed into the cheek, nevertheless I do see investment opportunities all around in domain names which would have been seized up at twice the price six months ago. Now, far be it from me to want to speculate too finely on how long the market will take to rise back above what it was at the early part of 2007- but there’s one thing I do believe, and that’s that it will go back there, and way beyond, in the not too distant future. There are domains now hitting the market that will be even more scarce in future, without a shadow of a doubt.

Just yesterday I had an offer accepted on good LLL.com, the price of which could conceiveably have been double just a short while ago when buying through the same channels. It is something I may have to sit on for a while, but I am sure this represents a great way to put my Christmas bonus into good use…

I have always considered short .com domains a worthwhile investment, and some of my first trading was with 3 character .com domains and I started a small portfolio site. I have continued to grow and refine that portfolio, usually selling only to end user enquiries for prices that reflect the true price of these names outside of a tightly intertwined domaining community. You can find some of my current short domains here

Now, finally, the domain newsletter is in beta and is very nearly finished. I promise you this will be one of the top industry newsletters packed with features you will be overjoyed at - all for free. Why not sign up now with the subscribe link and check out the first issue which will be coming out very soon - what’s the worst that could happen? I have domains ready that aren’t listed here on the site and there’ll be special offers and competitions that will be worth your time alone!

Well!

Here it is- accurate name is no longer just a concept- after a couple of months of development the site is launched and live! There’s a few domains added to the portfolio for sale, but the vast majority are still waiting to be added, including some super-premium category killers not seen before nor offered for sale. Accurate Name is well on its way to being the domain portal that I have hoped for. My name is Chris Thomas, some members of the domain community will know me as ‘gingeman’ and most of my closest friends call me ‘ginge’. I hope you find my blog interesting and informative, and you should certainly find it opinionated!

Please help me to improve the site by adding this site to your blogroll, and social bookmarking sites- the more successful the site is, the more readers I will have. The more readers I have, the more pressure I will be under to provide you with some kick-ass content so its a win-win situation!

Check back soon as I will be doing featured posts on almost all aspects of the domain industry, and you might even get to know a little more about me, my thoughts and life as a successful ‘domainer’.

Thanks!