Believe.com Sold for $200,000 via Kate Buckley

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1) I agree with your evaluation. Strongly.
2) I still congratulate Kate, especially in this economy.
3) If you’re going to take shots at people, please don’t hide behind anonymity.

1. Glad to hear. I figured it had to be impossible you didn’t agree with that.

2. The problem I see with all this happy “colleagiality” and pleasantry is that it goes on no matter what, year after year. Most importantly, it sends a message of approval and support, i.e. for the whole enchilada including the price announcement. This, multiplied a hundred and a thousand times, has ripple effects, both in the industry and world at large. And ultimately, it contributes to and helps bring about sales figures like this, regardless of the economy, with people then just wanting to be collegial and congratulatory all over again the next time. It also encourages those in the industry who are less principled and just want to create and capitalize on “churn” and make a quick buck to fan the flames of such implied approval and support.

3. I don’t take shots at people. Except when there is clearly a conflict in which the other party is “the bad guy” and has been the unjustified aggressor, or even just a “jackass” or troll. What I do is from good motives. I say what I mean and mean what I say. I take shots at light vs. darkness and truth vs. the opposite. Even when it looks like taking a shot at someone, it is from a place of benevolence. Not only do I want to address concrete or implied “darkness,” but I also want to keep or extricate the person from it themselves. Sometimes I even like the person far too much to just let it go or let them remain in it. There is a place for and a value in anonymity. Just ask Julian Assange and Wikileaks. It is clear when a troll is just a troll, I even call them out myself, vs. anonymous-but-not. A person feels more willing and ready to say things that really should be said and need to be said, but won’t be said or said adequately. There is no need to be concerned about friendships and seeing people at the conferences and so forth. Personally, I only feel the need for maybe a few more years of it give or take. But I’m really not that interesting anyway. It would not make much difference if I wasn’t. All you would find is that maybe a small handful of my domains which are not under privacy are a bit interesting. Well a UK online friend of mine found one and raved about it in astonishment to me recently, but overall not that interesting. Not a known person, not famous, no UDRPs or anything like that. Just a guy. With a passion for truth, truth-in-domaining, and the larger causes of the big picture beyond. And yes it’s possible to sometimes get a bit carried away, and a few times Elliot has even given me a good ass whooping when I might actually even be willing to agree I possibly had. 😉 But I’m all about the benefit of both our cause, and the people involved, even when it might seem a tad strong.

If the buyer was actively looking to sell I’d say it is a good sale (maybe 2x wholesale). It is the type of name that could sell for more but it would need a lot of waiting.