“MUST READ STORY!!” Adapted for the Domain Name Business

A read a tale entitled “MUST READ STORY!!” on LinkedIn this afternoon. It was posted by someone named Daniel Ally, and one of my connections responded to it so it showed up on my newsfeed. I am not sure if this was a rift on another story or if this was original to the LinkedIn post, but I want to share a version I modified specifically for the domain name business. For full context, please read the story on LinkedIn first:

Real Estate vs. Domain Names: $$$ > ROI

A Google Alert notified me about Irv Erdos’ weekly humor column in the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper. In the article, Erdos discusses his domain name investment vs. his friend’s real estate investment. It illustrates the difference between a domain name investment and a real estate investment.

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

Brandsight Webinar: New gTLDs – The Past, Present and Future

Brandsight announced it will be hosting a webinar featuring a discussion I think will be quite interesting. The webinar is called, New gTLDs – The Past, Present and Future. Brandsight’s Matt Serlin and Elisa Cooper will discuss the state of new gTLD domain names, and discuss how the landscape has changed along with what they expect to see in the future.

NBCU Announces “LX” – Using LX.com

According to an article published in Variety, NBC Universal is launching a new television service dubbed LX:

CSC to Host Domain Name Strategy Webinar

CSC is one of the largest domain name portfolio management companies, catering to some of the largest companies in the world. Devising and implementing a corporate domain name strategy is one major component of the work the company does with its clients.

CSC will be hosting a free webinar for corporate domain name managers and management teams in October dubbed, Domain Name Strategy 2020: Blocks, WHOIS, Cyber Criminals and Other Challenges. The idea is to help clients devise their domain name strategy for 2020. Here are the topics of discussion:

What Are the Top 10 Favorite Domain Names You’ve Owned?

There have been quite a few “top 10 domain name” blog articles, Twitter threads, and forum posts going around in the last week or so. Domain investors seem to enjoy promoting (sorry, I mean sharing) their best domain names. I thought I would change things up and ask about the top 10 *favorite* domain names you have ever owned. These don’t have to be the most valuable or the best domain names you currently own or have ever owned, but I want to know your top 10 favorite domain names.

Here are mine: