I was chatting with a friend about landing page options and platform commissions. In general, I list a large percentage of my portfolio on Afternic, Spaceship, or both, giving up a significant chunk of revenue for successful sales. I liken this to cost to what I pay for snow removal.

I would guesstimate that 25% of my friends have snowblowers and they take care of removing snow themselves. We have a long and fairly steep driveway, and we have a snow plow contractor that comes to remove snow when it’s more than 3″ deep. I think we pay something like $75/plow. To me, this is money well spent. I don’t have to go outside to do this work in the snow, I don’t have to buy or maintain a snowblower, and I don’t have to deal with sore muscles from shoveling. Occasionally, the plow doesn’t come at an optimal time, but I think it’s better than doing it myself.

I try to keep my prices consistent across sales platforms. When I change prices on one venue, I typically try to change it everywhere. This doesn’t always happen though.

While at the ICA meeting, I sold an inventory-quality domain name. I went to check where the domain name resolved, and I saw it was resolving to a different platform. It also had a lower price by about $1,000. I was out for dinner, so I didn’t have a chance to either remove the listing or change the nameservers.