June 30th, 2009

32

Simple enough, no not domains registered yesterday by Squillions, nor new clients taken on board, nope not the amount of drinks drunk last night either as I’m practically tea total these days, my age, my birthday on Wednesday, nightmare eh?

You’ve got to make the most of life haven’t you? Especially after recent events and it came closer to home last night when the girlfriend was involved in an incident with a car, as a passenger, she’s alright. nothing serious – apparantly – but serious enough for me to worry, I only usually worry about the next holiday and if we’ve got enough to eat.

We’re off to see the Killers tomorrow at Bestfest - I’ve been each year since I arrived in 2007, it’s always good entertainment, they’ve changed it around this year, no more stage clashes and mostly in the evenings than the weekend. Romania is having a wet summer so far so can only hope the rain holds off, great thunderstorms, it gets so hot, just a shame the rain don’t go back to Gloucester.

Back to my Birthday, I’m not sure what I’m getting, hopefully some new business but I’m thinking maybe Romanian language lessons would be a good idea as I’ve been here over two years and still aint learned the lingo, getting there but can’t string many sentances together, ******* immigrants. Smiley. The other thing would be gym membership, I’ve had gym membership for four different months since I’ve been here and not gone once, shameful really, I have such a beautiful girlfriend, I should do my bit and stay fit.

I’ll do another post later and update with latest business and domains caught, it’s nice to be back blogging, also good to be out of the last hosts, saving £400 a year and have knocked websites on the head for a bit, wasn’t turning much anyway as haven’t had time to put the effort in lately, mind you never did, stuck on domains to be honest.

31 today, 32 tomorrow, just a number aint it…

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June 25th, 2009

Blog Resumes

Hello, where did you all go?  I seem to have lost all previous blog posts, sorry about that.  Time flies doesn’t it? One minute I was on my way to Vienna and the site goes down, five months later and the blog reappears. The Bermuda Triangle alive on the net. Dallas, we had a problem, now we’re back.

What to say? I’ve been catching domains, I’ve been selling and as I tell me girlfriend, “I’ve been doing shome deeeaals.” Not enough mind as we seem to always spend what comes in. I’ve got more clients these days and they’re beautiful and thanks to them the recession doesn’t seem to be biting so hard, however three weeks of no domain drops did put the dampers on some very good business in the months proceeding.

As most of you know, even those that didn’t want to, do, I sold kitchenappliances.co.uk in two days after catch for £9500 back in April.  Squillions, almost. I can tell you that most went out on bills but for the first time I can reveal, some of it went on an actual kitchen, from Ikea but still cost a bit, a good job I didn’t sell dildosandhandcuffs.co.uk for the same amount… though the handcuffs would have come in handy.

So here’s to the blog returning and hopefully I’ll have more to say very soon.

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January 19th, 2009

Busy Tired And Fat

Morning, it’s early here – about 6am. I’m doing something unusual of late and that’s working and a lot, shock horror. I have new clients, I have new contacts and I have new ideas and that’s all keeping me very busy even though I seem to lay in the same bed working all day, or in the kitchen with the laptop whilst cooking. I don’t have a telly, so I can be excused.

I am at the point where I hardly know what day it is and I’m laying around the house eating while working, as that’s what I do and I’m getting fat, I should go down the gym, after all I pay for it and it is only across the road but nope, still here figuring things out. So what’s happened recently? Let’s see if I can work my way backwards, memorialwall.co.uk was sold for £xxx after a few days of emails, they contacted me and I shifted silentdisco.co.uk for £xxx a few days after catching it, two businesses, one bid higher than the other, I contacted them.

New clients, yes I’ve brought a few new clients on board and I’m trying to work with them to supply their needs as well as my own, it’s not easy as I have to get my own domains to sell and stay alive in this very competitive world but it’s ticking. Do you want to see why it’s ticking? OK, have a butchers at my January catches so far, you’ll also see the word SOLD next to a few of them, they’ve been SOLD. I’m still selling.

decoratingworld.co.uk
mobileadvice.co.uk
middle-east.org.uk
romanian.org.uk
diving-school.co.uk
[video site type].co.uk
usa-visa.co.uk
beirut.org.uk
chauffeurdrivencarhire.co.uk
senku.co.uk
sellabroad.co.uk
chocolate.me.uk
carinsuranceservices.co.uk
highwayservices.co.uk
teenagemums.co.uk
beautysite.co.uk
petpleasures.co.uk
youthdevelopment.co.uk
purrs.co.uk
carolynnes.co.uk & com
water-proof.co.uk
privatetransfers.co.uk
refs.org.uk
br3.co.uk
carvaletservices.co.uk
abbeyfinance.co.uk    
myholidayrental.co.uk
trainguides.co.uk
holidaymallorca.co.uk
swissbreaks.co.uk
arcticleasing.co.uk
beautifiers.co.uk
beautifier.co.uk
edebtconsolidation.co.uk
swissbreak.co.uk
livingorganic.co.uk
homeassessment.co.uk  SOLD
intelligentshopping.co.uk 
silentraves.co.uk
silentrave.co.uk
hydrogenfarms.co.uk
hydrogenfarm.co.uk
silentdiscos.co.uk
silentdisco.co.uk  SOLD
skylifts.co.uk  SOLD
skylift.co.uk  SOLD
suiters.co.uk
netsuccess.co.uk  SOLD
leisurepoint.co.uk 
lamama.co.uk
yourcuisine.co.uk
mycuisine.co.uk
repressing.co.uk
repress.co.uk
signedby.co.uk  SOLD
hanged.co.uk 
taskgroup.co.uk 
smemanagement.co.uk
nutrizone.co.uk 
br1.co.uk
highwayrobbery.co.uk   SOLD
languagecourses.org.uk SOLD
sunstones.co.uk
retailing.org.uk SOLD
myrights.co.uk  SOLD

I may have missed one or two out but that’s the bulk of the catches, new purchases and registrations, if you’re keen on one I did catch and it’s not listed then it’s probably a clients. For instance imagine me loading a request for transactions.co.uk – which I did, thinking I’ll never get it and waking up a few hours later and finding I have, gutted – there goes my quick flip of the month providing £xxxx. I’m just too bloody honest sometimes.

I have a target of £2000 for this week and with four days left it’s looking like it may still be possible but only time will tell, I’m pushing a few domains hard, recent catches, usa-visa.co.uk and water-proof.co.uk and chauffeurdrivencarhire.co.uk appears to be a popular phrase and term so when I shift them that’s a bit of money already in. What do I like? I think PrivateTransfers.co.uk (LEEOWEN) is blinding, its a widely indexed term as well.  I shifted SignedBy.co.uk early on, I did like that a lot also.

YouthDevelopment.co.uk has potential, teenagemums.co.uk appeared exciting at first, grew out of all proportions and may well cry a lot over the next few months, refs.org.uk won’t be popular, may get a lot of abuse for 90 minutes but overall the domain will serve it’s purpose and bring forth a result either way. Beautysite.co.uk is sitting pretty, usa-visa.co.uk is about to fly and beirut.org.uk is still in the middle of a rebuilding effort.

Oh yes, I said I’d been cooking. I have, I know a fantastic girl and she’s got me interested in food again. I’ve been buying some quality beef and waxing lyrical about my favourite meal, here’s what you need to do. Fry a beef steak or two in a small amount of oil and allow to simmer in it’s own juices – put  a lid on the pan to create water vapour, once cooked, drain 75% of juices and cut into small chunks, add a sauce, one sec – it’s called, andalouse here… just a spoon full and add some sultanas at the same time.

Fry the sauce a bit until it becomes thickened and almost burnt and stir meat. While this is going on, rustle up some veg, mushrooms, sweetcorn, runner beans and lightly shake with ground pepper. Return to the pan and melt some soft creamy cheese on the beef and serve. The end result is an effin scrumptious dinner, server with a glass of water or red wine. I haven’t finished yet.

You’ve still got leftover creamy cheese and sultanas, get the ready made pancakes out of the fridge or make your own, spread cheese at 3/4 mark, sprinkle sultanas and trickle honey, add walnuts if you really want to. Serve with a glass of milk or unlike me, ice cream. Retire to the lounge, watch telly or get back to work you lazy git. No wonder I’m getting fat, I hope my bank balance does this week too. Until next time. Pofta buna!!

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January 6th, 2009

Another Christmas Gone

One last bah humbug, it’s something that never fails to amaze me, how three wise men and a baby can cause so much aggravation while claiming gift giving and a twelve day holiday can bring peace and happiness to the world. And on that note, Happy New Year! I hope you have a happy and successful one.

Yes I had a fantastic Christmas thank you and the new year has kicked off, dragging me along with it kicking and screaming as others can and will no doubt attest. So not to deny a new start a new start I’ve tried to join in. The Christmas period has left me a little light money wise – as it should hohoho - despite selling heavily over the holiday period, gems such as giftland.co.uk and buya.co.uk were disposed of cheaply along with several other good names.

The good news is I am back catching – it was at a hefty cost to myself in arranging the deal early January but going forward it enables me to catch again and sell in the short term to recouperate the deal’s losses. In the current climate, no not the recession, the one where a girl receives all the attention, new ways have to be found to keep everyone happy including the business manager, the mortgage provider and not forgetting the landlord too.

The boxes are being ticked, caught up with mortgage, yes, paid nominet, yes, paid landlord, no but will when my tenant finally pays me… on a diet, yes not that I put on any weight over christmas, thank the Lord, the first Christmas in eight years that I haven’t, we ate enough, I was always full and I was happy, there’s a show of strength and happiness in itself. Joined a gym, yes, going to gym, kind of…

More good news, I finally found £170 to pay for that absurd Home Information Pack that you are required to have ‘commenced’ before you can market your house, so with that ordered Tuesday, estate agents have been instructed and away we go to save some more before this horrible government and its means and ways loses me more of my money. Hopefully the house will sell for a reasonable amount.

Do you want to see what I caught this year so far? OK, as you asked so nicely and I see you’re brimming with excitement, I have caught, br1.co.uk sunstones.co.uk languagecourses.org.uk highwayrobbery.co.uk retailing.org.uk and myrights.co.uk. Yes there were better names but I haven’t been able to go after them. I’ve already sold retailing.org.uk for £40, the domain should have gone for at least £100 but I rushed it.

It’s a good job as retailing.org.uk didn’t really fit the story. As I was riding my horse drawn carriage through Bromley, BR1.co.uk postcode, my ears were suddenly pricked by gun fire and a foul mouthed man riding up fast behind. The carriage was pulled over and I clenched my valuable sunstones.co.uk jewellery to my chest. “stand and deliver” came the shout.

This was highwayrobbery.co.uk and in the BR1.co.uk area of all places. I shouted to the man that he should watch his words, he was swearing blind every few seconds and I carefully advised he should take up languagecourses.org.uk but before I could say another word, he had grabbed my sunstones.co.uk and was riding off into the distance, I dared to shout “I know myrights.co.uk” but by then it was far too late.

I’m off to look at today’s list and go to sleep, need to be at the gym for ten.

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December 11th, 2008

The FTSE 600

Well what dya know Joe, it’s Friday and two weeks before crimbo. Unlike the UK, here in Bucharest it is yet to snow, ok it snowed a week or so ago or ninje as they say locally but nothing settled. In comparison to last year when it didn’t stop for weeks, we’re assured a white Christmas of course but it’s getting a little late for a sprinkle of early cheer.

I don’t blog much these days, personal life has been busy again which is very welcome and the time I do have spare is spent working and thinking about how to make more mullah in the current climate and we both know we aint talking weather. Not this paragraph anyway. I’m a seriously happy chappy right now, ok not everything is going smoothly but whatever life throws at me and a best friend, we’re dealing with it together.

The title of this post is canny, FTSE as in the UK Stock Market with a twist, £600 for the Friday Target : Squillions Emergency. OK, so I couldn’t think of anything for E… hardly an emergency but it may well look like it. I’ve had an ok week, brought in £755 Tuesday, £100 Wednesday and nothing on Thursday despite posting on a dozen new forums but at least everyone credits me with the new chatroom activity on acorn.

Negotiation however was begun on one batch early this morning and with sleep inbetween the FTSE 600 with one more email to come, may well have decreased by an early offer of £120 to £250 leaving only £350 to attain by midnight. I can’t moan it’s been an interesting week but most of the money is gone already and I will need to keep raising money right up until Christmas - a shame but it’s true, up hill tasks as always.

I could elaborate on other sales and may well do so later in another post but right now, £350/£600 left to get. OK, I’ll elaborate as I just finished off Sarmale Pizza from last night washed down with Fanta Portocala - an healthy breakfast. Last week I asked to be reinstated as an active member on AcornDomains.co.uk which was granted – previously banned for being argumentative towards a moderator which I apologised for.

Before requesting re-entry from NASA, National Acorn Senior Admin I did £50 on MagazineWorld.co.uk to a regular punter, I know cheap but that’s life. I then shifted three more for £25 each on Acorn, followed by a private message and a follow up to a previous enquiry for £175 that being iSunglasses.co.uk. Paid by paypal so taking a while to arrive but thankfully that means I still have it to spend. I also got an additional £165 out of one of the £25 sales with add ons. My speciality, add ons to bump up the after sale sales talk.

If I was clever I’d sell insurance for the domains… 1 year, three and five years.  As Christmas closes in sales are going to get bleaker, in contrast to the high street business tends to start going on holiday, well erm last week. I do have money coming next week, small payments, those being £160 odd from TradeDoubler and around £45 from AffiliateWindow. I’m only just starting to get back into Affiliate Marketing, a shame that I’ve missed another bumper Christmas, I have only myself to blame. Back to the sales office. Some Romanian culture for you, Replik with Asa Ma Simt… means ‘that’s how I feel’ – I think. I just heard it on Breakfast telly this morning, it’s got me in the mood.

Update: 10pm and almost all in. £250 was raised and paid this morning, a further £50 tonight leaving £300, an email enquiry from my newsletter offers list came back with another £125 making a total of £425 on the way with £175 left to attain. I have one enquiry on seod.co.uk at £150 and will hopefully see that closed later tonight, we shall see, one sec MSN email alert… nope Ann Summers – AS AN AFFILIATE!! Maybe. Drum roll, will it be £25 left or £175, only one person has the answer, the buyer of seod.co.uk

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December 4th, 2008

Back To Basics

In 2003 I started a website called Morewards.co.uk - it was one of my very first forays into affiliate marketing, once I had figured out such a medium existed. I played around with banners and bought stuff myself, did it work? didn’t it? half of the time it did. I was very sceptical about the tracking and I was proved right too many times as tracking had to be followed up.

They say we go back to what we know when times are hard, times aren’t hard just banks aren’t lending to each other or us, if I was Prime Minister I’d make them lend but I’m not and he’s buggering up the country again. As so many millions of people are still employed and will be getting fat at Christmas mainly because petrol and energy is cheaper, vat has been reduced and mortgage payments are going down, little Timmy is getting three enormous chickens this year and the poor sod has got to carry them. Hobble hobble, bwark bwark bwark, hobble hobble. You can’t laugh at the disabled – yes you can it’s Christmas!!

Yes as many millions across the UK and europe and america are employed and will be spending lots and lots of their lovely dosh, we affiliates must get their attention, make them come our way and spend our way so we too can reap the rewards of Christmas, I’m going back to basics and what worked for me, I can spend all day changing datafeeds and get a trickle of visitors but bung up a page of content and I’ll be flooded.

Call it what you like, a mess, an ordinary bog standard directory of sites however time to cut the talk and make the walk and get the site operational again, it’s an old site, it may do ok, the proof is in the pudding. I’ll let you know how I get on, the only problem is it isn’t instant money like domain sales, hopefully I’ll shift one today for several hundred, that’ll pay the rent.

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November 27th, 2008

Too Late For Christmas

Am I? Have I been a good boy? I’ve been ok but it’s not for me to judge. For years now I have kept missing Christmas with my websites, this year at least I thought about it although I feel I am going to fail again but I’m trying to catch up. By the end of next week I should have 150 websites in place, holding an average 20,000 products each across a few hundred merchants.

The idea is to have five million products attracting a sale a day across all sites which should result in at least £5 a day commission, it’s a low estimate as I already do £100 a month without doing anything and a further £150 from another partner contract so at £250 I’m at £8 a day. If I can add a further £12 a day, I won’t need to push domain sales much anymore so that’s the aim in the current climate, easy I should think.

Easier than trying to flog domains to cash rich businesses who think the credit crunch is a crisis rather than what it actually is and just a period where people with money think they can get a bargain from people doing as they’ve always done and selling what businesses need. It’s ok, I’ve been making colleagues laugh this week – you wait until this all brightens up a bit, they’ll come knocking and want domains and I’ll say “NO credit crunch innit.” watch the prices get hiked once it’s over, if they want to hold on to their money now, they can pay twice as much after.

Yes a target of £5 is low but it’s the regularity of one sale a day that will mean more to me at the moment. I tend to shift high end items, which see £15 to £30 commissions, a continuation of that trend on a daily basis would be good and nearer to my hopes of £1000 inbound, on top of the £250 and domain income and property rent.

My girlfriend has started working with me, learning the ropes – it’s not been easy, we haven’t been seeing each other long, several months but we’re determined to succeed no matter the disagreements caused by added pressure to a young relationship. It’s certainly got me working anyway, without her around I’d be mucking around still, it’s nice for someone in life to give you reason to do things and be motivated. Money always motivated me but it was the girl and the dreams that I always needed the money for, crazy eh!?!

Here’s to a profitable Christmas, I may not do much this side of new years however I have a feeling I may storm the sales. Search engines can be a bit fair like that with their updates and new content. I left it late again but at least I got off my arse and started to put in the ground work.

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November 15th, 2008

The Week Of Weeks

This is it, what I have probably been building up to for a month now, I raised £1000, raised £500, raised £800 and magic’d another few hundred towards the end of the week and now for the big one. £5000 or 100 sales this week whichever ever brings the greater amount of mullah.

I just lost £140 on Monetised.co.uk because I didn’t get replies to emails so off to a bad start already, as I sold it for less a few days ago and the previous interested party only just said he’s got the money. These things happen. Sorry. One has to put food on the table when one is bloody hungry, hasn’t one. A bit annoying as I only sold it Thursday night so I could eat.

As of this moment in time I have 900+ domains and it’s easy to do the maths. The best way is a few at £1000 each, it used to be the norm. There are a variety of combinations, I could sell one for £4600 as I did Worky.co.uk or 100 at £50 a go, a few bulk buyers or just throw them away. I have to be canny, I have six days to get the domains sold to get £5000 in.

Usually people want to know what you’re doing with the money, that’s fair enough, Christmas is coming up obviously, mortgage to pay, rent to pay, life to see to, holiday, food, drink and be merry, bills, bills, bills. I want to get back on top. Saturday 15th 4pm: I’ll update with my progress now to price ‘em up and ship ‘em out. I just caught MyBiography.co.uk not bad eh!

Saturday 15th 7.15pm: Tapped up a regular for £90 – its not for me. I’ve been paying back my overdraft at £100 month, arranged monthly on the 15th, it got reduced today so that’s an £8 over fee and £75 to get it balanced. One bill paid, £4910 to go. What a laugh… Monday 17th 10am and I’m slow to wake up, one company called but no one in, I was after £500, a pittance. 12.30, four sold and £175, client was interested in my 24 domain ‘base’ set, laters.co.uk and 17th.co.uk pair – they’re still thinking. £4735 remains to reap.

4pm: £325 comes in early and £55 went to a wrong account number so will be sent again, £380 because it’s arriving this week, not new business but it all helps. £4355 left to attain. I’ve been offered £175 on theseychelles.co.uk, it beats the £50 from earlier but still not selling yet, oh and the others aren’t thinking anymore so that batch is still available. £4355 – I’ll get there, need to break the £4000 barrier today (Monday).

Tuesday 2am: I’ve had an enquiry on over 50 domains again which is always a nightmare as you never know the angle of the interested party. I’ve priced them at £xxxx and will await their reply. I always try to be fair when pricing, a female friend says I’m no good at this job as I’m not ruthless enough well it’s a joke that’s wearing thin now but I caught ruth.co.uk and it’s now someone elses, so yes I am ruthless in a way but I know what means more on occasions, happiness versus holding out for bread and water.

It took me about two hours to price the domains, 12.27 to – a good job I blogged about this, msn ****ed up and it never got sent. Now sent. 4am here in Bucharest, if only I was tired I’d go to sleep. 1pm: It’s a quiet day, calm before the storm I hopes. Wednesday 1am: No new sales, I have been teaching my girlfriend how to do what I do this evening, yes do nothing and earn money. I’m not trying to sell other domains until the bulk is finalised either way. Hopefully it will be sealed by end of today.

Meanwhile affiliate sales are ticking by, £3.00 and £1.70 overnight. Whoopee. Wednesday Midnight: I’m losing all hope, it’s Thursday, bulk enquiry has been out there two days, the week is nearly over and I’ve almost failed. My bulk pricing was a good one I thought. Thursday 4pm: I give up, I’ll try another a week, waiting out for the bulk threw my rhythm. £4355 of £5000 remains.

Continued… Monday 24th: Took £250 for theseychelles.co.uk, let’s keep it going. I’m not one to give up on what I really want. I have another £300 to £400 on the table to seal today and that other £xxxx enquiry with still no feedback on negotiation. £4105 to go although the idea was to see all the cash at the same time and the result of my hard work but that isn’t going to really happen is it. 28th 5am: Forgot to add £200 for a set. £3905.

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November 13th, 2008

Capitalist Cogs

I’m going slightly mad, I like to think while I walk and tonight was no different just on occasion I do sometimes mutter out loud -  a sign of madness maybe but I got my point across very well to, erm, myself. I walk and ponder on how I should be making money and what affect current world affairs have on those activities and whether they will aid or hamper my achievements.

I came to the conclusion that capitalists have lost their ideals and are running up their socialist leader’s pantyhose, please note Labour would not think twice about nationalising everything fixed and further still employing anything that moves into government funded labour, anyone left behind would be housed, fed and watered by their neighbour albeit indirectly.

I also came to the conclusion that capitalists had lost their balls. Although I did just state that. I told one domainer a month back that 300,000 jobs would be lost by Christmas, he laughed in disbelief - he’s on the NOMINET PAB. He’s embarrassed me recently so now it is my turn to show his lack of forsight regarding economics. I’m not worried about job losses but I was right and so too was my broker. BT shedding 10,000, RBS 3,000 and so on and it will continue for a bit.

However such are capitalist pigs at knowing the cycle of their machine that they keep the cogs greased by a variety of contracts and government failsafes that allow a country to tick-over even at the worst times. BT’s story isn’t one of shock, it’s of man management and end of year reports to shareholders. As soon as those 10,000 begin to get the chop, their human resource department or whatever they call it these days (I’ve not worked for someone else for ten years) will be drawing up plans to hire another ten thousand. Oh yes they will.

Of course we all have to feel sorry for the man on the street who is now on the street back looking for work, we’ve all been there, the longest I ever waited was two weeks it could be a lot longer for those ladies and gentleman about to sign a million forms to get their dole money paid on time – “you’re disability benefit, Sir!” “I’m not disabled” “Shhh yes you are.” But don’t feel sorry for long, a lot of those previously employed will be getting over the horror with redundancy packages which they in turn will pledge to save and secure their family’s future while spending out this Christmas and in the sales.

And the government failsafes will kick in, the unemployed will get their jobseeker plus plus plus plus allowance and in turn they will buy Christmas presents and spend in the sales. You know, none of this is new, the Church reported on a story some 1900 years ago, and it was probably told a lot earlier of seven lean years and seven that were quite fat. Pretty much everyone on the planet knows about that one so why they all panic when it happens I don’t know, it’s inevitable.

In my position selling domains you see people tightening up though I don’t know why, I’ll confess to you and be honest, some of my best clients have stopped or cut down on buying but in my view that’s the worst thing to do, acting like the banks have.  I’m still finding new clients to sell to so it’s not a big problem it just got a bit harder when asking new customers for money in an instant instead of the regulars.

May I continue, capitalists have lost their balls. 10,000 lose their jobs, 100,000 lose their jobs but at the same time they’re getting redundancy pay, benefits and using savings and family are coming to their aid, they’re still spending money and all the while those countries holding the British and the West to ransom over food prices and oil are slowly realising blackmailing us wasn’t so clever so items get cheaper in the shops and purchasing returns to a form of normality.

This brings comfort to a nation in time of need and a sigh of relief to the pocket. The cogs continue to turn, every one person made unemployed will have a reaction to their newfound predictament, some good, some bad, put their feet up, go on holiday, enjoy redundancy and maybe one in one hundred or thousand may be pushed into self thinking, self motivation and therefore self employment to care and cater for themselves and their loved ones.

I discovered all this by walking to the local 24 hour market, which had shelves brimming with Christmas decorations and goodies to buy and sell to the hundreds of thousands of unemployed and EMPLOYED this crimbo. Yes contrary to reports in the news, there will still be twenty million people employed at the turn of the new years, a few less, a few more and even more millions with access to the internet globally spending using their cards on instant purchases. Did we forget them?

I sell domains, it never was easy and I don’t expect it ever will be, one thing I have found is clients and customers (a few) are getting cheeky, ahhh credit crisis, got no money blah blah, it makes a change from the old excuses of “I just bought some others..” or “I don’t really need it, developing something else” but nevertheless it is getting just as boring. Yes my clients need domains to develop websites and their orders may be slacking however they’re just as busy and will be in the future too from the unemployed brimming with new ideas on how to make their fortune.

I see an opportunity to make money in all of this, people lose their jobs, they get more money, unemployed create new businesses and ideas, they need a domain, services, I still reg domains, they come to us to buy them, it’s a cycle that is best witnessed in a downturn, I am at the centre of the world economy, I buy and sell the front of people’s businesses, the doors that a million customers may walk through in the future and have done in the past.

The cogs of the capitalist machine will continue to churn regardless, the death of a business and the release of a domain into my clutches and the employee onto the streets is the birth of a new business, the purchase of that same domain and all the while money will still be spent as prices of goods and wares decreases before ultimately rising in due course. I think these are fantastic times for the entrepreneur and for domaining and internet business in general. Happy Christmas! Anyone got a fiver?

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November 12th, 2008

Domain Connections

As a wonderous website developer, magnificent affiliate marketeer, a prolific property mogul, a witty writer and another word beginning with p publisher, I am also a daringly decidedly doffing your hat to me, devilishly dreamy domainer and as such I look through thousands of words and phrases and combinations of letters every day and very often and the same may well happen to you, I find connections.

Similarities with my life – as words usually do, they make connections with every day happenings. Today WoodyAllen.co.uk is dropping, me and a lady friend recently watched a thirty year old film named Manhattan so there’s a connection and there’s others, this post would be much better if I’d planned on writing it and could recall the various other words and phrases that stood out but I can’t and I didn’t so this is short and to the point.

So a little warning, financial rather than health, one should be careful when looking through domain lists and words every day, I picked up theseychelles.co.uk on Tuesday and now me and aforementiond film groupy are going there for two weeks in April. Maybe I’ll sell it for £3000 and cover the holiday itself – you never know. Be careful out there, word lists can seriously affect your pocket. *A shame I couldn’t recall more connections.

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