A group of angry domainers gathered yesterday at an Applebee’s restaurant – at an undisclosed location.
The subject of discussion at the meeting: transparency in the domain industry.
Late in 2009, the domain industry was rocked by the “Hank Alvarez” scandal while another new controversial incident appears to have stirred a lot of anger.
“The large corporations that essentially make money from domainers don’t seem to give a rat’s ass”, said J.K – a domainer from Peoria.
“I would trust televangelists more before I trusted those ass-clowns!” he added, pointing the middle finger at the web site of a popular corporation that oversees – among other companies – a domain registrar.
Transparency means one thing: stop beating around the bush when security incidents occur, offer valid explanations, compensate the victims and punish the wrong-doers. This way, a corporation would maintain its domainer customers instead of pissing them off to the point of losing their business.
“Nobody seems to listen to the domainer community”, said Thomas – a full time domainer from Quebec.
“The larger the corporation, the more of a deaf ear they turn on the issues that we face. It’s sickening, eh!”, he added.
More and more domainers are willing to not just protest but to take their business elsewhere or even form companies that are built from the ground up by domainers.
“I think we need to teach those f*ckers a lesson”, said Bertha, a female domainer from Louisville.
“It’s my domains that you make money from, b*tch. I want to know when some assh*le snoops into my account, I don’t even let my wimp boyfriend do that!”, she added, flexing her tattooed arms.
Time will tell whether the companies involved in domaining will wake up and smell the proverbial coffee, or if they will continue to function as if they were above the law and with questionable business ethics.
“The larger the corporation, the more of a deaf ear they turn on the issues that we face. It’s sickening, eh!”, he added.
lol, must be Canadian to say “eh” for sure.
On a serious note, their game playing days are numbered. Domainers will organize one day!
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Instead of the middle finger, how about she showing her butt crack
I am a relative newcomer and outsider to the domain industry but did quite a bit of due diligence since I am in the process of selling a super premium domain industry. I was quite surprised at the lack of transparency within the industry. It seems like there is this pitch black curtain that divides the domain buyers and sellers from the inner workings of the domain marketplaces.
After several months of due diligence I am still no closer to understanding how brokers operate, the process they use, their rationale for charging exorbitant rates, or their treatment of potential clients. I have decided that my initial attempts to sell my domain will be through Ebay, since at least, I feel, I will be dealing with an organization that is well known to potential end-user buyers. If someone can lift the shroud and explain to me how this industry works, I would much appreciate it.
@Rich
Since 1999 into domaining. The best argument to describe an industry which is moving into self-dissolution by lack of transparency is the nature of its roof. Image that you deal with a 100 dozen of real estate agents who are not willing to provide you a closer look into thier modus operandi cause they are cautious of the unknown. Simple expressed: “There is always a bigger fish….” Eat or be eaten. Thats all about it. Stay safe, keep your eyes open and try to trust yourself. 😉
those people grind my gears.