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    Same experiment, 2 different outcomes and how they think

    I joined 2 skydiving forums with the intention of notifying the community that skydiving.me was available to whoever was interested. I made no attempt to conceal my reason for joining. My only pitch was mentioning the domain. One of the moderators in the first forum was kind enough to send me a pm saying they had a classifieds section which would be the appropriate venue for me to post an ad. I was grateful.

    Now on the other forum, I got 2 responses:

    1st: If you have no affiliation to skydiving why did you buy the name?
    2nd: A quick way to profit I assume. I doubt it will work.

    I informed them I was a domain investor and felt the domain made sense for the skydiving enthusiast. My thread was deleted in a swift millisecond. They probably felt I was taking advantage of their forum. Which I understand. But it seems they were so caught up with not wanting to be taken advantage of that they couldn't see what I was offering. I didn't mention a price. I didn't even pitch.

    This is exactly how the majority who don't understand the domain business think. It's a shame. It's been about 15 or 16 years since the internet grabbed the public's consciousness. And people still don't get the relevance of investing in a moderately decent domain for their personal or business goals, whether present or future. Even if domain traffic is downtrodden by this new age of ubiquitous apps, the value of domains will still go up because of the unavailability of good names.

    I wonder how they would have reacted if I pretended to be some skydiving pro with a failing business, who was just looking to sell the only asset he had left to keep him afloat.


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    It is probably the same response that members here would give to one of them if they joined DNF just to pimp skydiving classes

    I don't fault you for trying this angle, but you really can't be surprised over that rather mild negative response you got.
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    Sounds like the MOD responses you would get at NamePros - admonishment, thread deletion, kicked off of the forum - vs DNF - PM notifying you that your thread had been moved to the proper section.

    "Just a lot of embarrassment, embarrassed to be part of group of domainers who would do this to their fellow man.",
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    True 2ga.

    Namepros doesn't sound like a fun forum per your description there Doc.


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    Years ago, before most of today's forums existed, I posted on some newsgroups to offer domains that were targeted for people who enjoyed those activities. (The domains were in the form of ILove[Activity].com) It was a clear sales pitch with prices included. Boy, did I get savaged for it. I finally apologized and offered the domains for free. Still no takers!
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    Quote Originally Posted by randomo View Post
    Years ago, before most of today's forums existed, I posted on some newsgroups to offer domains that were targeted for people who enjoyed those activities. (The domains were in the form of ILove[Activity].com) It was a clear sales pitch with prices included. Boy, did I get savaged for it. I finally apologized and offered the domains for free. Still no takers!
    You're kidding... No takers???? Wow!


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