Domainers guide to scamming morons, and how to avoid becoming a victim yourself

[mole]

Here are some things you need to religiously follow, not:

1. Give them half truths : Tell people .COM is good for "type-ins", without telling them the other half of the story. Never, ever, define what "type-ins" really mean. Just say Google.com, for example, has millions of type-ins a day.

2. Magnify with a tainted glass lens : Always remind people that Business.com sold for $7m, but never, ever, say it was just worthless stocks they were referring to. If they are still unconvinced, tell them Men.com recently sold for $1.3m and show them the news articles. However, don't show them this example if your buyer is a prude or has strong religious inclinations.

3. Oversimply the situation (morons love it) : Show them evidence that eBay.com and Google.com are very profitable companies using a .COM, and they can too. Never, ever, bring up the fact that the Internet is a cut-throat environment and that its going to take much much more than just a .COM and wishful thinking. Always wish your buyer Good Luck (you are going to need it)!

- copyright 2004, partially reproduced from mole's dirty tricks archive

 

[Legend.name]

:-O

 

[skylight]

Nice Guide

 

[Steen]

Mole is a .com hater

 

[mole]

Mole is a .com hater

Now where did that come from ... :huh:

 

[fryman04]

How about selling i-men.com and saying "hey, men.com sold for a million and this one is very similar" Or even worse, saying that when you are selling i-men.ws

Or selling a forum and saying "oh, I earn $100 everyday and I get over 1,000 visitors, but sorry, I can't give you any proof of that, all I can say is that my huge traffic comes from a tiny link hidden at another site"

Selling buy-new-house.com and saying that "buy a new house" has been searched for 20 million times at Google, as if that would make any difference.

Selling all kind of weird domains related to future events (hillaryforpresident08.com, iwillvoteforarnoldin2008.com)

 

[mole]

"all I can say is that my huge traffic comes from a tiny link hidden at another site"

Never, ever, say that.

That is a great suggestion, though. I'll add that to my book of dirty tricks, thanks!

 

[chatcher]

4. Tell them how many times the Overture suggestion tool says the name with extension has been searched, but don't tell them what that tool is really counting.

 

[bellweather]

Never, ever, say that.

That is a great suggestion, though. I'll add that to my book of dirty tricks, thanks!

lol