Hi Folks,
My apologies for not posting in a while, I've been incredibly busy. It's been so long that a few traders were actually worried something had happened to me, but I'm happy to report that I'm alive and well! The truth is, I never ended up hearing back from the owner of AboutFarms.com and I simply did not have time to chase him up.
I'm not making up the part about being incredibly busy, either. Since my last post, I've 1) become a Steering Committee member of the dotMobi Advisory Group, where I'm co-chairing 2 Task Forces, 2) invested nearly 6-figures in the December Sedo Premium .mobi auction, only to see that auction experience a first-of-its-kind Sedo meltdown due to the demand, which almost resulted in several lawsuits, 3) setup a Round Table at my .mobi forum, Mobility.mobi, to resolve the Sedo crisis, which was very successful in finding a compromised solution with mTLD that avoided an auction re-do and lengthy lawsuits which would have been a disaster, 4) attended the 4-day Mobile World Congress here in Barcelona where I met the folks from mTLD (including the Chairman of the Board), and 5) submitted a Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Premium Domain Why.mobi for a new .mobi Awareness Campaign Mobility.mobi will be launching next month. There's more, like the 12 Premium .mobi's I now own which need to be developed in the next few months, but that's all I can remember right now. :)
As you can see, I'm deep in the .mobi jungle and don't plan on coming out for a while as it's been incredibly exciting watching this young extension slowly mature and evolve into the mobile future. But enough about me, let's get to the juicy part. This project requires time and patience, two things I no longer have. The good news, however, is that this idea is not dead. Chris Hunt (NP username: munkybrain) has launched OnePrettyDomain.com to breed new life into this concept. Remember, if we were able to go from a reg-fee domain to a $1,000 3-number .net here at OUD, this idea can work, it just needs time and a lot of support from people like you! So follow all the action at OnePrettyDomain.com and go make your offers!
I want to thank Chris for keeping the OUD spirit alive and I wish him success! I will be offering him my last OUD traded domain, MotorizedHome.com which should keep things interesting.
I also want to thank all the OUD traders who offered and won domains, all the voters for leading the way, and everyone who left comments and offered the project food for thought.
See you at OnePrettyDomain.com!
Cheers,
Andres
P.S. I will be leaving this blog up and intact for historical purposes.
P.P.S. If you need me, I'll be at Mobility.mobi :)
Trading internet real estate from worthless to $1 million.
>> THE OUD ADVENTURE CONTINUES AT ONEPRETTYDOMAIN.COM!
On Sept. 29, 06 I traded my one ugly domain for ReleaseParty.com with Geoffrey McGill
On Oct. 23, 06 I traded ReleaseParty.com for CelebrityAffairs.com with Brian Raymond
On Nov. 14, 06 I traded CelebrityAffairs.com for VoiceTone.mobi with Ross Alden
On Dec. 8, 06 I traded VoiceTone.mobi for RealitySeries.tv with Tom Rice
On Jan. 1, 07 I traded RealitySeries.tv for YoG.mobi with Ross Alden
On Feb. 8, 07 I traded YoG.mobi for F9Y.com (.net, .org, .biz, .info) with Randy Pendleton
On Feb. 23, 07 I traded F9Y.com for the TriGuard.com set with Dan Mortensen
On Mar. 5, 07 I traded the TriGuard.com set for Consolidate.biz with Andy Kelly
On Apr. 13, 07 I traded Consolidate.biz for 354.net with Simon Moxon
On Apr. 25, 07 I traded 354.net for Casino.rw with Alex Simon
On May 7, 07 I traded Casino.rw for OnlineCasino.im set with Brian Raymond
On July 04, 07 I traded the OnlineCasino.im Set for the Months.us set with Rom
On July 17, 07 I traded the Months.us Set for LBAB.com with Tristan Perry
On July 30, 07 I traded LBAB.com for NQT.us with Brian Raymond
On October 31, 07 I traded NQT.us for DeluxeBurger.com with Dan Mortensen
On November 14, 07 I traded DeluxeBurger.com for MotorizedHome.com with Tom Rice
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Hello. My name is Andres Kello and I'm trying to break the world record for the most expensive domain by selling TheRecordBreakingDomain.com for $12,000,001. The problem is, I've been criticized for choosing such a "long" and "ugly" domain. I naturally disagree, but that criticism, together with one red paperclip, has given me yet another idea that's never been tried before. I'm going to show my critics that it's not about the domain; it's about the idea! So this time I'm going to start with an unquestionably ugly domain, oneuglydomain.net, and I'm going to trade it up for prettier and better domains until I end up with a beautiful domain worth $1 million. But here's the best part: I'm going to share 50% of the wealth with every single trader, ensuring the final trader gets $100,000 and every other trader gets 10% more than the previous trader, totaling $500,000!
OK, so this is how it's going to work. The offering period for each domain will last either 1 week or until I receive 11 offers to give everyone a chance to submit their offers. But here's the twist: YOU are going to decide which offer I accept. See, at the end of the 1-week offering period, I will be putting every single offer up for a 24-hour vote on the NamePros.com domain forum. The winner will trade their domain with mine and then I will rinse and repeat the whole process with my new domain. Sound simple enough? Cool, anyone can offer any domain they own, no matter how ugly, but you're limited to 1 offer per round, so always choose your best one. I will continue to do this until someone is willing to buy my current domain on offer for $1 million. Who the heck knows what domain that will be, but that's what makes this fun.
Ready to start? The 17th offer on the table is:
MotorizedHome.com
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
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