Thanks David G.
The company was privately funded and is still in beta. Phil McKegney (aka Smith) and team have been working on systems rather than about us pages, please forgive us and thanks for the advice there from all parties. It hasn't been a problem for any of the deals we've helped conduct but the feedback is appreciated and I know Phil is taking it under advisement.
I co-founded and invested in the company along with one other person. I'm not sure if he prefers to be private or not but by all means jump to the conclusion that he is ashamed. I haven't jumped in yet because quite frankly I haven't felt that it mattered who was involved and that the accusations were so far fetched and baseless that surely mods would see fit to remove these wild assertions. The service speaks for itself and I can't believe that DNF or any of it's members would accept wild speculation and assertions cast on someone without any form of proof to be acceptable behavior.
Imagine if you will that I received an email from someone claiming to be named Dale or an email address from
[email protected] and then came to this forum talking about how Dale Porter was trying to steal my identity , scam me out of a domain, etc. Yet I produced no evidence linking the emails or events to the Dale Porter here. The kind of leap it takes to make that claim is the same leap Dale has done here. He has his paypal address on his website yet us asking for it to pay him $10 is equivalent to identity theft.
Dale Porter (aka Juniper Park) has jumped to so many conclusions in such little time that I'm baffled. He has taken accusations and conjecture to a new level here and has done damage to a business I'm invested in and therefore to me. He doesn't just ask or raise questions. He makes accusations.
I hope the cooler heads and smarter people that read this thread will realize our service is no different than Godaddy, Sedo, Afternic, NSI buyer services who make "unsolicited offers" (aren't these the best kind
) on your domains via an email without the offer in the email. The other providers charge their customers $60 and up and don't give you, the domain owner, a red cent. We've reduced the price of our services as low as we can and sometimes even take a loss (we have coupon codes etc) and give you the domain owner $10 just for coming in and responding to an offer. We can't steal your identity or your domain or your bank info, etc. There is literally no way to do this and to suggest otherwise is ridiculous.
We've been involved in the domain business for over a decade each and we built this service based on our own experiences to improve the aftermarket and serve those who wish to conduct negotiations privately. Our reputation means a lot to us and it's been hard for me as an investor and co-founder to read this thread and watch someone tear down Phil and then make the same assumptions about me and our other investor. I take all of it as a personal attack and am ashamed by only one thing, that this sort of thing still happens in forums.
Adam Strong
