Originally posted by tigga
Is it just me? Am I going mad?
It just seems like domains for sale, domains wanted, Platinum Members section etc are not as frequently posted to as they used to be. Agree? Disagree? Theories?
Corporate cultures differ. As a moderator myself, I choose NOT to be seen everywhere (even though I'm very often logged in and watchingOriginally posted by Mr Webname
... Even admin seems to keep a low profile (not necessarily bad except when you want them!).
There's actually a Forum Stats panel on the right side of the home page where you (and everybody else) can see the breakdown of registered members.Originally posted by tigga
... does anyone other than admin or mods know how many Platinum members there are?
Originally posted by Tippy
Iso perhaps everyone is busy developing.
Originally posted by tigga
Is it just me? Am I going mad?
It just seems like domains for sale, domains wanted, Platinum Members section etc are not as frequently posted to as they used to be. Agree? Disagree? Theories?
Originally posted by Tippy
Also it seems that these days people want traffic, so perhaps everyone is busy developing.
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Originally posted by izopod
p.s I vote this as "Thread of the "Week"--thanks Tigga. Open ended topics will also invite commentary, thus filling the "new thread" area! :laugh:
Originally posted by izopod
I think a lot of people are getting ready for the .info/.biz renewal decisions, as well as trying to transfer names from "shoddy" registrars they got stuck with during b2b & LR1/2.
Originally posted by Edwin
I think that (very broadly) there are two deal-flows happening in parallel.
One is resellers buying not-particularly-great domains off each other in the "Under $50" price range, either to fill gaps in their own portfolios or to flip a few days later at a small markup (nothing wrong with this, btw!)
The second is the "big players" (for want of a better term) doing a few $4-figure+ deals amongst themselves.
One problem is that most of the people in the first deal-flow can't bridge the gap into the second deal-flow (lack of resources, etc.) and the people in the second deal-flow pretty much know what everyone else owns, and are not motivated to sell cheap (since their portfolios are stuffed with good-to-great domains).
Thus, a certain feeling of stagnation is gradually setting in, as the people in the lower deal flow attempt to turn over sales more and more quickly to cover renewals and the people in the upper deal flow just glance in from time to time to see if anything new has come up.
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