Am I the only one who thinks that there is a Quality and Grand war going on in the domaining world?

Don’t worry if you don’t know what this post is about… its best if you don’t, really.

I’m so glad that am all the way over here in Europe, so the chances of any stray bullets hitting me are very remote. Well that’s what I would want to believe anyway.

Its approaching winter here in the United kingdom, so I can’t afford to take the gloves off now

Come on now guys, this is getting a bit ridiculous. You know who you are. Ease the tension.

I once watched a very interesting documentary on the Discovery channel. It was a about all species of animals living in the wild in Africa. There was a drought, and the rivers and lakes were slowly drying up. The crocodiles, hippopotamuses, lions and all the wild animals you could think of, started converging on the last remaining lake. The animals subsequently went into survival mode and each started defending a certain territory. Eventually only the strongest survived.

It would seem like we are fighting over very limited resources here in the domain industry. Too many sellers and just a few buyers. I have been blogging about the need to market domains to end-users for a long time now. What people don’t seem to realise is that we domainers are ALL just a bunch of losers operating in an “exclusive” circle, trying to sell to each other. And our rivers and lakes are drying up, fast.

The domainer-to-domainer sale machinery is losing speed real fast, and with no one making the slightest effort to reach end-users, everyone is now feeling the pinch in what President-elect Barack Obama calls “the biggest economic challenge of a lifetime”.

It would even appear that some are even firing bullets in my direction. Personally speaking, it would appear that some of my blog posts have been misunderstood, and some are getting increasingly and unnecessarily confrontational. What is going on?

Let me just say, and say it in peace… there is a BIG difference between web design and web development. Also, branding goes much further beyond simply setting up a website.

Keep the peace guys. Kiss and make up. At the end of the day, domainers who make mistakes will eventually have to learn either the easy way or the hard way. People eventually have to sit up and take notice when their bank accounts continuously bleed cash and receive no pleasure in return.

I better get in an air raid shelter now, fast!!!