Starting today, I am willing to give a small banner below “Sponsors” on my sidebar to any company who signs up and joins the ICA as a Professional Member or higher. Dimensions for the banner should be approximately 80×180. Your banner will be featured on my blog for one month from the time of placement, once I receive confirmation from the ICA. I am going to limit this to the first 5 companies. I will retain final discretion over advertisers, so please ask first (I don’t foresee this being an issue, but I might as well say it).

I think it’s important for everyone who has domain investments to support the ICA. They need your support – we all need your support!

In light of the downturn in the US economy and the potential Snowe legislation on the horizon, I am wondering if you are spending more or less on domain names that you have in the past. Results of recent domain auctions would indicate that people may be spending less on domain names at this moment, but I am wondering whether it’s a sign of the times or if the auction market has become saturated, and sales only appear to be down when they really aren’t.

Over the last few months, I think I have been investing about the same on domain names than I did in the past. I have been focusing less on the second tier names and more on the top quality domain names for development. Instead of buying 10 or so average to good domain names per month, I have been buying 3-5 better domain names for somewhere around the same price. I don’t know if this is a reflection of economic conditions or fear of the potentially damaging legislation, but I have been buying less names, although the amount I have been spending is around the same.

I am always buying high quality domain names that I can develop. Well, on second thought, (more…)