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Personally, I’ve been doing well and have no complaints. I just don’t feel that it’s the same for the market in general. I talk to a fair amount of people who indicate that they are either spending less on new acquisitions or are selling less than they have in the past.

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I’m just callimg it as I see it. From my perspective, sales are generally down, PPC is generally down, and we are all facing tough legal times ahead. I love the industry, but I think people need to proceed with caution. Most of the mainstream press is good, but it’s not as easy as just buying and selling – especially now, and I think people need to know that getting into the domain business isn’t easy money, as some people think.

If you disagree, I would love to hear some good news.

I’ve had to adjust my strategies a bit and have found some success setting up small niche sites. Now a majority of my income that funds domain purchases comes from affiliate marketing.

Sure; the income will continue to fluctuate, including being down for many over these last few months. And yes, some of the marginal-income “worth-little-or-nothing-without-their $7/yr income”) names will be let go by some (not all, and probably not even most) owner/registrants.

But–make no mistake here; this traffic is too targeted (the high CTR rates prove this over and over again), too profitable, and too valuable to too many, including Google and Yahoo (whether they remain a stand alone company or not) to just walk away from.

Ever.

Because they so very often provide them with just what they’re looking for, Internet users will continue to click on such ads.

Today. Tomorrow. Forever.

And even if the “give with one hand while taking with the other” Snowejob bill passes in its current form (and I of course hope it doesn’t), the most likely result will be that–because they have the most–and most valuable–targets (domains) and therefore the most to lose–the domain “big boys” (the Oversees, Name Medias, Marchexs, Fabulous’, Demand Medias, and large individual owners of the world) will do battle in court (no mamsy-pamsy WIPO/UDRP for this/these important battles) against those immoral interlopers who would take that which is not theirs…

And they will win.

If necessary: Again and again and again.

None of these big players will lose their domains.

We’ll see no domainers on TV wearing handcuffs.

No one’s going to jail.

The grounds not shaking, the sky’s not falling, and the domain world’s not about to end.

There will always–-always–-be nice, fat profits to be earned in our industry by astute, hard-working, forward-thinking individuals and companies; by developing…by flipping…and yes, even by PPC monetizing our domains.

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The more opposition to this bill, the less likely it is to make it through to a vote. We need to write to our representatives to ask them to change the language.