I understand your “misunderstanding” on how domain investing works. You get a domain, and either you want that domain and protect or you don’t. If you don’t, it expires and someone else wants it and buys it because you gave up your rights to own it by not renewing it in time.

Now, you think you know how to “advise” others on how to retrieve their lost domains. You’re young, so I’m going easy on ya. Your advice was wrong, which I’m sure you’ve been told enough by now.

My advice to you is, renew your domain, Zack. Do it on time. Build out that domain right now for a blog, because YOU, my friend, are getting internet coverage at this very moment. Take advantage of it, make a blog, open up some google adsense links and make money the way you are supposed to do it… by thinking ahead, making wise purchases, taking your luck to heart, and then benefiting from it.

Oh, and you should post that reading publications such as DomainNamewire.com and DNjournal.com is a very wise thing for people who want their domains or other domains that they need to promote their business.

Lesson learned. Now go out into the world, young man, and make a million!

peaceout

Stephen Douglas

[...] just read a really interested story over at domainnamewire where Andrew discusses some advice given out by an amateur who believes he has cheated the system [...]

Second: I realize it was my fault. My being ignorant was perhaps not emphasized enough in the post.

Third: I made the offer for my domain to test the waters. I then realized that $100 is better spent on something other than a domain I have no immediate plans for.

Fourth: It was a good lesson to learn. It’s learned.

Fifth: I got lucky. Cool.

I was sharing my experience, whether it was an informed experience or not.