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Private Journal Entries documenting my acquisition of Handshaking.com

9/27/2019

 
But, I almost named this post:

GoDaddy’s huge conflict of interest

...for startups trying to buy their domain

Anyway, here's some contextual information before we dig into the wild wild west of acquring domain names.

I’ve been CEO of Handshakin.com for just over 4 years, and it’s my second year speaking at the domain name investor conference.  Finally, in 2019 sales were at a point where it was time for us to grow up and to acquire our exact match .com: ‘handshaking.com’.
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September 10th, 2019

9/10/2019

 
This year (2019), I've been living in Philippines for the majority of the time since May!  Before this, I've visited two other times, including a 2 month and 3 month stint.  Many of my friends ask, "Matt, were you ever scared?"  "Did you ever feel like you weren't safe?  

My answer, YES!  At times I thought I was going to have to kill someone while my phone was dying and I had no connection and I couldn't get home quickly!

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