Nick
07-28-2005, 09:54 AM
Source: Random posts over at WebmasterWorld
you check the status of one you'd like, only to find it's been taken. Then you look at the whois to find out who this damn squatter is, only to find out you registered it a month before and forgot.
you can't remember if you have [the singular version, the plural] or both.
you get an email to renew a domain you never even knew you owned.
you can never find the UDAIs and passwords.
you know you have too many when the registrars start contacting you personally about deals.
you know you have too many when you can no longer fathom building that many websites.
you know you have to many when you start breaking the domains down into categories so you can manage them.
you know you have too many when the pages for managing them start to time-out when you do a download.
you know you have too many when you are assigned a personal account rep.
you know you have to many when you start hanging out in domain forums.
you know you have too many when you start to wonder just how many it takes to have too many.
you know you have too many when you feel slightly concerned that John doe may have more domains than you do - and that matters.
you know you have too many when you form virtual friendships based upon the fact that someone else has too many.
you know you have too many when determining which domains to cull and which to keep becomes a multi-day process.
you know you have too many when the ones you choose to cull at any particular moment will save you enough to pay your mortgage for a few months.
you know you have too many when you start doing the math to compare the Marchex buy of UltSearch with what they'd have to pay at those rates to buy your holdings.
you know you have too many when you know every trick in the book about acquiring more domains, then you learn some new trick that somebody with more domains than you passes along - which tells you that there's likely even a new and better trick that they're not telling you.
you know you have too many domains when you can post this many observations about possible signs that you have too many domains.
you know you have too many domains when you post this much on the subject thinking that anyone else would have the slightest interest in reading it.
you check the status of one you'd like, only to find it's been taken. Then you look at the whois to find out who this damn squatter is, only to find out you registered it a month before and forgot.
you can't remember if you have [the singular version, the plural] or both.
you get an email to renew a domain you never even knew you owned.
you can never find the UDAIs and passwords.
you know you have too many when the registrars start contacting you personally about deals.
you know you have too many when you can no longer fathom building that many websites.
you know you have to many when you start breaking the domains down into categories so you can manage them.
you know you have too many when the pages for managing them start to time-out when you do a download.
you know you have too many when you are assigned a personal account rep.
you know you have to many when you start hanging out in domain forums.
you know you have too many when you start to wonder just how many it takes to have too many.
you know you have too many when you feel slightly concerned that John doe may have more domains than you do - and that matters.
you know you have too many when you form virtual friendships based upon the fact that someone else has too many.
you know you have too many when determining which domains to cull and which to keep becomes a multi-day process.
you know you have too many when the ones you choose to cull at any particular moment will save you enough to pay your mortgage for a few months.
you know you have too many when you start doing the math to compare the Marchex buy of UltSearch with what they'd have to pay at those rates to buy your holdings.
you know you have too many when you know every trick in the book about acquiring more domains, then you learn some new trick that somebody with more domains than you passes along - which tells you that there's likely even a new and better trick that they're not telling you.
you know you have too many domains when you can post this many observations about possible signs that you have too many domains.
you know you have too many domains when you post this much on the subject thinking that anyone else would have the slightest interest in reading it.