I just read a great post at dotweekly.com about feeling like an “end user” when buying a domain name.
I was typing out a comment and it accidentally turned into a book, so I figured I’d post my “reply” here:
(I wonder if longwindedcommenter.com is registered)
I’m actually going through that End User love and feeling right now [...]

Although not everyone agreed with the move for domaining.com to switch to a paid monthly membership model, I can say from first hand experience that their domain for sale listings do generate sales!
I listed a domain for sale this week and a buyer was found within a few hours! I woke in the morning [...]

The domainer community forum NamePros.com is holding a live domain name auction on Thursday, October 28, 2008 at 6PM EDT.
There are several names listed in the auction queue that are available for prebidding.
A few LLLL.com (L.etter – L.etter – L.etter – L.etter .com domain names) are up for auction, including the CVCV (Consonant – Vowel [...]

I think it’s time to appraise the value of domain name appraisals. Let’s use some recent real world figures here.
I received an email inquiry last week on one of my domain names.
It went something like this:
Hi, would you be interested in selling [name intentionally left out].com?
Thanks,
[name removed]
I did the normal checks to see if it [...]

Here’s an interesting gem I found today on eBay.
QBAY.COM is for sale, current high bid is just over $2000.
What’s more interesting than the domain is the mini blog/twitterlike updates that the seller is making within the auction listing.
4 days after he started the auction, he posted this call for help:
4/12/2008 3:22PM MT
uhhh… no [...]