One alternative is Podia. We've been getting a lot of signups from Patreon users over the past few days. We don't play games with fees (no transaction fees at all, actually, only what Stripe/Paypal charges). Here's more on the differences: https://www.podia.com/patreon-alternative If anyone wants to give it a shot, feel free to reach out to me (Spencer, the founder) directly in the live chat widget :)
What about packaging what you know and putting together an eBook or online course? A lot of freelancers and consultants are turning to that to make extra money and to build their reputation. Here's an example: https://courses.gorails.com/
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Out of curiosity: why does your tagline say "makes it easy to put a smile on your employees faces" yet the landing page image features an employee who is not smiling?
I know this seems petty but that employee does not actually look very happy. Small things like this make a difference.
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I completely understand how domain name transfers work. I've done plenty of them. Just because you're a big slow company doesn't mean that we as consumers should just shrug it off as "business as usual". The domain market is a mess specifically for the reason that nobody has built a better solution in ten years. When I purchased https://www.uncover.com back in ~2004 it was the same process as it is today. That's just not right ten years later.
It sounds like you had a crappy experience. That is understandable. But as soon as he cooperated it did transfer quickly. It was just lazy of him to take that long to pull the trigger. Does that mean the system is actually broken? A bad user on Craigslist doesn't mean Craigslist is a mess. Nor does the passing of ten years dictate the need for change. Now obviously we may disagree about whether or not the system is in fact broken- but I really don't think it is, and if it ain't broken... I'm just saying this market is so fragmented, the protocols do work, the human element will always exist (and it's a good thing you have to approve a transfer), so what kind revolution are you looking for?
But you didn't have to use a middleman. That's like riding the bus and complaining it took too long to get across town and drop you at your destination.
Looking to see if the domain is listed with the registrar as well is a really great tip. I didn't check to see if it was in GoDaddy's marketplace before purchasing it through Sedo. Next time I'll do that if I find myself in the same position.
Author here. I think Fred Wilson said it best back in 2011:
"I believe that a good domain name is an important success factor in building and launching consumer web services. It's not in my top ten but it could be. It's certainly something we think about a lot when making investments and working with companies post investment."
One problem with reading a post on domains and trying to then buy one is that you are doing it one or three times perhaps but the person who is selling has done it thousands of times and in general (if they own large quantities of domains) will run circles around you.
This is an example of where a bit of knowledge can be dangerous.
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