Hi,

My name is Evie and I am a Domainer.

I begin today’s blog not so much as a blog about what I do, so much as a blog about an obsession. Most domainers buy and then sell the domain names they register. I have fallen into a different category I think. I see a domain and the possibilities of the name are like fireworks in my imagination … oh the wonderful things I can do with them are endless (for an adult with (self-diagnosed) ADD this is a playground of uncharted territory … yippeeee … sorry, couldn’t help myself ) so even when I have thought about selling them, I pull back before it can happen.

Several years ago I bought the domain name Domainager and the idea of Domainager evolving from “a mere website” into something more has been bumping around in my brain … You see Domainager is to become a noun (person, place or thing)

What exactly is a Domainager? A Domainager is a person who buys and manages domain names for development (stick with me I’m in the flow ) Being a Domainager means the number of domain names must remain manageable (which is really hard when there ARE so many great domain names … domainers may not what you to know that since they want to sell you the domains they hold, but … neither here nor there for this article.)

Being a Domainager means that just because someone offers a substantial amount of money for a piece of virtual real estate you own (like Wal-mart buying land on the banks of the Anclote does not mean that is the proper use of the land … and in the land of Domaining – THAT is what a domain name is … Land (for instance the name of the page you “land” on being called a Landing Page) so to those who may call me a Cybersquatter I hope I do not own one of the domain names you would like to make your own.

So anyway what was the catalyst for today’s article? Transferring of a domain name from one registrar to another (A registrar in the domaining world is an entity authorized to register domain names with ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) ) This past year for my husband’s birthday I got him a new cookbook – but it’s not like any other cookbook he’s ever gotten before. This cookbook is one you may use as well FoodRecipesBlog.com but the registrar it was registered at (domains when anything changes are *stuck* for a minimum of 60 days) is not the registrar I normally use … so … I kinda forgot about it until this past week.

October 4th I began the transfer process to move the domain from NamesCheap to my registrar. There are bells we must ding, hoops to jump through, and clicks to verify all to ensure the domain is being transferred from and to the proper places … this morning I finally received the “do you really want to do this” e-mail …

YAY!!! I am back to having only three registrar’s … My goal is to be down to one MAIN registrar by spring of 2010. Being a Domainager with several registrars gets very confusing and I need all the focus power I can get.

Being on the 100 Day Challenge is providing an awesome breakthrough for me.

Great Day!!!

My dearling and I decided to go out for lunch today and our goal was to sit by the water.  As we live in Florida (near the gulf with many other bodies of water available) this should be no issue … right? … I guess many others had the same idea.

First we tried Tarpon Turtle in Tarpon Springs … BAM! Full YAY!!! for Tarpon Turtle for us.

Next ~ Let’s got to Hooters in New Port Richey … BAM!!! the parking lot is so full there is no place to park (even overflow parking has parked cars) YAY!!! for Hooters in New Port Richey for us.

What about the place across the river ~ we’ve never been there before Fatty N Mabel’s … YAY!!! Water, you want to sit by the water but it’s raining … what to do, what to do? Well sit INSIDE but it is OUTSIDE

Do they have a website? ~ Well, YES they do FattyNMabels.com

As my dearling and I sat eating our lunch and enjoying the scenery at Fatty~N~Mabel’s on the river, we got to discussing business and web presence. My dearling is of the opinion that local businesses catering to a local clientele do not need a website.  I beg to differ {greatly} to NOT have web presence in today economy and mindset is to leave a LOT of money on the table only to wipe it off into the rubbish pile at the end of the day.

Many years ago, I drug a business I worked for into the online era by setting up a website with their business name.  When I decided to leave the company for my previous one ~ they asked if they could buy what I did for them (domain name and the site I had set up for them) … LOL!!! of course that is what I did it for.

I gave it to them for what it had cost me … and now … this is what I do

Several businesses I really enjoy in my local area are not yet “into the web” and they do not see the value as to be so (even to just secure their NAME)  I did, I do and I have.  When they are ready, their domain name is also.

I have been called a cyber-squatter … I hope you are not one wanting one of the names I have available

When ALL is said and done … what have YOU done lately

Seriously though … if your name or your business name or you area name is available and you do not jump on it, (most registrars charge less than $10.00 to register a name) the only one you have to kick in the buttocks is your Self

I am a domainager … a domainger is one who uses domain names to build business(es) as any other business uses the tools of the trade to do what they do.

And I just figured out HOW to best use Domainager Setting up a blog WHOOOO HOOOO!!!!!