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Fat Lester’s Dinner with Senator David Vitter of Louisiana

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:26:25 +0000

This evening (October 30, 2009), I, Fat Lester (aka: Peter Egan Jr.), was lucky enough to have the honor and privilege of meeting, chatting and having dinner with Senator David Vitter of Louisiana...

10 Funny Domain Names For Sale

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:55:14 +0000

List of 10 Funny Domain Names that are For Sale Domain names can be used for purposes other than to host personal and business websites, and to make money buying, selling and trading them. Many domainers (including myself) register domain names solely for the purposes of entertainment. For me, registering humorous domains and then developing funny websites [...]

Analysis of the WhyPark-Parked Acquisition 50 Days Post-Sale

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:41:31 +0000

The following originated as a portion of a conversation between myself and a representative from Parked.com, the domain parking firm that recently acquired domain development company WhyPark (WhyPark.com). The representative had contacted me roughly a week before news of the sale broke, in an effort to persuade me to give Parked.com’s domain parking service a fair [...]

GoDaddy’s Abysmal Customer Service

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:18:52 +0000

Domain Registrar, Software Company Goes From Bad-To-Worse I’d like to begin by stating that I never wanted to have to actually write this post. I have done everything within my capability to try to resolve the issues to be discussed in this article directly with the company involved (GoDaddy Software, Inc.). Unfortunately, those efforts have failed, [...]

Domain Showcase: Buy Ammo Online (.com)

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 21:51:13 +0000

Premium Domain Names about Guns and Ammo For Sale By: FatLester I am the first to admit that those gold-mine domain registrations from the early-to-mid 1990’s are largely a thing of the past. The odds of acquiring a genuinely premium domain name by way of registration is slim-to-none. However, every now and again, the stars align and [...]

Domain Name Showcase: Electronic Trading Systems (.com)

admin — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:11:50 +0000

Hello, and welcome to Fat Lester’s inaugural Domain Name Showcase. This is the first is what I hope will become a regular series of featured “showcases” involving a specific domain name or names that is/are for sale. Anyone can have their names included in the showcase. To learn how to submit a request for consideration to [...]

New Showcase to Feature Premium Domain Names

admin — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:37:40 +0000

Greetings, and welcome to Fat Lester’s Domain Name Showcase. With this post, I am announcing for the first what I hope will become a regular series of domain name showcases here at Fat Lester’s blog. I am not yet sure how often you can expect to see these showcases, but suffice it to say I [...]

WhyPark Aquired by Parked.com

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:00:58 +0000

Follow-up story: Analysis of the WhyPark-Parked Acquisition 50 Days Post-Sale BREAKING NEWS: What may be perhaps the biggest news story involving domain names all year broke this morning, Tuesday April 28, 2009. Domain name development company WhyPark.com has been purchased by domain name parking provider Parked.com. WhyPark is a domain development company that was founded by Craig [...]

Update on Meg Whitman Domain Name Dispute

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:59:43 +0000

Follow-up Post to: Brains behind McCain’s flop now targeting domain industry Some interesting developments have transpired since my last post regarding the legal dispute between billionaire former Ebay CEO and McCain Campaign co-Chairman Meg Whitman, and Thomas Hall the 50 year-old California resident whose registration of five domain names related to Whitman set off a firestorm [...]

Brains behind McCain’s flop now targeting domain industry

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:14:41 +0000

Meg Whitman, the woman who played a major role in both Mitt Romney and John McCain’s failed presidential campaigns, appears to have identified her next target. Less than six months after orchestrating Senator John McCain’s historically inept bid to become the head of the American Government, Whitman’s appetite for destruction has led her in to [...]