It's Nice Dealing With Good People
It's Nice Dealing With Good PeopleI've just had a couple of coffees and a chat with a guy with a web design business here on the Gold Coast. One of the things we talked about was how most people within the web industry are pretty competitive and that, being a young industry, there is no real industry body that gels the various web design businesses together.
I think I've mentioned before on this site how I don't see other web companies so much as competitors, more as 'our' community.
I was trying to think of some good examples to illustrate that when I received an email from Anthony. Anthony is a guy who I've had emailed conversations with before discussing web business (Anthony's the guy behind The Fuglies).
Gave Me A Heads Up
Anyway, Anthony emailed me this morning to give me a heads up on a domain name that just came available that might be suitable for a market niche (resort web sites) that we have a strong presence in).
5 minutes later I had registered this great domain. Thanks Anthony.
Domain Was About To Expire
Last year I bought another domain name of a company for $650 US. With this one, I paid the money via an escrow service, they received, told the seller, he transferred the domain to me via the registrar he was using, I notified the escrow service and then they paid the seller.
I went in and changed all of the details.
A few months later I received an email from the seller. Apparently when I made the changes to the details I'd made a mistake with the email. The previous owner (Domainsofnote.com) received my renewal notice and the domain name was set to expire in a few days.
They Could Have Renewed It Themselves
The seller emailed me to let me know to renew and told me to change the email address to mine. These guys could have let the domain lapse and then re-registered themselves for just a few dollars (and it would have been legal).
But they did the right thing and kindly let me know I'm a clown and to make sure I renewed the domain.
These are guys you want in the industry. Good, decent people who know what they are doing and who do the right thing.
The point of this post is, I guess, that there are some great operators out there who do a great job. But the tricky bit of being in business is that it's hard to find them.
Cheers
Brendon
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