Journey from Zero to Provider Tag

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@yoursunny said:

"I have your username as a domain name. Pay me to get it"

Somebody sell me yoursunny.com please?
I'll pay $3000 for it.

wow!!!

ledo

ok

crunchbits

@HalfEatenPie said:
This is his way of trying to fundraise for a provider tag.

Basically sounds like he's trying to blackmail me with "I have your username as a domain name. Pay me to get it"

I told him to fuck off.

@Arkas @DP just pinging to say keep an eye out on this guy? He might be doing similar things to other people.

Enjoy spending that $$$ you paid for a dumb domain. That domain has no real value to me.

jfc.

@JamesRoi I'll buy that domain off you for $5

TrK

@crunchbits said:

@HalfEatenPie said:
This is his way of trying to fundraise for a provider tag.

Basically sounds like he's trying to blackmail me with "I have your username as a domain name. Pay me to get it"

I told him to fuck off.

@Arkas @DP just pinging to say keep an eye out on this guy? He might be doing similar things to other people.

Enjoy spending that $$$ you paid for a dumb domain. That domain has no real value to me.

jfc.

@JamesRoi I'll buy that domain off you for $5

Gotta try with @HalfEatenPie yourself?, i mean being in business does gives you plenty experience dealing in sales

crunchbits

@TrK said:

@crunchbits said:

@HalfEatenPie said:
This is his way of trying to fundraise for a provider tag.

Basically sounds like he's trying to blackmail me with "I have your username as a domain name. Pay me to get it"

I told him to fuck off.

@Arkas @DP just pinging to say keep an eye out on this guy? He might be doing similar things to other people.

Enjoy spending that $$$ you paid for a dumb domain. That domain has no real value to me.

jfc.

@JamesRoi I'll buy that domain off you for $5

Gotta try with @HalfEatenPie yourself?, i mean being in business does gives you plenty experience dealing in sales

I would screenshot this thread as the main image and do my best to SEO it ahead and show how the owner of whatever new summerhost is being spun up started by attempting to blackmail long-standing forum users for 'seed capital'.

Welcome to the club?

TrK

@crunchbits said:

@TrK said:

@crunchbits said:

@HalfEatenPie said:
This is his way of trying to fundraise for a provider tag.

Basically sounds like he's trying to blackmail me with "I have your username as a domain name. Pay me to get it"

I told him to fuck off.

@Arkas @DP just pinging to say keep an eye out on this guy? He might be doing similar things to other people.

Enjoy spending that $$$ you paid for a dumb domain. That domain has no real value to me.

jfc.

@JamesRoi I'll buy that domain off you for $5

Gotta try with @HalfEatenPie yourself?, i mean being in business does gives you plenty experience dealing in sales

I would screenshot this thread as the main image and do my best to SEO it ahead and show how the owner of whatever new summerhost is being spun up started by attempting to blackmail long-standing forum users for 'seed capital'.

Welcome to the club?

A good idea indeed, let's go!

brueggus

@crunchbits said:

@HalfEatenPie said:
This is his way of trying to fundraise for a provider tag.

Basically sounds like he's trying to blackmail me with "I have your username as a domain name. Pay me to get it"

I told him to fuck off.

@Arkas @DP just pinging to say keep an eye out on this guy? He might be doing similar things to other people.

Enjoy spending that $$$ you paid for a dumb domain. That domain has no real value to me.

jfc.

@JamesRoi I'll buy that domain off you for $5

$7

crunchbits

@brueggus said:

@crunchbits said:

@HalfEatenPie said:
This is his way of trying to fundraise for a provider tag.

Basically sounds like he's trying to blackmail me with "I have your username as a domain name. Pay me to get it"

I told him to fuck off.

@Arkas @DP just pinging to say keep an eye out on this guy? He might be doing similar things to other people.

Enjoy spending that $$$ you paid for a dumb domain. That domain has no real value to me.

jfc.

@JamesRoi I'll buy that domain off you for $5

$7

I'll buy it off you for $10 then, but not from op.

DP

Register JamesRoi.com and sell to OP.

brueggus

@DP said:
Register JamesRoi.com and sell to OP.

Someone was faster than me

DP

@brueggus said:

@DP said:
Register JamesRoi.com and sell to OP.

Someone was faster than me

I bet it was @crunchbits.

Cheeky.

stefeman

@DP said:
Register JamesRoi.com and sell to OP.

Too late. Someone had the same idea. I hope he comes up with some good shit.

DP

@stefeman said:

@DP said:
Register JamesRoi.com and sell to OP.

Too late. Someone had the same idea. I hope he comes up with some good shit.

It was registered after I mentioned it here.

$100 says it's @crunchbits

crunchbits

@DP said:

@stefeman said:

@DP said:
Register JamesRoi.com and sell to OP.

Too late. Someone had the same idea. I hope he comes up with some good shit.

It was registered after I mentioned it here.

$100 says it's @crunchbits

I'll take that $100 in XMR, please

Arkas

@DP said: It was registered after I mentioned it here.

It could be me

DP

@JamesRoi, don't forget to respond when you wake up

TrK

You guys sure are doing something great

crunchbits

Weird, I just went to that domain that I think @Arkas registered and it redirected me to the bribe comment.

Arkas

@crunchbits said: Weird, I just went to that domain that I think @Arkas registered and it redirected me to the bribe comment.

I didn't register it, I was joking.

TrK

@crunchbits said:
Weird, I just went to that domain that I think @Arkas registered and it redirected me to the bribe comment.

Could have proxied entire thread

stefeman

@DP said:
@JamesRoi, don't forget to respond when you wake up

Imagine his anger when he finds out we much rather waste money to fuck around with him, than support his blackmailing I mean fundraising project.

DP

@stefeman said:

@DP said:
@JamesRoi, don't forget to respond when you wake up

Imagine his anger when he finds out we much rather waste money to fuck around with him, than support his blackmailing I mean fundraising project.

He already has a hosting company up and running - registered last month.

He should be fine

bdl

@stefeman said:

@DP said:
@JamesRoi, don't forget to respond when you wake up

Imagine his anger when he finds out we much rather waste money to fuck around with him, than support his blackmailing I mean fundraising project.

His pie got FullEaten. Journey from Zero to Provider Tag to Zero in 60 seconds.

HalfEatenPie

Is it just me. Or do others find it funny that he spent money on something as risky as this to try and raise money... for a web host.

Like... If he pulls this then why would you even host anything critical with him and his "company". Because he might hold your data hostage in return for extra $$$.

This really demolishes confidence and any good-will to @JamesRoi 's current and/or future business. Like this should be a major warning bell for anyone else in the future to assess if you'll never do business with him, because he might try to blackmail you with your own data.

stefeman

@HalfEatenPie said:
Is it just me. Or do others find it funny that he spent money on something as risky as this to try and raise money... for a web host.

Like... If he pulls this then why would you even host anything critical with him and his "company". Because he might hold your data hostage in return for extra $$$.

This really demolishes confidence and any good-will to @JamesRoi 's current and/or future business. Like this should be a major warning bell for anyone else in the future to assess if you'll never do business with him, because he might try to blackmail you with your own data.

It was the first thing I thought. Or then he is naive enough to think that you missed that domain and hes showing how nice he is by reserving it to you, and expects you to react like: "Damn, thats nice that it was free. I didin't know." and assumes that you want to buy it. and he quotes you 2x the price to get some savings.

bdl

@HalfEatenPie said:
Is it just me. Or do others find it funny that he spent money on something as risky as this to try and raise money... for a web host.

Like... If he pulls this then why would you even host anything critical with him and his "company". Because he might hold your data hostage in return for extra $$$.

This really demolishes confidence and any good-will to @JamesRoi 's current and/or future business. Like this should be a major warning bell for anyone else in the future to assess if you'll never do business with him, because he might try to blackmail you with your own data.

Agreed with all your points completely, crazy.

They mention that they live in a third world country which has a minimum wage of $9.75/day then purchase (at least) one .com for $3.09 (at best) from cosmotown.com. I suppose it is a very efficient way to destroy all credibility in as little time as possible, so kudos to that.

ascicode

So many guys registered in last 3 months want start in hosting business is enough fishy to say no to them.

HalfEatenPie

@bdl said:

@HalfEatenPie said:
Is it just me. Or do others find it funny that he spent money on something as risky as this to try and raise money... for a web host.

Like... If he pulls this then why would you even host anything critical with him and his "company". Because he might hold your data hostage in return for extra $$$.

This really demolishes confidence and any good-will to @JamesRoi 's current and/or future business. Like this should be a major warning bell for anyone else in the future to assess if you'll never do business with him, because he might try to blackmail you with your own data.

Agreed with all your points completely, crazy.

They mention that they live in a third world country which has a minimum wage of $9.75/day then purchase (at least) one .com for $3.09 (at best) from cosmotown.com. I suppose it is a very efficient way to destroy all credibility in as little time as possible, so kudos to that.

It's pretty much a lose situation.

It's as if a SOB story will help me open up the purse to give him free $$$. He was talking about how it's almost a day's salary and then says "to make money, I'm going to do Targeted Domain Sniping and you're one of my cows I'm going to squeeze".

I'm happy to support meaningful causes and helpful people. Hell I've offered to support people around me in their ambitions. But this approach is equivalent to blackmailing and does not incentivize me to be nice, to be helpful, and to be supportive. Instead, this does the opposite. A knee-jerking reaction of "what the fuck" and "yeah never going to help this person on a technical or financial level."

For me, this guy's done.

Maounique

@Arkas said: I guess getting Arkas.com is out of the question with these prices...

Maounique.com is 10 Eur. I would buy it for 7. We all know our worth.

Pwner

@HalfEatenPie said:
This is his way of trying to fundraise for a provider tag.

Basically sounds like he's trying to blackmail me with "I have your username as a domain name. Pay me to get it"

I told him to fuck off.

@Arkas @DP just pinging to say keep an eye out on this guy? He might be doing similar things to other people.

Enjoy spending that $$$ you paid for a dumb domain. That domain has no real value to me.

Imagine saving that money towards paying for a provider tag through honest work instead of being a greedy, opportunist piece of shit.

This guy should not be allowed to sell on LET.