Over the years since I first began doing web-related work, I’ve seen a dramatic increase in the buzz, chatter, and overall popularity of a subject with which I am intricately familiar. That subject is vitamin d3, a specific form of vitamin d that is superior in terms of its health benefits to other forms of [...]

This post began as a response I received in the comments section of the recent post about the sale of the premium domain name TheMedicalSupplyStore.com.
Jaime from DotWeekly.com took exception to my use of the term “premium” in describing the post about the medical supply store domain.
Jaime’s comment read:
Just because a domain makes some $$ from [...]

Covington, Louisiana, USA – Home to Fat Lester’s Annual Post-Christmas Bonfire and Oyster Extravaganza
Every year, on the day after Christmas (December 26, for those of you in Rio Linda), I host an all-day and all-night gathering (read: “party”) way out in rural unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. By day, we eat several sacks of [...]

Premium Domain Sales:  TheMedicalSupplyStore.com
FatLester.com is pleased to announce that the premium domain name TheMedicalSupplyStore.com has sold!

Some of you veteran domainers may be questioning my use of the term “premium” to describe TheMedicalSupplyStore.com. The standard argument is that because the domain contains four words (nor four letters), and is preceded by the word “the”, that is [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

While there are many things a new entrant into the domain industry should know before investing a lot of money into buying domain names, I will refrain from reiterating the common 101-level advice found within most blog posts on the topic and instead focus on two domaining tips that I have had to learn the [...]