lmao, man i liked when the term "hacker" was directed toward blackhats. This whole "im a hacker" gig is hilarious.
Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month
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Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month
#122FYI dang censored my comment about how HNers react to these stories with a jealous and insecure attitude: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12576210
Re-read your post - do you _really_ think that's why you were downvoted?
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#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hi sorry this happened - most likely it is owned by a park.io user and they can set the price to whatever they want. Feel free to reach out support@park.io and I will see if I can help
Since you're here, maybe you could help us all understand your business better? 1. You are not getting .io names at a discount from nic.io? No insider deals/information? 2. The Only advantage you have at acquiring an expired domain names at nic.io is your propriatiatry program. A program that is just faster at buying these expiring domains--just faster than your competition? 3. You only know when a .io domain name is…
Thanks for thinking park.io is magical! :)
We have no special advantage other than our knowledge and technology
Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month
#124FYI dang censored my comment about how HNers react to these stories with a jealous and insecure attitude: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12576210
Re-read your post - do you _really_ think that's why you were downvoted?
I said censored, not downvoted. My original post was at 47 points when it was censored. If it was so bad, then why did so many people agree?
Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah you usually need to warm it up if you're about to expect a lot of traffic because it can't really deal with that. That really shouldn't be an issue for a site like this though, because you can just host it on a CDN...
How exactly does one go about warming Elastic Beanstalk? I thought part of the value add was Beanstalk making it so you don't have to think about these things for bursts.
Contact Amazon. I go through this every time I switch work servers to a new elb or spin up a new service. They are pretty responsive when it comes to this. Just let them know you are expecting X amount of traffic.
The new load balances may be a bit better in this regard Hough I haven't tried them yet.
Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Since you're here, maybe you could help us all understand your business better? 1. You are not getting .io names at a discount from nic.io? No insider deals/information? 2. The Only advantage you have at acquiring an expired domain names at nic.io is your propriatiatry program. A program that is just faster at buying these expiring domains--just faster than your competition? 3. You only know when a .io domain name is…
Thanks for thinking park.io is magical! :) We have no special advantage other than our knowledge and technology
Thanks--
Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month
#127This thread is a great example of why not to publicize your revenue or internal systems.
At best, you'll get hate and resentment. At worst, you'll get hate, resentment, and a new competitor.
Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month
#128Earlier quoted context omitted.
Squatters are the ultimate douchebags of the Internet era. I there should be some sort of tax for squatting a domain name. I.e first 10 domains names are cheap then they get expensive.
If ICANN charged $5 a month for all domains perhaps it would not be so lucrative to sit on domains. Though it would still be profitable for some domains. The money could pay for ICANN or whatever.
Right now, a .io domain is ~$30/year which is $2.5/month. Doubling that wouldn't be that much more of a deterrent.
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Everyone's motivations are different, but seeing as though domains are always going to become available, it seems like a cash cow that requires minimal upkeep.
He cloned a business model known as drop catching that has been around for a long time with other TLDs most notably for .com domains. If you look at how those markets evolved, there is an initial burst of profitability and then intense competition which leads to commodification and margin compression, which is what I predict will happen here as well. The smartest operators made most of their money by selling off the…
Now it's making sence, and the reason the website is currently for sale is because it will have an expiration date, but I could be completely wrong.
I went through his comment history, and the guy seems like a straight shooter. He did say he likes to buy domain names directly from the current owner.
I do question the faster program he coded, but then again in his comment history, he is very interested in Amazon servers. So, I should take him at his word, and look into this domain catching software.
There's a part of me that thinks he is buying up .io domains directly from owners, and putting them into a auction buying API? Actually, in one interview he claimed to own 700 .io domains. Maybe he was just one of the first to buy .io domains, and then set up a website to auction them off?
(personally I don't get the allure of .io domain names. Registration is $100yr., then drops to--I believe $50. And there's no ICANN protection.)
Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
Re-read your post - do you _really_ think that's why you were downvoted?
I said censored, not downvoted. My original post was at 47 points when it was censored. If it was so bad, then why did so many people agree?
No one censored your comment. It is right here on the page for anyone to read. Dan merely moved it down on the page, and it's far from the bottom.
He even took the time to write two very polite and friendly explanations of the action, even in the face of your hostile attitude toward him.