Another Hint...30 Jan 2014 22:40
...after D{runken}Weill linked to a youtube video, I checked the link and saw the user and started to watch their videos. It may be of interest to some investors to also do the same. The user is MMPressVideos.
In one video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAxWFbENUDs) Antony says:
"We found someone who was very knowledgeable on the internet, who really liked one particular top level domain and said I really want to invest in that... 10 - 15m in exchange for a revenue share"
The start of this is the hint. Knowledgeable on the internet. Perhaps this adds some weight to our very own Ryken's guess as to who this someone might be. I think there'll be a while to wait for the outcome of this, but it is potentially a game changer for the company should they win that gTLD.
Other than that... it's worth checking out the videos as they are very interesting and listening in surround sound to the minds and machines um... logo.
I must also add that I was really pleased to see the discussion with Donuts. They were the big "competitors" and to have a good enough relationship to do a video interview with them is excellent - "We've been doing auctions, we've been doing deals". They are the company that we needed to do deals with to make really squeeze the most out of the Company and benefit each other.
Although, to me it seemed that Donuts would not get involved with the OpenDB - and, to be honest, I don't see why they would... unless there was a really appealing price point. Note: there is a brief video on the OpenDB interface.
The Ray King is much more conservative than Fred's predictions and also they talk about what I always see as negativity and panic about on the domaining websites. That is that buying a domain and hoping to sell it for big sums of money won't work so much anymore - they're going to have to work for it.
Anyway, there is other information of interest and it's worth watching them.