Boom!

RdotM is no more

RdotM.com is now robbiemitchell.com

A few months ago I received this unsolicited email:

Hi

My name is David […], a website developer from Queensland, Australia.  I am writing to let you know that I am currently offering the domain name RobbieMitchell.com for purchase.

I would be willing to offer you RobbieMitchell.com below market value at the rate of only $290 US. This domain could be used for email purposes, to redirect to your current website or even to track specific marketing campaigns.  It could also be extremely helpful in building search engine rankings for this specific keyword.  This would be a powerful marketing tool while also creating valuable type-in traffic to your existing website.

If you would like to purchase this domain name or have any questions please reply to this message as soon as possible to avoid losing this rare opportunity to a competitor. I do not expect this domain to be offered for sale again.

Thanks for taking the time to read this message and I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Your sincerely
David […]
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I replied:

Hi David,

Thanks for writing.  I would be happy to purchase the domain in full for $30.

Robbie

I never heard back.

This past Friday, however, I looked up the domain out of curiosity and found that it didn’t resolve.  It was available. For $10.  So of course I took it.  (It just means the old owner didn’t renew it; guess there weren’t many competitors out there after all.)

I didn’t expect to use it right away, but feedback over the weekend swayed me to ditch rdotm (R.M, get it?) in favor of the full name.  A few DNS entries and 301 redirects later, here we are.