How to Buy Stuff Cheaper Online

Shopping “in-store” or “brick and mortar” retail will likely exist only as a memory at some point in our (my) lifetime. The only occasions I find myself in a store is when I’m grocery shopping, looking for clothes, or for the sake of entertainment. Still, it seems there are parents and other people out there that stay away from online retail, turned-off by shipping costs and afraid of identity theft. With the abundance of resources and retail competition online, reward greatly outweighs risk, making shopping elsewhere seem like a waste of money. In the 21st century, being a smart consumer is knowing where and how to look for the cheapest price online. Read more

Why Do I Own So Many Domains? Is Domaining Even Real?

Over the past two years, I have spent over $1,000 acquiring approximately 160 domain names. Recently, I renewed most of them despite earning little to no revenue and receiving zero offers or inquiries from interested parties. As I write this, my skepticism as to the profitability and legitimacy of domaining has reached a peak, but is counterbalanced by the certainty of a finite amount of character permutations. I still do not know whether or not domaining is a scam or needs time to accumulate value like other investments. Read more

Match.com… Like to Pay for Sausage Parties?

The purpose of my writing this is to hopefully help some lonely young lovers save their money and invest in themselves. Additionally, it’s a way for me to get back at these companies by publicly documenting how both are ineffective and how Match.com just simply ripped me off.

People are generally embarrassed to reveal that they subscribe to a matchmaking site for the same reasons many fear taking-out, or even responding to a personal ad in a newspaper. It is these same insecurities that these companies manipulate to take the customer’s money and fail to deliver their promised level of service. Read more