opinion Make Someone's Day – Post Bouquets Here Please!

[Bob Hawkes]

The domain name community, and NamePros in particular, is an amazing place. So much expertise, sharing, knowledge, encouragement and sharing.

I bet each of us have stories of little acts of kindness, inspiration, or assistance that made a difference. You probably already thanked them, but why not go the extra step to publicly thank them?

So this discussion thread is the place to leave a virtual 'bouquet' recognizing these acts and people. It can be simple, or long, whatever you feel fits. So don't think you need to write a detailed account. I suspect many bouquets will be a single sentence.

You are definitely not restricted to just one bouquet (although let's not mix multiple bouquets in one post, please). I hope it will become a habit to come to this thread and post when you feel so moved, and to read what recent bouquets others have left.

I know I don't control what is done in any discussion, but I would request that we keep this thread positive. We have all the other threads to debate things, let's keep this one for thanking and acknowledging people or companies.

Please don't leave a bouquet for yourself or for those at a company that you work for. I imagine most bouquets will be for individuals, but if a company, or someone at a company, made a positive difference for you, feel free to share a bouquet.

I would love to see if, over the months, or years, we could reach 9000 bouquets. I know that is a lot, but we are a large and mighty online community. Why 9000? This is my 9000th post on NamePros, and I thought about wanting to make the post about something more than simply a post or thread on some topic.

Calling them bouquets comes from a feature we have at a community nonprofit newspaper I volunteer at. We have people write in with bouquets recognizing someone or some business in our community.

You can leave bouquets for people whether they are active on NamePros or not. For those with a NamePros account, it is a nice gesture to tag them.

For those active on social media, you can give your bouquet extra impact by writing it here and mentioning/linking to your post from your social media account.

I hope you each have a wonderful week, and I sincerely thank you in advance for making this thread active and meaningful.

-Bob

 

[Reddstagg]

I'd like to send a special 'Bob's Bouquet' to Mr Hawkes.

9,000 NamePros post/articles/blogs etc etc. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to present such detailed and helpful articles.

If any new domainer was to do one thing and one thing only it would be to go back and read as many of your posts as is humanly possible. That, would be a good way to start a new career.

I hope that you enthusiasm never wanes and you continue to contribute to this wonderful community for many years to come.

Congrats Mr Bob.

Rgrds,

Redd

 

[.X.]

@RJ ... What a great human being.. A person and domainer i will never forget ...

@Michelle a relentless domainer , one of the hardest workers on the forum, a great lady and mother.

@SecondVersion V2 was another relentless domainer, Coder , a fantastic young man, an achiever.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Over the years a few NamePros members have started somewhat similar threads. I think the most recent was:

Say Something Nice About An Investor

started by @HotKey.

I would like to leave the first bouquet for @HotKey, both for that thread, but more generally for the positive way he contributes and encourages on NamePros.

Thanks @HotKey!

-Bob

 

[wwwulff]

I think many members deserve a bouquet for their contribution and commitment to the forum, but my first bouquet will go to @jberryhill because he often provides a expertise to the forum that helps raise the level of knowledge in complicated legal matters concerning domains.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I wanted to recognize Brad, @bmugford. Not only does he offer advice based on a long period of success, he does it in a way that is professional and illuminating. He fiercely advocates for rights of those who he sees mistreated, and I frankly am in awe how truly engaged he is with NamePros. Hats off to you Brad. and thank you for all you contribute both here at NamePros, through your social media, in organizations like ICA, and individually.

A bouquet for @bmugford!

-Bob

 

[Samer]

 

[henry93]

A year ago when I joined NamePros , I wasn't sure , as to what is wrong with my domains. These domains were great (to me). Better than what I had regg. in the past decade (for my Adsense, affiliates type sites).

but later NPs member helped me with appraisal. And there comes @jhm .

I asked him if he can exactly point out what is wrong with the domains. And he promptly replied me and helped me.

most people would not take any new member seriously. Especially their domains. I gave him like 10-15 domains and he pointed out the issue. And had always replied.

so, I can say he is a nice guy. Shoutout to @jhm . He was the first person to help me.

Also, the NPs community is very supportive and many guys are helping me here. And I am still reading articles written by Mr. @Bob Hawkes . Thank you sir for your efforts. Huge respect.

 

[King]

I give bouquets to the new member welcoming crew @Mister Funsky @internext @xynames and everyone else who helps welcome new members.

Also one for @aelko for keeping us up to date on the registrar offers

 

[Corey]

A bouquet for @Eric Lyon for his detailed appraisals & feedback on projects

Cheers
Corey

 

[Future Sensors]

I would like to send a virtual bouquet to Mr. @Deven Patel for creating the now defunct Alter marketplace. Your constant willingness to help members on this forum and implement their input immediately was truly second to none. It is sad to see that your beautiful, innovative marketplace was not ultimately a success. Miss your contributions to this forum.

 

[Eric Lyon]

I'm going to toss out a Bouquet to @Corey as well.

I feel like they are under appreciated, even though they have been a loyal NamePros member since 2008 and have consistently helped members to understand different parts of the industry.

They have multiple developed domain projects under their belt, understand the challenges of founding small online start-ups/revenue streams and not afraid to get their hands dirty.

Hats off to you @Corey - Keep up the awesomeness!

 

[branding]

Another one/two to @Kate and @Michelle . We miss you.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

I would like to leave a for Raymond, @equity78.

Especially in my early years in domain investing and writing, his support and encouragement meant so much to me.

It is truly impressive how after so many years he continues to be so active in his writing and here at NamePros. Alway with well-informed, insightful and fair comments.

Did you know he has been a member here at NamePros for almost 19 years, has posted more than 17,000 times and has an impact score of more than 27,000!

You probably know of his writing, in addition of here at NamePros at one or more of:

• TheDomains
• TLDInvestors
• DomainBlog

Truly deserving of many bouquets!

Thank you, @equity78, for week in and week out being there for the domaining community. We are all better because of you.

Sincerely,

-Bob

 

[JB Lions]

There's a few people where I probably agree with 95%+ of the time, 2 no longer posting here. Just a few that come to mind:

@bmugford - all around knowledge, can't remember disagreeing with anything he posts, rare occurrence.

@Bob Hawkes - always great blog posts, can't imagine how many hours go into each one. That's dedication

@Kate - No longer posting here, again, very knowledgeable, rarely disagree with her

and somebody that actually knows her SEO stuff among many other subjects. No longer posting here, probably real busy getting top ranking for her clients last time I heard - @enlytend

 

[Corey]

Many members contribute to NamePros, to help others, through their knowledge, and experiences.

I would like to leave a for David @barefoottech

Cheers
Corey

 

[twiki]

One bouquet for @AbdulBasit.com from me.

Not only for sharing various critical pieces of information, but my contact with Abdul has opened my mind to the true potential of domain names.

 

[Corey]

A bouquet for @Kenny

Cheers
Corey

 

[NameInbox]

Oh, one more! last but not least
To all who let us to be here, who are reading all my crazy reports/posts tracking behavior and making notes...

Our dear Creators/Mod team: BIG BIG BIG Thanks
@Alfa Mod Team @Bravo Mod Team @Echo Mod Team @Foxtrot Mod Team

and to @Paul who is holding tight all business secrets

to all of us who, are posting/reading here, to all Members

 

[Omega Assets]

Here a huge shout out to the whole community and not just single people, we as a whole make this domain community thrive, and not only on NamePros but everywhere on the internet, may we all get lots of sales to come and may we all learn together and be kinder to each other to make this communiity as positive as possible to welcome everybody and this includes people who know zero, newbies, because once we were also a newbie, cheers EVERYONE!

 

[Future Sensors]

@Foxtrot Mod Team

 

[NameInbox]

A bouquet for some guys too
@Samer
@ThatNameGuy
@biggie

Thanks @Bob Hawkes for this post and your blog too

Thanks all for help in my journey here on NamePros.

p.s. It's strange when guys give a bouquet to guys, but I saw people are posting, so let it be like some a great domainer award, showing my thanks or so.

 

[Chris Hydrick]

Shout out to @Kyle Tully

Dude has been quite on point with many of his posts and analysis!

 

[Corey]

A bouquet for @mwzd

Cheers
Corey

 

[Eric Lyon]

How many of you are familiar with Jonathan Tenenbaum aka @DomainSherpa ?

A Bouquet definitely needs to go out to him!

Have you seen the great job he's been doing over at @DomainSherpa to help everyone new and old in the domain industry?

What about those revolutionizing Sherpa Shorts he started doing? I think we need more of those in the industry!

Great stuff happening over on the DomainSherpa YouTube channel with Jonathan at the wheel.

Hats off to you Jonathan Tenenbaum - Keep up the great work!

Here's his LinkedIn to learn even more about him: LinkedIn Profile