From early on, back in 2004, I was disappointed that brianwatkins.com was taken. I had to settle with brianwatkins.net. Earlier this year, I was planning to make an offer to the old owner to buy the domain from him. I noticed that his expiration date was coming up soon so I decided to hold off on making the offer for the chance that he might not renew it. That strategy paid off for me! He did not renew the domain name and I was able to scoop it up! There were a few bidders along with myself who tried to capture the domain name in an auction. I guess I wanted it the most…or maybe just had the most money to throw at it. I recently acquired brianwatkins.com for a measly $325. This may sound expensive for a domain name to some but compare that to my budget of five thousand dollars I would have been willing to pay the previous owner for brianwatkins.com this year. Yes, I do take my personal brand very seriously! I bet the other Brian Watkins who previously owned brianwatkins.com is kicking himself right now for letting this domain go.

Now I have to work on transferring my entire website over from brianwatkins.net to brianwatkins.com. Those of you with brianwatkins.net bookmarks and rss feed subscriptions will have to be sure to update those when I make the switch.

It is safe to say that the rightful Brian Watkins is now in possession of brianwatkins.com!