2018-03-10 

Back on March 5th, 2007, I purchased my first of several web 
domains -- VincentFam.net.  That old website expired in 2015 
and I let it go because I've replaced it many times over.  It 
was originally my source for everything personal, primarily 
mine and Linda's email addresses.  I've kept a link to it 
here on RonnieVincent.com for many years so that all my old 
acquaintances who still have old email addresses linked to 
"VincentFam.net" could know that the VincentFam.net website 
no longer existed and to tell them what my newer websites 
were. 

It's no longer necessary to keep this notice.  No one still 
uses it.  I purchased this domain name, RonnieVincent.com, 
in 2008 and all my other domains currently active in 2012. 
My lineage website is now VincentFamily.org, genealogy site 
and blog are at MyKinFolks.org, and all are linked through 
my main domain name and website at RonV.net.  I wasn't able 
to purchase RonV.com because some realtor in California had 
already bought it.  Besides, let's face it, all the .com 
domains were originally intended for commercial use anyway. 

It's just that most people automatically assume that, if 
you own a domain name (a website) it's supposed to end with 
".com."  The general public is uncomfortable using web 
addresses that end with anything else such as .net, .org, 
etc.  The problem is that ALL (and I do mean every one) of 
the short web domain names are really hard to get.  They're 
ALL premium domain names no matter what they are.  

There was a time back in the late 1990s when I was first 
introduce to the internet where I could have purchased any 
domain name I wanted.  Back in 1997, I could have bought 
ron.com, vincent.com, or any that are currently premium, 
for just $7 a year.  I knew it and wish I had purchased a 
few premium web domains back then.  

Sadly, I wasn't that smart.  Neither was anyone else.  No 
one knew back then that within 10 years the web would 
explode like crazy and premium web domain names would sell 
at VERY high prices.  Today, I could bid on Vincent.com but 
the owners would probably not let it go for less than a 
price with 5 figures in it.  The shorter or more popular 
the domain name, the more it costs.  It's that simple. 

That's why I feel EXTREMELY fortunate that I was able to 
purchase RonV.net, RonnieVincent.com, VincentFamily.org, 
and MyKinFolks.org back when these were available at the 
usual price of $14 a year.  I now pay about $20 a year to 
keep them but I doubt I'll ever want to sell them as long 
as I live and can maintain websites.  After all, when I 
pass away, I'm sure my family could sell any of them for 
a nice chunk of change.  Too bad we didn't invest in a 
bunch of premium websites 20 years ago.  My kids could 
sell them for enough today to retire. :-)