I sell onions on the Internet - Deep South Ventures

They’re classified as a sweet onion, and because of their mild flavor (they don’t make your eyes tear up), some folks can eat them like an apple. Most of my customers do. During a phone order one season - 2018 I believe - a customer shared this story where he smuggled some Vidalias onto his vacation cruise ship, and during each meal, would instruct the server to ‘ take this onion to the back, chop it up, and add it onto my salad ‘. That story made me smile. Folks who love Vidalias, love Vidalias . Let me stop, though. I don’t want to get ahead of myself. How did all this start? I’m a web guy. I’m not a farmer. I’M ADDICTED TO DOMAIN NAMES Oddly enough, it didn’t start with an idea. Back in 2014, the domain name VidaliaOnions.com expired, and went up for auction. For some reason the original owner abandoned it, and being a Georgia native, I recognized it ’cause I was familiar with the industry. I’ve been buying expired or abandoned domain names for a while, and enjoy developing them into niche businesses. This one was different though - I backordered the domain as a spectator, but for kicks & giggles, I dropped in a bid around $2,200 ’cause I was confident I’d be outbid. 5 minutes later, I was the proud owner of VidaliaOnions.com. I had no idea what to do with it. Ready, fire, aim. After the domain landed in my account, I attempted to re-focus my attention on other projects, but the name kept clawing me. Like it was saying: ... yoo-hoo... over here... 😘 William Faulkner had an interesting perspective on writing his characters - on how they essentially wrote themselves , and how he (Faulkner) served as a sortof mechanical in-between. His quote: I would say to get the character in your mind. Once he is in your mind, and he is right, and he’s true, then he does the work himself. All you need to do then is to trot along behind him and put down what he does and what he says... You’ve got to know the character. You’ve got to believe in him. You’ve got to feel that he is alive... After that, the business of putting him down on paper is mechanical. [source] The way Faulkner treats his characters, I treat domain name projects. I buy them with an intention to develop. And I let them take the lead. They’re the inspiration for the business itself. They guide me towards what they need to become. I’m just the dude behind the keyboard (sorta). Sometimes I buy them at auction, sometimes I buy them from original-owners. But universally, the domain name always comes first, the business idea comes second. I don’t usually rush into development. The path of some domains is apparent before I acquire. Others, the path reveals itself down the road. Vidalia was the latter. And after I acquired it, it kept nudging me. Build...

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