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Hi Eurleif, Peter(author) here.. Essentially - for most folks - it's very difficult to find Vidalias at the grocery. If they do, the quality isn't to their liking. And ultimately, my customer want to ensure they're buying genuine Vidalias, as a lot of places mis-mark other 'sweet' onions as Vidalia, and they're not (so they're hot, pungent, etc). Hope that helps!

it doesn't matter, just start building.

See if this essay I wrote (on buying & developing on neat .com domain names) helps: https://www.deepsouthventures.com/build-a-side-business/

Peter here (author).. I'm guessing the person who laid me off from eTour may read this.. hi Jim! no hard feelings : )

Peter here.. I mention how I valued the duderanch.com domain in this essay I wrote a few years back, if you're curious: https://www.deepsouthventures.com/dude-that-built-duderanch-...

and sometimes the things you think aren't interesting, are interesting to other folks. I stumbled into the vidalia onion industry, and randomly wrote an essay on it, and wound up discovering other folks liked the story. HN is a blessing in this way - it helps expose these fringe stories that'd never see the light of day in normal print/web publications.

appreciate that (peter here).. the 2022 Vidalia crop is planted, and we recently trimmed the tops.. I posted some pics here if you're curious: https://www.vidaliaonions.com/farm-news/trimming-vidalia-oni...

1015s are great.. Walla wallas, and maui sweets as well.

author here.. oddly, I sold AppalachianTrail to fund my purchase of DudeRanch. If I still owned AT, I woulda hiked the whole thing, recorded the experienced on the website, and then maybe hired some ex-hikers to provide guided recommendations for the trail for a small fee. Something like that.

author here. I wish I'd kept Ziplines.. I could build something neat on that. Needed cash at the time, so had to sell.

thanks so much chickenpotpie (author of both here).. these long form things are challenging to write, so nice comments like this make it worth it.

author here.. when I started, I already had years of experience in the dude ranching industry, so I simply reached out to them for jobs to post. ie, I seeded, in other words, posted the jobs myself.

many many thanks for your business, kovacs. Postcards FTW! -Peter

thanks a ton for the business, Jason.. it means a lot. -Peter

for your nostalgia, here's a video that the GA Dept of Ag just produced on our farm.. Aries (farm owner) is in vid (I'm not in this one).. notice the domain at the end : ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0oNolfKfgc

that's a good jobs domain. nice grab.

author here. It is fun to see the differing opinions on domain names.. very split audience. thanks for sharing.

thanks.. just enjoy sharing this domain name world as I see so much opportunity there for small builders to compete with big corps.

author here.. I need to fix that.. working on it.

author here. I sell onions on the internet. does that qualify? Check out my homepage for other developed domain projects.

thanks Alex (author here).. that domain article was one of my first, so I was (and still am) trying to find my writing voice. whatever that means.

thanks.. continuing to dig into it..

this is hopefully fixed now..

author here.. thanks for mentioning this.. try to fix this as we speak.. does it still appear wonky?

thank you, mylons

author here.. the revenue for both sites (since I partnered) was much more than I anticipated, but my take home for DudeRanch.com actually fell around my estimation.. (if that helps)

thank you zapstar! Sorta like Bill Walsh (49ers coach) said (essentially).. start on the right foundation and "the score will take care of itself".. Domain names are such a great way to start a project off on the right foot..

author here.. thank you for heads up.. I'll let David know..

hey, I know you! : )