My Opinion of Daniel Kading
This is the story of my short dealing with Daniel Kading and why I own this domain name and he doesn't.
This is the story of my short dealing with Daniel Kading and why I own this domain name and he doesn't.
I watched on video on YouTube about writing content for LinkedIn featuring Daniel Kading. After watching the video, I clicked on the link to his site only to discover that his domain name had expired.
Since I was planning on focusing more on LinkedIn than I have in the past and wanted to jumpstart my dormant LinkedIn account, and I am experienced in domain names, I thought it would be a good idea to buy danielkading.com for $10 on NameCheap and give it to him as an "ice breaker".
Instead of being appreciative, here's our LinkedIn conversation:
Do you want DanielKading.com ?
Hi Daniel... I tried to visit DanielKading.com and it didn't go to a website and saw it was available to anyone to buy, so I bought it. I'm holding it for "ransom". Here's what you need to do to get it back:
1 Set up a free account at Namecheap.com and let me know your Username there and I'll push it into your account ASAP.
2 Make a post on LinkedIn why the Buffs are much cooler than the Rams. (I'm a Boulder native).
3. Connect with me and possibly engage with me if you see something interesting and helpful.
2 and 3 are optional. :)
Just so you know, getting domain names of value to others is something I teach, not only to sell, but to use as an ice-breaker, which is what I'm doing with this message. :)
Let me know when you get your account set up at NameCheap and send your user name (NO PASSWORD!) and I'll push it to you ASAP.
Take care, Kurt Melvin
Life-long Buff fan
Daniel Kading sent the following message at 4:11 PM
Keep it I don’t want it 👍🏻 but thanks for a seriously entertaining DM 🤣 I also don’t give a crap about football either. Take care 👋🏻
Kurt Melvin sent the following message at 4:35 PM
You should thank me for trying to look out for you, not the entertaining DM. It's too bad you don't think your name is even worth free or the time to set up a free account...and your profile talks about "branding"? LOL Good luck.
Daniel Kading sent the following message at 4:52 PM
I dont know you Kurt and I dont trust you that's all. have a good day.
He then blocked me.
I didn't ask him for money and I just asked him for a NameCheap user name so I could "push" danielkading.com into his account and he could take control of it. This is standard operating procedure when transfering domain names from one person to another,. I have to know who to send it to...that's basic common sense.
This is a self-proclaimed expert for "personal branding", as he has in his LinkedIn bio. Yet, not only did he let his FirstNameLastName.com domain name expire, he was too ignorant about domain names to realize that all I needed was his NameCheap user name. I even told him NOT to send a password, just to protect him.
Again, I was trying to GIVE him this domain name for FREE and wasn't selling this domain name and thought my $10 investment to purchase it (giving him a year of free registration) was a good way to connect with some that claims to be an expert at connecting on LinkedIn.
In my life experiences, I've found that the most suspicious people tend to be the most untrustworthy. I understand being skeptical, but anyone claimiing to be an expert at "personal branding" should at least do a bit of due dilligence regarding their name as a domain name.
I can't tell you for certain Daniel Kading is dishonest or honest. But I can tell you, he is a horrible judge of character.
Owning your name as a domain name is the ULTIMATE personal branding online. And me now owning DanielKading.com shows just how important it is. I now own and control this domain name, all because he thought I wasn't trustworthy.
Please consider, I removed all risk from this for him. I didn't ask him for money. I didn't give him a link to NameCheap that could have been spoofed. I even said that posting about my Buffs and engaging with me was optional. Plus it's free to set up an account at NameCheap and takes all of 2 minutes if he didn't already have an account with them.
From what I can see, he way over-charges for his services as a writer. My advice is to find a more reasonably priced writer and combine them with AI/ChatGPT. Have ChatGPT write posts for you and have a human "humanize" the content. You'll likely get much better results at a fraction of the price.
Remember, I'm NOT holding this domain hostage. Even my so-called "ransom" was clearly stated in my message to him as "optional". I paid for it and was willing to give it to him for free. HE TOLD ME TO KEEP IT in writing. So I am.
Maybe he should have been just a little respectful before jumping to conclusions. He missed out on an honest deal from someone just looking to do someone a favor and to maybe gain a friend in exchange...just because of his unfounded suspicions.
Sorry for the rant, but when you go out of your way to do someone a favor and they insult you in return, I feel this message is in order. I do understand wanting a little more follow-up just to be sure. I don't understand Daniel Kading's unsupported bullshit.
Daniel Kading THINKS I'm dishonest. I KNOW he's a dunce.
Thanks for your time,
Kurt Melvin
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