Dan's Garage Door Blog - Archive – About DDM

Greetings!  DDM Garage Doors owner Dan Musick has been busy for some time, and this accounts for the absence of posts you may have noticed.   But I’m ready to get writing to keep you abreast of Dan’s thoughts, ideas, tips, and happenings, and so put the DDM blog on a consistent stream again.  Stay tuned for more on a weekly basis.

I am Jim Quattrochi, the support contact for DDM.

I have published numerous articles discussing garage door ideas and garage door-related service at sites like ezinearticles and eHow.  Feel welcome to navigate the full DDM site for the wealth of information Dan offers from his storehouse of more than thirty years’ experience in the industry.

I will be posting to this blog on a regular basis.  The aim of this journal will be to keep the community posted on stories, events, and ideas.  Always, there will be a view to convey their import for those who desire to maintain and repair their own garage doors, buy quality parts, or obtain the best professional garage door service possible.

Sincerely, Jim

On a recent guestbook entry Dan Heckle commented regarding our URL extension. Thank you, Dan, for your comment. Here is an answer for you and others who have wondered about it as well.

In April of 1997 when I was evaluating domain names, I considered garagedoor.com but that had already been taken. My web host suggested several alternatives, including garagedoor.org. I told the representative that I thought the .org was just for non-profit organizations. He assured me that many businesses used .org and that it would be fine. I liked the simplicity of www.garagedoor.org and chose that.

In the early years on the web the .org was never an issue. That was before the .com bust of the early 2000’s. URL extensions were in a state of flux. I could truthfully say then, as I say jokingly now, “We don’t make enough enough money to be a .com.” In those days we didn’t earn enough to justify the expense of posting our web page.

As an organization we have always given away many times the value for which we are compensated, possibly more than most of the other .org’s in the garage door industry. For example, I chose not to charge for the torsion spring replacement instructions, in part, because we are a .org. But my motive was still as a business – to pursue making a profit on the web. To that end I have hired a lawyer to protect our copyrighted materials. We exist to make a profit and we protect our interests.

In the last year we have also begun converting the site over to www.ddmgaragedoors.com to more accurately reflect the nature of the organization. We are a business, but also more than a business. Eventually I expect to have the garagedoor.org and extensions automatically redirected to the new URL.

The Internet has taken on a personality of its own. URL’s are peripheral; we stand upon a well-established reputation of quality, service and trust. And upon this we continue building the business for our higher purpose of glorifying God.