Tucows Job: Sr. Product Marketing Manager – Domains
I saw a job opportunity posted on LinkedIn that might be of interest to a domain industry professional. Tucows is lookin… Read more
The Rosener Equation : Great job, Drew.com!
It’s not every day that a top notch domain investor shares their life motto on their personal web site. Drew Rosener,… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 11, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on August 11, 2020. If there… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 10, 2020
Looks like I forgot to hit publish on this after putting it together yesterday. Sorry about that. Today’s to follow…… Read more
Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday August 12th, 2020
Recorded a new Domain Sherpa yesterday and it was a great panel of Sean Markey and Alvin Brown. Two guys that make a liv… Read more
Knot.io $9,950 to $1,999 in reauction – Frint.com dips
Then and Now Domain Name Sales Looking at Tuesday’s action it seems Knot.io got reauctioned at Park.io. According to N… Read more
Will Wise.io sell for more than $10,000 on Park.io?
I remember the good old days when buying .IO domains on Park.io meant shelling out $99 and competing in auctions against… Read more
Recent celebrity domain name sales including PriyankaChopra.com
I have written many times about celebrities and domain names. It always is a combination of UDRP’s, cease and desist o… Read more
Created in 2017, BidenHarris.com for Sale for $99,999
Former Vice President and current Democratic candidate for US President Joe Biden has selected US Senator Kamala Harris… Read more
#Sedo #domain sales for the week of August 10, 2020 topped by BuyWeed.com at $50000 dollars
Sedo weekly: Top sale is that of BuyWeed.com at $50,000 dollars! Welcome to the latest edition of reporting on the Sedo… Read more
Fake #Sedo app has been removed from the Google Store
In May we reported on a fake Sedo app that appeared on the Google Play store. At the time, the app had received negative… Read more
LL .com #domains : Are these the top most wasted premium assets ever?
Owning a two letter .com domain, also known as an LL .com, is the cream of the crop of domain investing. Many two letter… Read more
2020.com : Finally developed, or has this #domain changed hands?
We wrote about 2020.com last year, as the perfect domain for 2020. Naturally, 2020 turned out to be a terrible year glob… Read more
#DropCatch auctions: Your “inner happiness” might be trademarked
Bidding on domain auctions for domains that seem and sound generic, is a great way to expand your portfolio. Many meanin… Read more
NamesCon Auction Now Live on GoDaddy Auctions
NamesCon is going to look much, much different this year. Not only is the event being held exclusively online, but it is… Read more
IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Tuesday, August 11th
I sold a domain at BrandBucket over the weekend. That’s not unusual, I think I’ve sold 3 with them in the last month… Read more
Resilience for influencers : Use a meaningful #domain instead of that fancy social media account
Building your brand on your own domain name means you never have to rely on a third party medium for your success. Scaff… Read more
Google’s new update is freaking out SEOs, what will it mean for your site?
Well look what happens when I unplug for four days in the wilderness, I come back and Google seems to have changed the I… Read more
$75,000 buyer of Fibr.com revealed
Five days ago I wrote about Fibr.com selling for $75,000. The domain was sold by Leo Angelo’s Domaincracy.com. Accordi… Read more
Can’t get Physical.com? Invent a new spelling as #Fyzical
Everyone wants to use generic, one word domains, right? But they come with a price tag that might be outside a company… Read more
FuckTrump.com Forwarding to USA.gov Landing Page
It looks like someone is getting creative with a politically charged domain name. If you were to type in FuckTrump.com,… Read more
#GEICO : Unbeaten in every #UDRP filed since 2001!
GEICO is a major provider of auto insurance services, and the acronym stands for Government Employees Insurance Company.… Read more
Dot .COM sightings: HDSupply.com
Domain sightings are random encounters with domain names “in the wild.” We come across domain names emblazoned on ve… Read more
I Don’t Respond to Unqualified Prospects
When you have an inquiry or make offer form on your undeveloped but valuable domain names, you likely receive a substant… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 9, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on August 9, 2020. If there i… Read more
Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday August 10th, 2020
Two things that are contradictory but have always been a consistent measure of the domain environment are the facts that… Read more
There has been a flurry of StateSolar.coms at auction
So over the last week there has been a bunch of state solar.coms expiring. From looking at the history it seems like it… Read more
#Trademark .COM applications: #Domains include Compare, Business, Slaps, Outside, Wine, Alert
The game is heating up at the USPTO since the approval by SCOTUS of the Booking.com trademark application. Lots of gener… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 8, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on August 8, 2020. If there i… Read more
Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday August 9th, 2020
I’m taking a much needed vacation this week. That means I’ll be on the Internet more than ever or not very much. I n… Read more
Then and Now 8-8-20 Iona.io $104 Then $7,777 now
The action was modest on Saturday, normal for a lazy Saturday in August. Iona.io was the standout name on Saturday, n… Read more
Dot .COM sightings: System Tech Services Inc.
Domain sightings are random encounters with domain names “in the wild.” We come across domain names emblazoned on ve… Read more
Stock Market Saturday #1: My first stock pick (26ish years ago)
Last week I asked my readers if they would be interested in a weekly post about the stock market. I’ve been investing… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 7, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on August 7, 2020. If there i… Read more
IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, August 8th
Ha, look at this ridiculous name on NameJet, AttCustomerServiceSucksABigOne.com. What’s interesting isn’t that someo… Read more
Then and Now 8-7-20 Handful of $6k to $8k end user sales left to expire
When we look at the action from Friday, we see a handful of end user sales in the $6,000 to $8,000 range that were left… Read more
Trading.tv sells for $15,000 third highest .tv sale for 2020
Namepros member Ammudamus (Ammar) reported he sold Trading.tv for $15,000. He acquired the name in June 2018 for $1,725.… Read more
Someone wants to trademark “.COM” at the United States Patent and Trademark Office!
A new trademark application at the USPTO attempts to register “.COM” – that is “dot com.” The application cite… Read more
Brands.International : An interview with the founder of a modern #domain branding company
Marek Eckhaus is the CEO and founder of Brands.International, operating from the beautiful Prague in the Czech Republic.… Read more
Don’t forget, you can buy expired domains without battling in an auction
I think we’ve all seen prices for expired domains skyrocket at Go Daddy Auctions lately. Rewind ten years ago and ther… Read more
Then and now 8-6-20
Looking at the last couple days of action no big flips like Tuesday. Floa.com did sell for $783 in 2015 and went for $2,… Read more
There is no room for hate in this industry – this tweet should be deleted and an apology issued
Yesterday a very disturbing tweet was sent from someone within the domain industry. For those who haven’t seen it yet,… Read more
I’ve decided to take Afternic landing pages for a spin
Over the years I’ve tried a lot of different solutions for putting “For Sale” landers on my domain names. To-date,… Read more
Niq.com sells for a third time – congrats to Shane and Travis
Shane Cultra tweeted out he and Travis sold Niq.com for somewhere close to their $250,000 asking price on BrandBucket. A… Read more
Then and now 8-4-20 A lot of action big flips and dips
There was a lot of action on Tuesday, when it comes to domain names prices then and now. NYmortgage.com $9,600 on NameJe… Read more
You might know about Hey.com, but did you know Hey.jp just raised $66M?
There has been a lot of buzz here in the US about a new email service, Hey.com started by Jason Fried and the team behin… Read more
Afternic experiment of July 2020
Hello everyone, It’s been a great year in terms of getting lot of surprises. Some in a good way and some not so good… Read more
Why did this Crypto-related domain name sell for so much more than the last 100?
Last week I was pretty surprised to see that an auction I was following on Go Daddy Auctions, CryptoCustody(.)com sold f… Read more
You’ll never guess what Adam Strong flipped before domain names
Adam Strong is one of the domain investors I heard about very early into my journey in domain name investing. If you hav… Read more
What if I wrote about my stock investing adventures once a week?
For the last thirteen years I’ve been writing almost exclusively about domain names. There’s a good reason for that,… Read more
Stolen domain names : The ethics of brokering stolen assets
Domain names have been stolen since the early days of the commercial Internet. The most known case involves the hijackin… Read more
Uniregistry “affiliate plus” payouts update
As shared by Uniregistry, all affiliate earnings balances are to be paid by the end of this month, as the Affiliate Plus… Read more
Suggestions for Afternic
Hello everyone, I was actually suppose to publish a different post but had to make this one last time. The reason is I a… Read more
Why you should renew domains in advance
Hello everyone, Today I wanted to share my point of view on why you should renew your domains in advance and the benefit… Read more
What is Bill Hartzer Disease?
What exactly is Bill Hartzer disease, and how do you get it? Is it a real disease? That’s a good question, I’ve been… Read more
Web Host Agents Sending Fake Invoices for Website Hosting
A company called Web Host Agents continues to send businesses an invoice for web hosting services. The problem is that t… Read more
Duane Forrester On Search Intent and Internal Site Search
On the latest episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Duane Forrester of Yext about sea… Read more
Google Loses Blogspot.In Domain Name
Google has lost ownership to one of their Blogspot domain names. Blogspot is the former name of the blogging service tha… Read more
Recycling Mike Mann’s domains: Thanks Konstantinos!
Querying Mike Mann’s domain droplist was a herculean task, but Konstantinos of Online Domain delivered! Fifty thousand… Read more
Afternic experiment of June 2020
Hi everyone, As the first half of this year is completed, there were some major things happening all around the world. W… Read more
Peter Leshaw on In-House Digital Marketing and Dashboards for Reporting
On this episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Peter Leshaw, a Digital Marketing Strat… Read more
Mark Traphagen on Schema, Schema Tools, and On Page SEO Tools
In this episode of the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer podcast, I spoke with Mark Traphagen from SEO Clarity. We dis… Read more
Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer Podcast
In the last Quarter of 2019, I’ve launched the Digital Marketing with Bill Hartzer Podcast. It can be found on most of… Read more
Domain sob stories: Should I feel sorry for your political mess?
An increasing number of businesses produce “sob stories” in order to usurp domain names on the aftermarket. The usua… Read more
Great new feature at Afternic
Hello everyone, As I was going through a post of Elliot Silver which was actually talking about DAN on payout preference… Read more
Affiliate program no more at Uniregistry
As a beta tester at Uniregistry, I opened one of the first accounts for its Affiliate Plus Program, six years ago. The p… Read more
Google Loses Appeal in Google, LLC vs Netlist, Inc.
Google has lost an appeal to a patent infringement lawsuit that has been ongoing for several years now. The case, Google… Read more
Adobe to Remove Flash Player
Adobe will remove the Adobe Flash Player from its website after December 2020. This means that we are essentially seeing… Read more
Google Continues Its Attack on the URL
Google continues it’s attack on the URL so to speak, showing URLs less than they have been in the past. In this latest… Read more
Domain inquiries : Coming back to buy the domain
Engaging with a potential buyer doesn’t always result in a sale, but domain names that get renewed continue to work th… Read more
Domain registrants are not landlords
Every time I hear how domains are exactly like real estate, I shake my head at the dissimilarities. Comparing domains an… Read more
Domains and The “Great Repression”
I know I am stating the obvious here, but the COVID-19 crisis will forever change consumer behavior, shifting billions o… Read more
Getting the right offer : A waiting game worth playing
Earlier this week I closed on yet another domain sale on the Uniregistry market platform. The agreement was reached last… Read more
The Uniregistry registrar is alive and kicking
One of the reasons I moved my domain names to Uniregistry several years ago, is their knowledgeable support department.… Read more
How To Promote Your Site
As I wrote in my last blog posting, what used to work to get visitors to websites no longer does. Any SEO (search engine… Read more
Maximize your domain capital thanks to the new federal tax filing deadline
Domain investors, like millions of other professionals in the US and around the globe, are adjusting to the Coronavirus… Read more
Change Is Hard
I haven’t made a blog posting in over 2 years because I haven’t really had anything interesting to write about. Or a… Read more
DomainAnimal Removed from Domaining.com
FYI – DomainAnimal.com has been removed from the Domaining.com feed due to being sold. The owner of Domaining.com dema… Read more
Partnership between .xyz Domains and Ethereum announced for secure coin management and trading
At Ethereum’s DevCon3 last week, the popular blockchain cryptocurrency announced a partnership with XYZ to allow users… Read more
Radix Claims 77% Renewal Rates After Two Years
New gTLD registry Radix says that three of its larger TLDs have seen a 77% renewal rate two years after launch. The comp… Read more
Amazon and Google to Fight Over .kids at Auction
Amazon, Google and a third applicant are scheduled to fight for control of the new gTLDs .kid or .kids at auction. It’… Read more
Why I Bought A .ai Domain Name
As a domain investor, I have never been a big fan of new domain extensions (domains that are not .com, .net, or .org). T… Read more
Hammock Swings From Rightside to Markmonitor
Statton Hammock has joined brand protection registrar MarkMonitor as its new vice president of global policy and industr… Read more
Coya Buys Coya.com Before $10 Million Funding Round
CrunchBase reported that an insurance startup called Coya received $10 million in seed funding at the end of August. A q… Read more
Registry Bosses to Talk ICANN "Tax Cuts" at Private Meeting
The CEOs of 20 or more gTLD registries are due to meet privately this month to discuss, among other things, the possibil… Read more
Donuts Files Opening Brief in .web Appeal
Company believes covenant not to sue is invalid. New top level domain name company Donuts, through its company Ruby Glen… Read more
GoDaddy Adds Appraisal to Domain Settings Pages
In May of this year, GoDaddy reintroduced its free domain appraisal tool, and the company began showing domain name valu… Read more
Another Auda Director Quit in Secret
Australian ccTLD registry auDA, in the midst of a transparency controversy, reportedly lost another of its directors las… Read more
.club Nears Profitability, Talks Renewals and "Trial" Domains
.CLUB Domains is nearing profitability and poised to become a “growth engine”, despite the view that most of its cur… Read more
Manage Your Own Domain Leads with HelpScout and WordPress
I would like to share one of the main things I’ve been working on lately in case anyone here could possibly benefit: … Read more
My Cloud Gaming Site – 247Gamers.com
I am happiest when I am working on new projects, especially ones that have the potential to make millions of dollars. Th… Read more
4 Options for Free Killer Domain Logos
Whether selling a domain or launching a website, a nice logo can give a boost. If on a steak and taters budget with time… Read more
Sharing
Ever try a neti pot? They are supposed to be great for preventing sinus infections. My mother gave me one many years ago… Read more
The Seven Deadly Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Domain Name from Someone Else
Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:… Read more
Working In Teams
“After all is said and done, more is usually said than done.” The New York Times published a very interesting articl… Read more
NameSilo Marketplace Launches Domain Payment Plans
NameSilo, a domain name registrar, has just launched the ability to offer Payment Plans for premium domain names to cust… Read more
.KIWI Gains 170,000 Domain Registrations In Two Weeks (Yeah, Right!)
.KIWI, a new domain extension aimed at the New Zealand market, has experienced tremendous registration growth the past t… Read more
Why I Paid $1,500 to Rescue Oliver Stone's Domain Name
Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:… Read more
Condo.Vegas Soft Launches
Two months ago we acquired Condo.Vegas, along with its plural, Condos.Vegas, we did this as a continued addition to our… Read more
A Reboot for my Blog
For quite sometime I have had it in my mind to do a “reboot” of my blog at BruceMarler.com. I did my first initial p… Read more
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
When my parents were teenagers, they hung out at drive-ins. My generation hung out in malls (I am 47). And at arcades an… Read more
New gTLDs – Aren’t We Forgetting Something? (My DOMAINfest Asia 2016 keynote)
Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:… Read more
BoatDeals.com – Will It Float?
“If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” – T.S. Eliot You may have heard of Beepi.co… Read more
Free Books
Did you know there are hundreds of eBooks you can read and download for free each week? I only stumbled across this indu… Read more
New-Tech Domains and When To Cut Losses
Occasionally I become interested in a new technology that is just beginning to bud, and if it sounds promising, like oth… Read more
A Domain Buyer Broker’s POV on which Domains are Most Wanted
Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:… Read more
Are Capital Controls Behind China’s Move Into the Domain Market?
It is an undisputed fact to anyone involved in the domain name aftermarket that a significant upswing in overall pricing… Read more
Why Choosing the Wrong Domain Name is Like Burning Money
Bill Sweetman's Domain Name Strategy Blog Has Moved! Update your RSS Reader Now. The Sweetmantra RSS feed has moved to:… Read more
Throwback Thursday – One Commenter’s Cogent Corrective To A Blogger’s ‘Cybersquatter’ Rant
While cleaning out an inbox the other day I somehow came across a link to a blog post from four years ago, titled, Domai… Read more
The Yin to the Yang of Domain Sales
Although it isn’t a regular column to this blog, consider this my weekend musings, if you will. The following are so… Read more
Moniker Exiting the Drop Game?
One of the company’s drop-catching proxy registrars SantiamDomains recently (and quietly) changed hands and is now und… Read more