Candida.com seller talked to the FBI about Epik
Kathleen Kalaf, sold the domain Candida.com expecting to receive $91,000 dollars out of a $100k sale conducted using Epi… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF JANUARY 30, 2023
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on January 30, 2023. If there… Read more
ImpossibleKick.com UDRP failed due to Complainant’s rushed filing
When you claim your mark has become distinctive but it hasn’t, filing a rushed UDRP won’t get you the domain name. Impos… Read more
#Sedo : Domain sales report | January 31, 2023 — ThisAV.com at $99,000 dollars
Sedo domain sales report: Top sale is the domain ThisAV.com for $99,000 dollars. Caution: the domain is NSFW. Welcome to… Read more
IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, January 31st
Main List NameJet Flippa/Sedo LLLL.com’s LLL, CCC, 5L Other LLLL’s Short Brandables … Read more
Business woman dropped BusinessWoman.com
A business woman from Sweden somehow lost one important asset: The domain name BusinessWoman.com. Wonna I de Jong appear… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF JANUARY 29, 2023
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on January 29, 2023. If there… Read more
OlefyTech.com: Failed UDRP is a reminder about outsourcing domain registrations
When you form a company, you—the company’s principal—better register the domain names and brands associated with it. A F… Read more
Wishing well to the Domain King & his latest acquisition
The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been addressing some health issues in recent weeks, taking time off his public onlin… Read more
Sedo LLLL .com auction results topped by TORD.com
Sedo held a week-long auction of four letter (LLLL) .com domain names, via its GreatDomains platform. The auction involv… Read more
Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, January 30th, 2023
I sold 2 of my cars this past few weeks. I had my daughter’s High School and college car, an older model Subaru Outback,… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF JANUARY 28, 2023
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on January 28, 2023. If there… Read more
PSD Underwear upgraded to PSD.com via Telepathy
PSD Underwear has acquired the ultra-premium, three letter domain PSD.com in a major instance of domain rebranding. The… Read more
Trav’s List of Domains at Auction for Sunday, January 29, 2023
Click on any of the links to see current price Namejet, Sedo and Catched Names at Auction LabStudio.com coci.com BeSpeci… Read more
Great drop-catching alternative: You can catch domains using Sav.com
Sav.com has been my go-to domain registrar for several months now. Transitioning away from GoDaddy-operated properties s… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF JANUARY 27, 2023
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on January 27, 2023. If there… Read more
IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, January 28th
Main List NameJet Flippa/Sedo LLLL.com’s LLL, CCC, 5L Other LLLL’s Short Brandables … Read more
Web3 Domain provider to offer .1 and .country blockchain domain names
DappRadar.com published a piece on a new domain name system being offered on the Harmony blockchain. The Harmony blockch… Read more
AUCTION RECAP OF JANUARY 26, 2023
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on January 26, 2023. If there… Read more
A look at GoDaddy reported sales data 2022 vs 2021
When you decide to look at the macro picture of recorded domain name sales on Namebio, GoDaddy has far more sales record… Read more
LMG.net.au UDRP denied; it’s the Respondent’s initials, dummy!
Some Australian companies late to the domain game are using the UDRP process as the “Plan B” approach. In the case of th… Read more
Homebuilder.com.au: UDRP ends with Complainant’s loss & Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
If you are a home builder in Australia, the ultimate domain name would be Homebuilder.com.au. The domain name was launch… Read more
Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 27th, 2023
Money Management. Its one of the most important parts of investing, business, and life. You hear constantly about havin… Read more
Domain sightings: AAA.com is the first LLL .com
When it comes down to three letter .com domains, they range from AAA .com to ZZZ .com for a total of 17,576 combinations… Read more
Do you like the domain ColombianCoffee.com?
We all love coffee and Colombian coffee is one of the best in the world. Apparently, Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de… Read more
What a difference a decade makes for PartyPooper.com
Back in 2013 PartyPooper.com went for just $305 at NameJet. What a difference a decade makes. The domain name expired an… Read more
GoDaddy shuffles board of directors three weeks before earnings
GoDaddy announced changes to its board of directors (BOD) just three weeks before scheduled Q4/2022 & fiscal 2022 earnin… Read more
Core reversal: New gTLD reverses oncoming chaos in the domain industry!
Scientists have discovered that the earth’s inner core has officially stopped spinning and will soon begin rotating in t… Read more
Blaze.ae: Industry veteran tapping the .AE domain market
Abdul Rahman Tarabichi is a veteran domain name investor and the CEO of marketplace Blaze.ae. Blaze.ae is a domain name… Read more
$69,888 buyer of Conduit.xyz revealed
Back in December of last year, Swetha posted an impressive sale. Conduit.xyz sold for $69,888. At the time I mentioned t… Read more
Pharmacia.com left to drop by Pfizer closes at $18k
Pharmacia was a Swedish pharma and biotech company that merged with Upjohn back in the mid nineties. According to Wikipe… Read more
Braden Pollock sells StoneAge.com for $120,200
Braden Pollock cranked another one out of the park with a $120,200 sale of StoneAge.com. Registered in 1995 with one pri… Read more
An analysis of European online shops and their domain names
Simone over at InternetX.com (an advertiser here) took a deep dive into the European ecommerce market. Analyzing domain… Read more
Sports.gg buyer has very ambitious plans
Back on Halloween of last year, Logan Flatt and his Media Code LLC posted the highest reported .gg domain name sale of a… Read more
Squadhelp updates commission terms
GoDaddy is streamlining commissions across all their properties. That news certainly riled up many investors as Namepros… Read more
GoDaddy updates to new commission model for Afternic, Uniregistry and Dan
Hello everyone, This may be good news to some and not so good to others. But since I’m using Afternic landers and alread… Read more
Taking a Blog Break
I have been writing articles on my blog since 2007. I have been fortunate to have the advertising support of many domain… Read more
Some Thoughts About 2023
As the year winds down, I have been thinking about what to expect for the upcoming year. I am hopeful that it will be a… Read more
How I Am Preparing for the New Year
Less than a week remains in 2022. This is generally a quiet week in terms of domain name sales, so I tend to spend my wo… Read more
Squadhelp Introduces AI Business Name Generator
Earlier this month when OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot was trending, I discussed some of the ways artificial intelligence (AI)… Read more
I Don’t Always Have to Win
I am a highly competitive person. Whether I am playing a tennis match against a friend or playing a board game with my f… Read more
LTO domain sales: Dan.com and Escrow.com compared
Merry Christmas! Lease-to-own domain sales, often abbreviated as “LTO,” are becoming popular among domain investors, tha… Read more
Pros and cons of domaining
Hello everyone, As of today I’ve just reached the portfolio of 8,000 domains. This is something very special because all… Read more
Domains at Uniregistry: Check the auth code before transferring out
After a decade at Uniregistry as my domain registrar of choice, I’ve been migrating my portfolio elsewhere. The acquisit… Read more
Fascinated by Eddington
As I've gone deeper into understanding more about gravitational waves the history of Einstein's initial postulation has… Read more
DropCatch domain auctions can expose you to spammers; here’s how to fix it
Participating in domain name auctions at DropCatch is a business activity that I partake in weekly, enhancing and expand… Read more
Why gravitational waves are so fascinating (at least to me)
As I have started to scratch the surface of Astrophysics I've found myself going down the rabbit hole that is gravitatio… Read more
Some of the acquisitions in 2022
Hello everyone, It’s been over a year since I last shared the recent acquisitions post.As always my purpose of sharing a… Read more
How I'm hacking my way into learning Astrophysics at Caltech
I've had a lifelong fascination with space and once I started my engineering degree I discovered I had a passion for Phy… Read more
Fake sales: Hitting the BIN button at the Uni Market
Setting a “buy it now” (BIN) price for your domains is one established approach to selling. Instead of providing a conta… Read more
Can someone else add your “for sale” domain on Dan.com?
Dan.com is a domain marketplace that in recent years propelled itself onto the top list of favorite platforms for domain… Read more
Feel good about selling: Ted Olson’s upcoming book
Ted Olson is a veteran sales expert, having worked with NameMedia, Afternic prior to its sale to GoDaddy, and Endurance… Read more
Yachts.com – Sold
A year ago I bought the domain Yachts.com for $350,000 even though I know nothing about boats and had no specific plan f… Read more
From $4,000 offer to a $50,000 sale
Hello everyone! It was in July 2020 when I received an offer of $4,000 on BridgeMoney.com (acquired the domain in partne… Read more
GoDaddy appraisals an obstacle for domain sellers
Recently, I closed my first sale on the Dan.com platform. In recent months I’ve been transferring in bulk my domain name… Read more
Are we on the same page?
Part of the domain investing game is waiting for inbound inquiries. Also known as “the waiting game,” this is the part t… Read more
VocalCloning.com – Free Business Idea
Here’s a good business idea I came up with but decided not to do. Maybe somebody else would be interested though, so I a… Read more
My highest .CO domain sale
Hello everyone, I’ve been investing in .CO domains since they were launched in 2010. As of today, I’ve now almost 200 .C… Read more
Metaverses, NFTs, and AI
I spent most of the past 5 years working on AI projects, but they were mainly for me to learn from, not to make money. D… Read more
Free Domain Name Appraisals
There are already several automated sites that will estimate the value of a domain name, but this week I created what I… Read more
DAN 3.0 is coming so here’s a handy tip for your domain selling settings
In recent months I’ve been using DAN.com, formerly known as Undeveloped, as a domain marketplace alongside the Uni Marke… Read more
And Just Like That…
Over the summer I wrote how I fell in love with the Yachts.com domain name, even though I knew nothing about boats. I sp… Read more
From AD.com to Games.com - some of the best domain names I’ve ever seen are hitting the market
When it comes to great one-word .COMs, there’s a common feeling – all the good ones are taken, and have been taken for a… Read more
Trading domain names for NFTs probably won't work for most people
This is a topic that I've seen come up quite a bit lately and I've now seen enough people try that I thought it would be… Read more
A quick primer on how to secure your NFTs using a Hardware wallet
So you've started buying NFTs, and maybe you've spent more money on these NFTs than just about anything else you've boug… Read more
The one Discord security setting everyone should know about
So you've decided to dive into the NFT world, which means you're probably spending more time on Discord, okay, a lot mor… Read more
Twenty-five years ago I discovered the Metaverse thanks to Snowcrash
Okay, just writing this title makes me feel old, but it's true - I discovered the Metaverse twenty-five years ago when I… Read more
Yeah, that $532M CryptoPunk sale didn't really happen...
There's a good chance that if you've been on Twitter anytime in the last hour or two, you've seen someone talking about… Read more
How will NFT NYC impact the NFT market?
As NFT NYC gets closer and closer, there's a burning question on everyone's mind - how will the NFT world's biggest conf… Read more
As bot offers climb, rumors of an NFT floor rise are turning into facts
Oh bot offers. If you're new to NFTs you might just be getting used to them, but before you know it they'll start to fee… Read more
SVS continues to innovate, first with vampires, now with bats
I've been a big fan of Sneaky Vampire Syndicate since the early days, before the vampires existed and it was just a Disc… Read more
The one security risk people often overlook when using a hardware wallet with NFTs
Before I start this article I want to make it very clear - you should be using a hardware wallet if you care about your… Read more
It's official, I've been blogging for 14 years
Hello again everyone 👋 You might have noticed that my blog looks a little different today, okay, a lot different. Today… Read more
Sneaky Vampires announces staking, introduces $BLOOD token
Last night the Sneaky Vampire Syndicate Discord was on fire after the team announced a major addition to the project – s… Read more
Yachts.com – Update #1
In my posting from 3 months ago, I told the story of how I purchased the domain Yachts.com even though I know nothing ab… Read more
Why I Bought Yachts.com
“Not all who wander are lost.” I have wandered the internet for the past 5 years, learning new things, trying various mo… Read more
An Inside Look At Email Marketing
Here’s how a small project of mine a few months ago led to something really, really big… I have been selling domain name… Read more
The Story of BuildFreeSites.com
It started with an idea I had to promote BoredHumans.com. Maybe I could build free websites for people in exchange for t… 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
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 t… 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’s… 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 current… Read more