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While looking through my DomainTools Whois alert emails (Name Server Monitor and Registrant Monitor) this morning, I noticed the Ton.com domain name appears to have changed hands. Ton.com has long been owned by Digimedia and registered at Tucows. The domain name transferred to the Cloudflare domain registrar, with much of the Whois record redacted....
I like how Atom.com has a feature that allows prospective buyers to track the price of a domain name listed for sale on the platform. If the price is decreased, the buyer is notified of the updated price via email. This means Atom has the buyer's email address and the domain name that is of […]Catchy.com
My educational background is in the field of direct marketing. Following my undergraduate degree, I went to NYU and earned a Master's degree in Direct and Interactive Marketing. I then worked at a direct marketing agency called Wunderman, followed by a corporate direct marketing role at AIG. One of the hallmarks of direct marketing is […]Catc...
There are quite a few domain investor-focused events and conferences coming up in the last half of 2025. These events are being held around the world, and importantly, they are being run by different people and organizations. This should help make them each unique. The events I have heard about, including the dates and locations […]Catchy.com
For most domain investors, the business of domain investing is unpredictable. Some months bring big sales or many sales that make me feel fantastic. In other months, there is little action in the way of deals and reasonable offers. It can be quite boring on the sell-side. This feast or famine cycle of domain investing […]Catchy.com
I am a customer of Atom.com and Afternic. My feeling is that Atom does a good job of helping people discover branding opportunities with listed domain names, and Afternic does a good job of helping domain name buyers purchase the domain names they are looking to buy. At the moment, I have just shy of […]Catchy.com
This years Pan-Mass Challenge was exceptional. It was probably the best ride I have had in my 12 years of riding. The weather was more cooperative than ever, and the company couldnt have been better. Its always fun spending the weekend with John Berryhill, and it was great to have Karen join us this year. […]Catchy.com
This is one of my favorite weekends of the year. John Berryhill, my wife, and I will ride our bicycles 160+ miles over two days in the Pan-Mass Challenge to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dana-Farber is one of the world's leading cancer organizations, and its mission is very close to my heart. We are grateful […]Catchy.com
I've been slowly adding domain names to Atom.com as they have gained traction. At the moment, my portfolio is the largest it has been on the platform with 235 premium listings. I also have 47 domain names pending review. One of the differentiating factors of Atom is that they provide an approved list price. Depending […]Catchy.com
Andy Booth recently reported the $220,000 sale of Sim.ai. Based on the screenshot he shared, it appears he sold it directly to the buyer using Escrow.com to transact. These are strange days. I know you can all feel it. Something is upon us. Our sim is changing. Sale loading: https://t.co/cGQPcsuvn0 for $220k pic.twitter.com/7pHniCZOp5 AB […]...
There are numerous automated tools that attempt to place a value on domain names. They use various sets of data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to estimate what a domain name could be worth. Some sales platforms and marketplaces show appraisals on a purchasing or bidding page, which implies authority. Domain name appraisals are often...
Earlier today, GoDaddy announced that customers can now create checkout links for Lease to Own (LTO) deals. Customers have been able to import these types of leads for buy it now sales only. Now at Afternic: Lease to Own for Custom Checkout Link! Close Lease to Own deals using GoDaddy's checkout process, with a flat […]Catchy.com
I pay pretty close attention to the domain name aftermarket. I read DNJournal's weekly sales report, follow NameBio on X, and track many domain name sales and auctions on the major aftermarket platforms. There are many sales that I miss though. That's where NameBio weekly saved searches come into play. At the moment, I track […]Catchy.com...
Someone from the industry reached out to me early this year offering to sell a domain name to me for more than $100,000. I passed on the opportunity because I thought it was vastly overpriced. I didn't counteroffer either because the amount I would pay was far lower than the asking price. Months later, I […]Catchy.com
Over the last several weeks, I have been adding more domain names to my account at Atom.com. I have just shy of 250 domain names listed for sale along with some that are pending review. With another lease to own sale started last night, I currently have 4 LTO deals in progress at Atom. Two […]Catchy.com
Pricing domain names is challenging. The domain name market is dynamic. Domain name values can fluctuate based on many factors related to the domain name and the seller. If the price is too high, buyers may ignore the domain name. If it is too low, money can be left on the table. One aspect of […]Catchy.com
Lovable is a popular "vibe coding" startup that has quickly become a leader in that space. Lovable was founded just 8 months ago, and TechCrunch reported that the startup just achieved unicorn status – a valuation of $1 billion or more. The company raised a $200 million Series A funding round, and it now has […]Catchy.com
I discovered an issue with the way Whois records are displayed at GoDaddy that could be problematic for domain investors. I was made aware of this when DomainTools detected a Whois change for one of my domain names that hadn't undergone any Whois updates. This is an issue GoDaddy is aware of, and I hope […]Catchy.com
Sedo shared that the largest publicly reported domain name sale of the week on its platform is Crypto.Bot for $250,000: $250,000 for crypto .bot! This #domain with the highly sought-after keyword #crypto topped last week's Sedo public #sales. The high value is no surprise, given "crypto" is a consistent top performer in our monthly […]Catchy...
In March, HubSpot co-Founder Dharmesh Shah announced the acquisition of OS.ai for $150,000. In response to his post on X, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas replied to Dharmesh to tell him he wanted to buy OS.ai. It looks like that happened. Yesterday evening, Srinivas posted about OS.ai, and Dharmesh re-posted his comment: And so it begins. […]...
Monarch.com was recently acquired by Andy Booth in a deal brokered by Sedo's Dave Evanson. Andy mentioned this acquisition on X a little over a week and a half ago. The acquisition price for Monarch.com was not shared by Andy or by Sedo. When I visited Monarch.com today, I noticed the domain name is now […]Catchy.com
The Footage.com domain name has been sold for $300,000 in a deal brokered by Sedos Mark Ghoriafi, who is known in the industry as Mr. Premium. Since it was acquired, Footage.com has been developed into a platform that allows its users to "create, generate, edit, and produce content using advanced artificial intelligence technology." Footage.com is ...
NameBright is currently running a promotion for new .com registrations. The price is $6.29/year for pre-funded accounts and $6.59 for credit card payments, which is what I chose. Like many other domain registrars, NameBright offers free domain privacy on all .com registrations. There is no promo / discount code required to take advantage of the [&#...
AI tools can be incredibly useful when marketing domain names, but they also introduce new risks that sellers may not realize. Many of us are now using AI to help sell our domain names. From using AI to generate descriptions and logos on our own and via platforms, it is a helpful set of tools. […]Catchy.com
Michael Sumner from NameBio mentioned an unexpected uptick in sales closed via Sedo over the past couple of weeks, and he asked about whether a major registrar began prioritizing Sedo listings: We've mirrored our Afternic listings to @Sedo for a few years without using their landers. In the first five months of 2025 we only […]Catchy.com
This afternoon, James Booth announced the $600,000 sale of Cloud.ai. The domain name was acquired anonymously by the buyer using GoDaddy's Domain Broker Service (DBS). The buyer was represented by GoDaddy broker Tim Perkins. The incredible 1-word domain https://t.co/YeFBSiQ7DG has just sold for a gross price of $600,000 USD! Sale completed via GoD...
I read a NYPost article about the owner of OnlyFans, Leo Radvinsky, who is reportedly looking to sell his business for billions of dollars. The article was primarily about OnlyFans, but it also mentioned his proclivity to buying domain names: "Later, he would register hundreds of domain names many of them X-rated or referencing […]Catchy.com...
There's no doubt great .AI domain names are selling for big money on the aftermarket. This has been the case with great .com domain names for many years, but .AI domain names have really proven themselves to be in demand this year. For the last 10 years or so, it has been difficult (primarily time […]Catchy.com
Over the weekend, Atom's Darpan Munjal mentioned that Atom is considering building a domain portfolio tracking tool. He asked if anyone is using a tool to track their portfolio, and if so, what makes a tool like this useful: Were exploring the idea of building a comprehensive portfolio tracking tool for domain investors: cost basis, […]Catchy...
For as long as I can remember, ICANN has imposed a fee of $.18 for all domain name registrations and renewals. A retail domain registrar might charge $12 to buy a .com or .net domain name, but the buyer will be billed $12.18/year. This fee will increase to $.20/year on July 1, 2025. Notably, this […]Catchy.com
Dynadot Founder and CEO Todd Han announced a new domain name sales marketplace called NameClub. Currently in beta, NameClub appears to operate independently of the Dynadot domain registrar and can be found at NameClub.com. Check out NameClub, our new domain marketplace. NameClub is optimized to sell domains to end users. It has logos, AI powered [&...
I am happy to share that our 2025 Pan-Mass Challenge domain industry cycling jersey was finalized and printed. With help from our domain industry friends and colleagues, this special jersey raised more than $16,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. John, Karen, and I will proudly wear this jersey as we continue our PMC training. We will […]Ca...
A little more than 5 years ago, one of our friends gifted us a houseplant without instructions on how to maintain it. I made the mistake of not asking him how we should care for it, and the plant was dead within a couple of months. That was the extent of my experience with houseplants. […]Catchy.com
Over the years, I've witnessed and heard about many disagreements between domain brokers and clients. There have been accusations of double dealing, poor representation, frontrunning, and everything in between. Many of these issues could have been resolved or clarified with a signed brokerage agreement. Domain name sellers and buyers who are going ...
One of the multitude of ways to use AI tools to sell domain names is for lead generation. A tool like ChatGPT can help find targeted prospective buyers for domain names, and I will share an example. I want to proactively sell a domain name I think will become a good marketing tool for a […]Catchy.com
I use ExpiredDomains.net every day to search for domain names coming up for auction. It's a free tool that helps me scan Namecheap, Dynadot, and GoDaddy platforms for expiry auctions. It also helps me find domain names in pending delete status that I want to back order at DropCatch and NameJet. This morning when searching […]Catchy.com
Dan.com was an innovative domain name sales platform that was acquired by GoDaddy in 2022. Dan innovated and brought the Lease to Own (LTO) offering to the mainstream, and it has been adopted by GoDaddy. In its short time in the industry, Dan's innovations moved the domain name aftermarket forward by leaps and bounds. With […]Catchy.com
There are many reasons for why a domain registrant might transfer a domain name away from its current registrar. By the time the transfer has been initiated, it's most likely too late for a registrar to *save* the customer / domain name. There should be no reason for a registrar to delay a transfer. Some […]Catchy.com
This morning, I received an email from Atom notifying me the nameservers for one of my domain names was not correctly set up. I remembered to change the nameservers when I added it to Atom, so I was confused by the email. I visited the domain name, and as Atom told me, the domain name […]Catchy.com
According to a post on Team Internet's corporate LinkedIn page, the company has been awarded the contract to operate the .CO ccTLD registry in partnership with another company called Central Comercializadora de Internet (CCI). These two companies formed a company called Consrcio Equipo PuntoCo, which will operate the .CO domain extension on behalf ...
According to a post on X linking to a press release on CoinDesk, the 45.com domain name has been reportedly acquired for $1.8 million. Lucky45 Acquires Premium Domain https://t.co/c0YMp3G227 for $1.8M, Ushering in a New Era for On-Chain Web3 Gaming Protocols https://t.co/k8h56OTJrL via @coindesk Lucky45 (@Lucky45Protocol) June 11, 2025 A subsequen...
Last month, Atom.com announced that has become an ICANN accredited domain registrar. In the blog post announcement, the company briefly shared its big vision for its registrar, which entails offering tools for buyers and sellers to maximize the potential of their domain names. One thing Atom is going to need is an experienced person who […]Ca...
Serial entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis announced the recent acquisition of Begin.com. Jason didn't share the acquisition price, but he did mention this is a "$1m+ domain name." Acquired an awesome, $1m+ domain name need a startup to use it: https://t.co/afw0RvWl6i! Shall we begin? @jason (@Jason) June 8, 2025 What I found most […]...
TonyNames shared an image on X that illustrates a fear I have had with respect to AI generated logos for domain names listed for sale: The Atom logo on this .co domain is on point lol pic.twitter.com/lG2AoaNbQE — Tony (@TonyNames) June 6, 2025 The DeepSeek logo may be problematic, but it was surprisingly not caught […]Catchy.com
When I see the term "finsure," my immediate thought is that it is a portmanteau of the terms finance or financial and insurance or insure. I suspect that is why Finsure.com sold for $9,750 in 2023 via NameJet expiry auction, according to NameBio. A company called Finsure, which was founded in 2021, uses the Finsure.us […]Catchy.com...
As Aziz noted this morning on X, GoDaddy has added an AI feature to its for sale landing pages, allowing prospective buyers to get additional insight into why a domain name is valuable. On the right side of GoDaddy "for sale" landers, there's an "Ask AI" button visible. Clicking the button opens a pop-up window […]Catchy.com...
For domain investors and entrepreneurs, it can be frustrating to come across a company that owns a valuable domain name that isn't being used, but the company won't consider selling it. It might seem like a missed opportunity for the company to sell an unused valuable asset, but there are reasons behind this. Here are […]Catchy.com...
Initially, I did not plan to attend NamesCon in November. We have quite a few family things going on in November, and it's an inconvenience to ensure our kids get where they need to be – and I hate missing their events. After some further thought, I decided I will most likely attend for at […]Catchy.com
The ICA hosted a webinar to discusstheInitial Report of the WIPOICA UDRP Review Project Team. The joint project between the two organizations aims to explore ways to strengthen the UDRP with incremental improvements. The primary topics of discussion were related to the following: Registrar verification procedures Fee payment deadlines The potential...
Spaceship, the rapidly growing domain registrar and sister company of Namecheap, just surpassed 3 million domain names under management milestone. Less than a year ago, Spaceship hit the 1 million DUM milestone. I think this underscores the company's momentum and growing influence in the domain space, particularly as it relates to domain investors....
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