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Sometimes it takes a large company a little while to get around to using that prized new domain. In December of 2008 the domain SC.com was purchased on Sedo for $300,000. The buyer was Standard Chartered one of the largest companies that trade on the London Stock Exchange by market cap. The name Standard Chartered […]
A startup based in London has a big goal, they want to disrupt the bike world by making a light that makes your bike safer at night. How they do it is probably something you would never guess. No it's not so bright that it can be seen for miles (although it is plenty bright), […]
As many of you know, I have taken a step back from everyday involvement in my domain business, Linton Investments to focus on our startup, Fashion Metric, full time. When I started in the domain industry back in 2007 I never had any dreams of being a full time Domainer, I wanted to build a […]
Last call for NamesCon tickets at the $399 price point. Tonight at midnight ticket prices go up to $599 which to be honest is still an incredibly low price for a conference like this but heck, $399 is $200 cheaper so if you want to lock in a low rate, now really is the time. […]
As you probably are aware, the amazing Namescon conference is coming up January 13 to 15, 2014 in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm headed there a day early and plan on making the most of this domain name conference. Going through my pre-conference checklist, I realized that I hadn't made a list of people I […]
If you haven't heard of Biz Stone, you probably should, he is the co-founder of this little messaging platform you may have heard of called Twitter. Biz's next company is called Jelly and it has lived on JellyHQ.com as they've prepared the app for primetime. While the development has been going on behind-the-scenes the blog […]...
NamesCon is now officially exactly one week away and the domain industry is buzzing about the conference masterpiece that Richard, Jodi, and Jothan have put together. I am incredibly honored to be speaking at the event in a featured talk titled – Domains + Startups. Here's a quick summary of what the talk will cover: […]
This weekend NamesCon announced that the conference had sold out due to space restrictions at the Tropicana. Conference founder Richard Lau said the only way to get more people into the show would be to get more space from the Tropicana. Richard announced this evening that the Tropicana was able to find more spance! So […]
As many of you know I worked for digital music startup Sonos for nine years. I am now a proud shareholder and also use the product all day, every day, and yes, we bring it with us on vacation. I watched Sonos grow from an idea and a prototype to something people could use, and […]
Hello, Happy Sunday, and welcome to my first weekend musings of 2014! We had an absolutely incredible end to 2013 with some great adventures and skiing in Big Bear, New Years on Catalina Island, and some great time with family and friends. The biggest highlight for us in our non-work life has been a major […]
2014 is already shaping up to be a pretty amazing year. One thing is already guaranteed for 2014, there is going to be a lot of change in the domain world with the introduction of new gTLDs. Love them or hate them, they're coming and with it means new resources and blogs to cover the […]
With less than two weeks to go, NamesCon announced that it looks like the conference might actually sell out. The last count I heard was 25 tickets left however I'm sure that has gone down over the last 24-hours. So yes, that means that if you want to go to NamesCon you'll have to act […]
Zee.Aero might just been the coolest company you've never heard of. Located insanely close to Google X (although apparently not associated with the big G) the startup is looking at disrupting the aviation world…and possibly the automobile world in a whole new way. While the company claims to be creating a new aircraft (and they […]...
Hello, Happy New Year and welcome to 2014! We just got back from an amazing New Year's Eve celebration on Catalina Island and while it was a great adventure there really is no place like home. If you haven't been to Catalina before…here's what it looks like: I could not be more excited about 2014, […]
Hello, Happy Monday, and I hope you are all enjoying the holidays and some time with friends and family. With 2014 just days away I thought now would be a good time to review some of the trends I'll be watching in the coming year. If there's one certainty in running an internet business it's […]
Go Daddy places values sometimes next to domains that are expiring. These are based off a formula they use for the ppc traffic they receive while the expired domain is parked with them. Sometimes these make no sense because I have seen a value when Go Daddy showed no traffic. Today there is a domain […]
In what I think is most-likely the largest .IO portfolio sale in history, 61 names in total sold for $7,650 on Flippa?last week. Do the math and that comes out to around $125/name with some solid names in the bunch that could easily sell for six-figures or more in the .COM space like: Payday.io Investments.io […]
Every year I'm interested to see which domain names make it above-the-fold for competitive terms like Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Christmas. Now with a day to go before Christmas I found the following three sites in my top three on Google when searching for the word christmas: Wikipedia History.com Merry-Christmas.com Yes, Christmas.com wasn't ...
For a long time many have questioned the validity of sales on Flippa. It it not uncommon to see an auction end that met reserve and then a few weeks later the name is back on auction. It is not to say that other platforms do not have their share of non […]
As many of you know I am incredibly excited about some of the new gTLDs hitting the market next year. In most cases I think these new gTLDs will open the doors for people and businesses all over the world to build their brands online. We have already seen how a TLD can be branded […]
New gTLDs and Bitcoins are changing the Internet investment landscape, like it or not, it's happening. As I've said before many times, I see a ton of growth in .COM prices on the horizon but I also see some very solid opportunities with both new gTLDs and Bitcoin. Like most investments there is an element […]
The Next Web reported about 30 minutes ago that Vine users will be able to get their own personalized address. From the article: As a holiday treat, Twitter has announced that it will begin allowing Vine users to register for vanity URLs for their profiles. The race begins on Friday, […]
Google Ventures put together a look back at the year they had, in addition to the video they also have a nice page with more info dedicated to their investments, exits and a break down of all the categories they are invested in. You can check that out here
It's 12:56AM and yes, I'm finally writing my blog post for today. I'm used to things slowing down around the holidays but with Fashion Metric things are only getting busier, literally by the day and customers rush to get orders in by Christmas. It is incredibly exciting, but it also means that we're often working […]
It's an incredibly common question and one that many startups face in the early days of the business. Limited budget but the need for a solid brand to build on. Sure owning a stellar $400,000 one-word .COM would make a difference but if you just raised $500K you're not going to spend $400K of it […]
Today WordPress pushed its latest update to the incredibly popular blogging platform and along with some shiny new features it also comes with a revamped look and feel. The new design is probably the biggest change I've seen in the WordPress since I started using it about five years ago. They have definitely gone the […]
I feel like I've been having this conversation just about every week now so I thought it would be a good time to share my thoughts. Go back in time five years and I'd tell you that having a Twitter and Facebook handle that exactly matches your brand name didn't matter. Now I'm seeing a […]
It's no secret that there is a lot of money in the insurance world. Insurance has long been one of the hottest markets online and one that certainly has been ripe for disruption. I'm pretty sure most people would agree that if they see another annoying Progressive commercial they'll go insane. Now Austin-based TheZebra.com is […]...
Okay, so you've probably never heard of Lazada but that's just because your based in the US or Europe, if you live in Asia you've definitely heard of it. While Amazon may have built a huge market in the US, Lazada is building an eCommerce giant in Asia that really is "the biggest online shopping […]
Flippa, the popular website sales marketplace is making some big moves and in the process putting more focus on domain names than ever before. The company has seen an increased interest in domains and next week they are making it easier than ever for people to list their domains for sale on the platform. For […]
Hello, Happy Saturday and welcome to my incredibly brief weekend musings. Daina and I are in San Francisco this weekend mentoring at Lean Startup Machine Ultimate. Daina is giving a talk this afternoon about Fashion Metric's LSM adventures and we'll be mentoring excited teams all afternoon and evening. On Tuesday Daina will be speaking on […]...
I'll be one of the first to admit, I am a domain name addict, I love them and I've loved them for quite a while now. If you're reading my blog there's a good chance you also love domain names but if you're not entirely sure that you're an addict just take a look at […]
In case you missed the memo there are a deluge of new TLDs coming out very soon. What's a TLD? That's what comes after the dot; you know .COM, .NET, .ORG and probably some others like .ME, .CO and .IO, what you might not know is that TLDs like .NYC, .APP and .XYZ are all […]
I have talked a lot about the rise of .IO, it's the same effect I think we'll see with "some" new gTLDs and this still is only the beginning. Today Bloc.io announced a $2M raise led by Harrison Metal and joined by First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures, and Learn Capital. The company was founded by […]
Domaining Spain has become the go-to conference for Domain Investors in Europe and for good reason, its organizer, Dietmar Stefitz always puts together an incredible schedule covering a broad range of topics. The conference also takes place in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Valencia – Spain: Even though the conference is [R...
I've seen it happen over and over and over again. Ten people bid on an expired domain and then two people battle it out bringing the price over-and-above what any end-user would realistically pay for the name. It's a weird phenomenon but it happens outside of the domain world as well, it's an auction mentality […]
As many of you know I am a huge fan of Lean Startup Machine. I first participated in LSM the summer of 2011 in NYC and after that I was hooked. I became a mentor and have had a blast over the last couple of years mentoring teams as they go through the weekend experience. […]
I wrote the Domain Investing Handbook to dispel many of the common myths surrounding Domain Investing. The book was in many ways a response to all the junky eBooks out there teaching people how to make a fortune in Domaining with only a few hours of work. My book tells it like it is. Domaining […]
The much ballyhooed auction of Musics.com closed on November 18, 2013, Morgan gave his thoughts prior to the auction closing here. The 16 year old domain had 58 bids and closed at $76,000. There had been a battle between bidder 1 and 13 before bidder 14 jumped in and won the auction. The registrant info […]
Yesterday was a blast and nice to see some domains sell through my first Black Friday Domain Deals post. As I said in that post, these deals were valid until 11:59PM PST and that means that today, those names are still available, but not for the same prices. Feel free to take a look at […]
First let me just say, "Wow!" Very exciting to see so many submissions for my Black Friday special, definitely going to make this a regular yearly post. In case you missed the original post I wanted to re-iterate the criteria that these domains had to meet: Domain name(s) cannot be sold for more than 2x […]
Hello and Happy Thanksgiving! Today Daina and I are up north in my hometown of Berkeley, California getting ready to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving with the family. So I'm not going to spend too much time writing a blog post but I did want to take a few minutes to share what I am thankful […]
I'm going to try something new this year and offer domain deals directly on my blog for Black Friday. I am going to open submissions up to you, my readers, but since it is Black Friday I have a rule, you can only sell domains for a maximum of 2x what you paid for them. […]
This week's sales report showed an example of what we all would like to have happen with a Go Daddy win.? Back in May Zample.com sold for $396 on Go Daddy auctions and the name was sold this week on Afternic for $15,000. The buyer is currently under privacy. This is also an example of […]
The .XYZ and .College Advance Auctions are in full swing with BlackFriday.xyz closing tomorrow and a slew of other premium .XYZ and .College names to follow in the coming weeks. This is a different type of auction, it's a new concept, and it has definitely seen its fair share of controversy in the domain industry. […]
Domain hacks have been in the news a lot lately as startups are definitely a fan of short, memorable, one word brand names. One of the top TLDs for domain hacks has been .ly thanks in no small part to Bit.ly who really kicked-off the domain hack trend years ago. Yesterday Prompt.ly, a company focused […]
You've probably never heard of Line, and no I'm not talking about Line.com the parked page on Sedo. I'm talking about LineCorp.com?the messaging giant that started in Japan and will soon have more users than there are people in the United States. 100M of those sign-ups have come over the last four months and the […]
As many of you know I have been a big proponent of dispelling all of the smoke and mirrors that surround the Domain Investing world. I cringe every time I hear someone say this is an easy industry to get started in that takes less than $10 to make your first investment. The problem is […]
Today personal shopping platform Sift announced they have raised a $2M seed round from Unity Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, Grey Corp and several others. The funding comes alongside their new app that does exactly as the name sounds, helping users sift through all the different offers they get delivered to their inbox each day so […]
Tonight was an exciting night and I think we all owe Aaron Meystedt a huge thanks for taking domain names auctions to the next level. As most of your know, Aaron took the reins as the Founder and Director of the Domain Name and Intellectual Property Division at Heritage Auctions. It was clear from the […]
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