I booked my flight and hotel for the 2025 ICA Meeting in Las Vegas. The event held earlier this year was excellent, and I am looking forward to attending the member meeting again next year. Last week, the ICA announced tickets for the event went on sale at an early bird price of $399 for […]Catchy.com

According to Coin Telegraph, there has reportedly been a security incident involving domain names at Squarespace. "Multiple decentralized finance (DeFi) apps were targeted in a domain registry attack on July 11, according to an X post from blockchain security platform Blockaid," the article reported. As you may recall, Squarespace acquired the doma...

One of the paid tools I use daily is the Dropping.pro email alerts. I created 3 alert emails with different parameters, and each morning, I receive 3 emails with domain names coming up for auction that have certain attributes that may make them appealing to me. Since the launch of DomainLeads.com, I have been copying […]Catchy.com

As of this morning, the largest domain name sale in the .Game extension recorded by Namebio was the $40,888 sale of A.Game. That domain name sold via Sedo in December of 2022. This morning in its weekly sale report, Sedo just reported a record setting .Game domain name sale. Sedo reported the sale of X.Game. […]Catchy.com

It feels pretty good when a startup founder wants to buy your domain name. I know the domain name can probably incrementally help the business, and it will likely open some doors or impress some people as they raise capital. Oftentimes, it can be challenging to get that startup to make an acquisition commitment. ‘We'll […]Catchy.com...

I was driving through town the other day when I saw a landscaping truck with a perceptive quote on the back: "Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten." It turns out that this is reportedly a quote from Aldo Gucci of the famed Gucci luxury brand. I think the same sentiment can be […]Catchy.com

G.O.A.T. Foods operates a number of confectionary and food-related brands on exceptional one word .com domain names. You can buy licorice via Licorice.com, you can buy chocolate via Chocolate.com, you can buy pretzels via Pretzels.com, and you can buy caramels via Caramels.com. The company's authoritative domain names are coupled with great brandin...

Michael Cyger introduced me to DomainLeads.com, a recently launched domain industry tool created by the company operating Estibot. DomainLeads.com is a tool that helps identify the number of registered and developed TLDs (extensions) in specific SLDs (keywords or phrases). For instance, I can see the Logical SLD is registered in 134 extensions, and...

The DomainTools Domain Monitor tool has been an invaluable tool for me in uncovering domain name sales and transactions. I monitor tens of thousands of domain names, and when DomainTools detects a change in its Whois record, I receive an alert notifying me the following morning. The tool has been greatly impacted by GDPR and […]Catchy.com

As you know, I am riding in the Pan-Mass Challenge to raise funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. When people ask how to donate to my fundraiser, I give them the link, which is profile.pmc.org/es0223. It is easy enough to share the link via email or in a blog post, but it is not so easy […]Catchy.com

A publicly traded company in the insurance space formerly called Baldwin Risk Partners has rebranded itself as The Baldwin Group. The company trades under the BWIN stock ticker on NASDAQ. In advance of the rebrand, the company acquired the brand matching Baldwin.com domain name. The company currently has a market capitalization of nearly $4 Billion...

Dharmesh Shah is most well-known for being a Co-Founder of HubSpot. Notably to domain investors, Dharmesh has been involved in a number of high value domain name acquisitions, including Chat.com, Connect.com, You.ai, Wordplay.com, and quite a few other domain names. Dharmesh has spent tens of millions of dollars acquiring valuable domain names. Dha...

In a press release distributed this morning, Porkbun announced it hit the 2 million domain names under management milestone. The registrar was established in 2015, and it hit the 1 million mark seven years later in 2022. It is an impressive feat to have doubled that number in about two years. Notably, Porkbun was founded […]Catchy.com

I don't do a great deal of outbound marketing on my domain names. When I do outbound, I typically find no more than the top 5-15 prospective buyers, and I generally stick to marketing domain names priced below $10,000. Ideally, because I try to stick to highly targeted prospective buyers, at least one or two […]Catchy.com

Ten days ago, Elliots.com sold for $2,759 via GoDaddy Auctions. I was a bidder on the auction, but I maxed out just below $1k. I appreciate that many people reached out to make sure I was aware of the auction. This morning, I received an email from someone who wants to buy the domain name: […]Catchy.com

I received a GoDaddy Domain Broker Service (DBS) inquiry for one of my favorite domain names. The offer was $25k, which isn't enough to start a conversation. The broker understood this, likely because he can see at least one higher offer for this name and several other offers in the database. I joked with him […]Catchy.com

I spent Father's Day weekend at our son's soccer tournament in the middle of New Jersey. It was a 6 hour drive, but it made more sense to do that than to fly and rent a car. New Jersey never disappoints when it comes to billboard content, and this trip was no different. On the […]Catchy.com

Every morning, as early as I am awake, I look through domain name expiry lists to see what is coming up for auction. I'll spend anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of hours reading these lists of names in my Dropping email and on ExpiredDomains.net to identify acquisition targets. Each day, there are domain […]Catchy.com

GoDaddy is running a featured auction via its GoDaddy Auctions platform with domain names from its NameFind portfolio. While I would argue the domain names aren't as valuable as they were in its NameFind auction last year, there seem to be some good inventory-quality domain names up for bid. Our Premium Auction event has started! […]Catchy.co...

Earlier this morning, Richard Kirkendall shared that Spaceship hit the 1 million Domains Under Management (DUM) mark. Richard is the Founder of Namecheap and its sister registrar, Spaceship, which came out of beta just over a year ago: We've just surpassed 1 million domains under management at @spaceship! We launched in open beta just about […...

In general, I thought UDRP panels have gotten past the issue of pricing as it relates to generic / descriptive one word domain names. A domain registrant who owns a one word .com – or alternative extension – domain name that is descriptive in nature should be able to make their own determination about the […]Catchy.com

This afternoon during the NamesCon domain conference, Escrow.com announced the winners of its 2024 Master of Domains. The award is given to the 10 grossing domain brokers measured by the size of the deals they closed using Escrow.com during the prior year. The top grossing domain broker for the year is Andrew Rosener of Media […]Catchy.com

On May 16th, Activision announced a new internal studio branded as Elsewhere Entertainment. In its blog post announcing the news and launch, the company linked to the studio homepage currently located within its Activision website. More recently, it would appear, Activision acquired the Elsewhere.com domain name. Elsewhere.com now forwards to the i...

There have been many times I visited a domain industry website and thought of an idea that would be helpful. On occasion, I've taken some action and gotten in touch with a decision maker to offer a suggestion. Off the top of my head, I don't recall seeing anything implemented (yet). I received an email […]Catchy.com

I just received an email from my Account Manager at GoDaddy announcing a new round of private auctions featuring GoDaddy-owned inventory. At the end of 2023, the company also auctioned hundreds of its own domain names, including two that I won – Posto.com and DogSitter.com. While the fact that GoDaddy is running another auction with […]...

James Jean reported that he sold the Open.Network domain name for $100,000. He shared the he was the original registrant of the domain name, and he held it for ten years before selling: SOLD https://t.co/zG3RjyzXfs $100,000 Congratulations to the buyer. 10 years as original owner of this asset. Domains are the original digital asset class- […...

Yesterday afternoon, Shane Cultra, who recently took on the role of Account Acquisitions and Development at D3, shared that he sold YourLogoHere.com for $45,888. The domain name was sold via Atom.com: Another great day in the world of domain investing#domains pic.twitter.com/rxqY9ozKfn Domain Shane Consensus (@ShaneCultra) May 30, 2024 Shane acqu...

Earlier this week, I shared that I have been expanding my non-.com domain portfolio, and that I sold one of those domain names via Afternic. The domain name was transferred from my account at Namecheap, and I am awaiting the confirmation and payment emails from Afternic. This is my first non-.com domain name sale since […]Catchy.com

Escrow.com emailed its customers today to announce a change to its fees. The fee change will be implemented on Friday, May 31, 2024. The price change will take effect at a later date for customers using APIs to create transactions. It looks like lower priced deals will see a slight decrease in fees, but the […]Catchy.com

I've added the least to own (LTO) option on nearly all of the domain names I have listed for sale with BIN prices. LTO can make it easier for a buyer with a smaller budget to have access to a more valuable domain name. They can use the domain name to grow the business while […]Catchy.com

I was looking at a list of domain names coming up for auction soon on NameJet, and I noticed a domain name that sounded familiar. According to its Network Solutions landing page, SeanJohn.com expired. Strangely, the messaging on the landing page says the domain name expired on May 11, 2021. As you may know, Sean […]Catchy.com

Last Summer, it was announced that Nick Huber and Shaan Puri invested in a company known as Support Shepherd. Last week, the company rebranded as Somewhere after acquiring Somewhere.com for $400,000. There was a big discussion about the rebrand and domain acquisition on X. Yesterday, Shaan posted a poll on X asking people if they […]Catchy.co...

I bid on domain name auctions every day, and I win domain names on most days. Once these domain names are paid for and provisioned to my registrar account, I have a checklist in my head to make sure they are listed for sale accurately and resolve correctly. Here's my post-auction checklist for inventory-quality domain […]Catchy.com

John Berryhill and I are happy to reveal the domain industry sponsor jersey we will wear on the 2nd day of the Pan-Mass Challenge. The generous companies who donated to our PMC fundraiser are directly supporting Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and its cancer fighting mission. They are listed below, and we appreciate them. This year, we […]Catchy...

Chad Folkening shared an excellent newsletter article from the Entrepreneurship Handbook that will be of interest to domain investors. Not only does Dave Schools share some good advice for buyers of valuable domain names, but he revealed a one word .com domain name that was acquired for $385,000. Before sharing the domain name sale he […]Catc...

There are many times when the valuation of a domain name my company owns is far greater than what a prospective buyer thinks it is worth. Usually these people simply disappear when they realize the price is beyond what they are willing or able to spend. Sometimes, these people are persistent and won't give up. […]Catchy.com

The Somewhere.com domain name has reportedly been acquired for $400,000 USD. The acquisition was announced on X this morning by Nick Huber: Big news: We spent $400,000 on a web domain. Support Shepherd is now Somewhere. Turns out nobody can remember Support Shepherd, it doesn't make a lot of sense, and even really smart people […]Catchy.com...

I recently sold a domain name I owned for several years after an email discussion with the buyer. During our negotiation, at least three people from the buyer's side were involved in the discussion. Once we agreed on a price, I wasn't sure whose email address to use for the transaction and had a feeling […]Catchy.com

Whois records show that Salesforce.com has acquired the 111.org domain name. The domain name recently transferred from GoDaddy to MarkMonitor. Using the DomainTools Whois History tool, I can see it had been registered for a short period to NameCorp, Alan Dunn's domain brokerage. Prior to that, it was registered to a China-based domain registrant. S...

As you may have seen yesterday, George Kirikos published an article about the A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. SEC filing that mentioned its acquisition of Gold.com. A few weeks ago, I learned the domain name had been acquired by JM Bullion, a company owned by A-Mark Precious Metals, in a deal brokered by Andrew Miller of […]Catchy.com

Michael Cyger amplified a post that offers a look into a massive pitfall for operators on non .com domain names as well as off-brand domain names. Misdirected emails, also known as email leakage, is an issue many business operators don't even know about or understand until it becomes a problem. See for yourself: "Domain […]Catchy.com...

John Berryhill and I are raising funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute via the 2024 Pan-Mass Challenge ride in August. Together, with your support, we have now raised more than $175,000 for this important cancer fighting organization. Each year, we wear a customized jersey with the logos of domain industry supporters/sponsors. We will wear these s...