No matter where I am or what I have planned for the day, I spend some time looking at upcoming domain name auctions. The time I spend varies depending on my schedule, but on a regular workday where I am at home, I will probably spend between 1-2 hours on domain auction research. In order […]Catchy.com

Spaceship is a rapidly growing domain registrar founded by Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall. In mid-April, the registrar hit 775,000 domains under management (DUM) after passing the 400,000 mark just a few months prior. This morning, Richard shared a Spaceship coupon code that could appeal to people seeking to transfer their .com domain names at a ...

If you're doing outbound marketing to try and sell a domain name, you might want to remove its buy it now landing page first. If you don't, closing a sale could cost you quite a bit of money. If you've targeted the right prospective buyer(s) for your good domain name, you will generate interest in […]Catchy.com

Darpan Munjal is CEO of Atom, the domain name sales platform that recently rebranded from Squadhelp. Following the platform's rebrand, there has been a lot of public and private commentary about sales on Atom. One of the things I like and appreciate about Darpan is his willingness to share insights and information. Yesterday afternoon, Darpan [R...

From the outset, I will tell you that I don't have statistically significant data that would offer true insights about price testing and/or price sensitivity. I think regularly changing and testing your prices could prove helpful in selling domain names. I have many hundreds of inventory-quality domain names that have historically been priced at ju...

Afternic recently introduced the lease to own (LTO) purchase model for domain names bought via GoDaddy. Domain names listed for sale via Afternic with LTO enabled have been shown to US-based buyers with the LTO options next to the BIN price. This morning, the company announced two changes to its LTO offering that should benefit […]Catchy.com

It's nice to see a domain industry CEO engaging with customers on social media. I appreciate that Dynadot Founder and CEO Todd Han is active on X, and seems interested in communicating with domain investors. Last week, he posted about Dynadot's move to Notion as its project management tool. In addition to sharing some of […]

We've all been there before. Your asking price out of the gate is much higher than a buyer is willing to spend. Maybe you're on point with your price, and maybe you're out of your mind. Whatever the case is, the domain name doesn't get sold and remains in your portfolio for a long time. […]

John Berryhill and I are riding in this year's Pan-Mass Challenge to raise funds and awareness for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Each year we ride, we create a custom domain-industry cycling jersey as our primary source of fundraising. This raises considerable funds for Dana-Farber, and it also serves as a display of domain industry companies that ...

I won a domain name at GoDaddy Auctions on April 18, and it was delivered to my GoDaddy account this morning at around 4am. A few hours later, I went into my GoDaddy account, changed the nameservers to point to Afternic, and attempted to add it to my Afternic account so I could list it […]

I've had many agreed upon deals die at the finish line. The buyer agreed to purchase a domain name – sometimes after a lengthy discussion – and then poof – they ghosted. Multiple reminder emails go unanswered, and the domain name is back on the market for sale. One thing you can do – which […]

Successfully negotiating a deal is something I enjoy. The negotiation is an important aspect of why I find domain investing to be exhilarating. It can also be a source of great frustration. Some people are good at negotiating deals and others aren't as good. When it comes to negotiating a very large deal – one […]

Pepe is a popular meme coin ($PEPE) that has been using the Pepe.vip domain name for its website. According to Binance, Pepe is trading against the USD at approximately $0.000006/coin, and its total market cap is in the ballpark of $2.5 Billion USD. A short time ago, Pepe made a major domain name upgrade, securing […]

It looks like FedEx has acquired a valuable 3 letter .com domain name. Whois records show FedEx is now the owner of FDX.com. The domain name transferred to CSC, and the Whois registrant is now listed as FedEx Corporate Services, Inc. FedEx stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the FDX ticker symbol. […]

Squadhelp announced a complete rebrand this morning. The company is now known as Atom, and it acquired the Atom.com domain name in advance of the announcement. I believe Atom is a superior brand name than Squadhelp. This is a nice example of a company's growth leading to an investment in its future via authoritative rebrand. […]

Nissan is an automaker that uses NissanUSA.com for its website here in the US. The reason it uses an off-brand domain name is because it lost a very long legal battle to try and wrest control of Nissan.com. That domain name had long been owned by a man named Uzi Nissan, who had it for […]

I acquired a domain name last week, and once it transferred to GoDaddy, I set up a custom landing page using Carrd. Instead of buying a stock photo for its background image, I decided to test an AI image generator to save some money. In my paid Chat GPT account, I searched for an image […]

A few years ago, my wife jokingly described my daily work lifestyle as leisurely. In some ways, I thought of that as a badge of honor. I built my business in a way that gave me ample time during the day to run, play tennis, ride my bike, drive the kids after school, run errands, […]

Trenton Hughes posted a domain name question that drew more than 50 replies in the last two days. Trenton is launching a business called UnFounded Ventures, and he asked for feedback about which domain name he should use. The two domain name options, which he appears to already own, are UnFounded.CO and UnFoundedVentures.com: I could […]

Karen Bernstein is an Intellectual Property lawyer who has considerable domain industry expertise. Karen has been involved in the domain space for quite some time, and she is a regular participant at domain industry events. According to a LinkedIn post she shared yesterday, Karen has been appointed as a UDRP panelist at the National Arbitration [&#...

Last month, InterNetX and Sedo released its annual Global Domain Report for 2024. This report offers a comprehensive look at the state of the domain name space and includes insights and some predictions from people who work in all sectors of the industry. On April 17, Sedo and InterNetX will be hosting a webinar to […]

One of my wife's friends called me today to talk about a domain name. She mentioned that she is thinking about starting her own business and had a domain name in mind that was available to register. She wanted my opinion on what domain registrar to use. A question like that is simple for me. […]

I learned about a 6 figure domain name sale that hasn't yet been reported. A hard seltzer company branded as Sandbagger has acquired its brand match Sandbagger.com domain name for $100,000 USD. The domain name was purchased via Afternic. This domain name sale was shared with me by an industry colleague I have known for […]

On August 3-4, 2024, I will be riding in my 11th Pan-Mass Challenge ride to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dana-Farber is a global leader in the fight against cancer, offering essential treatment and care to patients while spearheading some of the world's most advanced cancer research. This year, the PMC will pass $1 billion in […]...

This Monday, we are expected to witness a total solar eclipse – the last eclipse until 2044 that will be visible from the continental United States. I am headed up to Maine with friends for a day of skiing and an eclipse watch party at Sunday River. To safely view the eclipse, I am going […]

In a video podcast shared with me by Jag, Grit Brokerage discussed some of its recent domain name sales. With the help of DomainTools, I previously detected the sale of Analysis.com: https://t.co/LBYMykzr1X, which had been owned by a company in Louisiana and registered at Network Solutions, transferred to SafeNames, a corporate registrar, where it ...

Following its payout policy change involving LTO deals at Dan.com and Afternic, GoDaddy is making another change to LTO payments. First, some background. From inception at Dan.com, if a lease to own deal was started on the 2nd of the month, subsequent payouts would be made to sellers on the 2nd or 3rd of each […]

Davis Baer, Founder of Youform, shared that his company acquired the Youform.com domain name for $7,500: The answer: We paid $7,500 for youformcom It was listed at $25,000, but we were able to negotiate the price down to $7,500. It seemed like a decent price for a 7-letter .com domain. Why not stick with .io? […]

Squadhelp has added Escrow.com as a payment option for buyers. The addition of the Escrow.com option was shared by ARIYAS on X this morning: Looks like @SquadHelp added option for buyer to use Escrowcom pic.twitter.com/BU5IUH4SZl ARIYAS (@domainretail) March 28, 2024 I visited some of my Squadhelp listings, and the domain names all had […]

I've been using the lead import option at Dan.com more regularly. Although the 5% commission is not ideal, transactions tend to move more quickly on that platform. On deals worth $5,000 or less, I am willing to sacrifice a couple hundred dollars in fees for the sake of expedience. These days when doing outbound on […]

I tried to buy the ArtificialIntelligence.com domain name multiple times over the last 10 years. The emails I sent to the registrant went unanswered, and I didn't make much of an effort to follow up on them since then. This afternoon, I received email responses to my inquiries / offers. The email provided a bit […]

In 2022, my wife and I decided our kids were ready for some big mountain skiing and we planned a trip to the Rocky Mountains. Prior to leaving, I spent some time researching new skis and narrowed it down to three pairs. I ended up picking the least expensive option. The ideal pair – the […]

This morning, I noticed something different in a domain name renewal email from GoDaddy. Instead of telling me exactly what domain names I renewed in the renewal receipt email, it simply said ".COM Domain Renewal" along with the term and price. You can see what this looks like below: This is either a change that […]

A few years ago, I wrote about domain names being offered up on Rally, "a platform for buying & selling equity shares in collectible assets." It looks like the company offered fractional ownership in at least two domain names that I can see – HotSpot.com and Directions.com. HotSpot.com currently has a $136,500 "market cap" and […]...

When I saw a UDRP had been filed against PitStop.com by a company called Distribuidora Automotiva S.A., I spent a couple of minutes checking the Whois history at DomainTools. My non-legal conclusion was that this UDRP is DOA and it will result in a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The domain name was […]

Recently, I started buying non .com domain names here and there when I see a keyword that I think well-matches the extension. I'm not interested in sharing specifics with you, but I have bought .AI, .IO, .CO, .APP, and .DEV domain names in auction, in addition to .XYZ that I previously wrote about. Non .com […]

The annual Global Domain Report, produced jointly by InterNetX and Sedo, has been released and is now available to download at no cost. The 80 page, data-heavy report offers an in-depth view of the domain name industry – both from the perspective of domain investors and from industry providers. The report covers a multitude of […]