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When a domain name transfers to a different domain registrar, the nameservers remain the same until they are changed. When a domain name uses the initial registrar's default nameservers, which is often what people use for forwarding, the nameservers will not resolve after the domain name is transferred. As a result, a domain name that […]...
I was attempting to log in to my account at DropCatch.com this afternoon when I encountered some difficulty. A couple of times I saw a system maintenance landing page which prevented me from doing anything on the website. A few additional refreshes later, and I was able to access the login screen but unable to […]
GoDaddy Auctions is the only domain name auction platform I use on a regular basis that does not show the static bidder nickname for auction participants. In lieu of this, GoDaddy assigns bidders individual Bidder #s in each auction, such as Bidder 1, Bidder 2, Bidder 3…etc. When an auction closes at GoDaddy, bidders can […]
One of the features of Dan.com is that buyers can utilize a lease to own (LTO) payment plan to buy a domain name over a set period of time. Each month, the buyer makes a payment for the domain name until the domain name is paid-off in full. Payment plans can be as short as […]
Nearly a week ago, I published an article about a domain investor spending more than $500,000 USD worth of ETH on a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) ape NFT. This afternoon, Andy Booth announced that he and his brother, James Booth, paid 400 ETH for a different BAYC NFT. This one is golden with red […]
Jeremy Parker is the Co-Founder and CEO of Swag.com, a business that sells "custom promotional products that people actually want to keep." The Swag.com domain name appears to have been acquired sometime in 2015, and the company was founded by Parker and Josh Orbach in 2016. I previously wrote about Swag.com and shared a bit […]
Jamie Zoch has uncovered more domain name sales and transactions than just about anyone I know. He has access to the same tools I use, yet he finds far more interesting domain name registrant changes and domain name moves than me. I've used Jamie's tweets as a source for many articles, and I appreciate the […]
The Wrap posted a humorous video with John Oliver, and there's some domain name humor involved. In the video, John Oliver discusses the Sackler family and the opioid epidemic. John Oliver (@iamjohnoliver) is at it again, this time buying a website domain before Purdue Pharma can get to it. #LastWeekTonight https://t.co/RjVI7r7Mtp pic.twitter.com/Tv...
This past weekend, George Kirikos shared that he had discovered a seven figure domain name sale that had not ben disclosed before. According to a SEC filing, Better.com was acquired for $1,820,000. George wrote about the domain name sale on his FreeSpeech.com blog. I also added the sale to the Embrace.com list of recent one […]
I've been asked about listing domain names for sale with Buy It Now prices on multiple venues. For nearly all of my inventory quality domain names, I list them on Afternic / GoDaddy and on Dan.com with buy it now prices. I know many other investors also use marketplaces like Sedo, Epik, Efty, and a […]
As you must know by now, this weekend, I will be riding 100 miles on my bicycle in the 2021 Pan-Mass Challenge. The PMC is an annual bike ride that raises funds for cancer research and cancer care at Dana–FarberCancer Institute in Boston.Dana–Farber is recognized as one of the top three cancer centers in the […]
Whenever I receive an email from GoDaddy that does not look like a standard GoDaddy email, it gets my guard up. Phishing and spearphishing are big problems, and I regularly see GoDaddy spoof emails. My email hosting provider catches most of them and automatically marks them as spam / junk, so I don't see many […]
According to a tweet from Hiren Patel, a domain investor has spent more than $500,000 to purchase a Bored Ape Yacht Club Ape. The golden ape is part of the BAYC NFT series that has become quite popular during the past few months. Several domain investors I know have purchased BAYC apes. Hiren shared the […]
A promoted tweet from Audi showed up on my Twitter timeline today, and the url stood out to me. In the tweet, Audi referenced Progress.Audi. Not only is Audi promoting a domain name using its .Audi extension, but the automaker is also using Progress.Audi for a standalone website: The freedom to imagine a new way […]
Earlier this year, it was announced that Verisign will be increasing the wholesale cost for .com domain name registrations and renewals (this includes domain name transfers). The price increase will be implemented in less than a month on September 1, 2021. Verisign has the contract to operate and manage the registry for .com domain names. […]
In March, I published an article with an update email I received from Uniregistry regarding a change to the company's payments provider. I (wrongly) assumed the update was only necessary for sellers on the Uniregistry Market. In fact, I wrote "I dont really sell via Uni, so I dont think I am going to touch […]
Afternic boasts "more than 100 partners" in its reseller network, and I have found it to be a great way to passively sell my domain names. Domain name registrants can list their domain names on Afternic, and eligible sale listings will show throughout its partner network. Many of the partners include registrars like Namecheap and […]...
No Limit Creatives is a graphic and video design firm that was founded in 2018. The company uses the NLC acronym in its marketing efforts, and it has used the NoLimitCreatives.com domain name for its web presence. In early July, No Limit Creatives acquired NLC.com. Shortly thereafter, it began using NLC.com for its website. While […]
Clubhouse has announced that it will be undergoing a rebranding due to brand confusion with the other Clubhouse. The company that operates its website on the Clubhouse.io domain name announced that it will be rebranding as Shortcut. The company appears to have been able to acquire Shortcut.com in advance of the rebranding news (Whois is […]
Domain names in my Network Solutions account show a status of "Pending Transfer" even though they transferred to GoDaddy. More than two years ago, I wrote about the problem of ghost records at Network Solutions. Although the back-end and control panel at Network Solutions seems to have been updated and possibly modernized since I wrote […]...
Empower.com is an exceptional domain name, and it is quite valuable. In fact, I made at least a couple of efforts to acquire this one word .com domain name. As you can see in the image above, there are tens of thousands of company listings on LinkedIn for a search of "empower." According to DomainTools, […]
There are moments of pure excitement with the world of domain investing. Winning a competitive auction, receiving a domain name sale payment email from a domain name marketplace, confirming an inbound or outbound domain name transfer, an inquiry or offer from a qualified prospect, and a fruitful negotiation with a tough counterpart. I am sure [R...
Escrow.com released some sales data from the first half of 2021, and it confirmed what many people have been saying. Domain name (and website) sales transacted via Escrow.com had a big first half of the year. Escrow.com reported that sales growth for "Online" sales, including domain names and websites, grew 77% compared to the first […]...
Rick Schwartz recently announced he would open a domain brokerage. He later revealed he would be using Stud.com, a domain name he has owned for many years. Over the past few days, Rick has been sharing more details about how Stud.com will work: So we are building this business, STUD .com, and we havent even […]
I've pretty much retired from website development projects. I previously shared why I retired my pet websites, and I already sold all of the geodomain names I developed over the years (Lowell.com, Newburyport.com, Burbank.com, and several other smaller projects). The only websites I continue to operate are Embrace.com and DomainInvesting.com, and I...
Joe Styler is a Product Manager at GoDaddy, but does much more than that for the company. In many ways, Joe is the face of the company to the domain investment community. Have a question or concern about GoDaddy on NamePros? Joe is usually the guy who answers. He is essentially an ambassador for the […]
I have been excited about "Dan.com 2.0" which has been in the works for quite some time. The company launched the newest iteration of its platform a week ago, and I have had some time to poke around over the last week Dan has been an advertiser on my blog, and I slowly started listing […]
I noticed that a few domain investors forward at least some of their higher value domain names to their LinkedIn profile. I think this is a neat idea for a multitude of reasons. When someone visits another person's LinkedIn profile, the person whose page was visited will be able to see who visited unless the […]
For the time being, I no longer allow offers for my domain names listed for sale at Dan.com. This doesn't always stop people from making offers to me since it's easy to see that I am the registrant. Yesterday afternoon, someone emailed me to make what I would deem a wholesale-level offer to buy one […]
Just about every afternoon, I receive an email from DropCatch.com with the subject, "Daily Auction Results." The email lists the domain names I bid on but lost in auctions that ended that day. This email isn't very useful, but I do find myself occasionally saying, "shit, that auction ended today?" Instead of sending an email […]...
I tried to buy Velvet.com a couple of times over the years. In mid-2019, I offered $45,000 to buy the domain name and was told Velvet.com was not for sale regardless of how much I offered, and I was asked to not contact the registrant again. In fact, there was a message on the website […]
If you visited your Dan.com account today, you will notice some big changes. Dan 2.0, as the company has called it, is now live. Not only are there changes on the back end of the platform, but the landing pages have changed as well. The company discussed the launch of the newest iteration of the […]
Donuts, which owns and operates hundreds of alternative domain name extensions, promotes some of the domain names seen "in the wild" that utilize its TLDs. I have not yet seen the company promote this marketing campaign that was shared by someone on Twitter and retweeted by Doron Vermaat: It's not often…you see a .Life domain […]...
In late June, Rick Schwartz announced his plans to open a domain name brokerage. At that time, I speculated that he might opt to brand the business as Game Changing Domains and use the GameChangingDomains.com domain name he recently hand registered. It looks like I was wrong. After reading additional commentary from Rick, it appears […]
I've heard people complain about visiting GoDaddy and ending up on a foreign version of GoDaddy's website. The website may be in a local language or show a foreign currency, but it is generally still GoDaddy.com. This has happened to me just a couple of times, but it is disconcerting to visit a website that […]
Hedge funds and private investors that invest serious amounts of money in publicly traded companies have many tactics to understand how a company is performing before financial reports are given. People are hired to count cars in parking lots, check inventory on retail sales floors, ask employees of suppliers for production details, and a variety [...
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) announced a members-only meet up to be held in Las Vegas this September. The date and location for this event has been finalized by the ICA. The event will be held at the Green Valley Ranch resort September 19 – 21, 2021. According to Google Maps, Green Valley Ranch appears […]
The Lettuce.com domain name has changed hands in a deal brokered by Andrew Miller. Lettuce.com was acquired by a restaurant group called Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, which has been using the LEYE.com acronym domain name for its corporate website. Andrew Rosener was the seller of Lettuce.com. Andrew Rosener wouldn't comment about the sale pric...
Imagine you run a startup company with a generic sounding name. Because you're a startup with little funding, you've decided to save money and use a low value domain name. Perhaps you've hand registered a new gTLD domain name or you grabbed something like GetBrand.com or ItsBrand.com instead of Brand.com. You share some news and […]...
GoDaddy announced some news today that will be helpful to non-domain investor customers. GoDaddy announced a new tool that "makes it easy to sell unused domain names." Instead of having to list domain names for sale via Afternic or on another platform, GoDaddy customers can more easily list their domain names for sale directly within […]...
Alan Dunn is a long-time domain investor and domain broker, and I trust his insights when it comes to the business of domain names. Take a look at Alan's Twitter feed, and you will see he has become active in the NFT space. I have learned more about NFT projects from reading Alan's Twitter feed […]
Late last Summer, I placed a $18 Discount Club backorder on a domain name at DropCatch.com. Once it became eligible to transfer, I spent under $10 to transfer it to my account at GoDaddy. I listed it for sale on Afternic for $4,999, and it sold within the last several weeks at the BIN price […]
When a domain name is listed for sale at Afternic and it is not registered at GoDaddy, the registrant needs to approve a Standardized Form of Authorization (FOA). This approval is necessary for a domain name to be listed and eligible for the Fast Transfer network. These approvals are very important to review carefully. Once […]
Front is a customer communication platform that was founded in 2013 and has been using the FrontApp.com domain name for its website. This company has raised nearly $150 million in funding, according to Crunchbase. Front.com has long been owned by a financial services company, although it had not been used since 2010, according to Archive.org. [R...
This morning on Twitter, Rick Schwartz announced his plans to open a domain name brokerage. Based on some of the hashtags and prior tweets, it would not surprise me if he launched a brand called Game Changing Domains with the matching GameChangingDomains.com domain name: I will be having a major announcement about a new #DomainBrokerage […]
A NamePros post about NameJet caught my eye this morning because I have dealt with the same situation multiple times. In the NamePros post, the thread starter detailed a month-long, unsuccessful effort to get possession of a domain name he won at auction. Presumably, NameJet collected his payment already, so he is out his funds […]
In my morning DomainTools Registrant Monitor alert email on Friday, I saw that Gus.com changed hands. The domain name had been owned by Nat Cohen's company, Telepathy, and the domain name transferred to a Norway-based registrant at GoDaddy. I chatted with Nat Cohen, and he confirmed that Gus.com was sold. He shared that the domain […]
I have become a pretty big fan of DAN.com. It's not just because they are an advertiser here. I have done a solid amount of business using the platform in the year since I put most of my inventory on DAN. In fact, one of my largest recent sales was closed via self-negotiation on the […]
In early May, Andy Booth announced on Twitter that he acquired the Universal.com domain name: There are still some absolutely mega domains out there, untapped, or just waiting for an investor to time their approach. New pick-up:https://t.co/Yj9Sfv11eC Andy Booth (@360) May 2, 2021 Universal.com is a fantastic domain name, and while there are many ...
For those of you wondering what Frank Schilling is up to these days after seemingly exiting the domain industry, the video below offers more information. No, this isn't just about the flowing mane Frank has grown since I last saw him a couple of years ago. In addition to this development, Frank has reportedly acquired […]
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