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...

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? […]