When it comes to Domain Investing, do you tell people you buy and sell domain names or is their shame in the game? This post grew out of three interactions. Interactions that are unrelated in every way. A couple years ago I realized I had an unpublished interview with a gentleman I had known for […]
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Escrow.com hits $5 billion in transaction dollars
Escrow.com has hit $5 billion in sales (A big number) They are offering you a chance to win $500 in the form of a Visa Gift Card. Share Your Story to Win Celebrate with us by sharing your Escrow.com experience for your chance to WIN* a $500 Visa gift card. Your Escrow.com experience could be […]
Continue ReadingSean Markey featured on NichePursuits.com
Sean Markey’s Strategies for Buying, Flipping, and Building Sites With Expired Domains was published Wednesday on NichePursuits.com. The popular blog run by Spencer Hawes. Sean Markey talks about starting a CBD affiliate site and how he sold that site in the high 6-figure range. Sean and Spencer also talk about how he bought an expired […]
Continue ReadingRepair Ventures, LLC dba olive® has acquired the domain name olive.com
Repair Ventures LLC put out a press release today that they acquired Olive.com. A name that was on BrandBucket in 2019. We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of olive.com. This is a direct response to the olive brand growth. Our demographics have shown that 50+% of consumers that purchased an olive plan have never […]
Continue ReadingiAF.com left to expire closes at $43,000
iAF.com was left to expire at Uniregistry and closed at $43,000 at GoDaddy auctions. The domain name was owned by Mrs Jello LLC, the company founded by the late Igal Lichtman. It’s mind boggling to me that he has been gone for 8 years already. iAF.com was registered in 1995 and was dropped one time […]
Continue ReadingSquadhelp survey results on Brand Positioning
One of the most important things in choosing a brand name is knowing who you are targeting. Squadhelp conducted a survey asking the following question: Survey Question: Would you be more interested in working with a new, innovative company or a historied, trusted organization? The sample size was not that large but does give you […]
Continue Reading147.com sells at Sedo for lowest reported NNN.com price in 7 years
The interest in numeric domains has been waning the last few years. 147.com sold at Sedo on Saturday for $56,555. This is the lowest reported price for a NNN.com since 2014. 509.com was sold for $295,000 in 2018 by the Booth Brothers, it was sold back in February for a loss, bringing in $106,000.
Continue Readinglnvitation.com debacle highlights why marketplaces must show upper and lower case
So Lox over at Namepros started a thread about lnvitation.com (that a lower case L not a capital i) The name closed at $20,156. Members were a bit miffed and wondered why there was no upper and lower case designation at Dynadot. Some wondered if the auction got paid for? I asked Dynadot who in […]
Continue ReadingSecond Time Around for RetirementBenefits.com, iLA.net and more
Here is a look at some recent transactions where the domain name sold for the second time. These are comprised of .coms, .to and .net. It looks like GoDaddy/Namefind let RetirementBenefits.com expire and someone else got it and parked it at Bodis. BuyDomains made a nice flip on WorldwideWings.com. Name Latest transaction Previous Transaction Price […]
Continue ReadingAuction.io becomes third 6 figure .io sale of all time – Which was the best buy?
The sales keep coming for .io as now the third 6 figure sale took place this year. Auction.io was sold for $100,000 at Park.io. This looks to be another gem sold by one of Mike Carson’s companies. Currently it just shows a Park.io lander. With Metaverse.io at $175,000 and Meta.io at $100,000 which was the […]
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