I share and discuss how to use GoDaddy Aftermarket data to determine a proxy bid amount likely to win more GoDaddy expired domain auctions. Over the last 18 months and counting, I’ve noticed an uptick in the number of bidders participating in GoDaddy expired auctions. Between auction bots and increased bidder count, closing auction prices […]
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Review: Latest Version of GoDaddy’s Domain Investor App
How long should domain investors be willing to renew domain names?
It’s the $64,000 — perhaps million dollar — question most domain investors ask or ponder from time to time when purchasing and renewing domains. If you’re a domain investor, and this question hasn’t crossed your mind, then you’re likely wasting money, time, and effort calling yourself domain investing. With almost a decade of domain investing […]
Continue Reading6 Domain Name Suggestion Tools to Find Your Next Domain
Naming a product, service, company, or project can be very time consuming, to say the least. In fact, sometimes selecting a name can be more challenging that actually executing the idea. Nothing kills the mood like checking the domain availability only to find out that someone else had your same thought and beat you to […]
Continue ReadingProspecting Tools to Seal Your Next Domain Deal
If you’re like most domain investors — whether old, new, or in between, then you’ve likely explored or considered a number of domain platforms or marketplaces to stake your claim the next domain “rags to riches” story. And while most domain investors love the thrill of buying and the adrenaline of a good auction bidding […]
Continue Reading9 Domain Predictions for 2019
Years come and go about as fast as one breathes the precious air of life, so I’ve been told. While 2018 has sailed on by the domain industry, we’re embarking upon the journey we’ll come to know as 2019. And just like my wild domaining predictions of 2018, I’ve had some time to think, research, […]
Continue Reading10 Tactics to Determine Best Price for Domains
Attempting to figure out the best price for a domain name or portfolio is quite comparable to trying to find a needle in a haystack. Most domain investors are often blinded by domain sales anomalies produced by the bigger personalities of the domain industry — Schillings, Berkens, Schwartzs, and Roseners. And if not jaded by […]
Continue ReadingWhy and How .com Didn’t Impact This Interactive Startup
If you’re like most business and personal brands, then you’ve likely heard and read numerous stories about the importance of securing a .com domain for your brand. And while that is true, there have been a growing number of business and personal brands that have defied the “must be on .com to be successful” mantra […]
Continue ReadingBackordering Domains using Investor’s Edge Tool
There’s nothing like discovering a domain name you’ve long to own is up for sale, and even better when it’s not renewed and in expired domain auction. In the case of the latter, tens of thousands of domains expire in auction daily. There are quite a few expired domain aftermarket platforms for domain investors, hobbyists, […]
Continue ReadingHow to Email a Lead Magnet Using Mailchimp
If you have a website — which is nearly everyone and their grandmother — and have not implemented a newsletter or mailing list sign up form, then you are totally missing out on a good monetization opportunity. And if you carelessly shrug your shoulders at the thought of possibly monetizing your website, then at least […]
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