What a difference a year makes, I have seen it quite often in 2020 a 5 or 6 number .com that went for a lot more at auction just one year before. 11226.com closed at GoDaddy auctions in 2019 for $9,280. This year it closed for just $1,513. 2020 has seen far fewer 5N.com sales […]
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Buying & Selling on Flippa – A 45 Minute Introductory Course
For those who are new to website investing and interested in buying and selling on Flippa, they have put together a video introductory course. Steve McGarry will be the instructor. Steve’s background includes raising $3.5 million for his startup LendLayer which was acquired by Max Levchin’s (founder of PayPal) startup Affirm. There are five sections, […]
Continue Reading“where do “they” get these preconceived notions that domaining is easy?”
Monday I wrote a post about one domain investor throwing in the towel on domain investing. The post has gotten a fair bit of engagement and a good discussion on Namepros. Longtime member and domain investor Biggie asked the question: where do “they” get these preconceived notions that domaining is easy, that you can make […]
Continue ReadingQRapp.com from $501 to $10,000
QRapp.com was sold on NameJet for $501 in 2016, the 4 year hold paid off for the domainer who bought it, selling it on Sedo today for $10,000. QR code abbreviated for Quick Response code are very popular, so it’s easy to see the desire for this name. Huge Domains owns QRCodeApp.com. A few years […]
Continue ReadingWhen the wholesale doubles the previous retail price
A failed promise to deliver a $9 computer leads to a domain name expiration and an $8,850 close. One of the complaints I read a lot on forums from those who have dropped out of the expired auction game, is that the pricing is just too high for a lot of names. Sometimes end users […]
Continue ReadingDropCatch says thank you to GoDaddy again
Koupons.com closed at $6,100 on 8/17/20 at GoDaddy auctions, they did not collect payment and let the domain name drop. It was caught by DropCatch and went for $13,053. 2XPXP.com closed at GoDaddy for $1,525 back in August and was not paid. DropCatch caught the domain name and it closed at $5,000. Luceri.com closed at […]
Continue ReadingWith no desire to pay up for a domain name, should I quit domaining?
So yesterday I got an email from someone who said they read the blog and wanted to know if they could give me a call? They have been involved in domain name investing for about two years with little to no success. He brought up a topic that I have discussed with friends before. He […]
Continue ReadingBimber.com and OrganicShampoo.com failure to pay leads to wins for Drop catcher
I started writing in July about GoDaddy failing to collect payment and it becoming DropCatch’s gain. I wrote about everydaycounts.com closing at auction on GoDaddy for $2,601. The domain name was at Tucows not GoDaddy. The winner did not pay and the domain was left to expire. DropCatch got the windfall. It went higher the […]
Continue ReadingMesh.xyz sold for $9,888 is now developed
Back in July I interviewed Swetha from DNGear.com about her approach and success with .xyz. One of her top sales got developed recently, Frontier.xyz. Another one is now up and running, Mesh.xyz also sold for $9,888. It was acquired by ConsenSys. The company has been an incubator, investor, software provider, educator, and most importantly, an […]
Continue ReadingNamebio reaches $2 Billion milestone
Namebio crosses the $2 billion mark in reported sales. Search Domain Name Sales 2.2 million sales totaling $2 billion. Now if you do not have a paid membership to Namebio you only see the stats at the bottom of the free searches allowed. These total 848.9k Total Sales $1.9b Dollar Volume $2,258 Average Price $55.3k […]
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