Anyone who has been in this business for just a solid year, knows that artificially generated valuations are crap 99% of the time. I had an interesting conversation about a week ago where someone asked me about the GoDaddy valuations. I said they are mostly for entertainment purposes but I do think they do harm […]
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Namepros/NameJet user creates fake accounts to show how to shill bid
Namepros member Hookbox posted that to test NameJet’s system, he created three accounts and could be set up to shill if need be. I want to make clear before people lose their minds, he did it to point out the problems with monitoring for shill bids. Here is the post: So now I have 3 […]
Continue ReadingWhether something is legal or not, optics matter
I think one thing that needs to be discussed internally at all the auction houses is, “How does this look?” Something can be legal, but the optics don’t look good. I will say point blank, if I ran an auction site, I would have in the TOS that you cannot bid on a family member […]
Continue ReadingIt’s time for GoDaddy to initiate bidder id’s to GoDaddy auctions
A lot of info is coming to light on Namepros and to a lesser degree on TheDomains where people are commenting on NameJet bidding practices. It seems to me that another company should also be working to get their act together, GoDaddy. At least at NameJet we have bidder id’s, and I think it’s very […]
Continue ReadingVerisign Q1’17 DNIB: Internet Grows to 330.6 Million Domain Name Registrations in the First Quarter of 2017
Verisign today released the first quarter DNIB report for 2017. Notable findings in the report include: The Internet grew by approximately 1.3 million domain names in the first quarter of 2017, closing with a base of 330.6 million domain names across all top-level domains – a 3.7 percent increase YOY The .com and .net TLDs […]
Continue ReadingGrab the popcorn
Sometimes you just grab some popcorn, Sit back and just watch a thread become entertainment. Domains wanted thread started out like: Collecting 2 letter .com domains Can pm me Only .com domains do not send anything Budget 100$ to 999$ depends on the domain Read the thread on Namepros
Continue ReadingEquipment, Financing and Crypto top trending keywords for June
Verisign released their trending keywords for June, equipment, financing and leasing were at the top for .com Crypto was tops for .net, followed by tokens and cinema. .COM .NET equipment crypto financing tokens leasing cinemas lease bail cave drift token booth mining asap expertise diesel mortgages bonds typing worship
Continue ReadingWhat do you think a single letter .com is worth?
Kudos to Elliot Silver on getting the full scoop on X.com being acquired by it’s original owner Elon Musk. Someone asked me, “where I thought the remaining 23 one letter .com would sell for in an auction environment, with no reserve?” Z.com is the only sale we have to go on currently. That domain sold […]
Continue ReadingYou have to price right and bring value if you expect a domainer to pay you
When trying to get paid in the domain space you have to offer something that is a must have. Now many tools get a few subscribers but it also motivates others to create a free tool that offers similar features. The latest site out there that is moving to a paid model is ZFBot. A […]
Continue ReadingSedo brokers complete $2 million (approximate) sale
Dave Evanson just tweeted out that he co-brokered a $2million sale. 3 Sedo brokers were involved in the sale. Unfortunately the name is confidential. Congrats Just co-brokered $2,000,000 USD (approximate) confidential sale with Sedo’s Albert Schimmel & Liane van Hoorn. Congrats to buyer and seller! — dave evanson (@SedoDaveEvanson) June 30, 2017
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