A lot of domain investors facilitate domain sales basing their approach on how the real estate market operates. While there are similarities in this analogy, there are also differences which make the use of real estate an imperfect example to demonstrate how the domain market works. For example, realtors are licensed professionals that abide to [...] Continue reading →

In May I wrote about how GoDaddy continues to send unsolicited offers for domains that are listed for sale on other marketplaces, with a BIN. What’s the catch? For $69 dollars, GoDaddy brokers reach out to anyone with a domain. If a GoDaddy customer is hoping that the brokers there will perform some kind of [...] Continue reading →

I wrote about this issue before, and it’s obvious that GoDaddy and its team of brokers don’t really care. At the very least, middle management at GoDaddy is not doing anything to address this issue, which they promote as a “Domain buy” service. GoDaddy’s aggressive approach to relaying offers and collecting a fee without discrimination, [...] Continue reading →

During the past two weeks I experienced two attempts by scammers to steal domain names, by offering payments in cryptocurrency. These Bitcoin scammers offered to acquire premium domains by indicating they can only make payments in BTC. There is a reason why such methods of exchanging domains for money isn’t supported by the Uniregistry Market. [...] Continue reading →

When receiving offers for domain names, the exchange can become progressively interesting as negotiations unfold. Domain offers are often mere “pings” on a domain, to gauge its owner’s activity, but some times they are honest inquiries with a random number tagged to them. The task of issuing a domain name quote is dependent on the [...] Continue reading →

Between 2001 – 2003 I was perusing dropped domain lists provided by one of the best paid-for services at the time, DomainsBot. Hundreds of dictionary domains were available, in .com, .net and .org. I scanned through thousands of domains, looking for worthy registrations. I think I hurt my eyes on a daily basis! Registering single [...] Continue reading →

Happy New Year! For me, the new year began with plenty of domain offers and a solid mid four figure sale, via the Uniregistry Market. It’s where I list my domain portfolio to invite inquiries. The negotiation was carried out through the Uni (former Uniregistry) checkout process. The “parking” of domain names with a BIN [...] Continue reading →