Today’s most established domain investors span about 25 years of trading domain names for profit, if we account for a 1995 launch of the commercial Internet. Hello, Rick Schwartz! Some of us began their journey a bit later on, and are close to clocking two full decades of active domain investing. Activity status isn’t gauged [...] Continue reading →

It took a lot of effort for GoDaddy to provide a token report of sales, earlier today. Personally, I lost track of time; was it really in 2015 such numbers were last shared? Although the format isn’t perfect – very small sample of sales, four month delayed release of the monthly report – you can [...] Continue reading →

It’s been 20 years since my first domain sale took place in the summer of 2000, and boy, do I feel like it was yesterday. Despite not using any type of escrow and receiving a check from overseas in exchange for the domain, that first experience was a smooth event. The reason: I was dealing [...] Continue reading →

It’s been exactly 10 years since SedoPRO World Tour took place in Boston, Massachusetts. Attending the two day event was a tremendous experience, which I shared at the time, emphasizing the remarkable side of Sedo: its people. Reflecting on the past decade since 2010 and the challenges it has brought forth, both to the domain [...] Continue reading →

Every domain inquiry begins with the best intentions, as buyer and seller negotiate. It’s not just the price that affects the outcome of a negotiation on a domain name, but it’s the most important element of the exchange. If there is no agreement on the price, there will be no sale. When negotiations hit a [...] Continue reading →

Domain names have been stolen since the early days of the commercial Internet. The most known case involves the hijacking of Sex.com, a domain that was “milked” for its traffic, before it was returned via a court order to its registrant. There are thousands of domain names that have been stolen in the 25 years [...] Continue reading →

As shared by Uniregistry, all affiliate earnings balances are to be paid by the end of this month, as the Affiliate Plus program was terminated. Today, I received my final payment from the program, and plan to use my “check” to buy more domains – that’s what domain investors do! It was a good revenue [...] Continue reading →