What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We discuss the recent shill bidding situation at NameJet, and whether it's a safe place to buy and sell domain names• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: POVG.com, EasyAngle.com, Uncomfortable.com• An investor's portfolio is appraised and some tough [...] Continue reading →

I just had a VR meetup with some friends from college on AltspaceVR, it was a blast and we talked about doing it again next month. Then news broke last week that Altspace was closing down, which came as a huge shock to me since, as a VR early adopter, I always saw AltspaceVR [...] Continue reading →

Today: Ideas on reducing WHOIS spam / Sites with good domain investing tools / ProtectedCar.com – Please appraise / And more. Here are the new discussions and domain news. Netexy.com Lunexy.com – How much do you think these domains are worth? I Want to Buy a Website with Organic Backlinks & Receiving Traffic – Do you have any of [...] Continue reading →

I received an email today from a reader that was about domain investing. Hi, Raymond Big fan of your blog, but one thing has always stuck in my craw…buying domain names is not investing, rather it is gambling. Why do people like Schwartz and Silver and several others call it investing? This is something that [...] Continue reading →

Listed below are updates on the top ten domain sales from a year again, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Jade.com sold for $1,250,000 This huge sale was an upgrade from JadeMineResources.com, which is where Jade.com is still redirected. Interestingly, the company completed a private placement to raise funds specifically for the domain acquisition. The [...] Continue reading →

Along came the Cyber-squatters with the dot COM boom One problem with the Internet, non-existent before 1994, is the confrontation between persons who, either intentionally or unintentionally, create an address on the Internet which includes someone else's trademark. — Michael A. Daniels [1], Chairman of the Board for Network Solutions Inc. (July 1999) [...] Continue reading →

A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on July 29, 2017.  If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had a reserve.  I’m only showing where [...] Continue reading →