Dan.com Being Retired by GoDaddy104 GoDaddy acquired Dan.com in 2022. The company reportedly spent north of $71 million USD to acquire the domain name sales platform. This...
My Largest Offer341 I spend quite a bit of time trying to buy domain names. Some of the best deals I’ve made have come on domain names I privately ac...
QW.com UDRP Denied Due to “Fraudster”154 A UDRP was filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) against the valuable 2 letter QW.com domain name. The complaint...
No Negotiation Box with GoDaddy Offers317 Afternic recently began offering Dan.com-lookalike landing pages with GoDaddy branding. I liked them enough to move inventory to them a...
Rocket.com Sold via Hilco Digital Assets326 In what I believe could be one of the top domain name sales of all-time, Hilco Digital Assets brokered the sale of Rocket.com. The doma...
Quick Fix for NameBright Issues395 The other day, I consolidated some .com domain names at GoDaddy prior to the most recent Verisign price increase. When I tried to appro...
Atom.com was Reportedly Sold at a Loss424 When the domain name marketplace and branding platform now known as Atom.com was rebranded, I was under the impression that the company...
.com Prices Increasing on Sunday236 You are likely aware by now, but the price of .com domain names is increasing again on Sunday, September 1, 2024. Verisign is raising t...
Inferences from Inquiry Discussions410 A number of years ago, I tried to buy a one word .com domain name from its original registrant. I did some diligence on the owner, and ...
Canceled GoDaddy Auction Win Results in Lawsuit377 Namebio reported that Calor.com was sold for $20,440 at GoDaddy Auctions this past March. According to a lawsuit filed in Arizona, the ...
Giving Efty a Try359 I’ve known about Efty for a few years, since the company has been advertising on my blog. I decided to give the platform a test w...
ccTLD for Email Can be Problematic215 About 9 years ago, I sold a very nice .com domain name to a startup that used a ccTLD domain name. The CEO was not a shrewd negotiator,...
Why I’ve Been Using a Lawyer for Escrow406 In the last couple of years, I have been using a lawyer for escrow services more than ever before. Although there tend to be more steps...
