The good news: Long term holders of LLLL .com domains are seeing their investments appreciate, as throngs of - allegedly - Chinese domain investors are snapping up these assets. The bad news: Someone ran a WHOIS of all LLLL .com permutations, and has been sharing the database. What this means: … [Read more...]
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Domain brokering: It’s a dog eat dog world
November 13, 2015 by 4 Comments
I've been following the proliferation of professional domain brokerage establishments for several years, and have arrived to the following conclusion: It's a cut-throat business, and a 'dog eat dog' world. During the previous decade, the focus shifted from domain selling venues, to aggressive … [Read more...]
Kudos to Sedo for their Chinese domain market awareness
November 9, 2015 by 3 Comments
Despite having moved all my domains out of Sedo three years ago, I still buy domains at their marketplace. Recently, I completed an acquisition of a generic domain via Sedo, from domains in their owned inventory. Curious about what other domains they are offering, I was able to locate several … [Read more...]
Huge domain sales : Are they good for the domain industry?
November 6, 2015 by 9 Comments
Domain investors probably had palpitations earlier today, after the uncovering by George Kirikos of a huge domain sale. The "lease to own" sale of LasVegas.com for the astronomical amount of $90 million dollars, stirred the otherwise relaxed waters on a Friday morning. Such domain sales are … [Read more...]
ICANN needs to control gTLD domain Registries that spam
October 26, 2015 by 2 Comments
ICANN has been making a nice $185,000 dollars from every gTLD applicant, and the gift keeps on giving every year thereafter. I expressed my support for the expansion of the Internet namespace, ever since it went into effect, believing in meaningful keyword+gTLD pairs that offer a great service to … [Read more...]
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