Dan.com: It’s still a great platform to sell domains on

Today, GoDaddy announced the availability of native LTO landing pages on Afternic, replacing the "Dan style" landers that it offered there. The timing is odd, considering that I've been testing the waters at Afternic as far as LTO deals go. These transactions at Dan.com eat up banking fees as Dan … [Read more...]

American Rescue Plan : Selling the .com was easy, getting paid was not

The American Rescue Plan is a huge financial stimulus package aimed at transitioning the US through and after the pandemic. Valued at just under $2 trillion dollars, the plan's name was first announced by government officials on social media on the evening of January 14, 2021. Moments after that … [Read more...]

Don’t fall for this double offer domain trickery

Got an active inbound interest for one of your domains? That's great. Then again, unless your minimum asking price is met, that might not be a good sign. Assuming you're using a third party platform to sell your domains, such as the Uni Market, offers arrive with some information about the … [Read more...]

How Sedo, SnapNames, and Afternic helped me sell a domain name twice

This article is about how Sedo, SnapNames, and Afternic, helped me sell a domain name twice over the course of a decade, for several thousand dollars in total. During this Coronavirus pandemic, sharing positive news about the domain industry is a must! The domain market deals with intangible … [Read more...]

Buying domains with other people’s money

From behind the iron curtain of a middle Eastern nation known for its anti-American sentiment, a self-proclaimed hacker seems to be the perpetrator of a series of recent, high profile purchases of domains - using stolen credit cards. Using proxy servers located in Iraq, he took control of a … [Read more...]