In the summer of 2007 I spent $40 to buy the domain HitPig.com on a domain forum. It had a fun alliteration quality about it and loosely reminded me of the game Whac-A-Mole. The domain remained parked for years, barely earning its renewal fees every year but I was too fond of the name to drop … [Read more...]
Dan.com: The final exodus
September 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Migration is not a great word to use when forcing the end of life of a service that was useful to many. In the literal sense, migration reeks of physical violence and war turmoil, of broken families and refugees. A migration is typically done not by choice. GoDaddy migrated our Uniregistry … [Read more...]
Dan.com: It’s still a great platform to sell domains on
July 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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...]
An interesting glitch at Dan.com locks down the BIN price
October 24, 2023 by 1 Comment
Dan.com provides several options to domain investors, including selling with a BIN price, making an offer, and lease to own options. In the past few months I've completed 3 LTO deals successfully, which means that three entrepreneurs are now using these domains under full ownership. Dan has been … [Read more...]
Dan.com delivers excellent back-end support for domain transactions
October 16, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Last week I completed my first domain sale in October, for a domain I acquired for a few hundred dollars almost 15 years ago. It's not the first time this long hold of a domain leads to a substantial ROI. The art of determining which assets are worthy of holding long term is part of the learning … [Read more...]
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