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...]
Afternic marketplace: Two month update disappoints
December 13, 2024 by 1 Comment
A good 60 days into using the Afternic marketplace as a "forced" transition from the now defunct Dan.com, I'm about to present my personal experience and the results aren't great. The first 30 days looked promising, to be honest. After clocking two months I have one positive thing to say: The … [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...]
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...]
LTO domain sales: Dan.com and Escrow.com compared
December 21, 2022 by 2 Comments
Merry Christmas! Lease-to-own domain sales, often abbreviated as "LTO," are becoming popular among domain investors, that offer a flexible payment plan to their prospective buyers. The option to pay for the acquisition of domain names in installments is not new but it's the automation that … [Read more...]
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