This person sued the wrong entity to recover his domain name. It's a shame. In August 2019, I wrote about an unfortunate expired domain name case involving Scott Rigsby. Rigsby suffered a horrific car accident as a young man. He was dragged ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Walmart.com, Ford.com and other big company domains expire soon
· Expired DomainsGoldmanSachs.com expires later this month! OK, I get it. Fortune 500 companies use reputable brand management domain registrars that are good at auto-renewing domain names. Still, if you're Comcast, does it make sense that your domain name ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Why this weird domain sold for $6500 with 333 bids
· Expired DomainsThere might be a connection to China...or just the backlinks. I am still puzzled by the domain SJZHDC .com selling in a Godaddy auction recently for $6,500. Generally speaking, six letters are too long to act as an acronym and don't carry much ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Taking an expired domain cleanse
· Expired DomainsConsider taking a break from the daily grind of buying expired domains. Cleanses and fasting are all the rage in the health world. You might consider doing a cleanse in expired domain purchasing, too. Over the past month or so I've taken a break ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Buying an expiring domain? Might want to check this
· Expired DomainsThe domain could already be subject to a UDRP. Domain investors review a lot of data before buying expiring domain names. The more expensive the domain, the more data they check. Sometimes I'll Google the domain name to see how it's used. I ... Continue Reading3 Comments
How I finally got the domains I won on SnapNames
· Expired DomainsI jumped through a lot of hoops to get the domains I acquired. Last month I started buying domain names on SnapNames after a long hiatus. I purchased 20 domains over 30 days, taking advantage of SnapNames' access to expiring Network Solutions and ... Continue Reading7 Comments
NameJet and SnapNames combine for $495k in sales
· Expired DomainsManagedCareMag.com and Mutation.com top the charts. Newfold Digital's domain name aftermarkets NameJet and SnapNames combined for $495,000 in sales over $2,000 last month. This does not include the many sub-$2,000 sales the platforms made. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Comparing expired domain name platforms
· Expired DomainsA look at the three big expired domain platforms. The majority of domain names I acquire are expiring domain names sold on GoDaddy, DropCatch, and NameJet/SnapNames. Each platform has something going for it, but all have some drawbacks as ... Continue Reading18 Comments
How to default your DropCatch wins to Whois privacy
· Expired DomainsTired of telemarketing and spam? Here's how to fix it. DropCatch is a great platform for capturing expired domain names that go through the complete registry deletion process. There is one major annoyance, however: NameBright, where all of your ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How to merge Network Solutions / Register accounts
· Expired DomainsHere's how to combine multiple accounts created by Web.com's dropcatching services. One of the things I hope Newfold Digital does now that it owns the Web.com properties is to fix its aftermarket. I assume the long-term vision is to combine its NameJet ... Continue Reading2 Comments
