A full-time domain investor talks about his experience and what he's doing to adapt with the market. Very few domain name investors ever reach the point where they do it full-time. It's even rarer when they primarily invest in non-.com ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Full-time domain investing – DNW Podcast #588
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Atom domain appraisals review: strong supporting data provides reasonable appraisals
· ServicesAtom provides rich data for each domain it values. This is part of Domain Name Wire's review of automated domain appraisal tools. See all reviews: Estibot, GoDaddy, Atom, Appraise.net, GoExpired, Dynadot, NameWorth, Saw, Appraise.software, ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Network Solutions duped by fake UDRP notice
· Domain RegistrarsIt's at least the second fake UDRP notice in the past two months. A person imitating FORUM, a UDRP provider, duped Network Solutions into locking a domain. It's at least the second time someone has tricked a domain registrar with this scheme. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy’s appraisal tool struggles to keep up, but has uses
· ServicesThe actual values are often poor, but it's a useful tool for evaluating large pools of domains. This is part of Domain Name Wire's review of automated domain appraisal tools. See all reviews: Estibot, GoDaddy, Atom, Appraise.net, GoExpired, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
End user domain sales: Atom Edition
· Domain SalesThese 22 domains recently sold on Atom. Sedo provides a service to the industry by publishing weekly sales lists. Atom is another venue that publishes sales (when sellers agree to it). The domains are published on NameBio. Atom's sales are ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Estibot review: Strong on some domains, weak on others
· ServicesEstibot is strong for valuable one word domains, but struggles with multi-word domains. This is part of Domain Name Wire's review of automated domain appraisal tools. See all reviews: Estibot, GoDaddy, Atom, Appraise.net, GoExpired, Dynadot, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Insurance company AXA loses second cybersquatting dispute against axa.org
· Policy & LawIt pressed forward with its case rather than buying the domain for out-of-pocket costs. Insurance giant AXA has lost another cybersquatting case over the domain axa.org. The company lost a dispute in 2018, which was filed against Advocates Across ... Continue Reading1 Comment
OpusDNS acquires fruits.co domain sales platform
· ServicesTwo newer domain businesses tie up. OpusDNS, a domain reseller platform, announced today that it has acquired fruits.co, a domain sales and monetization platform. Fruits launched in 2022 as a marketplace for a wide range of digital goods. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
We put 15 domain appraisal tools to the test. This is what we learned
· ServicesUsing real but undisclosed domain sales, we tested how closely automated appraisal tools match market reality. This is the first in a series of stories about automated domain appraisal systems. Automated domain name appraisal services have been ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Chemicals company attempts reverse domain name hijacking
· Policy & LawPanel finds chemicals company didn't meet any of its burdens to prevail in a UDRP. A Czech Arbitration Court panel has found that Advanced ChemBlocks Inc. attempted reverse hijacking of the domain name aablocks.com. One of the complainant's ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
