I received an email today from a reader that was about domain investing. Hi, Raymond Big fan of your blog, but one thing has always stuck in my craw...buying domain names is not investing, rather it is gambling. Why do people like Schwartz and Silver and several others call it investing? This is something that has been brought up from time to time over the years. I thought it would be … [Read more...]
It’s all about the side hustle
There has been a lot of talk lately about "side hustles" UBER has run commercials talking about everyone needing a side hustle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsbWt6FjlTk Marketwatch published an article about side hustles and included buying and selling domain names. Buying and selling domain names Domain names are the internet equivalent of real estate and, much like with homes, savvy … [Read more...]
Elon Musk tweets about X.com and the Internet loses it’s mind
The big news of the week was Elon Musk getting his old domain back. Elliot Silver detailed the acquisition of X.com. Andrew Rosener commented that Media Options helped with the transaction. Today Elon Musk put out a tweet about x.com and that single tweet has close to 2,000 replies, 4,747 Retweets and 21,895 Likes Excited to announce the launch of https://t.co/J6TuRWIQAA! It's a little … [Read more...]
Covfefe.com would you have taken $15,000?
I have written before about striking while the iron is hot on pop culture and political domain names. Back in April we detailed the Shane Burchett the owner of TrumpPence2016.com, you can read the full story here, but the gist of the story is the registrant thought he could possibly see six figures for the name and currently still owns it. It's 2017 no one cares anymore, the election is … [Read more...]
Taking over four of the seven authoritative nameservers for the .io TLD
Matthew Bryant @IAmMandatory of TheHackerBlog.com wrote a very detailed post on how he was able to register domains in .io that would essentially allow him to take over authoritative nameservers for the .io cctld. It's a very interesting post and shows many registries need to beef up their security protocols. From the article: Impact Given the fact that we were able to take over four of … [Read more...]
Domain Research Group takes a look at emoji domains in .com
Domain Research Group the people behind I❤️.ws, was nice enough to go through the .com zone file and identify all the emoji names that exist in .com. There are 233 in total, (currently emojis are unable to be registered in gtlds like com,net and org). We’re defining “emoji” very loosely here… it’s more interesting to see the wider array of weird characters in dotcom domains than to get too … [Read more...]
Post the best name you have for sale for $1,000 or less
The best name you have for sale for $1,000 or less This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. So this post is for the best name you are willing to sell right now with a $1,000 max price. 1 name listed only. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP … [Read more...]