Today:  Looking for 2 letter CCTLD – Budget: Up to $5,000.00 / Law Enforcement Agencies will have authority on Registries and Registrars / vCasino.com sold for $46,000 / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

Ring.tv sold for $46,000 – Yet another four-letter, dictionary-word, .tv ccTLD sales report. These .tv domains just keep cranking out sales each week.

User.com – SOLD for $150.000.00 – Wow! Talk about a nice six-figure, four-letter, .com domain name sales report. Do you think it should have sold for more or less than what it sold for?

Looking for 2 letter CCTLD – Budget: Up to $5,000.00 – Be sure to check your portfolio for a two-letter ccTLD. This buyer is looking for a quick and smooth transaction for the perfect ones that meet their criteria.

The funniest domain name ever owned – Check out some of these hilarious domain names that investors owned over the years. What is the funniest domain name you ever owned?

vCasino.com sold for $46,000 – Interesting domain name sales report. Who would have thought that adding a letter in front of the word “Casino” would some day make then a mid-five-figure sale?

Law Enforcement Agencies will have authority on Registries and Registrars – Has anyone else been following this? How accurate do you think it is and will it spread into other countries? Do you think it will help police the industry better?

Subjective Domain Quality – Do think that the value or quality of a domain name asset is subjective? Do evaluation variables compensate for this? Check out what other domain investors are saying.

Today:  Outbound domain marketing and it’s effectiveness / Shiwo.com sold for $4,500 / Buying Turkish Domain Names in All Extensions / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

Wanted – Tech Domain ( High PA, DA ) – Be sure to check your portfolio for one of the tech related domain name assets that meet the buyers specified criteria. If you’re looking to liquidate for fast cash, this buyer has a budget of up to $20.00 each.

AiCanna.com – Is there a market for artificially intelligent cannabis? If you’re into this interesting niche, how much do you think AiCanna.com is worth in today’s markets?

inc.estate – Are estates incorporated? If so, what does your research of this niche put the value of the new gTLD asset inc.estate?

Buying Turkish Domain Names in All Extensions – This investor has a budget of up to $1,000.00 for a smooth wholesale priced transaction on a domain in your portfolio that meets their requirements.

Outbound domain marketing and it’s effectiveness – Do you use various outbound marketing strategies to get your domain name assets in front of potential end users? Take a look at what other domain investors are doing.

Shiwo.com sold for $4,500 – Not a bad five-letter, pronounceable, brandable, .com sale for four-figures. Do you think it should have sold for more or less than what it sold for?

What to do when someone else owns your real name .com – Have you ever looked for your real name .com and found that someone else owns it already? How did you approach them to acquire it for yourself? Check out what other investors suggest.

As a bit of an update on the Bitflyer drama, I have good news and bad news: the good news is that I’ve managed to recover my bitcoin from Bitflyer (what ultimately worked was emailing them and CC-ing the Japanese Financial Services Agency, the New York State Department of Financial Services and the CSSF, as explained on Bitflyer Dot Sucks).

The bad news is that reports similar to mine keep piling up, even among domainers. For example, earlier this week, someone posted that he or she is going through the same situation as a comment to my initial Bitflyer warning. The same way, complaints are popping up over at Reddit and other platforms. In my opinion, there’s something very, very shady going on, which is why despite getting my money back, I’ll be maintaining the Bitflyer.Sucks website and enabling others to share their Bitflyer horror stories. Continue Reading

Today:  NFC.com sold for $77,507 / Hyphens Vs alternate extensions for long high paying keywords / Aruba.tv sold for $13,000! / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

Buying CVCV.com – Do you need a quick $2,500.00 in your pocket and have a great character, vowel, character, vowel .com in your portfolio? Check out this investors guidelines to see if you have what they need.

Looking for Media, fruit, animal, and cute related names – Be sure to check your portfolio for a Media, fruit, animal, or cute domain that meets this buyers criteria. They have a $100.00 budget for a smooth wholesale priced transaction.

The best niches to start investing in – Which niche has been the most profitable for you in your domain investing career? Check out what other domain investors are putting their money into and compare notes.

Aruba.tv sold for $13,000! – YAY! Another five-figure .tv ccTLD sales report. .tv seems to have a steady fire burning in sales. This might be attributed to people gravitating more to audio/video instead of text based delivery systems.

Hyphens Vs alternate extensions for long high paying keywords – Which strategy works best for you? Do you go with hyphens or alternative TLD’s when investing in strong keyword phrase domain name assets?

NFC.com sold for $77,507 – That’s what I’m talking about! A high five-figure, three-letter. .com domain name sales report to get your motor running in the morning.

Nomadic Domain Investors – Are you one too? – Did you know that there are nomadic domain investors that travel around their respective countries or all over the world while investing in domain names? This is an interesting topic of discussion.

Today:  Registering real names of people and potential trademark issues that may follow / Counter.org sold for $2,950 / The order in which domain names drop / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

Need premium one word .io – Be sure to check your portfolio for a premium one-word .io ccTLD that meets this buyers guideline. They looking for a quick sale with a budget of up to $1,000.00 for the right domain.

Buying a Digital Marketing, Branding, and Web Development domain – This buyer has a budget of up to $750.00 for the domain that meets their criteria and they fall in love with. Is it in your portfolio?

CornMarket.com – Do you like eating corn? How do you think the corn markets are doing? This domain might make a good niche targeted corn industry development. How much do you think it’s worth?

The order in which domain names drop – Are you an avid drop catch domain investor and already know what the dropping order of domain names are? Share your experience or check out what others are saying.

Registering real names of people and potential trademark issues that may follow – Have you ever registered or acquired someone elses real name? Did you run into any trademark issues? Check out what other domain investors are saying that invest in this niche and share your experience.

Counter.org sold for $2,950 – That’s not a bad low four-figure, seven-letter, dictionary word, .org domain name sales report. Do you think this domain should have sold for more or less than what it sold for?

The concerns of branding a general public domain that was previously adult orientated – Have you ever purchase a domain to brand for your new public start-up and found out that it was previously an adult orientated website? What did you do to endure a smooth branding transition?

Today:  Geo + Word Domain Asset Investing / The cheapest way to register 5,000 .com, .net, .org domain names / BrainD.com sold for $2,588 / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

MaidNY.com – We see maid services all over the place, even in New York. This might be generic, but does seem brandable to foe geographical region. I today’s markets, what would you appraise this domain for?

Furniture.Center – It sounds like a logical generic furniture center/warehouse type domain. Is it too generic to have value though? How much do you think this domain is worth?

.COM Promo – $6.99 first year registrations – Are you looking for a cheap .com registration coupon/promo for your next hand-registration? Check this promotion out.

BrainD.com sold for $2,588 – That’s not too bad of a single-word + letter .com domain name sales report. Would you have guessed it would have sold for more or less than what it did.

The cheapest way to register 5,000 .com, .net, .org domain names – Have you ever registered 5,000 domain name all at once? What did it cost you? See if other domain investors have found a cheaper way to bulk register and share your experience.

Geo + Word Domain Asset Investing – Are you investing into Geo + word .com domain name assets? How are the markets doing? Take a look at what other Geo + word domain investors are talking about.

Why domain investors care about domain age more than end-users – Has anyone else noticed a favoring on domain age more in domain investors than in end-users? Check out what other domain investors are saying.

Today:  Self-hosted and hosted domain portfolios / INJO.com sold for $4,900 / [Hiring] Need a simple web design with some rss feed integration / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

.Top New Domain Registrations for only $1.49 – Are you a big .top fan? Check out the new $1.49 deal for a new .top registration.

Buy.wf – Well, it’s a short, three-letter, .wf ccTLD. Do you think a three-letter dictionary word in .wf has value in today’s markets?

GoToMaine.com – Have you ever been to the great state of Maine? If you wanted to go, would you find good information on this domain (If it was developed)? What do you think it’s appraisal value is?

[Hiring] Need a simple web design with some rss feed integration – Do you have some coding skills and want to make up to $250.00 buckaroo’s? Check out this buyers project brief to see if you qualify.

INJO.com sold for $4,900 – Not a bad mic-four-figure, four-letter, .com domain name sales report. Do you think injo.com should have sold for more or less than what it did?

Self-hosted and hosted domain portfolios – We all come to that split in the road where we have to decide if we want to list our portfolio at a 3rd party location or develop a domain of oir own to host the portfolio. What do you do?

To develop or not to develop that new domain? – That’s the question! – Have you ever wondered if it was a good idea to develop that new domain you just acquired? Check out what other domain investors are saying the pros and cons are. Share your experience.

Today:  Buying A Traffic Domain – Budget: $20,000.00 / Legalities of registering a domain and recovering the old content / 8B.cc sold for $12,002 / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

What’s the best domain you would sell for $150? – Do you have a domain name worth $150.00 in your portfolio you want to sell? Check out this buyers guidelines to see if you have what they are looking for.

Designer.Agency – This one seems a bit catchy. It could work in a variety of different design fields. What do you think? How much would you appraise this domain for in today’s markets?

Idj.io – Are you following the three-letter .io ccTLD markets? What is the current floor value for a domain like IDJ.io?

Investing in a one-word .com – Budget: $40,000.00 – You will want to check your portfolio a few times to see if you have a one-word .com that this buyer is looking for. They have a $40,000.00 budget and ready to buy the right domain.

Buying A Traffic Domain – Budget: $20,000.00 – Be sure to double check your portfolio for a traffic domain name that fits this investors criteria. They have a budget of up to $20,000.00 for the right one.

8B.cc sold for $12,002 – Not a bad two-character (Number + Letter) .cc ccTLD sales report. Would you have guessed it would have sold for more or less than what it did?

Legalities of  registering a domain and recovering the old content – Have you ever done this before? Were you aware of any legal issues when you did it? Thinking about doing it? Be sure to check this discussion out about it first.

Today: The best “go-to” domain blogs and podcasts / WineMall.com sold for $13,750 / Official .wf Showcase and Discussion Thread / And more!

Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:

TradingCurrency.com – This one sounds like it’s in the perfect niche for various currencies to be traded. What in earth would you value this one at?

iDj.io – Here’s an interesting short, three-letter, .io cctld. Is three-letters in a .io enough to give it value, though? What would you appraise this one for?

Appraise domains – 4111112.com – Are you investing in any seven-number .com domain name assets? Take a look at the ones this investor haas and let them know what you think.

Official .wf Showcase and Discussion Thread – Are you investing in any .wf ccTLD’s? Share some of your best .wf domain investments and compare notes with what other investors are buying.

The best “go-to” domain blogs and podcasts – Which domain related blogs or podcasts do your follow religiously? Check out what other investors are saying the best ones to follow are.

WineMall.com sold for $13,750 – Have you ever been to a wine mall before? I haven’t, but it sure does sound interesting. Do you think this domain should have sold for more or less than $13,750.00?

Investing in short, brandable, 1 or 2 word .com – Be sure to double check that portfolio for one of these brandable, one-word, or two-word .com’s. This buyer has a budget of up to $500.00 for the right one.

As I’ve mentioned on more than one occasion on DomainingTips, domains are “risk-on” assets and while that does mean that in the event of an exogenous shock which brings about a market crash (a deflationary event), they’re likely to become even less liquid than they are now and go down in value, it’s important to understand that a financial crisis can come in all shapes and sizes.

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