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Sold my first domain on @spaceship, and I’m getting 95% of the funds! Selling domains finally feels great again. Huge thanks to @NamecheapCEO for disrupting the industry! 🚀 🚫 Sell a DN on GoDaddy with their lander... → GD takes 15–20% from you. 🚫 Sell a DN on GoDaddy without their lander... → GD takes 25–30% from you. ✅ Sell a DN on a Spaceship lander... → GD takes 0%, and Spaceship only 5%. No need to overthink it — simple math.
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What a great acomplishment, deserve a nobel prize at least. Elon for sure is proud of you, you made his day. but what impress me even more is how you which take a fraction of a seccond, and to take a screenshot take little bit longer. a mistery.
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Nothing to concern about, in the contrary, if iron dome decided to not intercept those rockets is because they don't represent any danger and will fall in open areas. To intercept a rocket with the iron dome cost $100,000 per rocket. No need to unnecessary spend that money.
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Time to share a sale... DOMAIN SOLD! 🥳🎉 Sale price: $1,995 Purchase price: $7 Date sold: 2 hours ago Hold time: 1 month +- Lander views (april): 45 (Lets start to share views number) Case study: "Twin Brother Domain" 🍎🍏 I hand-registered two #domains at the same moment. Both are almost identical, differing by only one letter, and both appear suitable as company names. Let's refer to them as "domainA" and "domainB." At that moment, I knew domainA was better. However, in case the buyer didn't pay for it, I anticipated they would check if domainB was available. That's why I registered both to secure my sale. By mistake, I didn't set a fixed price on the Dan lander, only a "make offer" option. Surprisingly, this mistake turned out to be helpful. A few weeks passed, and I received an offer of $1,000 for domainA. I noticed the offer immediately but ignored it to gauge the buyer's interest in the #domain. The next day, the buyer inquired, "Any update on my offer?" (strong desire!). I declined the offer without a counter, and in other words i told him "this domain is not for you, want something else?" A few hours later, the buyer responded with, "Hello, send me your offer," (even stronger desire and impatience!). I responded with some more bla-bla-bla, avoiding specifying a price. Eventually, the buyer disappeared. The next day, I countered with a high price of $7,000, but received no reply. Suspecting the buyer might be arranging funds for me or exploring alternatives, I anticipated he would try domainB next. So, I priced domainB lower at $2,000, expecting it to be perceived as a great deal compared to its twin brother listed at $7,000. I gave him four days of silence before following up, but received no response. Then, three days later (today), the magic happened—the buyer eventually purchased domainB! Between us, I was prepared to offer domainA for $2,000 as a last option. Now, I sold the brother who has one eye for the price of brother with two eyes. Now, I can sell domainA at a higher price or list it for $2,000 too. Perhaps once the buyer sees it, he will say, "Mother fu**er!" and purchase it as well 😂 My advice: Have always options for your buyers, Where regardless of what they choose both options are a win for you, let them think they are "choosing", they dont want to feel that you sold them something, they want to feel they are smarter than you and managed to pay less for the same. A deal is good when both parts feel they are winning. #domainsold #domaining #afternic
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LOL. IDF is laughing at this video. "This is what awaits you when you enter in gaza".... (5 dudes playing with a parked tank) This is what is waiting for Gaza...
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Milestone achieved! 🎉 1,000 domains in portfolio. 🥳 This is another step in my domain journey. Since I achieved it this month, I wanted to share it before April ends. I know it's a very small portfolio compared to many investors in the #domaining space, but I started from zero with less than 180 names. Now, things are moving faster, and I am aiming to escalate quicker to see if it's possible to grow the portfolio by 100% each year. In the last two months, I bought more than 200 domains. 🎯 NEXT TARGETS: 2,000 domains by next April 2025 4,000 domains by next April 2026 8,000 domains by next April 2027 🌱 STARTED: When: 2 years ago Initial investment: $2,400 (from my own pocket) Initial domains: .com: 132 / .io: 20 other: 26 (including a few HNS, .net, .org, new gTLDs) (all hand-registered) 💵 SALES: First sale (in person): After 3 weeks for $500 First sale (not in person): After 2.5 months for $2,000 (*"In person" means meeting someone face to face who needed a #domain, registering it, and selling it to them) Second sale: After 3.5 months for $1,200. 🏔️ ESCALATION: After every sale, I reinvested 100% of the funds into buying more names. So, after my first 6 months, my portfolio was standing at 550+ . Here are some details from my personal experience—what I did right and what I did wrong—hopefully, it can help you get some motivation or understand what to do (or not to do). 3 Mistakes from the first 6 months: 🚫 1- Buying too many .io domains: No sale came in the first year, and I ended up dropping 70% of them. With that money, I could have bought three times more names in .com, and probably a sale could have happened. I burned 🔥$600+ there. Buying names on .io was tempting because the TLD is good, and many companies use it, and you can find better quality names compared to .com, but the problem is that very specific industries use it with very specific types of words. 🚫 2- Buying weird TLDs: I bought HNS domains like nft.vrmmo, games.3dom, blockchain.vrmmo, metaverse.ism, metaverse.ize, metaverse.vrmmo, btc.3dom, website.3dom, and a few more. Burned about 🔥$200 there. I bought one .com.ai (the name is taken in 600+ TLDs). But it's neither .com nor .ai; it's a fused mutant. That was back in 2022 before chatGPT and all the AI boom; now the domain has more chances, but I burned 🔥$154 there. I bought one-word names but on worthless TLDs like .charity, .hockey, .domains, .foundation, and a few more. Burned about 🔥$150 there. Bought a few .org and .net too, burned about 🔥$100. ** So in total, I burned about $1,200 on worthless stuff, which was exactly 50% of my investments! 🚫 3- Escalating too quickly: Not getting sales is a problem, but sometimes getting sales easily and quickly can also be a problem, especially if you are impatient and try to grow too fast by hand registering domains. It's very easy to waste digital money sitting in your PayPal from a sale you made, especially if you just started domaining and already got a $2k sale. You may think you are a genius, but sometimes you have natural skills mixed with luck, and luck is something that runs out. So don't get blinded by your rapid success. Then renewals started to get closer, and I felt like death was coming for me. But luckily, I always got sales before the big chunk of renewals arrived. I don't want to write a book here so ... take your time, be selective, grow slowly but with quality, and keep some sales money aside! This was my journey, and now I am looking into the domain valley for a greener landscape. I am planting my seeds and keep hunting opportunities. All the best to you if you keep reading until the end. Jack ;)
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A sale just came in... 🥳 My first sale with the new Afternic email♻️ Cost: $7.49 Sold for: $1,495 Hold: 3 months and 11 days Fun Fact: From all my 1,000+ domains, this one was the only one with that word.
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🎉Domain just sold! Here's my case study: On February 11, there was no lander, so I fixed it. On February 12, the domain sold! By February 13, I had already received the funds. On the night of February 11, I began checking my portfolio on Dan, specifically those #domains with zero views. I discovered many domains without landers, including one I had hand-registered almost two years ago containing the term "KGEN." This #domain had received several offers and price requests over the past two years, yet there it was without a lander for some reason who knows how long! I fixed it, and guess what? The next morning, someone bought it! Yes, it sold about 15 hours later. Now, that wasn't the only interesting thing. In fact, when I opened my Gmail and found the "your domain sold" notification from Dan, I was surprised that the sale had happened just seven minutes before I checked my email. Another intriguing aspect is that I had received inquiries from a buyer with an Indian name but using an IP from the UK since November 2023. Now, the buyer who paid also had an Indian name but used an Indian IP. Is it the same buyer or company, or just a coincidence? What's even funnier is that for the Indian buyer from the UK, I had given her these offers: $2,495, $1,500, $1,200, $995. However, the day before the sale, I fixed the lander and set the price at $1,500, and the buyer with Indian IP paid the next day. But how did he know the domain had a lander now? I don't think he was checking every day for the domain, nor did he coincidentally visit the domain just about 15 hours after I fixed the lander. What is your opinion? What can we learn from this? Neglecting important tasks can cost us sales. Always check all your domains to ensure they resolve with a lander on them. If you have hundreds or thousands, it may take time to check each one, and it's certainly less exciting than registering new domains, but it's part of the #domaining game. Just like a sportsman doesn't have fun training hard but enjoys winning the game later. I hope my experience was helpful to you in some way. February and March seem to be a party of sales from what I am perceiving, so good luck to all #domainers, and enjoy the game! I doubt someone here have a domain with the term "KGEN" but you are welcome to surpise me 😜 And special thanks to @Undeveloped (Dan.com) For being so fast and effective! ⚡️
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I REMOVED ALL MY NAMES FROM PREMIUM LISTINGS. Less than 1.5 month ago i removed ALL my #domains from #BrandBucket and #SquadHelp premium listings and it's feels so good to get back 100% of control over my assets + got many offers and already closed many 3 figures and few 4 figures sales! (all hand regs less than 1 year hold) HAVING YOUR #DOMAIN LISTED AS "PREMIUM" IN BB/SH FEELS GOOD, BUT SELLING IT FEELS EVEN BETTER! Premium marketplaces are overrated and the commission they take is absurd and my test shows me i get more sales without "their help". Don't let anyone decide your DN price, because your hand reg from few months ago is better to sell it for $800 than have it listed in those platforms for $2,200 FOREVER. Those platforms don't care if your domain never sell or will take too long to sell because their allowed minimum price is too high, after all is YOU the #domainer the one that pay for the renewals costs not them. MAKE YOUR OWN TEST. ⚽ What is better? ... a) To score only 1 beautiful big goal in a total of 12 matches. b) To score 1 average bored goal in but in every single match of the 12 you played? 12 simple goals are better than 1 great goal. In #domaining is the same. Check the dates here, all are from april/may all of them where listed for 1 year at BrandBucket.com or Squadhelp.com, never sold or got any offers 💀. There is a chance they avoid letting you know about lower offers your domains get? let me know your thoughts. I removed them from those platforms and in 1.5 month feels like a party 🎉 All sold or in negotiations. ⬇️
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Breaking: Video experts' investigation reveals that today, Hamas bombed people on the evacuation route in Gaza. The explosion was caused by a homemade #Hamas IED, designed to falsely implicate Israel and intimidate those following instructions, using them as human shields. Pay attention to the bomb's location: it detonated on the bridge over Wadi Gaza, aimed at obstructing the exit from northern Gaza. We stand in unity with both #Israel and the people of #Gaza against these ruthless Palestinian terrorists. #HamasTerrorist #HamasisISIS #StandWithIsrael
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. DOMAIN SOLD! 🥳 After only 4 days of removing it from BrandBucket! Was listed at BB for almost 2 years. Sale price: $988 Purchase price: $9.73 Date sold: April 29 (yesterday) Hold time: 2 years Case Study: This domain was one of the few I registered in my first month of #domaining. Back then, as a newbie, I believed the best thing I could do was to get my names on BB 😂 (big mistake), and this one got approved there in July 2022. But despite the low price of $1,645, no one bought it for almost 2 years. The domain even received a price reduction of -3%, making it $1,595, but it did not help. ON APRIL 25: I decided to list all my domains on Sedo (that's why I made this post)👇 nitter.app/JackDomainer/status/17… So, in order to add TXT verification, I changed the NS of all my domains from Dan NS to #Porkbun default NS so I could add the TXT record for ownership verification at #Sedo. ON APRIL 27: I switched all the #domains back to Dan NS (which is why you see a sharp decrease and then a high increase in the views from the screenshot in this post)👇 nitter.app/JackDomainer/status/17… I keep all the domains with Dan landers (even those that were previously listed at BB). ON APRIL 28: I received an offer at Dan for the domain I had listed on BB for about 2 years. I was really surprised; only 3 days after the domain was taken off BB, I began receiving offers. I tried to negotiate, but Mr. Zhang from Hong Kong 🇭🇰 didn't like that too much, so he bought it straight from #Afternic. ON APRIL 29: 1-The buyer purchased the domain! 2-BrandBucket sent me a bunch of emails asking me to put the domains back there 😂 And that was the only time I felt good receiving an email from BrandBucket. I WON'T PUT MY DOMAINS BACK ON #BrandBucket Fun Fact: What I also like about this is that I had another similar domain, just one letter different, which I let drop after holding it for one year. That #domain remained available until today, with no one picking it up. However, Mr. Zhang wanted to pay a premium for the one I kept. That was my proof that I did the right thing by dropping that one and keeping this one. What can we learn from this? That may seem like extra work, but from time to time, move all your domains, especially if you have them on premium brandable marketplaces with high prices. As we monitor domains we desire and await their expiration and dropping, similarly, companies or tech people monitor the domains you own that they want but don't want to pay the price for. So, once you change the Name Servers, they receive a notification and will check on your domain. If your domain is no longer in the brandable marketplace and is now more affordable, they may buy it!
DOMAINING IDEA!💡 April is ending! Let's share at the end of each month, a screenshot of the visit numbers we got at Dan, together with the number of #domains parked there. This may bring some revelations to us. More data equals more wisdom, even if it's about something that seems not so relevant. In the end, with big data, you will always find repetitive patterns, and that is a hint about the future. The most effective way to find patterns and clues in this industry is by sharing data. If we all share our data, we may be able to understand some things. That's why one of my goals on Twitter is to grow my friends' number, so I will be able to come up with new ideas. And with the cooperation of other #domainers, we can find out things that will be beneficial to our #domaining strategies and will make us wiser as #domain investors. Here is mine for the end of April 2024: 👁‍🗨Total views: 20,433 🔢Number of domains: around 1,000 💹Increase from the previous month: +65% SHARE A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR APRIL STATS IN THE COMMENTS!
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🔘🔘🔘Dynadot.com🔘🔘🔘 TODAY, I TAKE BACK OWNERSHIP OF MY DOMAINS! Starting today, I’m moving all my 1,000+ domains to DYNADOT landers! 🚀 I’m moving out of GoDaddy/Afternic landers. 💡 The platforms that are #domainers friendly and offer the lowest commissions are the ones that DESERVE the bonus of us sending buyers their way! Meanwhile, platforms that punish us with high commissions and penalize us even more if we dare to use another lander… they deserve to be punished back. 🚫 We will NOT: ❌ Send them type-in buyers. ❌ Feed them our traffic & data. ❌ Give them buyer contact info (which they hide from us). On those platforms, prices should be higher to compensate for their commission greed. 💰 ✅ @Dynadot offers: 🔹 10% commission = MORE PROFIT FOR ME 🔹 Direct buyers offers = MORE CONTROL FOR ME 🔹 Google Analytics tracking for domain traffic = MORE INSIGHTS FOR ME And whatever percentage other marketplaces charge me in commissions, I will charge them back reciprocally by listing there at higher prices. Same way Trump charges the same tariffs other countries charge the USA. 🇺🇸 WE ARE THE OWNERS OF OUR DOMAINS! 💎 We pay renewals. 💎 We pay commissions. 💎 We drive the traffic. 💎 We send most of the buyers. 💎 We create the data. 💎 We deserve access to buyer info. WE DECIDE where to list & what price to set. WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY? WE DO! 👑 💀 Don’t hand over control of your #domains to platforms that: ❌ Force you to use their landers. ❌ Dictate your prices. ❌ Decide how you price on other marketplaces. ❌ Charge commissions even if you sell elsewhere—CLOWN BEHAVIOR! 🤡 💙That’s why today, I choose this team⬇️
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. I SOLD A DOMAIN TODAY, BUT THE DIVINE PROOF I RECEIVED IS EVEN MORE EXCITING ✨ Investment: $11 (hand reg) Type: Invented / Brandable Hold Time: 3.5 months ROI: 22,518% / 226× (before commission) How it came to me instantly, and how you can do it too using this recipe: ☎️ Call #1: Set the Right Mindset Yesterday morning, I had a deep conversation with a friend about the power of mindset and energy when it comes to attracting what you want. Speaking with the right person about the right topic puts your conscious and subconscious mind into alignment. The answer: After that, I went out to run some errands while listening to a video about mindset shifts. I entered a building, and at the exact moment the speaker said, “If you need money…” I looked down and saw money on the floor. Yes, believe it or not, it was a bill worth around $30. Coincidence? That instantly shifted my energy. I entered what I call the magic zone. ☎️ Call #2: Tune Into the Right Vibe Before going to sleep.yesterday, I did a short 5-minute meditation while listening to 888 Hz binaural beats, the frequency of prosperity, and visualized a golden light surrounding me. Here’s the video I used: piped.video/uizoxx3IALM?si=93wc… My read: When you want something, you need to "tune in" like a radio. If you want news, you put on a news channel. If you want music, you put on MTV. If you want to chill, you put on a movie. Same with asking the universe: you have to use the right channel. Otherwise, it’s like calling someone at 3 a.m. chances are, no one will answer. But if you call at the right time, someone picks up. ☎️ Call #3: Ask the Price Yesterday, I ran a poll asking what price tag people thought worked best for hand-registered domains. I offered four options. I expected the lower price options to get most of the votes. But surprisingly, the highest price — $2,500 — won by a large margin (~40% of the total votes). 📞 Answer: Today I Sold a Domain for $2,488 Coincidence? What makes it even crazier is that less than 10% of my portfolio is priced in that range — making this outcome even more precise. 🎯 My Read: Be Like Kids Kids always get the gifts they want, because they ask with precision. They don’t just ask for “a bike.” They tell you the color, brand, and size. They don’t ask for “a video game console.” They say “a black PlayStation 5.” So if you want a sale, don’t just ask for “a sale.” Ask for a specific sale, visualize a specific price, and make sure it matches what your domain can reasonably command. There has to be balance between your request and your offer. 🧠 Final Insight I remember what I was doing when I hand-registered the domain. I was driving around the city and stopped for a quick break. I spent 10 minutes searching for names and told myself: “Why am I wasting time on this now?” But then I thought: “What if this domain isn’t available later? What if I actually sell it one day?” So I registered just one name and that’s the one that sold today. 💸 Bonus Step: Give First If you want to receive money, give money. Do something good for someone who ask you for help. The universe has a way of giving it back multiplied by hundreds. Hope this was helpful. Let me know if it works for you too 🙌
. ⚠️ IMPORTANT POLL So far, on average, for .com domains you bought at the registration fee (hand reg), which price point has given you the best conversion rate — combining high sales frequency with a profitable ROI across the entire portfolio?
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How did I know i was good at #Domaining from day 1? 3 Signs That Confirmed It Sign #1: Already Taken ❌ From the first time i searched for expired domains, i noticed something weird… Out of a list of 50 names, i’d like only 1 or 2, but when i checked availability—they were the ONLY ones taken! This kept happening over and over. No way it was a coincidence. That’s when i realized: I was naturally picking valuable names—without any experience. That meant i had an innate skill for spotting good #domains, giving me an advantage over others. I knew that with knowledge and experience, i could get even better. Sign #2: A Talent for Naming 💡 Since childhood, i’ve been great at creating names. I gave nicknames to kids, and some still use them today I invented new words, and my classmates picked them up—some got popular in school As i grew up, i kept renaming businesses with bad branding in my head. So when i got into domaining, i applied the same creativity to invent potential brand names. Then i found out… The names i just made up already existed as real brands —or the domains were listed for sale at high prices. That was my 2nd sign—i wasn’t just creative; my ideas aligned with real market demand. Sign #3: Real Results 💲 At this point, i knew i had a natural gift. I just needed to find names i liked, invest, and keep learning. So i went ALL IN—bought my first 200 domains. 📈 2 months later, I sold my first #domain for $2,000. That was my confirmation. That was the real beginning. I reinvested everything, leveling up my portfolio to 400 domains in 2 months. My goal wasn’t just to make money—it was to build a BIG portfolio. With time, i shifted to quality over quantity, also setting aside money to grow my finances. Now, i hold 1,000 domains, making 1-2 passive sales per month. I don’t reinvest everything anymore—I renew some, drop some, and register new ones to keep my portfolio solid at 1,000 names. 🔑 That’s how i knew from day one that I was built for this. #Domainer share your story in the comments, it will be interesting for me and others to read.
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Do you see how he took only that part and wrote in CAPITAL LETTERS the word "civilians". That's reveals his real intent and bias.
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You wrote 1920 vs 1923 Obviously you meant 2023. Would be helpful if you add a comment in this post clarifying the mistake.
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. 🎉Celebrating 4K Followers Milestone!🎉 Dear Domainers, I am thrilled to announce that we've hit a fantastic milestone together – 4,000 followers strong!🥳🚀 Your unwavering support, engagement, and passion for all things domains have been the driving force behind this achievement. Whether you've been with me from the start or just recently joined our community, your presence makes all the difference. I am immensely grateful for each and every one of you who has liked, shared, commented, and contributed to our discussions. Your insights, questions, and ideas fuel our collective journey in the dynamic world of domain names. Let's continue to learn, grow, and inspire each other as we navigate the exciting opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Together, we're shaping the future of #domaining! Thank you once again for your incredible support. Here's to many more milestones and memorable moments together! 🚀🌟 With gratitude, JackDomainer. #domains #domain #domainCommunity
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2nd Sale of April 🥳 Forgot to share this one (From 3 days ago). In the first week of April, I was blessed with 2 sales. I’ve seen people with big portfolios complaining about not getting any sales this month, but at the same time, I’m also seeing many others sharing a lot of sales. ⏳Hold: 2 years 5 month 🫰Cost: $22 💡Type: Invented name
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⚠️RAISING AWARENESS: Godaddy front run domains you searched? Is 🍑GoDaddy registering good available domains for themselves that you previously searched for on their site using the search tool? 👀 Companies in the domain industry have extensive data and automated systems that allow them to have a HUGE leverage over the average #domainer. In other words, it's like a 10-year-old kid playing football against Leo Messi. ⚽️ Now, using this data and these systems allows them to register good domains in massive quantities the moment they drop after expiring. Many have purchase orders even before they expire, and all of this happens automatically. This is how they acquire thousands of domains EVERY SINGLE DAY. Is there a chance that once you search for a name in their search tool, if the domain is available and meets certain criteria that their system identifies as "valuable," they get a notification, and someone who works there decides to purchase the domain for the company's portfolio? Or even better, does the system automatically register it a few hours later? FRONT RUNNING 🏃‍♂️ What is an example of front running? Examples of Front Running: A broker receives an order from a client to purchase 100,000 shares in Company A. The broker knows that the large buy transaction is likely to drive up the price of the company's stock. Thus, he decides to purchase for himself 2,000 shares in Company A before executing the client's order. EXPERIENCES FROM USERS: Reading today a Quora article i found this comments from different users lets take a look:👇 🙅‍♂️Kris Yoges: Its True, We have software company and we using search domain to buy on godaddy in several occasion - we found available #domain once we marked and inform to adimn team When admin Team search next day or 2nd day that domain not available it not 1–2 or 3 days Its happens to use more than 50–60 times (i think the will sell for premium domain from our time) So we have stop searching domain from godaddy 🏃‍♂️Paagal Dev: Godaddy front runs #DomainNames ... I personally experienced it. I was searching for a certain domain name a week before. By the time i start searching the domain was available. I had to postpone my purchase because my credit card was missing. Later when i checked for the name after a few hours... it is booked by Godaddy .LLC and placed it on auction. 🙅‍♀️Deborah Clifton: "I searched for some domain names using GoDaddy, and they were all available. I put all the names in the checkout cart, but thought I'd check with my team before purchasing. A few days later I went back to GoDaddy to do the checkout and the cart was empty. I then searched for the #domains and each one was now taken, but GoDaddy gave a message that said they would be happy to negotiate the purchase of them for me if I paid them $69.95. I then went to WhoIs to find out who owned the domains, and...you guessed it...GoDaddy now owns them! Surely this is illegal, no?? And I recall when I first searched and carted those names, GoDaddy gave me a message saying the names were excellent because blah blah blah. I now realize that instead of giving me good info, this is in fact an algorithm that helps THEM identify great domain names that THEY can purchase. I'm so ticked... I will NEVER use GoDaddy again. 🙋‍♂️Vinodhsen Ethirajulu: "I agree with OP. This occured to me couple of times. Then I stopped using the domain search facility in godaddy" 🙎‍♂️Indu Pillai: "It is perfectly possible that they’re stealing the domain names whenever they find those domain names attractive. Same was the case with me an year ago. I was buying a domain name, and there was some problem with my credit card. Only after 30 minutes or so when I tried again the domain name was parked. Since then I never used GoDaddy again. And as you mentioned in your question, my domain name was very tricky and it was impossible for anyone else to guess it at that day and at that very moment." 🍷John Smart: "GoDaddy have the ethics of a near bankrupt alcoholic lawyer. Not nice people. No ethics. But they have a model that makes them a ton of money. And a moderately good name in the public eye do they can sell many many more." 🕵️‍♂️Anonymous: "I'll say yes personally speaking. Some weeks ago i found good short words expired domain about 3–4 domains with rich keywords. One of this domain caught my eye because it was a two word domain 11 in total [Technology niche] I was going to register the domain and resell it. So for a week plus i obversed the domain including backlinks and everything that has to do with finding a good expired domain. Everyday i kept checking the domain to see if it has been registered. Surprisedly, it was not i notice the domain had expired for about 90–100 days before i found the domain. So i checked the domain on Godaddy and #NameCheap for a cheaper registration price. The next day i was ready to buy the domain. I found out the domain has been registered barely 24hours. I checked whois Domain Names & Identity for Everyone and found out the domain was registered that same day and parked at Make Your Own Way | GoDaddy . I was really pained did some research on google and saw other people complaining same issue. Till this date the remaining 3 domain i didn't check on godaddy are still not registered." 👳‍♂️Chris Rivera: "WOW! I was going to register a domain name for a business I'm starting. The name is pretty unique. We looked it up using #GoDaddy and it was available so we agreed to use this domain. I went to register it 3 days later and it was taken. I looked at the whose who and it was registered the same freaking day we were looking it up on Go Daddy. More importantly I went to the site and it has go daddy ads all over it. Could this seriously have happened? I was going to use Go Daddy for our hosting, but now it seems like you shouldn't even use it to look up available domain names. There is no way this happened by chance...which makes me wonder how the heck did it happen?" MY CONCLUSION 🧐 Jack: I don't have a way to check if they do that, but I think it's possible for them to do it if they want. Let's imagine for a second that they tested that option in the past and it yielded profitable results. Then why wouldn't they continue doing it? And I'm not just talking about GoDaddy; this could be done by many other registrars. When you search for a domain, that information doesn't just disappear after you close the tab. It's archived and analyzed, similar to how #Google saves all the billions and trillions of searches users perform, or how #Facebook uses information for marketing purposes. Even if we assume that registrars don't register the valuable domains you searched for and didn't register, they use that information to understand what is "hot." They can immediately identify when a new trend is born, and they can use this information, which they have ahead of the majority in the industry, to their own advantage, and they will not share that information with us, even when they got that information from us in the first place. They will give us instead useless information like "most selling keywords of the month", which are almost the same every month. The rest of information they do not share with us, which is 99.99% of the data they have. Everybody knows but if you dont: GoDaddy have huge portfolios, they have millions of domains, they bought for hundreds of millions $$ portfolios from big domainers with real premium domains and with ultra premium domains too. We never know, but just in case... 1 - i always check if a domain is available through a small registrar not owned by the big companies. 2 - don't add the domain to the cart if you are not planning to register it immediately. 3 - save the list of domains you want to purchase later on a paper list, in excel, or in google sheets, not in the registrar wish list, cart or saved domains to purchase later. DOMAINS ARE MONEY 💵 IF A MAN SEE A BILL ON THE STREET HE WILL PICK IT UP! IF A DOMAINER SEE A VALUABLE DOMAIN AVAILABLE, HE WILL PICK IT UP! IF A REGISTRAR SEE A VALUABLE DOMAIN AVAILABLE THEY WILL PICK IT UP! What do you think? share your opinion so we can find out more things. #Domainers, hope you found valuable information here, and helped you to open your eyes a little bit. Share, Like or Comment. ❤️
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🎉MY 2ND SALE OF THE DAY! 🔥 What is going on here?! 🤯 The buyer who sent the offer earlier, as mentioned in my previous post, made the payment after I provided him with an extensive explanation and comparison on why the #domain have way more value of my BIN price, along with warning that the BIN price was a mistake and If he don't buy it, i will adjust the price (300% higher), this is something you can say only if you can provide real evidence on why the domain have way more value, things the buyer can check by himself. Don't lie, use the facts on your favor. Additionally, the funds from today's earlier sale have already arrived after only 7 hours. ⚡️ In 2024, the year of the dragon, I knew it would bring me luck since I am a dragon in the Chinese zodiac. However, two sales in one day is something I wasn't expecting at all. Specially without doing outbound and with a tiny portfolio of 742 handreg #domains. I can get used to this very easily! 😋 Cost: $9.73 Hold: 9.5 months ROI: 72x (7,200%) The domain was taken in only 1 TLD (mine) have no meaning and not related to #ai.
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🧿DOMAIN SOLD 🎉 Time to share another sale! This one is from February, - $9.70 to $2,995 🚀 - Hold: 10 months🌱 - Taken in: ONE tld1⃣ - Source: my mind👁️ I dont post every single sale i do, i only do it if there is something to learn from it. What can we learn? {thread} 👇
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Interesting Revelation from My Test Is #Afternic intentionally hiding low offers on our domains? Or are they simply overwhelmed and only prioritizing domains with higher offer amounts? What exactly is happening to the lowball offers our domains are receiving? I don’t know for sure — but what I do know is that we’re often not even being notified when a low offer comes in. Before #GoDaddy shut down Dan, I had all my domains on Dan landers and was consistently receiving offers every month. After Dan was closed, I switched everything to Afternic landers with BIN + Make Offer. Since then, my inbox went silent. Over the entire year, I received just one offer via my Afternic dashboard — a $750 offer I completely missed. Only later did a GoDaddy broker email me with a $2,200 offer for that same #domain. That was the only activity all year. A few weeks ago, I decided to move all my landers off Afternic — and guess what? The very next day, I received an offer. That week, I got offers on three different #domains. Something just doesn’t add up. As another test, I submitted a $100 offer on one of my own domains through an Afternic lander… and I never received any notification. It didn't show up in my Afternic dashboard either. Out of 1,000+ domains, I haven’t seen a single offer appear in the dashboard column (beside the views column) When I used Dan, I closed many 4-figure sales that all began with a small $100 offer. That flow is now gone. I’m convinced we’re losing sales because of it. If you’re using Afternic landers, ask yourself: Are you seeing any low offers? Try send a low offer to your own domains and check it by yourself.
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—If you're profitable— DOMAINS ARE BETTER THAN REAL ESTATE why? HERE'S A PIECE OF MY OWN JOURNEY My current LEASE income is: 💵 $424 from Afternic + $132 from Atom = $556/month Total domains: ~900 (dropped many recently) $556 a month might sound like very little, but… That’s the same monthly income I’d earn by renting out a small apartment in the country I live in. The difference? Buying that apartment would cost me $500,000+. Starting my domain business, on the other hand, only required an initial investment of $1,125.21 (just checked). That was the exact amount I spent out of pocket hand-registering domains using @porkbun — until I made my first sale 2.5 months in. It was a made-up crypto/tech brand name I sold for $2,000. That’s when it all started. From that day on, I never invested another dollar from my own pocket. It was all house money. I reinvested the full $2K into more names, and every sale after that was reinvested 100%. I didn’t know if I was doing the right thing. I just jumped in, took the risk. I followed my intuition, creativity, common sense, desire, and hope. After 2 years, I finally started pulling money out. ✅ Recovered my initial investment ✅ Bought a new car ✅ Sent money to my family ✅ Bought tons of workout supplements — a LOT ✅ Got a Portfolio. with 1,000 domains ✅ Keep the rest of funds. Why LTO (Lease-to-Own) is a powerful strategy: 👉 You build passive income 👉 You avoid burning lump sums on low-quality mass registrations 👉 Full-payment sales can boost your ego too much — you get overconfident and less selective, thinking you cracked the code… when really, you've only figured out 20% 👉 It lets low-budget buyers acquire your domains 👉 If they cancel, you keep the money and get the domain back 👉 You avoid entering desperate mode — slashing prices, hoping for a fast sale like your life depends on it (desperate domainer behavior) Every payment you get triggers an email from Afternic and PayPal — it keeps your mindset in the game. You're in the flow, and you’ve got the bullets to go hunt better names. You still get those one-time full-payment sales (the bonus). I’ve learned not to spend that money — unless a true opportunity shows up (like what’s happening now with .ai domains). ⚠️Remember, you don’t need to spend crazy amounts of money to start getting sales. If you’ve already spent $1K–$2K and after a year you’ve made no sales or you’re not profitable, it’s a sign that something’s wrong. You should consider pausing your spending, focusing on learning, or even exploring a different side hustle. Hope you enjoyed the read as i enjoyed the write🍃
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Today feeling 1 step closer,i reached the 500 domains portfolio🏅i am 4 month old baby domainer,but i work hard to make the process faster. at the 200 dn made my 1st sale,was on my 3rd month of domaining,a🖐️reg brandable,hold for 2 months & sold for 2k. my stats are in bull run😅
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60% FEE VS. 15% FEE! My Case Study. 🎉i just SOLD a handreg domain 2 days ago through Dan! - Investment: $9.70 - Sold for: $595 - fee: $89.25 9 (15%) - net profit: $496 - hold time until offer came in: 1 month - hold time until sold: 2 months - ROI: 5,013% (50X) - No outbound at all. One month ago, I shared a post detailing how Squadhelp, despite receiving a $500 offer for my domain, intended to retain $300 for themselves, leaving me with only $200. I have since successfully sold the domain through DAN, ensuring that I retained the full amount of $505. WHAT I DID? The initial offer from Squadhelp resulted from a test in which I utilized Squadhelp landers for all my domains. However, realizing the exorbitant commission, and lack of sales I switched back to DAN landers. Despite having the buyer's contact details, I refrained from reaching out. Instead, I listed the domain with a fixed "buy now" price of $595 (a 19% increase) without the option for offers. This strategic move not only spared me from Squadhelp's 60% commission but also allowed me to cover DAN's 15% fee within the increased price, the buyer will pay the commission. After a month with DAN lander, the buyer returned, and I received the entire $500 from him, along with an additional $6, recovering the initial domain registration cost. So by changing from squadhelp to Dan lander was like making 2.5X sales more in this single transaction. FACTS NOTES: A) While all my domains had Dan landers i used to sell 1 or 2 hand reg #domains per month B) While all my domains had Squadhelp landers for several months i sold ZERO domains. C) After putting back all my domains with Dan landers i started to sell 1,2 domains per month again. D) This suggests that DAN has a significantly higher conversion rate, The factors contributing to this success are: -A three-letter domain, especially a three-letter word or surname like DAN.com, instills trust. Buyers don't need to be #domainers to grasp what a top domain looks like and its value. When they encounter a domain such as DAN.com, they immediately recognize it as representing a serious company. -Next to the DAN logo is the #Godaddy logo, known worldwide by everyone. -People are afraid to provide their payment details on a site they've never heard of before due to the prevalence of scams. However, they feel secure doing so on a GoDaddy site. So, for the customer, it doesn't matter if the price is now 19% higher, as long as they feel secure during the transaction. Squadhelp LANDERS VS. DAN LANDERS Squadhelp: "You got an offer of $500 for your domain Con__.com, Your NET payout at this offer price would be: $200" (60% commission fee) Dan: "You just sold the domain name Con__.com for $595 Your NET payout is $505.75" (15% commission fee) #domaining #domainsales #domainnames #sales #domainer #DigitalAssets #domainsold #domainsale SCREENSHOTS 👇👇👇👇👇
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. **AI SALES COMPILATION** Every domain sale posted on X by Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall 200+ sales from newest to oldest 2024 - 2023 ⬇️ DataFusion .ai - $12.2K Alem .ai - $10K Sniper .ai - $30K Handoff .ai - $32.1K Crew .ai - $105K clo .ai - $30K doris .ai - $35K invent .ai - $94.9K Golf .ai - $140K Anthology .ai - $35K Operator .ai - $75K Reflection .ai - $50K GM .ai - $42K Accent .ai - $40K Oscar .ai - $30K Jax .ai - $23.4K Receivable .ai - $35K Crossroads .ai - $27.5K devin .ai - $30K Pose .ai - $42.5K Bison .ai - $50K Ceramic .ai - $45K Foxy .ai - $22K Ala .ai - $22K Fem .ai - $59.5K Spindle .ai - $32.5K DataCenters .ai - $29.7K InPlay .ai - $24.6K CapTable .ai - $20K Norm .ai - $23.5K Witness .ai - $35K Inner .ai - $27K Spare .ai -$30.5K TechSupport .ai - $80K Aurelium .ai $25K Hockey .ai - $30K Homey .ai - $24.2K UTO .ai - $23.8K Prop .ai - $21.2K BUZ .ai - $12.7K Outcomes .ai - $29.7K LoveYou .ai - $25K Enhanced .ai - $42K VideoGame .ai - $30K MyAssistant .ai - $30K Attribution .ai - $64.9K MetaLearn .ai - $5K Tango .ai - $34.5K Min .ai - $50K Charlotte .ai - $22.5K Qualified .ai - $45K Liminal .ai - $40K Eros .ai - $22K Mathis .ai - $11K Sneakers .ai - $33K Soldier .ai - $52.5K Dara .ai - $20K Kindness .ai - $19.3K rabbithole .ai: - $18.7K kobo .ai: - $12K julius .ai: - $11K guo .ai: - $10K vienna .ai: - $19.4K Outreach .ai: - $65K Cadre .ai: - $20K Further .ai: - $19.5K Phoebe .ai: - $25K todolist .ai: - $7.2K Sudo .ai: - $25K Soundtrack .ai: - $40K Domo .ai: - $24K Toku .ai: - $19.5K Dee .ai: - $9.5K Mass .ai: - $69.5K Instance .ai: - $35K Litmus .ai: - $24K OpenMind .ai: - $10K stem .ai: - $38.5K janitor .ai: - $38.4K shark .ai: - $28K rumi .ai: - $22K argus .ai: - $22K rug .ai: - $19.8K 49 .ai: - $13.3K thinklabs .ai: - $10K yoda .ai: - $7.5K Customers .ai: - $25K luxy .ai: - $2.8K elsie .ai: - $1.8K llc .ai: - $7.4K b2 .ai: - $3K fyi .ai: - $27.7K fonts .ai: - $20K shirts .ai: - $5K climbing .ai: - $3K spotter .ai: - $3.5K fingerprint .ai: - $9.9K mariko .ai: - $2.5 emerson .ai: - $7.9K sandwich .ai: - $15K outline .ai: - $10K serendipity .ai: - $8K keeper .ai: - $11.9K palette .ai: - $6.4K bara .ai: - $2.5K meeting .ai: - $51K afterlife .ai: - $4.7K firehose .ai: - $10K publishing .ai: - $20K bestie .ai: - $7K uri .ai: - $2.2K elo .ai: - $12K edgar .ai: - $2.5K wonk .ai: - $7.9K applicant .ai : - $17.2K retro .ai: - $11.5K rea .ai: - $1.7K gnosis .ai: - $4K gain .ai: - $10K datarecovery .ai: - $10.9K eternal .ai: - $7.2K quench .ai: - $14.8K yana .ai: - $2.6K lat .ai: - $19.5K fantasy .ai: - $49.7K tal .ai: - $6K zek .ai: - $4.9K mara .ai: - $6.5K volley .ai: -$24K belt .ai: - $8.9K eats .ai: - $6.5K whatever .ai: - $12.4K moonshot .ai: - $22.8K wordsmith .ai: - $5K frontline .ai: - $8K carl .ai : - $5.7K lurk .ai: - $5.6K fomo .ai: - $1.8K theo .ai: - $4.5K hallo .ai: - $3.5K jim .ai: - $7.5K rodin .ai: - $1.7K german .ai: -$5.5K fyr .ai: - $5K conversant .ai: - $4.5K fantasyfootball .ai: - $8.9K orchestra .ai: - $26.2K bobi .ai: - $2K radiance .ai: - $7K noted .ai: - $9K maximus .ai: - $8.5K abel .ai: - $3K airship .ai: - $25K mio .ai: - $6K graymatter .ai: - $2.5K cai .ai: - $2.5K cfo .ai: - $24.7K planning .ai: - $29.5K pug .ai: - $13.2K puff .ai: - $9K ora .ai: - $6K levelup .ai: - $7K cicada .ai: - $6K cram .ai: - $12K gizmo .ai: - $7K gosh .ai: - $6K deb .ai: - $6.7K panama .ai: - $7.3K gotham .ai: - $6K lao .ai: - $6K ramble .ai: - $12.5K elevator .ai: - $15K artists .ai: - $16.5K automator .ai: - $15K getit .ai: - $5.5K roleplay .ai: - $12.3K fares .ai: - $9K daemon .ai: - $15K shirt .ai: - $7,777 beds .ai: - $7,777 prolific .ai: - $34.9K factory .ai: - $99K release .ai: - $40K defense .ai: - $33K beam .ai. $29K ollie .ai : - $29.5K small .ai: - $20.2K momento .ai: - $19.5K fern .ai: - $12.5K surfer .ai: - $12K bookstore .ai: - $10K chai .ai: - $9.5K pingpong .ai: - $9.5K booked .ai: - $8K tio .ai: - $7.5K sid .ai: - $7.1K vinny .ai: - $6.7K apostle .ai: - $6.5K bags .ai: - $6,500 poolside .ai: - $6K 369 .ai: - $6K cicada .ai: - $6K cici .ai: - $5.3K gar .ai: - $5K hair .ai: - $27.5K design .ai: - $160K step .ai: - $49.5K trippy .ai: - $6K simple .ai: - $75K braintrust .ai: - $7.5K jen .ai: - $12K
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March 14th Just sold another domain today, ! 🎉 I woke up to a sale and + a new offer on another domain (which I never received an email about, and yesterday the customer made the offer, but for some reason, I only saw it today on the platform). On average, last two months i am getting around one sale per week without any outbound effort. I am feeling like TonyNames already, except that I have fewer than 750 hand-registered #domains, each paid between $7 to $10, whereas he has close to 10,000, with acquisition costs ranging from $50 to $250 or more in a big number of them. To renew my entire portfolio will cost me less than $8k, while he spends $8k a month on renewals. Hopefully, in a few more years, I can have thousands of domains too and make sales every single day. I can't wait! The #domain market is alive again, and people are buying domains like crazy! I don't have much time today, but I will share screenshots of the negotiation for this one. The hold time was 6.5 months. #Domaining negotiation play... I told the buyer i will agree on his last offer but only if he pay the Dan commission so i get the full amount of his offer, he paid, and that allowed me to get an extra 20% from him. 😅
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DOMAINS SOLD BY SWETHA THAT ARE FOR SALE NOW 🚩 This post is for the 'evidence seekers' Here’s a list of domains that were sold by Swetha and are listed on NameBio. Now, those same domains are back for sale. Looks like all those "end users" turned into domainers. 📌 BONUS at the end of the list! Grab your popcorn!🍿 DATE - PRICE SOLD - PRICE NOW bolt.xyz- 1/22 -- $79,888 --> now: $500 mo homepage.xyz- 4/22 -- $60,000 --> now: $100 mo mystic.xyz- 3/22 -- $50,000 --> now: $100 mo territory.xyz- 5/22 -- $39,888 --> now: $48,500 kindred.xyz- 1/22 -- $27,888 --> now: $1,200 m.o optics.xyz- 9/21 -- $19,888 --> now: $79,888 cameo.xyz- 12/21 -- $19,888 --> now: $500 m.o heir.xyz- 12/21 -- $19,888 --> now: $100 m.o fractional.xyz- 12/21 -- $14,888 --> now: $10,000 wilde.xyz- 12/20 -- $13,000 --> now: $49,990 spectrum.xyz- 6/21-- $10,000 --> now: $178,888 accredited.xyz- 1/22-- $9,888 --> now: m.o maxim.xyz- 8/21 -- $9,888 --> now: $8,911 protocol.xyz- 4/21 -- $8,000 --> now: $69,899 moniker.xyz- 2/22 -- $7,888 --> now: $4,995 mags.xyz- 12/21 -- $7,888 --> now: $99 m.o giddy.xyz- 4/22 -- $6,100 --> now: $17,999 provenance.xyz- 10/21 -- $4,995 --> now: $100 m.o boundless.xyz- 7/21 -- $4,995 --> now: $100 m.o caliente.xyz- 11/21 -- $4,995 --> now: $2,000 m.o increment.xyz- 9/21 -- $4,995 --> now: $1,200 m.o efficiency.xyz- $4,888--8/20--> now: $44,599 soteria.xyz- $4,000--5/21--> now: $29,500 hideout.xyz- 10/21 -- $3,995 --> now: inquire Leaderboard.xyz- 10/21 -- $3,995 --> now: $1,200 chia.xyz- 05/21 -- $3,995 --> now: $71,565 interchain.xyz- 05/22 -- $3,995 --> now: $199,888 demeter.xyz- 09/21 -- $3,995 --> now: $49,500 fractal.xyz- 08/20 -- $3,888 --> now: $49,995 zinc.xyz- 03/21 -- $3,495 --> now: $100 m.o narwhal.xyz- 06/21 -- $3,000 --> now: $3,000 spectre.xyz- 03/21 -- $3,000 --> now: $50,000 heyday.xyz- 06/21 -- $3,000 --> now: $100 m.o antimatter.xyz- 01/22 -- $2,995 --> now: $100 m.o artifacts.xyz- 09/21 -- $2,995 --> now: $100 m.o blockhouse.xyz- 01/22 -- $2,995 --> now: $500 m.o metaphysics.xyz- 11/21 -- $2,995 --> now: $3,000 tenshi.xyz- 03/22 -- $2,995 --> now: $1,100 arcane.xyz- 06/20 -- $2,995 --> now: $100 m.o viceversa.xyz- 01/22 -- $2,995 --> now: $25,000 geode.xyz- 11/21 -- $2,995 --> now: $29,500 ecclesia.xyz- 10/21 -- $2,995 --> now: $588 funded.xyz- 10/21----$2,500 --> now: $100 m.o goodplace.xyz- 07/22 -- $2,500 --> now: $2,000 diagnosis.xyz- 07/20 -- $2,495 --> now: inquire ollie.xyz- 12/21 -- $1,995 --> now: inquire pythia.xyz- 09/21 -- $1,995 --> now: $100 m.o seedfund.xyz- 10/21 -- $1,850 --> now: $1,800 amplified.xyz- 02/21 -- $1,495 --> now: $100 m.o symptoms.xyz- 07/20 -- $1,495 --> now: $17,888 particles.xyz- 02/21 -- $1,495 --> now: $39,990 geomatics.xyz- 07/20 -- $1,495 --> now: $7,888 spellbound.xyz- 09/21 -- $1,200 --> now: $49,888 🎁 BONUS TRACK This were domains 'sold' by Swetha that are now expired: linkable.xyz- 4/22 -- $3,995 --> now: expired audacious.xyz- 1/22 -- $4,995 --> now: expired It will be interesting to see what arguments Swetha’s prominent defenders try to present about this — because these are facts, and no explanation can argue against facts. WHY THIS IS BAD? This is bad because the only possible explanations are: A. All these sales were fake. B. The big sales were fake, and some of the smaller ones were real — but the buyers were domain investors who believed the .xyz hype. Fueled by Swetha’s reported sales, they overpaid thousands for domains that might only be worth hundreds on the aftermarket. Maybe some of these investors are the very same people defending Swetha and pushing the narrative — trying to keep hope alive that they can sell their overpriced domains to another sucker. Some of them are experts, so they won’t admit they were fooled. They need to project an image of success — and this is a failure. 💡TIP: If you don’t see a price on the lander, just search the domain on GoDaddy or Afternic — the listing will usually show up there. 🔁 Sharing this post could help new domainers avoid losing money. SWETHA 'SOLD' DOMAINS AGAIN FOR SELL ⬇️ #swethaxyz #xyzscam #swethascam
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I just sold potato.xyz for $98,299! Now you got courage to buy from me worthless one word .xyz for 2K (i have thousands of those) THE TRUE: i photoshoped this picture in 2min,no sale,potato will remain listed for sale #xyz #domainsale #domainer #Domains #Domainname
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I Just Bought a Domain… From Another Domainer! 🤯 Congrats to the domainer who just made a sale. 🎉 Am I leveling up or just going crazy? It’s my first time buying from another domainer. I paid $500 for the name, which might be peanuts for many investors, but for me, it’s huge! My comfort zone has always been buying at $11-$30 and flipping for $1,000-$3,000—and it works. I even sold some for $500 in my first two years. And now… I’m spending $500 instead of earning it? Feels weird. On one hand, I’m excited; on the other, I feel like I became the customer. I definitely prefer being the seller. Right before clicking "Buy," I thought: WTF am I doing? 😵‍💫 And it didn’t stop there… I also bought the name in other extensions, including .AI (my first and only .ai) adding another $193—total: $715. That’s what I usually spend on 65 domains! This might be the start of a turning point—if I manage to sell this name for 5 figures, as I expect, it’ll give me the confidence to stop fearing 3-4 digit domain purchases instead of sticking to 1-2 digits registration fees like I always have. That would be a huge step for me. I may sell it, or I may not—but either way, it’ll be an important lesson. And that’s a win, because learning is the path to success. But I'm very confident since the #domain is the name of an entire industry. A few years ago, a company that received around $30 million in initial funding was using this exact match name. Wish me luck, brothers.🍀 #domains #domainname
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. Hola Hola my domainer friends! Wazzup!!! 😎👋 I’ve been away for a while, but I’m back and excited to reconnect with all of you. Thanks so much for your patience and support, especially to those who reached out via DMs! 🙏 Over the past few months, I’ve been busy with other businesses, projects, and responsibilities. Plus, for the last 3 months, I’ve gone all-in at the gym 💪 as I prepare for a natural bodybuilding championship next year—a goal I’ve put off for way too long. Now that I’m 36, it’s time to make it happen before I get older! So far in 3 months i’ve added about 3 kg (6.6 lbs) of lean muscle. No steroids—I’m 100% against that garbage. In my 15 years of training, I’ve never touched any kind of steroids and never will. 🚫 Training 5 times a week takes up a big part of my day: 1.5 hours for workouts, plus 2 more hours for commuting, meal prep, and extra sleep. That’s 3.5 hours every day dedicated to reaching my goal. 🕒 Not only have I been inactive here on Twitter, but I also neglected my domain portfolio of 1,100 hand-registered domains. 🌐 I tend to lose interest once I hit certain milestones—it’s like the challenge disappears. Even so, my domain business has been on autopilot, bringing in 1-2 sales a month in the 4 figures between $1,000 to $3,000, along with 2-4 offers a month in the 3 figures and some even up to 2k offers. I also let about 200 domains drop. Yesterday, I reviewed my numbers and was surprised to find that my sales have doubled every year. 📈 That realization gave me a big boost of motivation! So, I’ve decided to stay more connected and consistent moving forward. My goal is to dedicate at least 7 hours a week to my domain business, including sharing content here with you all! I’m really excited about this new chapter and can’t wait to start sharing new stuff with you. Let’s make incredible things happen! 🚀 Wishing you all an amazing week ahead! ❤️" #domainers #domains #domaining #domain Here is a pic from 2 weeks ago after a back-biceps workout. If you have questions about workouts-nutrition ask me in the comments i will help 🤜🏻🤛🏻
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. 🎉Today, the domain industry got a little less fraudulent. Is Swetha•xyz a scam? X•com :
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Que ignorante. No la ves, por eso tampoco ves los 3 ceros adicionales. Ademas Adorni se merece su sueldo y aun mas, a diferencia de los parásitos comunistas, socialistas, peronistas y kirchneristas que no hacen nada y cobran un sueldo. No tengo duda que vos sos una de ellos, seguro estas dentro de esas 3,000 pensiones.
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"In 2024 you missed your money"
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Russia, Ukraine = 0.05% 😄
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ATTENTION NEW DOMAINERS! ⚠️ SWETHA THE SCAMMER IS BACK!! After a period of dormancy, "Swetha" has re-emerged to report xyz "sales" in order to hype the TLD once again. This is a seasonal occurrence. "She" and her team, along with paid promoters, executed this trickery in 2021-2022 during the crypto boom, using that narrative to explain who the "buyers" were. Now that crypto is trending again, they have resurfaced and are also capitalizing on the #ai trend Making new domainers believe is a good idea to register ai related domais in the xyz tld, some people may be able to do some sales on it but is not something everyone can do and those sales are nor verifiable. Be extremely skeptical and cautious when you encounter these "sales". This topic has been extensively discussed in the industry in the past, but since then, thousands of new domainers have entered the industry and may not be aware of this "Swetha" scam. It's not only Jack Domainer saying this; many of the most successful domainers in the industry have expressed similar concerns. They have enough experience to detect such scams and have openly shared their thoughts on it. Rick Schwarz, Mike Mann, and many others have never been caught engaging in illegal activities because they adhere to ethical standards and morals—unlike the individuals behind "Swetha". In fact, "she" remains anonymous, has never attended any domainers' social gatherings, and has declined all interview invitations from industry members. "She" is merely a shill. The person behind the Twitter account is not even Indian; he is a well-spoken Native American man. Moreover, I will share a news article about the individuals behind xyz being sued by none other than the American governmental entity @FTC for deceptive practices, resulting in a $1.5 million fine. Facebook also sued one of their companies, "Cyber2Media Inc." You can find all this information on Google. And if you search for "xyz dishonest" you will find another tricks they did in the past like putting xyz domains on other peoples account without even asking them, this they did in collaboration with Network Solutions registrar, and many people ended renewing those xyz domains without even noticing it. Before you become overly enthusiastic about "Swetha's sales" and rush to register xyz #domains, conduct your own research. You can search my Twitter account for previous posts or use hashtags like #xyzfiles, #xyzscam, #swethaxyz. Many individuals who registered thousands or hundreds of domains in that TLD regretted it and ended up dropping most of their domains. Even good names listed for $50-$300 never sold. Other domainers who owned one-word domains in .xyz (some with better names than those reported by Swetha for $20k, $50k, $100k) listed theirs for $5k, $10k, and never received any offers. They eventually dropped those names due to high premium renewal fees ranging from $500 to several thousand dollars. Ask yourself why someone who avoids public exposure and allegedly sells domains for $80k, $200k would report these sales publicly? What is the purpose? Why attract competition when they could sell privately and avoid unwanted attention? By sharing these sales, they are promoting the TLD. Just examine their tweets and those of "TheDomainPunk"; they consistently promote the TLD—that's their job. .XYZ executives agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle FTC claims: 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 cctld.ru/en/media/news/indus… SHARE THIS TWEET TO HELP OTHER NEW #DOMAINERS.
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🤝💸 Jack's Negotiation Case Study Domain Type: Made-up name, brandable Cost: $9.70 hand reg. Hold Time: 4 months. Potential Profit: 77X-93X (7,800-9,300%) I decided to share this particular negotiation because it's not a high-priced #domain, but rather a price range that most #domainers encounter more often. Therefore, the information can be useful for more people, and is very recent. Though it's not a significant deal, I am aware that the real value of the name is higher, at least $2,000. However, since it's a name I just invented and the investment is the price of an hamburger, getting $750-900 in 4 months for one of my ideas plus the initial cost of $9.70 is satisfactory for me, after all i have an infinite amount of ideas so i can create more of this names, and real $900 now in my pocket is better than imaginary $2k in my mind or in my pocket in an uncertain future or maybe never. As a general rule, I expect 50X-200X returns on most of my hand-registered #domains, and sometimes there are exceptional cases of 300X to 1000X returns. Thus, this name is definitely "in the money." Let's dive into the negotiation details! 🐬 My domain was listed with a BIN (Buy It Now) price of $1,200 on Dan, with the maximum LTO (Lease to own) plan available. After 4 months of listing, a fish came in! a potential buyer showed interest on June 26... The buyer was from Brasil, and made his first offer of... 🇧🇷➡️$600 ❌I declined the offer and asked him if he preferred to communicate in his native language (as Portuguese is one of the languages i speak). He agreed, and I crafted a 261-line response (yes i just counted it now) I did not had this information ready ahead, i typed letter by letter for him, taking about 20 minutes of my time. Apparently, my response was convincing enough for him to consider investing an additional $200, so he made a new offer of ... 🇧🇷➡️$800. (this was a "fake offer" meant to test my response) While spending 20 minutes on a response might seem like a substantial amount of time for one answer but also $200 is a substantial amount of money for 20min of chitchat, is like a charged him $10 per every minute of my time, so wasnt time wasted. ✅I accepted his $800 offer! ✈️but then he decided to abandon the negotiation. He is ready to play mind games 🙄 hoping I'd reduce the bin price to $600 out of desperation for his absence. I did changed the BIN price but to $2,200 🤭 (demonstrating that I am in control of the price, not him with his manipulations. Any reduction in price would be my decision, not a result of his actions.) He waited exactly 1 month and... ♻️On July 27 he came back🐶 with an initial offer of... 🇧🇷➡️$700 - this is the price he genuinely intended to pay ❌i declined it and after writing him +53 lines of info i counter with... ➡️$1,100 (not $800, he missed that chance) ❌he declined and counter with... 🇧🇷➡️ $750 😂 (he added only $50) and I decided to engage in his game. ❌ I declined his offer and countered with... ➡️$1,050. (i reduced only $50 as well) This back-and-forth is now a chess match, where he know that for every dollar he add, I would discount the same amount. If the game continue we will meet at $900, which is the lowest price I am willing to accept this time. I am expecting him to be disappointed and possibly mention that I agreed to $800 a month ago. In that case, it will be my chance for sweet revenge, to show him that waiting for a month to get a $100 discount led to him having to pay an extra $100. Essentially, I'll be charging him for my time AGAIN. I will provide an update once the final result is in place. So, what can we learn from this negotiation? 1) Making the customer feel comfortable is crucial. Offering to communicate in their language makes you look more professional, and it opens the door to a dialogue, breaking the ice. A conversation of words is more engaging and effective than just a numerical exchange of offer-counter offer. We are dealing with people, not robots. Appeal to their emotions, touch the right buttons, and remember... the domain you have might be their dream domain or the perfect fit for their future company. 2) Buyers may play mind games with you, some buyers may be even better negotiators than you. They do calculated steps so dont rush to answer, THIS IS A CHESS MATCH. 3) Having a "make offer" option may attract potential buyers, but it also means giving them control over the negotiation. To sell the domain at your desired price and not theirs, you'll need to take back control and that require work. Is easier to decrease the price but is way more dificullt to increase it, and the starting point will be the first offer the buyer send to you, is a stair and if he send you a $200 offer you need to climb many steps to arrive at the $2,000. Be prepared to work hard in every negotiation, regardless of the price. Treat every deal with the same importance and dedication, as every sale is a victory regardless of the amount involved, Every bill have the same smell doesnt matter if is $5 or $100. Make it for the love of the sport. 4) Negotiations are akin to martial arts: they require training, hard work, control, skills, and an understanding of psychology. Learning and mastering negotiation tactics will serve you well in this domain business. I hope you can take something valuable from this post. Because from me it took me over an hour and half of time and about $50 in terms of money. "AND REMEMBER #DOMAINER"... We are waiting for moths to a fish to show up, once he does put all the time and energy needed to catch it. Dont save on words, every word is a step closer to the sale. 🍀Good Luck #domaining #sales #domainname
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WOW Swetha very nice #XYZ sale!🌈 Now lets take a closer look to some sales or "sales" she reported at @NameBio so we #domainers can see what is in those #domains many months after and learn about what "end users" have in the #domain they bough at 4,5,6 figures🧐🚩 THE LIST👇🧵
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FEATURED DOMAINER🎖️ Meet my friend, Mr. James Kim! He has made significant contributions to the domain community over the years. Mr. Kim is one of the very few professional #domainers in the industry. At times, he owns between 10,000 to 30,000 high-quality domains. He has managed to flip hand-registered #domains and sell them for 5 to 6 digits. His data and management skills, combined with his conviction to hold domains over the years, decades of experience, and precise trend recognition, make him a very successful #domainer 🏆. He is a specialist in domains for the crypto/Blockchain industry. Additionally, he enjoys sharing valuable insights just for fun. FOLLOW HIM 👉🏻 @BlakNames and you will always learn something useful.
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DOMAINING IDEA!💡 April is ending! Let's share at the end of each month, a screenshot of the visit numbers we got at Dan, together with the number of #domains parked there. This may bring some revelations to us. More data equals more wisdom, even if it's about something that seems not so relevant. In the end, with big data, you will always find repetitive patterns, and that is a hint about the future. The most effective way to find patterns and clues in this industry is by sharing data. If we all share our data, we may be able to understand some things. That's why one of my goals on Twitter is to grow my friends' number, so I will be able to come up with new ideas. And with the cooperation of other #domainers, we can find out things that will be beneficial to our #domaining strategies and will make us wiser as #domain investors. Here is mine for the end of April 2024: 👁‍🗨Total views: 20,433 🔢Number of domains: around 1,000 💹Increase from the previous month: +65% SHARE A SCREENSHOT OF YOUR APRIL STATS IN THE COMMENTS!
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. SWETHA IS NOT ALONE And she’s not even the main player. Remember, Satoshi Nakamoto is an alias — not a single person, but a group. Swetha is just the chosen face. Behind her, there’s a team of people. That’s not hard to see — not only from the photo Praveen (the guy in the left) once uploaded to his account (which he later deleted — @Buybrandweb) when the industry became skeptical of Swetha, but also if we simply run the numbers. THE NUMBERS DON’T ADD UP WITH THE NARRATIVE Portfolio Size: Swetha “owns” over 20,000 one-word .xyz domains. According to her story, she began acquiring them around 2018 — buying at auctions, from other domainers, etc. We know these tasks aren’t quick; acquiring a good domain involves negotiation, auctions, research, and setup. Let’s be generous and assume it takes only 30 minutes per domain (to acquire, list, and do minimal outbound): 20,000 domains × 0.5 hours = 10,000 hours Working 8 hours per day, that’s 1,250 days — or: 3 years and 5 months working every single day Or 5 years if working 5 days a week with breaks But by 2021, or even earlier, she already had over 20,000 domains. Let’s be honest — no one is spending 8 hours a day, every day, just buying domains. With a more realistic time per domain, this would take 7 years or more — unless she wasn’t the one doing all the work. The Money Factor Big Investment for a Newbie: This makes her story even more questionable. She claims she never paid premium registration fees (which in itself is suspicious). If she bought domains from other domainers and at auctions, even at a modest $100 per domain, the initial investment would be millions. Add to that renewal costs: 20,000 domains × $10 renewal = $200,000 per year It's hard to believe someone from India, with no prior experience, started alone and had access to that kind of capital — and chose to invest it all into an obscure, unpopular TLD like .xyz. That’s likely why she had to report very high-value sales early on (e.g., bull.xyz for $200K, and a few others), to make it appear as if the business model was profitable. STR (Sell-Through Rate): Even if we include questionable sales, Swetha's STR is less than 0.3% — the lowest in the industry. Final Thought: Saying Swetha is operating alone is like saying Andrew Rosener runs Media Options alone — it’s impossible. #swethaxyz
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nitter.app/JackDomainer/status/17… ⭐️⭐️DOMAIN SOLD! ⭐️⭐️ -Just 30 min ago- 🎉 Domain buyer behaivor, case study: Remember my post from 8 days ago? (see quoted tweet) The domain I had for one year, let it expire, and after half a year i found it and fell in love again, i registered it, realized it was mine in the past, and got an offer of $150 the next day! the buyer named "John" had a French IP. 🇫🇷 And said: "I will never pay $1,500 for this domain." 6 days later, under a different name ("Franck") and a Canadian IP 🇨🇦 (I knew it was him again) he made a $300 offer. This time I took 2 days to decline his offer without writing any word. After 7 hours, he wrote back: "Hello, I’m Franck from ---- A very small company of… 2 persons :) We found your ---- domain, and we guess that would be a good one for exposing our APIs! What would be your best price regarding our very small size. Huge thanks!" (Now after reading this "Frenchglish" 🇫🇷🇺🇸 i was 100% sure it was him 😂) So I registered the same name in a few other TLDs just to leave him without cheap alternatives. Then, I elaborated a long educational explanation on why the #domain is worth more, gave him a payment plan option, offered different #domains for lower prices, followed by my classic "if you don't buy it, I will update the price from $1,500 to $2,000".... 1 hour and 40 minutes later, and from the Canadian IP 🇨🇦 but using the name from the French IP "John" 🇫🇷 (Yes, he mixed it up!) 😆 just paid the $1,500! 😎 This domain was registered 8 days ago, and by registering it 7 days ago, this sale would never have happened since the buyer would have registered it instead of me. Sometimes, one day makes a big difference. MARCH IS ON FIRE!🔥 #domaining #domainname #domainers
HANDREG A DOMAIN... THE NEXT DAY GOT A BUYER⚡️ Have you ever experienced finding an expired domain that seems good, registering it, and then realizing that the previous owner was you? 😅 you let it expire, it was available to the public for half a year and now you buy it again. Have you ever experienced that the day after registering a domain, someone wants to buy it from you? well both situations happened to me at the same time! If you remember yesterday in the photo I posted, I spent the whole day sitting on the balcony searching and registering #domains, and apparently the beach have magic powers and it was a productive day because today I am already seeing the results. If you have time, read these screenshots of my chat with the buyer, and you will see that in the dynamic world of #domaining, very crazy things can happen and very fast sometimes, not always is about waiting years. 🐢 But what I have learned the most from this event is that you should put a lander on your domains immediately!; don't wait several days because as you can see, sometimes the day after registering a #domain, buyers appear, and if you don't have a lander, you can lose sales. Or in this case if the buyer dont buy, at least he came in to let me know there is interest on my domain and that they are already building a company with this name (very kind from him), so i rised the price and i wont let this domain expire again. Everyday is a learning day.
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. DOMAINS CHECKPOINT 🏁 How many #domains do you have in total? I got about 1,100. Comment below 👇🏻
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“Imitation is the best form of flattery” If marketplaces are following in your footsteps, it’s a sign you’re leading, and they’re behind. Here’s a perfect example of Spaceship’s impact on the industry: other platforms are now trying to replicate it. But the question is... why now? This is how I imagine the situation... Domainers: "Hey domain platforms, you should put some effort into making better landers for us, because what you’re offering looks outdated and visually poor." Domain platforms: "Why should we spend time and resources making better-looking landers if no one else in the market is offering that? It probably won’t make a difference—not for buyers, and not in the number of sellers choosing our landers." Richard from Spaceship: "No one in the market is offering a fair lander for domainers that actually matches the design standards of the modern era. That’s reason enough to build it myself." Two Doritos later... Domain platforms: "Why is everyone moving to Spaceship? Why is there so much buzz?... Oh! It’s because their landers actually work and deliver a UX for 2025, while ours look like they’re still stuck in 2000. Let’s copy the same thing—just change the colors so it doesn’t look too obvious." This is a simplified way of showing how #domain platforms got too comfortable for too long. They won’t make changes unless someone else does it first, starts taking more market share every month, and forces them to compete out of desperation, just to avoid becoming irrelevant. Keep going, @spaceship—the whole domain industry is following you, competitors included 😂
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. ⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ **THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE DOMAINERS AWARENESS** DOMAIN PRICING PSYCHOLOGY 🧠 We need to reset our mindset... It’s only been a few days since the Oceanfront appraisal tool became the new big thing in the domain space, after Rick brought it to the spotlight. And despite it being by far the best tool out there right now for fast, accurate analysis and powerful insights, I see many people complaining that it gives “unrealistically high values.” But what if the tool prices are right, and it’s actually our and the buyers perspective that’s wrong? What if the market prices are currently not aligned with the true value of the domain names? What if a valuation of $10K–$18K for the decent domain you hand-registered a few months ago is correct—yet it feels “off” only because we've been conditioned to believe that domains are worth $500–$2,000? When a tool tells you your domain is worth $10K, you think, “Nah, that’s not in tune with reality” But when you get a $100 offer, you accept that as reality? When in fact that is the reality. No, you won't accept the $100 because other people's realty is irrelevant for you, unless it matches what is the reality in your mind. The truth is: neither the tool nor the offer defines reality—you do. Because the real value of a domain is what you’re willing to accept. The market isn’t some external force. It’s made up of you, me, the buyer, the seller, and the prices we all choose to set. Domains commonly sell at $2K not because that’s the “true” value, but because that’s the standard we've collectively settled into—shaped by GoDaddy appraisals, brandable marketplaces, investor habits, and industry inertia. We fear the unknown. And for many of us, the real value of a domain is unknown. But what if that “sweet spot” slowly started to shift? What if the new standard became $5K? That new standard won’t appear by itself. If we keep pricing our domains at $2K, how can we expect to sell at $5K? The value of a domain is not only dictated by what the buyer is willing to pay—but more so by what sellers are collectively willing to accept. If all $2K domains were repriced to $5K overnight, what would happen? We’d start seeing more $5K sales. Sellers would lose the fear of pricing higher. Buyers would adapt. $5K would become the new standard. It’s just like toilet paper. If today a roll costs $1, but tomorrow every store prices it at $3, you’ll still buy it. Why? Because there are no $1 alternatives anymore. You won’t wipe with your hand—you’ll pay the $3 and move on. As Argentina’s president and economist Javier Milei famously illustrates: A man walks into a store and asks for a vase. The seller says, “It’s $5,000.” The man says, “But across the street, it’s only $1,000.” The seller replies, “Then go buy it there.” The man responds, “They don’t have it.” The seller finishes, “Well, when I don’t have it, it’ll be $1,000 here too.” We’ve been brainwashed to think our domains are worth peanuts. That’s why most sell for peanuts. But what if we reprogram ourselves with a higher price tag? By the way—if $2,000 was the standard sweet spot back in 2014, what should it be today after more than a decade of inflation? Adjusted with a 35% cumulative inflation rate, that $2,000 should be at least $2,700 today. Let’s just round it up to $3,000. The prices of everything in the world have increased so why can't we increase domain prices accordingly? Especially when technology is on our side, today we live in an online digital world, domains are more relevant than ever. Domains are a must for every single company, so why don't we use that to our advantage? Why are we so passive and naive? It’s time to redefine value. It starts with us.
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The current situation in the #domain industry...
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NEW HOUSE, NEW VIBES! 🌴 Saturdays are perfect for chilling at the beach, but they're also great for taking care of your #domaining business. That's why I just set up my office on the balcony of my new house so I can do both. 😋 If there's one thing #domainers have in common, it's our love for the beach 🏖️ How are you spending your weekend? Share a picture!
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#DOMAIN SALES 💵 November 15th 2023 Total in sales: $348k Jack daily Sales Report: (Rounded prices) $50,000 👇🏼 24Fintech.com 🏆 $9,700 👇🏼 PhillyElectionResults .com $6,000 👇🏼 CollegeDegree .org $5,900 👇🏼 WouldYouRather .App $5,500 👇🏼 TitleLoans .Online $5,100 👇🏼 Fishsiam .com $4,500 👇🏼 MyRoutine .com $4,300 👇🏼 arts-crafts .com $4,000 👇🏼 album .org 88846 .com LifallFestival .com $3,400 👇🏼 Linkbox .app $3,200 👇🏼 kelleroffers .com $3,100 👇🏼 ReligiousWar .com Armalla .com $3,000 👇🏼 LindasBreakfast .com Trimslim .com emrs .com $2,500 CrazyDogsGrill .com Curar .com (means heal in Spanish) $2,300 👇🏼 LiquorBoutique .com $2,200 👇🏼 blackstoneva .com MominMusicCity .com $2,100 👇🏼 UltimateCoders .com $2,000 👇🏼 xxCasino .com Mars .Trading Sneaker .cloud Covenant .bio TheEggBasket .com MemorialFunerals .com $1,900 👇🏼 WitnessKingtides .org Footpal .com Travelgator .com $1,800 👇🏼 BordersMedia .com VeryGoodFood .com GlobalRangeLands .org Goong .com FriendlyFuel .com jjStudios .com WoodenDecor .com $1,700 👇🏼 SolarNets .com $1,600 👇🏼 oni .ch thcnet .com ReasonableRates .com ValueNetwork .com $1,500 👇🏼 ZenSushinj .com smoor .com WholesaleInspector .com BestPainters .com SugarSpa .com RentaScooter .com Floramate .com $1,400 👇🏼 ActiveGreek .com jrMedia .com $1,300 👇🏼 SafetyMagazine .com Dispatch-oar .com BoatSign .com LovelyTails .com JadeStore .com $1,200 👇🏼 SoundPass .com TheTruthNews .com KingJack .com 👑 merumiso .com Fontisto .com $1,100 👇🏼 PropellerFund .org FreemarketfForum .org FundacionCaixaGalicia .org (caixa galicia was a spanish bank now rebranded to ABANCA) awoc .com Aviomedia .net Podium .school HappeningTimes .com LooseCanons .com odvin .com SolamarAgency .com $1,000-$900 👇🏼 CodeConsulting .com SomaSushiNJ .com Porsena .com ShopYard .com GamblersFever .com DayCares .org anti-slavery .org CollegeDegrees .org CultureAndYouth .org DataHeaven .com My observations: 1) Looks like $900 to $1,500 is the new sweet spot 👌🏻 2) ZenSushiNJ•com and SomaSushiNJ•com sold the same day, looks like in New Jersey they suddenly love Sushi a lot 🤔 #domaining #domains #domainsold #domainer #domainsales #domainsale
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#DomainerUplift #DomainCommunity 💪 DOMAINER BROTHER UPLIFT 🎖️ Our support today goes to the domainer Cozy! He is one of the kindest domain investors in the community. Always present on your posts, ready to congratulate you and comment on your content. Though he began just a year ago, he's recently been on fire, sharing his sales and rapidly expanding his portfolio. He stays updated and readily shares valuable information for example, today he shared that on Sav.com there is an ongoing promotion and for only $9.99 you can register .io domains instead of $30 in other good registrars or instead of $40 at ClownDaddy. Unfortunately, his original account was suspended indefinitely for speaking out against recent war conflicts, but he's opened a new account and is rebuilding his network from scratch. Follow him and you won't regret it! 👉 @Cozydomainer (And no, he's not a girl; he just likes pink!) 🐷
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Neglected my portfolio for a bit... I dropped epenAi.com by accident (had it listed for $2K). Guess who grabbed it? 🥁 HugeDomains, my #1 fan. Now it's listed for $7,395. I swear they watch my drops like it's Netflix🍿 I’d love to hear your opinion, do you think I lost big time? What do you think this #domain is worth?
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. No sales in June? Breathe. 🌿 Even seasoned domainers with 2,000–5,000 quality #domains only closed one sale this month. So if you’re still growing, learning, and holding a smaller portfolio, there’s truly nothing to worry about, feel desperate for, or judge yourself over. 🌬️ Trust the flow. Sometimes the harvest comes in waves, not days. July is different. It is a special month, It carries a powerful shift. A sacred transition. The beginning of a new chapter, the second half of the year. Relax your mind, align with your purpose, and stay consistent. Your June sale might just be waiting to arrive together with July’s blessing. Instead of worrying, use the last two days of this month to expand your consciousness and cleanse your mind and body. This will sharpen your awareness and align you with the power of intention, so you can enter July renewed, focused, and magnetic to the blessings this new chapter holds for you. ✨ Detox from social media, apps, news, and the flood of meaningless information. Take a moment to disconnect, to isolate. The answers you seek aren’t in another notification… They’re in a different kind of app: "Collective Wisdom". It’s always been within you, waiting in stillness. “The more you struggle to live, the less you live. Give up the notion that you must be sure of what you are doing. Just take action.” -Baruch Spinoza
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Escape? Taking cover is now called Escape?
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This post shows Mario bias. Why to post a collection of statements from different entities saying the same things?
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⚠️⚠️⚠️GoCaky⚠️⚠️⚠️ 💩GODADDY LIMITED THE APPRAISAL TOOL? #Godaddy keep kicking #domainers in the stomach with its updates, and apparently, they have removed feature on the appraisal tool, which used to show similar #domains that have been sold in the past and at what price, and also the average sale price that a specific keyword has. Not only that, but they will limit you to use the appraisal tool only three times per day. Apparently, GoDaddy thinks that tool helps domainers, and since GoDaddy competes with domainers to sell its own domains, why would it provide assistance or information to domain investors? But they forget that at the same time, all domainers together have millions of domains, and a large part of them are hosted on GoDaddy, But what would happen if domainers, as a form of protest, agree to remove all their domains from GoDaddy and transfer them to another registrar and also not using Godaddy to register any new domain? If domainers were to do that, GoDaddy would be losing a very significant sum of money. In this way, limiting the appraisal tool would be costing them a lot of money, as they would be getting the opposite of what they were aiming for, which was to maximize their profits. Hopefully this is a technical issue, and they fix it soon. Otherwise they will earn more hate from domainers.
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. NO OFFERS FOR US FROM "AfterDaddy" If you thought nothing could be more confused than a chameleon in a bag of Skittles 🦎 —just wait until your buyer gets an email from #AfterDaddy🤡 So, what actually happens when a buyer makes an offer on one of your #domains listed on Afternic/GoDaddy? 1) You, the seller, get zero notifications. No email. No dashboard alert. Even if you log into your Afternic account and check the domain stats, under the "Offers" column, instead of showing “1,” it shows a dash “-”. Nothing. Total blackout. 2) The buyer gets a confusing Frankenstein email. It’s half-Afternic, half-GoDaddy, like a branding identity crisis🤪. The email comes from a rep using a sketchy-looking #Afternic address but signs off with a #GoDaddy email. It says it’s from GoDaddy but uses Afternic’s logo. To a regular buyer, it looks suspicious as hell. This is GoDaddy—a supposed branding legend—making rookie branding mistakes like a garage startup. @Afternic and @GoDaddy why aren’t you notifying #domain owners when buyers make offers? And can you please pick a side? Are you Afternic or GoDaddy? Can you at least pretend to be 100% GoDaddy when talking to our potential buyers?
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HANDREG A DOMAIN... THE NEXT DAY GOT A BUYER⚡️ Have you ever experienced finding an expired domain that seems good, registering it, and then realizing that the previous owner was you? 😅 you let it expire, it was available to the public for half a year and now you buy it again. Have you ever experienced that the day after registering a domain, someone wants to buy it from you? well both situations happened to me at the same time! If you remember yesterday in the photo I posted, I spent the whole day sitting on the balcony searching and registering #domains, and apparently the beach have magic powers and it was a productive day because today I am already seeing the results. If you have time, read these screenshots of my chat with the buyer, and you will see that in the dynamic world of #domaining, very crazy things can happen and very fast sometimes, not always is about waiting years. 🐢 But what I have learned the most from this event is that you should put a lander on your domains immediately!; don't wait several days because as you can see, sometimes the day after registering a #domain, buyers appear, and if you don't have a lander, you can lose sales. Or in this case if the buyer dont buy, at least he came in to let me know there is interest on my domain and that they are already building a company with this name (very kind from him), so i rised the price and i wont let this domain expire again. Everyday is a learning day.
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1) Alberto Fernández @alferdez ¡no quiere ni a su propio perro! Obvio que él no escucha los consejos de su perro, porque si su perro pudiera hablar, le aconsejaría a Fernández que salte de un puente. 2) Es un fracasado y los hechos lo demuestran. 3) Es un delincuente y los hechos lo demuestran. 4) Las fuerzas del cielo al parecer son de gran ayuda, los hechos lo demuestran. Pero no todos pueden recibir ayuda de las fuerzas del cielo; en el caso de Alberto, él recibe las señales de las fuerzas del infierno. 5) Si ese tweet reaccionario y pedorro es el resultado de sus "reflexiones", entonces queda en evidencia su bajo nivel intelectual. #AlbertoFernandez #kirchneristas #peronistas #zurdos #comunistas #socialistas #casta #politicosBasura
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🤡 MEANWHILE AT SQUADHELP : "The price offered by the buyer is $500. Your NET payout at this offer price would be: $200" 🧐CASE STUDY I made a test for 2 months, and moved ALL my domains from Dan landers to Squadhelp landers. 👎 THE RESULTS: 🔻Significant Drop in Sales: My sales have experienced a noticeable decline, which is concerning. 🔻Discovery of Unfair Platform Practices: I have encountered numerous instances of unfair and unfavorable behavior within the platform's algorithm, which has raised serious concerns. 🔻High Commissions and Ineffectiveness of Standard Listings: The 7% commission for standard listings has proven to be ineffective and irrelevant. To truly benefit from the platform, one must utilize various "enhancements." However, incorporating these enhancements results in paying even higher fees, exceeding 35%. It's worth noting that, as seen in the image, there was an attempt to impose a staggering 60% commission, highlighting the unreasonable practices. 🔻Time-Consuming Challenges: a) Countless hours have been spent in discussions with customer support without reaching any resolutions. b) Several days have been wasted on pricing and managing domains repeatedly due to the platform's inability to recognize previously listed domains. When attempting bulk listings, the platform fails to identify domains already in the system. Consequently, relisting a domain that is already in one's account results in the creation of a new listing and deletion of the previous one. This means re-entering prices, categories, root words, and other details, which becomes an incredibly cumbersome task, especially with over 600+ #domains. 🔻Unfair Commission for Self-Generated Sales:One specific instance involved a #domain, as shown in the picture below, which was listed as a standard listing. This single-word domain, with an additional letter, was discovered by the buyer through direct browser search, bypassing platform-generated traffic. In this scenario, I essentially brought in the customer myself, yet #Squadhelp seeks to claim a commission without having contributed to the sale in any way. Donating such a significant portion of the proceeds for no valid reason is untenable. Opting for other marketplaces would likely yield better returns, such as utilizing the Al Capone marketplace. 🤔CONCLUSION I've decided to discontinue using Squadhelp landers for my domain names. In my experience, it hasn't been worthwhile, especially for domain names that consist of common dictionary words rather than unique invented terms. In my opinion, utilizing Dan landers, despite the 15% commission, is a better choice. These landers feature the Godaddy logo, a brand that people are familiar with and trust. This familiarity can significantly improve conversion rates, making it a more effective option for selling my domains. Other Landers to consider: #Dynadot 5%, #Sav 4%, #Porkbun 7%, #Sedo 10%. I plan to create a post outlining all the necessary improvements required for the Squadhelp platform. My hope is that they will read it and address these issues promptly. #domainer #domaining #domainers #domainname
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⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE DOMAINERS' AWARENESS. 💸 HOW YOU LOSE SALES WITH BRANDABLE MARKETPLACES By listing your domains at marketplaces such as BrandBucket or Brandpa, you are literally inviting your leads to buy someone else's name. If you have domains for sale at BrandBucket, don’t be surprised if you’re not selling any names at all. The chances of selling a brandable domain you hand-registered are already very low. If you don’t own a significant number of decent hand-registered domains — let’s say around 500+ — the odds are even lower. On top of that, if your domains are listed on a platform where there are too many ways for your buyer to find a better name at a lower price, then your chances of selling drop even further. There are many things BrandBucket does that actually take your buyers away — usually to BrandBucket’s own portfolio or to a small group of favorite sellers they favor. All this might sound hypothetical, so let’s take a more proactive approach: Let's run a simulation and verify this with real facts and examples... PUT YOURSELF IN THE BUYER'S SHOES: SIMULATION: Let’s say you own VeganVerge.com and you listed it on BrandBucket. I’m a potential buyer looking for a name for my future vegan business. After brainstorming, I decide that VeganVerge could be a great fit. I try to register the domain through a registrar — it’s taken! Curious, I type the domain into my browser and land on a BrandBucket sales page. I see it’s for sale at $2,160, which fits my budget. I’m ready to buy... but wait, let me see what else is said about the domain... THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU LOSE THE BUYER: I start scrolling down the page, reading the description, possible uses, etc. Then boom! — I see a section called “Customers Also Loved.” BrandBucket shows me several similar domains. Suddenly I notice Vegado.com — a WAY better name: Shorter (almost half the length) Stronger brand potential x2-X4 more valuable Even cheaper at $2,000! Now, I’m no longer interested in VeganVerge.com. I found something better... for less money. Then I think, “Wait, if they have this one, maybe they have even better ones?” So I keep browsing the marketplace instead of buying your domain. Result: ☠️ VeganVerge,com sale = DEAD ☠️ You selling the domain = GAME OVER And remember — this doesn’t happen just once. You probably lost many buyers the same way. If you're thinking: "But buyers might discover my name through the marketplace!" Well, think again... There’s a huge bias. Well-researched and tested by professional domainers: Discoverability, searchability, and positioning on BrandBucket favor their own domains and a small group of big portfolio owners. The odds of your domain selling are lower than finding your feather at the bottom of a giant bucket of feathers and someone randomly picking yours. I think of BrandBucket as the store of a small group of whale domainers to whom you are sending your buyers every month. WHY ATOM IS A BETTER OPTION: Listing your names at Atom is less awful because: You can minimize Atom's branding. You can hide other people’s domains from your lander. Atom has way more buyer traffic, advertising, and sales volume compared to BrandBucket. You get powerful insights, a full CRM, better tools, great support, fewer limitations, fewer obligations, and way more freedom. If I had to choose between BrandBucket and Atom, I would choose Atom without a doubt. I'd also consider other options like Wobado.com. THIS IS HOW A BUYER THINK:
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nitter.app/JackDomainer/status/17… 🚨BREAKING NEWS! LOOKS LIKE GODADDY IS IN DEEP TROUBLE!! The magic of social media: According to many people sending me dm's it looks like the reason why many domainers are not receiving their payouts from Afternic (After they sold their domains more than a month ago!) Is due to GoDaddy cash flow problems. Here is what some users told me... User1: "Hi jack. We work for a domain business with a xxx,xxx portfolio, there is an auto renew issue. We suspect there are cash flow issues . It definitely happened in the last month and we are fighting to get refund but hitting a brick wall (and we have a dedicated account manager at GoDaddy)". User2: "Someone said on x afternic have million dollar liabilities" User3: "Pretty sure godaddy have cash flow issues. Heard about them auto renewing thousands of domains (in error) but not refunding , some of the big boy portfolios." User4: "Godaddy renewed a few thousand of their expiring #domains which weren’t set to renew . They’ve got so many they wouldn’t have noticed but they were doing a data exercise and picked it up. I think the auto renew issues seems common having had a quick google . But for people like us it may only affect one or two domains once in a while." Based on everything, I think that if you don't have connections at #GoDaddy but you are a regular #domainer like most of us and you sold a #domain through #Afternic, you won't receive your payment anytime soon. I wonder if this issue will affect sales on Dan too (@undeveloped). It's probably better to move your landers to Dan, or maybe somewhere else. This kind of situation doesn't look good; it's pretty similar to how the #Epik saga started before their fall. I believe with the rise of many new and good registrars, marketplaces, the good days for GoDaddy are numbered, and that's probably why they are reducing their stuff, closing tools and asking ridiculuous prices for it, closing platforms, while competitors are growing, doing the exact opposite, implementing new tools, rebranding to top tier domains, reducing commission fees and more. Hopefully they pay all those fellow domainers, they are not the ones who need to fix Godaddy's troubles, we are not a bank, just pay to your customers, we domainers are paying millions to godaddy every year in reg fees, sales fees and more, the minimum GD should do is PAY THE DAMN MONEY!!.
IS AFTERNIC GOING DOWN? Check this out! ⚠️ #Domainers are not getting paid for more than a month for #domains sold!!. I see many similar cases in the comments 👀 and is happening often lately. @afternic #afternic #godaddy #domainsales #domain 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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. TALK WITH BUYERS AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU ASK. - case study 📕📎 Inspired by this interesting subject in our conversation with Mr. James 👇 nitter.app/BlakNames/status/17034…. I decided to share a screenshot of my conversation from a few months ago with a buyer (end user). I know all of his social media accounts too, he is a developer, programmer. 🛕Marketplaces Some information is concealed from us by marketplaces, purportedly to protect their commission. However, it's worth noting that marketplaces receive NO commission if a sale doesn't happen. The hidden information is actually what sellers like us can use to close a deal or even sell at higher prices, all while knowing who the buyer is. In some cases, we can successfully close sales at 50% to 100% higher or even more if we know who the prospective buyer is. This translates to a 50%, 100% higher commission for the marketplace as well. So, if you require more information about the buyer, don't hesitate to ask them. Knowing how and when to ask is crucial. 📞 MY BACKROUND I have several years of experience working in #telemarketing sales, during which I got leads and contact potential buyers who had provided their contact details either through a promotional landing page or the company's website (this is often referred to as "warm calling"). Or i also got leads through other methods, known as "cold calling.". You'd be amazed at how much information potential buyers are willing to provide about themselves if you can engage them in a comfortable conversation and simply ask the right questions. This information is crucial in the process of closing a deal. In fact, when prospects attempted to walk away by giving rejections or false excuses for not being able to pay immediately, I would use the information they had previously shared with me to counter their objections, often leading to them making a purchase. In just 5-10-15 minutes of conversation, even when calling from a hidden number, customers would willingly provide me with all their credit card details to charge them hundreds or even thousands for a service or product. This was made possible by asking the right questions. #Domain sales are no different because you're dealing with people. It doesn't matter if you're selling them a course, a lottery ticket, a trading service, or #domains. 💡Here's a simplified approach: 1- Understand why they need what you have. 2- Use that information to remind them why they need it; this will appeal to their emotions. 3- Explain to them, using logic, the value they'll receive and the usefulness of the product or service. All of this is achievable by asking the right questions and providing the right answers. If the deal can't be closed right away, ask for their contact information so you can follow up through various means. They may attempt to delay because human nature is often uncomfortable with making commitments, especially if they involve spending money. Even if it's something beneficial for them, they may try to postpone it as much as possible, most of the time. 🏃‍♂️💨 You won't have a chance with the girl if you don't invite her to spend time together, just ask in the right way and you will get it. 🕯️ #Domainer hope you found something useful here for your #domaining journey. Like, share or comment to let me know ❤️ Here's below a brief example. I know I can potentially sell that domain for a higher price, specially when i hold this domain less than a year, but in the worst-case scenario, I can contact him and offer it at the price he's willing to pay which is way higher than the reg fee i paid for it. Jack's conversation 👇
DAN's pricing requests haven't provided buyer data to sellers. 🚫 This is our sellers' asset. The reason? Offers come through the landing page. But why is such unfair marketing allowed? 🤔 Because there's no competition in the marketplace
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. My Marketplace Review 🔬 Platform: DomainEasy.com I tested DomainEasy as a potential main lander for my #domains. Here's the good and the bad… 👇 🟢 THE GOOD🟢 🟢 Commission Fee Currently 0%. They don’t charge any commission, just a payment processing fee. Credit card payments: 3.5% fee Wire transfers: $50 USD processing fee 🟢 Landing Pages You can choose between different styles: Default, Minimal, or Brandable. On Brandable, you can add a personal photo or logo. Options include price request, BIN (Buy It Now), Make Offer, Lease to Own—or all combined. 🟢 Self-Brokered Leads You get to deal directly with buyers. View partial buyer info: first name, country, and city You can message buyers, accept/decline offers, or make counteroffers 🟢 Payment Options Buyers can pay via Escrow, Wire Transfer, or Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Amex) Payments can be spread over up to 60 months 🔻 THE BAD🔻 🔻 Commission Fee (Long-Term) The 0% commission only applies for the first 12 months. After that: 13–24 months: 10% fee 25–36 months: 20% fee 37–60 months: 30% fee 🔻 Payment Methods for Buyers No PayPal, Apple Pay, or crypto options available 🔻 Self-Brokered Lead Transparency Some buyer info is hidden—even if the buyer provides it (e.g., email, last name, phone number) 🔻 Payouts You can only receive funds via Wise or Wire Transfer—no PayPal available 🔻 No Social Presence I couldn’t find Twitter accounts for either the platform or the owner. linkedin*com/company/domaineasy/ linkedin*com/in/samdennis/ 👨‍⚖️My Verdict: NOT FOR ME❌ Personally, getting paid via PayPal is crucial. Not offering PayPal or crypto may cost some sales, and hiding buyer details makes it harder to find out who is behind the offer. Also, those high commission rates for longer payment plans are ridiculously high.
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YESTERDAY DOMAIN SALES !!💰 November 16th 2023 Total in sales: $387k (Rounded prices) 👇 EssentialClinic .com --> $19K 🏆 cliftonsla .com --> $17.6k ThefBomb .org --> $16k wcpf .com --> $15k oaklandunite .org --> $14k ---- $9,999 to $6,000 ---- CozySuites .com --> $9.5k dinoinn .com --> $7k AestheticsHQ .com --> $6.4k ---- $4,000 to $5,000 ---- 6705 .com --> $5.6k 996 .tv --> $5.5k CookiesMelrose .com --> $5k SuperChargeMe .com --> $4.9k TheBurgerTruck .com --> $4.9k ---- $3,999 to $3,000 ---- grumpys .com --> $3.8k Commerceland .com --> $3.8k psca .com --> $3.7k Michellederusha .com --> $3.6k agenture .com --> $3.4k undermine .com --> $3.3k BrooklynArtLibrary .com --> $3.2k samao .com --> $3k ---- $2,999 to $2,000 ---- glminc .com --> $2.5k StationBarandGrill .com --> $2.5k goenerplex .com --> $2.5k ddsweb .com --> $2.5k by-expression .com --> $2.5k ElizabethBrett .com --> $2.3k TennisWinner .com --> $2.3k woodybsBBQ .com --> $2.2k magedata .com --> $2.2k 365buy .com --> $2.1k africaninnovation .org --> $2k ssgj .com --> $2k fulcher .com --> $2k ---- $1,600 to $1,900 ---- pitbulltruth .org --> $1.9k fbbpornvideos .com --> $1.9k ButterAndHoney .com --> $1.9k ArchitecturalTrends .com --> $1.8k collegedoc .com --> $1.8k rksoffroad .com --> $1.6k instantor .com --> $1.6k plunderbund .com --> $1.6k ---- $1,500 to $900 ---- silverview .com --> $1.5k MyExamResults .net --> $1.5k MikesRebuildables .com --> $1.5k KrestaurantOrlando .com --> $1.5k ResearchInstruments .com --> $1.5k atv .eu --> $1.4k foodadvice .com --> $1.4k MovidaEvents .com --> $1.4k AcadianaAutism .com --> $1.4k NotCoffee .com --> $1.3k therapy-nyc .com --> $1.3k FeathersFashion .com --> $1.3k mousepad .co --> $1.3k CourageousBeauty .com --> $1.3k pxqp .com --> $1.3k GlobalWomen .com --> $1.2k streeteat .com --> $1.2k LaunchFund .com --> $1.2k UpLiftHealth .com --> $1.2k boostzone .com --> $1.2k terroso .com --> $1.1k lockco .com --> $1.1k BerkshireCapital .com --> $1.1k EsperanzaPlus .com --> $1.1k FlyHealthy .com --> $1k minneapolisSigns .org --> $1k summitCondoHotel .com --> $1k mj7 .com 😮 --> $1k dekorasyon .net --> $1k prettycode .com --> $1k rebooo .com --> $1k parenthoodforme .org --> $1k urbangateway .org --> $900 bridgebox .com --> $900 mountnpass .com --> $900 My Notes: -The steal of the day was MJ7 .com for only $1k and LaunchFund .com for only $1.2k! - many good names are being sold for very low prices, this sellers know the value is higher but they also know how to price-to-sell based on the current demand, so is important to avoid greediness and price our #domains to sell otherwise we will hold a high priced bad/mediocre #domain that no one is buying vs. a good/decent domain that end users are buying for low prices from someone else. THE FEELING OF SELLING A DOMAIN IS BETTER THAN THE FEELING OF HOLDING IT. REMEMBER WHAT IS THE REASON IN THE 1ST PLACE YOU ARE HOLDING FOR... TO SELL IT. #domainsold #domaining #domainer #domainsales #domainsale #domainnames
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🌅 Good Morning, Domainers! 🌅 I just took this picture 5 minutes ago from my balcony and i thought it could give some motivation. Every new day is another opportunity to move closer to your goals. The domain market can be challenging, but remember – success comes with vision, patience, and consistency. 🔥 Stay focused. Keep hunting for those gems. Your next big win might be just one decision away. Let’s make today count! 💪 #MorningMotivation
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It's called hypocrisy. Turkey as an arab country obviously is not in Israel side. They are all playing the good man card because they know is game over for the terrorists.
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This sale is dedicated to Tom Galvin the sucker and his Digital Nonzens Alliance. We’ve seen many "GPT" domain sales, but has anyone actually sold a domain with "ChatGPT" in it? I did — four days ago. Today i officially became a "Squatter" 😆 According to #NameBio, there are only 13 recorded sales with "chatgpt" in the name, and just 8 of them are .com domains. I’m posting this while listening to a Twitter Space where the pros are talking about trademarked names.
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🗞️ News: ♻️ Afternic launched "self-brokering" But don't get too excited because... Afternic won't share with you the most important buyer info, which is Name and last name, contact info such a email, phone number. You will get only his country and time zone. And how much you need to pay just to know his country? $239 a year! 😂 To me it looks like they are finding ways to suck more money from domainers blog.afternic.com/self-broke… Their "Discount Domain club" has 100,000 members at $239 each, they are cashing almost $24 MILLION a year from it.
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Hey @Squadhelp, as the #1 brandable marketplace, you have probably heard about 'brand confusion.' It is an amateur's mistake, but right now, you are the perfect example of it! What irony that the company is helping other businesses with their branding needs but is making the worst branding mistakes itself. To be honest, it would have been better to have a not top-tier domain (Squadhelp.com) but to have your brand name aligned across all your touchpoints rather than having a top-tier domain (Atom.com) but 'squadhelp' everywhere. I understand you were excited and impatient to show off your new bike to all the kids in the neighborhood, but at least you could have waited a little bit and taken care of removing the name 'squadhelp' all over your site. I mean... you clearly have deep pockets to acquire a new multimillion-dollar #domain name, but you invested ZERO dollars in making new videos with your new name on them or trying to acquire the exact match social media handles, or editing the articles on your site. Your domain is now ATOM, which delivers trust to buyers, but currently, everywhere on your site says SQUADHELP, which delivers uncertainty and the opposite of trust. It looks like ATOM is impersonating #SQUADHELP. Feel free to read some tips: "How can you identify and mitigate brand confusion risks?":👇👇👇 linkedin.com/advice/1/how-ca…
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🚨SWETHA DELETED HER NAMEPROS ACCOUNT! Yesterday i found out that Swetha's X account "@DomainNameGear" got suspended. Today I also found out that her NamePros account (@DNGear) has been deleted. This really doesn’t look good it resembles those crypto rug pulls where, once the scam is complete, all associated accounts are deleted. NamePros was the place where she first emerged in the domain industry. Could it be possible that a government entity is conducting an investigation for fraud, money laundering, or tax evasion, and "Swetha" is deleting evidence? It wouldn’t be the first time that something or someone associated with the .xyz TLD has been involved in fraudulent activities. In fact, they were already fined in a $1.5 million lawsuit that was settled, and they’ve also been sued by Facebook and other companies. You can search on Google for terms like "ITmedia," "Cyber2media," and "xyz FTC" for more information. Yesterday, one of my posts went viral, reaching 17k views, after I uploaded a screenshot showing that Swetha's X account had been suspended. It was the subject of the day in the domain industry. Some people were jumping to conclusions—some suggested she was doing outbound marketing, others said it might be due to a failure to verify her identity. But what I personally believe is that her suspension is likely related to the many links she regularly shared promoting the .xyz TLD and registry. She consistently highlighted new businesses or projects that chose a .xyz domain, many of which were tied to NFTs, Web3, and crypto. Some of those projects eventually turned out to be scams. If you're promoting scams on X—knowingly or not—there’s a chance you’ll get flagged as being complicit, especially if it looks like you're giving them visibility or benefiting from them. Additionally, she frequently shared her domain sales, which many in the domain industry viewed not as legitimate sales, but more as publicity stunts for the .xyz TLD. This fueled hype among domainers, leading many to: A- Register .xyz domains in bulk B - Buy "premium" .xyz domains—mostly one-word names—at exaggerated prices, either from the aftermarket or directly from Swetha, hoping to resell them at similarly high prices as she allegedly did.
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if all #domainers agree together to stop paying 30% commissions to those #brandable marketplaces the only simple thing they need to do is to change name servers and point their #domains to other platforms with lower fees. If enough domainers do that In a matter of days the brandable marketplace will decrease the commission fee. Because there is no brandable marketplace place without our domains, but we can still get sales without them. They need us, not the other way around.
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I was furious when i just saw this video, then Checking on the comment's i see there is a reason for this, But seeing this make me feel sad anyways, since i love animals, i feel remorse even for killing an insect at home when there is no other option to take it out.
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. #Domain Marketplace Commissions: #Dan 9% #afternic 20% (1-5k) #Brandpa 25% (1-50k) #Squadhelp 30% - 35% (1-5k) #Brandbucket 30% Apparently the longer the #brand #name of the #marketplace the higher the commission😆 #domainers
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. NEW MARKETPLACE FOR DOMAINERS NameShift.com Today, while hunting for domains and driven by curiosity, I ended up on this site. It looks professional and ready to go. I was surprised I had never heard of it before. Visually the platform reminds me of Dan.com. The commission rates are: 5% if you bring your own buyer 10% if you use their landing pages 13% if not using their landers.
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🤫 My secret sauce... USING SPIRITUALITY TO SELL MORE DOMAINS ✨ Today i will share exclusive content, that you won't read anywhere else 👽 MAGIC OR COINCIDENCE?? 🔮 Before I went to sleep last night, and after reading some unclassified documents from the CIA in regards to interestelar materialization phenomena. I attempted astral travel or an out-of-body experience (OBE). Unfortunately, this time i fell asleep, but it seems that something magical still occurred... When I woke up (7 hours later), I discovered a pleasant surprise: an offer for a name I had invented and registered less than a year ago. What's even more astonishing to me is that this isn't the first time it has happened. In fact, on numerous occasions when I meditated before sleep, I found a sale or received an offer upon waking up. While I don't engage in this practice every night, when I do, it often has an immediate positive impact on my sales/offers. Sometimes the effect is noticeable the next morning, while other times it may take a few days but stills incredibly fast. IS A COINCIDENCE? What are the mathematical probabilities of this happening by chance? 🧮 Let's see: SITUATION: i sell in average 1 #domain per month, the day of the sale is random, but one day i meditate to get a sale, and after 7 hours i got it. To determine the mathematical probabilities of this situation, we need to make a few assumptions and calculations. Assumption 1: The timing of the sale is completely random and independent of my wishes. Given that i make an average of one sale per month, the probability of making a sale on any given day is 1 divided by the total number of days in a month. Assuming a non-leap year with 365 days, the daily probability of making a sale would be 1/365. Assumption 2: my wish has no direct influence on the occurrence of the sale. If we assume that my wish does not have a causal effect on the sale and the timing of the sale remains random, the probability of making a sale within any given 7-hour window is 7 divided by 24 (the total number of hours in a day). 🤓 CALCULATION: To calculate the probability of both events occurring (my wish and the sale happening within 7 hours), we multiply the probabilities together: Probability of my wish: 1/365 Probability of sale within 7 hours: 7/24 Combined probability: (1/365) * (7/24) ≈ 0.00006377 or approximately 0.0064% So, based on these assumptions, the mathematical probability of my wish coinciding with a sale within a 7-hour timeframe is approximately 0.0064%. or 1 in 15,625! 🤯 Magic vs. Coincidence 🤜🏽🤛🏻 CONCLUSION: The chances of the sale happening by coincidence is extremely low, 1 in 15,625, so to me magic wins on this one ✨🏆 #domainig #Conciusness #FifthDimension #esp #domains #domainers #astraltravel #obe #spirituality #meditation #miracles #MagicAwakened #Magic
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. 🤡 GoFukky & Afterdic 🤡 #GoDaddy is asking domainers to pay $240/year for the self-brokerage option on #Afternic — just so they can receive offers buyers are sending to their own names and deal with them directly. Honestly, this is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen in the #domain industry so far. To put it in a fun but accurate perspective: 👉🏻 One domain costs around $10/year. 👉🏻 Afternic’s self-brokerage option costs $240/year (24x more). NOW... Renting a car for a whole year costs ~$10k. Now imagine the rental company asking you to pay 24x more ($240k) just to be able to let girls hop in the car if they’re interested in you. And on top of that, charging you a 15-20% commission for any girl you end up hooking up with. This is exactly how GoDaddy treats domainers — like absolute idiots.
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Oooh yeah! 💪🏻 Bravo to the braves! GoDaddy paid $71.4 million to take Dan.com out of the game, leaving domainers without a fair good alternative and GD keeping their monopoly alive. But guess what? @Spaceship is Dan 2.0. Now domainers are making their move again, and GoDaddy’s $71.4M investment is literally going down the toilet. And those who are now advocating for #GoDaddy in an attempt to prevent the inevitable are only exposing their own bias. Go get them, domainers! 🦁 Now it’s our turn to hit back!
Replying to @NameBio
So how do you explain the interruption by DAN? They gained so much momentum that GoDaddy had to buy them out. It shows how much power domainers actually have and if they throw their weight behind a company that company will rise to become a force in the domaining aftermarket.
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🚨 Warning to domain sellers: BrandBucket is a nightmare! 🚨 This is one of many reasons why BrandBucket is a disgusting platform and the worst place to list your #domains. The seller received only $1,355, even though the sale price was over $2,500 (an 84.5% higher value!) The domain was listed on BrandBucket for $2,080, so BB took 34.86% in fees! including a $100 fee for the logo 💩 And the sale didn’t even come through BrandBucket, the buyer purchased the domain via Afternic, which took another 16.8% in fees! As a result, the seller lost 51.66% of the funds to these predatory companies. Shame on them. The seller had been renewing the #domain for over 8 years, carried all the costs, and in the end, #BrandBucket took $725 for doing absolutely nothing.
Earlier this year sold h/e/y/p/i/v/o/t d/o/t c/o/m via brandbucket and @afternic both. how? i had listed domain at brandbucket who from their side in turn had listed at afternic for which i had approved their fast transfer listing and it was sold via afternic. for me sale price was 2080 but buyer paid much higher than that where afternic and brandbucket both got their share in commission. i had hand registered it in 2017 plus few renewals. selling price 2080 before commission. buying price for buyer probably around 2500+ to include afternic commission as well.
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Replying to @indusnac
Cuando la inseguridad se convierte en algo normal, significa que la anormalidad se ha convertido en tu realidad, a tal punto que ya ni percibes o ni te resulta raro ver que alguien use una mochila de frente. Soy Argentino, vivo en otro pais hace 15 años donde jamás he visto alguien usar la mochila de frente. Confío que en gracias a @JMilei en un futuro los Argentinos volverán a usar las mochilas en las espadas. - VLLC! -
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. 🚀WITH SPACESHIP TO THE MOON 🌕 spaceship.com is in the house and I just purchased my first domain through @Spaceship for only $8.88 + the ICANN fee, totaling $9.06. The renewal price will be $9.98. I used to pay between $10.44 and $11.06 for new registrations at my favorite registrar, with renewals costing $11.06. That’s a difference of about $2 per new domain and $1 per renewal. It might not seem like much, but when you own a large portfolio, it adds up fast. In my case, I have around 1,200 domains, which means I’d save about $1,200 per year just on renewals. I also register around 500 new domains per year that’s another $1,000 saved. In total, I’ll be saving approximately $2,200 per year! That’s like one, two, or even three domain sales going directly into my pocket instead of being burned at the registrar. And if I compare it with the GD prices ($12 for new registrations and $22 for renewals), the difference is even more insane. For 500 new registrations, I’d be paying $1,500 more. For 1,200 renewals at $22 each, that’s $26,400 compared to just $11,976 with Spaceship. Total extra cost at GD: $15,924 per year! If I were using GD, I’d basically be throwing away nearly $16K annually — that’s not just one or two domain sales, that’s like making 16 domain sales at $1,000 each and handing all the profit over to GD for no reason! Sometimes saving money is more important than making money, because the money you could potentially make isn’t guaranteed but the money you save is. I truly believe this company has great potential to benefit domain investors.💵
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Today (July 14) is my birthday 🥳 I completely forgot about it, I just realized when all the balloons popped up on my Twitter screen🎈 Who else here is adding today 1 year to the mileage?
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Come to daddy...
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Well done! Governments are a scam, they are always looking for ways to steal citizens money. By doing this they are profiting in many ways: 1) 15€ a day fine x 30 days = 450€ per month! 2) people will enter in big debts because of this, more loans and credit card debts, banks happy more taxes for the gov. 3)for those who own the mentioned "old" models this will left them without alternative but to purchase newer cars= *People spending, Money moving, more taxes to be collected, gov happy. Car manufacturers happy If people destroys all this cameras and stuff then won't be a profitable business for the gov, so well done people!! Don't let the gov do whatever they want.
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Weeks ago .xyz #domain reg fee was $2 at porkbun.com and many other registrars, now is $1 (50% decrease in price) they may be desperate due to the huge decrease in registrations number + massive droppings! #xyz losing avg of 10-30k #Domains per day!🔻 ntldstats,com👇🏻
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Swetha's store on Atom: DNGear.com DanNeGari (do you think just coincidence?) By the way, the last time this domain was registered was in 2015. It seems Swetha has been in the domain space much longer than she claimed. The narrative doesn't quite match reality. 🚩 Last time I checked, it was just a few non-xyz domains. Looks like she's loading up, and not necessarily with her own domains. Doing some research on these .com domains might reveal some surprises. dngear.com/search/tld/.com
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Who We Are? THE DOMAINER DNA: Calling things by their name. ...WE ARE... 🐑 We are dreamers and speculators, but we call ourselves "visionaries." 🎲 We are gamblers, but we call ourselves "traders." 🐬 Some of us are domain flippers, others are domain squatters but we call ourselves "domain investors." 🐁 We are opportunists, but we call ourselves "analysts"... market analysts, data analysts, trend analysts. 💼 We are salesmen, but we call ourselves "businessmen" some even get more carried away and call themselves "entrepreneurs." ...WE SHARE... 🏆 We share our victories and sales, but we hide our failures and eternal holdings. 📐 We share the size of our portfolios, but we hide our expenses and costs. 💪🏻 We share our strength, knowledge, and experience, but we hide our weaknesses and ignorance. ✨ We share our new registrations or acquisitions, but we hide our dropped names. 🏅 We share our best names, but we hide our Quasimodo names. ⛏️ We dig for words, but we call it "doing research." 👤 We call our customers "end users." 💰 When we sell a domain cheaply out of necessity or desperation to other domainers, we call it a "wholesale." When we sell a domain at the price we wanted, it was "to the right buyer." WE HAVE ANOTHER REALM... ⚖️ We have a hostage negotiator it's called a "domain lawyer." 🏬 We have a mall center it's called a "marketplace." 🏪 We have outlets they are called "the aftermarket." 🐞 We have flea markets they are called "auctions." 🤝 The dealing room It's called "brokerage." ⏳ For everyone else, the newer and younger something is, the more valuable. For domainers, the older it gets, the better. 📺 Popularity is called "exposure," and influencers are called "domain experts." 🎾 Outsiders have sports like football, basketball, and volleyball we only get eyeballs, lowballs, or pickleball. 👑 Outsiders listen to rock like Queen, the kings of music. We listen to Rick, the king of domains, who owns Queen•com. 🦇 Marvel has Iron Man, Superman, and Batman. We have Mike Mann. 🪄 Outsiders have Mr. T, we have Mr. Premium. 🗿 Outsiders learn from Rosetta Stone, we learn from Rosener Stoned. 🔗 Outsiders have Blockchain, we have BlockShane. 🕶️ Our James Bond is James Kim. 🍑 Outsiders have Sugar Daddy's who buy them everything to gain their love. We have GoDaddy who buys everything to gain our hate. 🔊 Outsiders have Alexa, we have Alex Verdea. 🦈 Outsiders have sharks like Mark Cuban, our shark is Ammar Kubba. 🏁 Outsiders' little ones watch Cartoon Network, our little ones watch Sherpa Network. 🏚️ Outsiders sell vintage on Etsy marketplace, our vintage lives on Efty marketplace. 👵🏻 Outsiders have grandpas, we have Brandpa 👾 Outsiders have the infamous "CryptoQueen," the biggest scammer in the crypto world of course, we also have our "DomainQueen," who deceived the entire domain industry. 💩 Outsiders say "xyz" when they want to say "whatever." We also call "xyz" the whatever TLDs. 🏷️ And when outsiders want you closer, they say "come." For that, we say ".com." 🗞️ Our CNN is DNW. 🛴 Our BMX is DNX. 🧬 Our DNA is simply DN and for us, DNA stands for "Domain Name Authority." Embrace the race -Jack is Back-
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Who knows the answer? 🤔 Last year, I sold a 6L, brandable, hand-registered #domain after holding it for 9 months. No idea why I had it listed so low—just $700! A few days later, I checked the domain, and it redirected to Google.com (still does today). Plus, the new owner renewed it until 2029. Does this mean the obvious—that Google bought it? Or could it be nothing? Has anything like this ever happened to you? 🚀
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On a fellow #domainer's site, who uses his own landers for his #domains, i saw this and thought you might find it useful. Smart way to present things from a broader perspective, for buyers who think $2k for a #domain is expensive. Use it in your descriptions or outbounds emails!
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WHAT SKILLS ARE NECESSARY TO SUCCEED IN #DOMAINING? - by Jack Domainer BE A MULTI-TALENT! -You need to be a #domainer blender! Why Messi is the #1? - because he is versatile and extremely good in a lot of things, a complete player. In the domain industry, the situation is similar, which is why not everybody can reach the top. Newcomers often believe it's simple because registering a domain doesn't require specific skills. However, when you aim to purchase a domain for $9 and sell it for thousands of dollars a few months later, it becomes an art that demands additional effort and work. In my opinion, these are some of the skills that can significantly enhance your performance and yield outstanding results, placing you several steps ahead of others: creativity, a speculative mindset, sales skills, self-learning abilities, motivation, hard work, consistency, and intelligence. In general to succeed in the #domain industry, which typically refers to the business of buying, selling, and managing internet domain names, several skills can be beneficial. Here are some key skills that can contribute to success in the domain industry: Knowledge of Domain Market: Having a deep understanding of the domain market is crucial. This includes staying updated on industry trends, knowing which types of #domains are in demand, and being familiar with the valuation of domain names. Research and Analysis: Strong research and analytical skills are essential for identifying valuable domain names and assessing their potential worth. This involves conducting market research, analyzing domain metrics and statistics, and evaluating the commercial viability of domains. Negotiation Skills: Negotiation is a significant aspect of the domain industry, as it involves buying and selling domain names at the best possible prices. Being adept at negotiation tactics, understanding market dynamics, and effectively communicating with buyers and sellers can lead to favorable deals. Marketing and Branding: Knowledge of marketing principles and branding strategies can be beneficial when it comes to promoting and positioning domain names effectively. This includes understanding target audiences, developing marketing campaigns, and creating compelling sales pitches. Networking and Relationship Building: Building a strong network of contacts within the domain industry can provide valuable opportunities for partnerships, collaborations, and knowledge sharing. Engaging with industry professionals, attending domain conferences, and participating in online communities can help establish meaningful connections. Legal Understanding: Familiarity with domain-related legal matters, such as trademark laws, copyright issues, and domain disputes, is advantageous. Being aware of legal guidelines and best practices can help navigate potential legal challenges and protect one's interests in the domain industry. Business and Financial Acumen: Having a solid grasp of business fundamentals, including financial management, budgeting, and investment analysis, can contribute to making informed decisions in the domain industry. Understanding revenue streams, profit margins, and return on investment (ROI) is essential for running a successful domain business. Adaptability and Persistence: The domain industry is dynamic and constantly evolving. Being adaptable to market changes, embracing new technologies, and persisting through challenges are key attributes for long-term success. It's important to note that the domain industry is diverse, and specific roles within the industry may require additional specialized skills. However, the skills mentioned above can provide a foundation for success in various aspects of the domain industry. EXAMPLES OF MULTI KNOWLEDGE: As you can see the following individuals are successful in what they do, why? Because they are good at many things, sometimes at things that are completely different, but they combine many habilities to get outstanding results, is what i call "the blender factor". Ed Sheeran: singer, winner of many grammy awards, producer, songwriter: He Writes Songs for Major Artists: One Direction, Rita Ora, Jessie Ware, Camilla Cabello, Little Mix, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber and more. Rapper: rapping along to Eminems is what helped him overcome the speech impediment multi instrumentalist: he play the loop pedal (master), guitar, piano, cello, bass and drums! He can speak a bit of German, and a bit of Greek. is Also an Actor: has starred as a character in Game of Thrones, The Bastard Executioner, Bridget Jones’s Baby, and Red Notice! In fact, he even had a role in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, A man of many talents! Jason Statham: highly skilled actor, Martial Arts: Jiu-Jitsu, karate, kickboxing,MMA. His training is evident in many of his action roles, where he performs impressive fight sequences. Stunts and Action Sequences: Known for his physically demanding roles, Statham has demonstrated a high level of proficiency in performing stunts and executing intense action sequences. He often performs his own stunts, which showcases his athleticism and fearlessness. Driving Skills: Statham has displayed exceptional driving skills in numerous action films. He is often involved in high-speed car chases and performs intricate driving maneuvers with precision. Weapons Handling: As an action star, Statham frequently handles various weapons, including firearms, blades, and improvised weaponry. He often undergoes training to handle these weapons realistically and convincingly on screen. Chris Zuiker: Domainer, professional salesman, a domain broker, head of sales and marketing for Media Options specializing in technology and retail industries, entrepreneur, data analyst, among many things more, he also holds a bachelor of arts in psychology and an MBA, is the author of the book: (.Com) Strategies and he shared vast educational information about domaining in blog articles, podcasts and videos. "The journey of a success brand begins with their domain name" "domain = brand = brand equity" -------------------x--------------------- In summary: LEARN MORE SKILLS AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL SELL MORE DOMAINS. #Domainers: I hope you enjoyed the post because took me hours to make it! XD
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🏋️‍♂️JACKED UPDATES! I just renewed my twitter blue suspcripton just for you. I am launching a new series! 🎉 Is called "Jacked Updates" 💪 And will be a daily compilation of things i see in the domain market/community, this will save you time on scrolling at Twitter, open your awareness and avoid you to miss information so you can stay updated and on shape with what is going on in the #domaining space, sometimes will be super interesting stuff and sometimes less, its depending on whats going on out there. Hope you #domainers like it! i accept likes and comments as payments ❤️ SO LET'S GO...... Here the JackedUpdates #1 : 💵 Adam chase from Lumis aquired matx.comWonderWoman.de sold for 750 euro via GetFruits ❌User bestdomainlist claims rejected a 10k offer for his domain EasyLearning.com A beautiful strong domain, but what should be the right price then? 🤖 Beta.ai is at auction, current bid $3,250, 48 bids! Ends in 1 week. Mumbai.ai at auction on sedo current bid $2k (1bid) Estimated end time 3 days 🥀Is chatGPT hype going down? Obviously now there many other options and new players with alternative great products, Will this impact the demand on domains with the GPT keyword? 💰It seems like a domain with the keyword defi+?.com was traded for $50,000 by user metamcn, it was a handreg. 🧕Domainx user rejected $1,500 offer on his domain MyDukan,com, dukan means shop in arabic. 💵User Robinhablani sold Susanahah.com for $410 🍂A domainer get no sales with 4k domains! Is not only about quantity but also a minimal quality required for sales. And prices aligned with reality. And most important, invest in the best TLD (.com) At easy glance it looks like the domainer have mostly .xyz domains. 🍑@Porkbun is doing Piggy stuff and offering dirty discounts that are unfair with competitors. Let's go Porkbun show to the "big daddy's" the bun! Transfer your domains to Porkbun and save $1 off each of your first three domains using the code "EXODUS" 💪 🖊️Recently "brics" keyword fluded twitter everywhere due to the recent countries added, i already seen domainers registering domains with "brics" in .com. New #domainer do a favor to yourself and do not register any #domains with the word #Brics there are likely worthless but if you want anyways so at least do it in .org to increase your chances of selling from 0% to 1% 💵User takidomain got CheapHo.com $500 offer, Asking for help if accept or counter. What do you think? ❌User stockyap rejected $1M offer! for his #domain row.com
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Hey @Porkbun, since @Sedo is telling me to contact you, I'm just doing my part here. Since the second suggestion from #Sedo was to move my domains to a participating registrar, and moving to NoDaddy is not even an option for me, and I don't want to move to other registrars either, I am oddly satisfied with you guys.🐽 So what is stopping you from joining SedoMLS Premium? And what can we domainers do to help you achieve that? Joining SedoMLS Premium is a win-win situation. Domainers with #domains at Porkbun will get more exposure for their domains and may experience more sales as a result, while #Porkbun will see more new users. Many domainers don't move all of their domains to Porkbun simply because they are not part of the SedoMLS Premium network (that's what some #domainers have told me, and it's a fact). DOMAINERS: If you want Porkbun to join SedoMLS Premium, like this post as a 'YES' vote ❤️
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Swetha is missing in action—just like always. Is anyone surprised by this outcome? To me, it was just a tactic to calm things down when it was needed. Shane: “Many of us had five-figure .xyz sales.” Me: We're not saying all .xyz sales are fake. We're not doubting that five-figure .xyz sales exist. What we are doubting are Swetha's sales. #swethaxyz
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. Seems like the owner of ArtificialIntelligence.com has held the domain for over 28 years and now is asking $10 million. I believe that patience can be easily tested if the right opportunity arises. It seems that the owner has never received a decent offer for that domain, not even a seven-figure offer; otherwise, it wouldn't be for sale now. Imagine you registered ArtificialIntelligence.com back in 1996 for $70. Until 2022-2023, there was not much interest in your #domain. In fact, you never received an offer higher than $200,000. Perhaps you had it listed for $1 million. Then, after patiently waiting for 28 years, there is suddenly a rise in #AI after #ChatGPT. You re-priced it for $10 million. If someone arrives and offers you $1 million, wouldn't you sell it—even if they finally offered what you always asked for? Or has your appetite grown, and now $1 million is not enough? So, you ask for $10 million and keep waiting for more years? Even if you eventually get the $10 million, but you are 75 years old, did you waste your entire life waiting for the perfect deal? What would you do if the domain were yours?
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HOW DOMAINERS BECAME VICTIMS OF THE BIGEST SCAM IN THE DOMAIN INDUSTRY? -Scammers used 4 narratives (the fantastic 4) Here is the full story, what they did and how they did it, hopefully this will rise your awarness so next time you are not off guard. ***** THE FANTASTIC 4 ***** The promoters of .xyz, as well as domainers who heavily invested in the TLD, utilized four narratives primarily to manipulate and convince other domain investors that .xyz is "the future" and a TLD they shouldn't miss out on (FOMO). Narrative 1: "Google has alphabet.xyz" This is the first narrative and also the most ridiculous one. It was spread everywhere that .xyz would become the next big thing or as the DomainPunk preached "xyz is the future". All because Google acquired alphabet.xyz. However, the truth is that Google's acquisition of alphabet.xyz had nothing to do with the potential of .xyz as a TLD. Google simply chose alphabet.xyz because the domain abc.com and alphabet.com was already taken, and they wanted a creative name their Alphabet brand. In reality, the acquisition of alphabet.xyz by Google has had no significant impact on the overall usage or success of the .xyz TLD. Google gives zero F** about xyz, and you can check in alphabet site that nothing useful is there. It was merely a practical choice for their specific branding needs, and it does not validate the exaggerated claims made by the .xyz promoters. Narrative 2: ".xyz is for crypto" The second narrative revolves around the claim that .xyz is specifically designed for the cryptocurrency industry. However, if you examine the actual usage of domain extensions within the crypto space, you will find that .xyz is not widely adopted. In fact, if you visit coingecko.com, a popular cryptocurrency tracking platform, you will notice that crypto projects primarily use domain extensions such as .com, .io, .org, .tech, .fi, .finance, .net, .co, and .app. With big effort you will find max 2-5 crypto projects using .xyz from the 20,000 coins out there. So, where did this narrative come from? It originated from a few NFT projects (many of which turned out to be scams) that initially used .xyz domains. These projects chose .xyz because it allowed them to use single-word domains, which would enhance investor trust. However, it is important to note that this association between .xyz and the crypto industry is not widespread or representative of the overall crypto space. In reality, .xyz is not the preferred TLD for legitimate crypto projects, just as it is not the preferred TLD for reputable businesses. After realizing that no crypto projects were adopting .xyz as their #domain extension, the narrative shifted to claim that .xyz is suitable for Web3 applications. However, this narrative is also false. The fact remains that .xyz is not widely embraced or recognized within the Web3 ecosystem. Legitimate Web3 projects typically opt for domain extensions that align more closely with the technology and principles of decentralized applications. The attempt to associate .xyz with #Web3 was another misleading tactic used to create a false perception of value and relevance for the TLD. It is essential to exercise caution and conduct thorough research when evaluating such narratives in the domain industry to make informed decisions. Narrative 3: "Swetha & friends" This was the most effective one, well done Dani! Undoubtedly, this narrative involving Swetha and her alleged domain sales played a significant role in manipulating and deceiving domainers. Swetha emerged seemingly out of nowhere, with a portfolio of 24,000 premium single-word .xyz #domains that she was selling for five to six-figure prices like hot donuts such as bull.xyz which is not resolving even today after almost a year. "She" Promoting these sales through her Twitter account and getting them listed on platforms like NameBio, created an illusion of legitimacy and success. The tactic was simple yet effective. By leveraging the credibility of #NameBio since reported sales only require a screenshot to be verified as real a sale and published in namebio.com as namebio itself said "i cant know if a sale is real or not, screenshots can be easily faked, i need to trust on people good adult behavior" : nitter.app/NameBio/status/1… <------ She also leveraged the support of other promoters and bloggers such as DNW and DomainInvesting by Eliot Silver (i dont know if they were asociated with xyz or just wanted to take advantage of the sensational news to add content to their sites and bring visitors but their articles about swetha and xyz were very biased), the news of Swetha's supposed sales spread like wildfire among the domain community. #Domainers, eager to follow the perceived success and profitability, were convinced to invest more in .xyz domains. However, the truth is that Swetha never made any public appearances at industry events like #Namescon, declined interview invitations from Domain Sherpa, and avoided video calls with industry experts like Mike Mann when he confronted her. This raised significant doubts and questions about Swetha's legitimacy as a real #domainer. In fact, the mystery surrounding Swetha and the lack of substantial evidence or verifiable information about her activities as a domain investor far surpasses the doubts regarding extraterrestrial beings. In fact there is more evidence out there about ET's than evidence of swetha being legit and real domainer. In the future, Swetha will likely be remembered as a myth rather than a genuine figure in the domain industry. The narrative surrounding her and the subsequent doubts and unanswered questions serve as a cautionary tale about the risks of blindly following sensational stories without concrete evidence. Narrative 4: "Number of registrations" The narrative that emphasized the high number of registrations for .xyz was another tactic used to manipulate domainers. It is true that .xyz had the largest number of registrations among the new domain extensions, which created a sense of success and popularity for the #TLD. However, the misleading aspect of this narrative was that it implied these registrations were primarily driven by end-user demand and indicated the widespread adoption of .xyz by actual businesses and individuals. In reality, the large number of registrations was predominantly a result of domainers' speculative demand rather than genuine end-user interest. Domainers, motivated by the fear of missing out (FOMO) and the perception of scarcity, acquired a significant number of .xyz domains for investment purposes. This speculative activity artificially inflated the registration numbers and created a false impression of widespread usage and demand. It's important to distinguish between the number of registrations and actual end-user adoption. While .xyz may have had a high number of registrations, it does not necessarily reflect the success or widespread usage of the TLD by genuine businesses or individuals. This narrative aimed to create a sense of urgency and FOMO among domainers, leading them to invest heavily in .xyz domains based on a false perception of scarcity and popularity. 99.8% of xyz registered domains are for sale by domainers. 0.2% are developed sites with content and traffic. Narrative 5? What do you think will be the nect new narrative? I think this time they will say "xyz is for Ai" In fact if you check xyz twitter account you will see they are already working on that one. Dont fall again. "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me" ----> ntldstats.com/tld/xyz <------ #domaining #scam #scammers #swethaxyz #dotxyz
Seeing clowns being clowns? Yup, unfortunately. I wasn't going to give it more oxygen, but since you asked... I've already acknowledged that screenshots can easily be faked; that's not news. That's why I logged into Swetha's Afternic account, so I could see for myself without having to rely on screenshots. But generally we have to operate on some level of trust and mutual respect, which apparently some people are not deserving of. I'm not sure why anyone would feel the need to "test" to see if they can submit a fake sale and get it approved. A child could do it. And apparently a few children have done it for no good reason, to the detriment of everyone. I have to say though, I'm surprised that someone who makes it their business to spread the word about domain sales on Twitter would damage their own reputation by submitting fake sales, and then openly brag about having no integrity like it is some kind of "gotcha" moment. Screenshots are a step above just taking someone's word about a sale and publishing it, but not much of a step. It isn't feasible to log in to everyone's marketplace/escrow/bank accounts to actually verify sales. Escrow is currently the only place that will verify a screenshot if I pass it along to them, which I do on occasion. I wish more services would at least cooperate, or better yet report the sales in the first place, but this industry is far too broken for that to ever happen. And apparently for some people that still wouldn't be good enough anyway. They'll just say the transaction actually happened but it wasn't arms length and was the registry or individual self-dealing. Which I'll give them is possible, albeit unlikely. Short of being a government agency, it's impossible to 100% verify a sale and know it wasn't an inside job. Same goes for Web3, even with the blockchain showing the sales they could still be self-dealing. So where does that leave us? We can either all be adults and try to foster a mature industry where we share legitimate data and try to grow the market for everyone. Or we can be a bunch of clowns and try to poison the data for the LOLs, and I'll just stop accepting private sale report all together. You all can decide, but it's looking like it might have to be the latter.
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