Whatever hair I haven’t pulled out of my head from dealing with the domain business will be shaved off in a charity fundraiser for the WaterSchool. Please click this link to read about the wonderful things that they do. If you have the ability to donate, please do. Any amount, whether small or large can make a huge difference.
People ask if I still buy names. The answer is always that it depends on the domain and the price. With that said I found out that one of the domains that I had been monitoring has been sold but not yet transferred. It was a domain for obvious reasons that I would have liked to acquire, but it was already sold to somebody else.
The domain was LF.com, which happens to be my initials. I was told by the seller that the price was quite high but was not given further information. My guess is that it will be moving to China, but only time will tell.
On another note, SiteChat.com is still in beta. We are making updates as suggested by our beta testers. One such change is that we will be allowing messages to stay on the platform for a specified time(most likely 1 week). This will give users the opportunity to go back and forth between sites (such as domain auction or domain information sites and see all previous conversations). To be the valuable tool that it can be, I ask that you download the chrome version or firefox version and use it for such sites to start. If someone would like to lead a Sitechat conversation at a specific time, please email me- larry (at) Getyourdomain.com.
Read more about SiteChat.com
I’m at a computer most of my day. Like most of us, I use the internet to shop, bid on auctions and other things that we used to have to go to a brick and mortar store for.
At the last domain conference, I enjoyed seeing friends, making new ones. One of the most exciting events is the live auction. I usually stand in the back with other domainers. We discuss many things including our thoughts on some of the domains being auctioned. This real world experience can not be experienced on a computer.
UNTIL NOW.
Sitechat.com is a tool which allows you to chat on any website on the web, even if that site does not offer chat. People visiting the same site can converse in the SiteChat box via text with all of their fellow SiteChat users or one to one via text or video in a private room.
I along with 2 other domainers helped put this tool together.
Ron Jackson, on DNJournal.com just wrote a great write up of the service, which is in beta.
I’m hoping that you will download the Chrome plugin and try it. Test it. Tell me about bugs. Tell me about meeting new domainers. There is a non plugin version on sitechat.com but the plugin is the way to go for full features.
I am concentrating on the domain industry in beta. I think we are the most entrepreneurial society of any people I have ever met.
Read Rons write up as he really puts into words what SiteChat can accomplish for you.
In addition to testing. I will start scheduling chats so domainers can meet other domainers at sites that do not have chat, such as domain auctions.
In addition, there is a trending area so you can jump easily between trending chats.
Please contact me here with any bugs, thoughts or just to say hi.
Please remember we just started this. It will take time to build and get perfect. Lets build this together.
A recent transaction that I am aware of was the sale of mistress.com. Adam sold the domain name in the past few days. The purchase price was $40,000. I think that the buyer did very well on this purchase.
Most deals that I work on require complete silence due to NDA’s. As such, almost all transactions and negotiations are not reported or discussed by me. However, I do get unsolicited offers that do not bound me by those restrictions. I thought I’d share one that we turned down and get your thoughts on it.
Anything.com owns both VR.com and VirtualReality.com. According to Techcrunch, Virtual Reality is To hit $150 BILLION and disrupt mobile by 2020. Other well known deals in VR includes Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus VR, and Google’s investment in Magic Leap.
This List of startups in the VR world just on angel list includes over 200 companies with many VR firms hiring for VR related jobs.
The offer we turned down was in the 7 figures. One broker I discussed this with yesterday thinks the right firm could pay upwards of 50 million USD for the pair. Is that possible? As I’ve learned with almost 20 years in this business, anything is possible. If you have some thoughts, Please LMK.
The NYtimes wrote an interesting article last Thursday discussing URL’s that which are not being optimized for SEO rankings. Instead the URL is tailored to be funny, hoping that people reading it will forward it to others, thereby creating a “social URL”.
examples include
” an article posted on Engadget, a website that reports on and reviews tech products, about a wearable device that monitors sexual activity. In the URL, the writer issued something of a mea culpa: engadget.com/2014/08/07/bondara-sexfit-i-used-to-be-a-serious-journalist/ ”
and
buzzfeed.com/daves4/just-donate-the-money, which takes readers to the article “22 People Who Should Definitely Not Have Taken the Ice Bucket Challenge.”
” Traditionally, URLs have always closely mirrored the headline. The so-called social URL is written not with Google analytics or search engine optimization in mind. The hope is that a story will get shared a lot by those who appreciate a cleverly placed joke.”
Cabs.com was a steal.complete list below.
Over the past week, 591 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.
Domain name Date Price Currency
.COMs
cabs.com 2014-09-15 50000 USD
themotel.com 2014-09-15 25000 USD
careonline.com 2014-09-16 16000 USD
storypoint.com 2014-09-19 15000 USD
skyfox.com 2014-09-19 10000 USD
actuar.com 2014-09-19 8000 EUR
sarinarusso.com 2014-09-16 7620 USD
clouddefender.com 2014-09-16 6500 USD
8753.com 2014-09-17 5800 USD
lumikids.com 2014-09-20 5000 USD
sangalo.com 2014-09-15 5000 USD
mercatos.com 2014-09-18 5000 EUR
flylatam.com 2014-09-17 5000 USD
travelcar.com 2014-09-19 5000 EUR
activitycloud.com 2014-09-19 5000 USD
jetyemek.com 2014-09-18 5000 USD
eqom.com 2014-09-16 4999 USD
fontism.com 2014-09-17 4999 USD
icannoise.com 2014-09-17 4994 USD
centrinofund.com 2014-09-17 4990 USD
leadsup.com 2014-09-16 4799 USD
jubank.com 2014-09-20 4500 EUR
symplr.com 2014-09-18 3900 EUR
blockpay.com 2014-09-20 3600 USD
rouletteonlinespielen.com 2014-09-15 3500 EUR
tisn.com 2014-09-17 3500 USD
yays.com 2014-09-17 3500 EUR
oilid.com 2014-09-18 3500 USD
penu.com 2014-09-19 3500 USD
nurtureu.com 2014-09-16 3295 USD
euro24.com 2014-09-19 3250 EUR
erlebnis.com 2014-09-16 3050 EUR
watermedia.com 2014-09-15 3000 USD
chatfriends.com 2014-09-15 3000 USD
slimsite.com 2014-09-19 3000 USD
sosocial.com 2014-09-18 3000 USD
e-360.com 2014-09-18 3000 USD
kartist.com 2014-09-20 2800 EUR
stopandgrow.com 2014-09-19 2800 USD
monkeybingo.com 2014-09-15 2744 USD
sunjack.com 2014-09-16 2640 USD
reconvert.com 2014-09-15 2600 USD
epiphyte.com 2014-09-15 2500 USD
scitera.com 2014-09-15 2500 EUR
visionfoods.com 2014-09-16 2500 USD
alpha4all.com 2014-09-16 2500 USD
panthere.com 2014-09-17 2500 EUR
nivriti.com 2014-09-18 2500 USD
andamanvacations.com 2014-09-17 2495 USD
privacyblog.com 2014-09-19 2450 USD
geminis.com 2014-09-18 2449 USD
waaaw.com 2014-09-18 2244 USD
clubfenix.com 2014-09-20 2244 USD
pocketbar.com 2014-09-16 2119 USD
krshop.com 2014-09-15 2100 EUR
studentloangeeks.com 2014-09-19 2000 USD
24safe.com 2014-09-20 2000 USD
exppi.com 2014-09-18 2000 USD
tripregistry.com 2014-09-16 2000 USD
tvfinance.com 2014-09-17 2000 USD
santassack.com 2014-09-15 1995 USD
trigliceridi.com 2014-09-18 1990 EUR
avocette.com 2014-09-18 1900 EUR
dailyflirt.com 2014-09-17 1899 USD
caladrius.com 2014-09-16 1800 USD
kleanr.com 2014-09-18 1800 USD
medtronicplc.com 2014-09-15 1750 USD
lifecoachingcourses.com 2014-09-15 1699 USD
joebee.com 2014-09-17 1695 USD
wildpets.com 2014-09-15 1600 USD
translex.com 2014-09-18 1500 GBP
mindmart.com 2014-09-18 1500 USD
roadwear.com 2014-09-15 1499 USD
propcare.com 2014-09-16 1499 GBP
thaiupdate.com 2014-09-15 1495 USD
spaceful.com 2014-09-15 1460 USD
marketbrew.com 2014-09-18 1450 USD
adpixels.com 2014-09-19 1450 USD
omegaboost.com 2014-09-17 1350 USD
horizonmortgage.com 2014-09-16 1300 USD
wholesalelock.com 2014-09-15 1299 USD
cyberlick.com 2014-09-19 1288 USD
hospitables.com 2014-09-18 1265 USD
bonchance.com 2014-09-16 1250 USD
6ww.com 2014-09-15 1200 EUR
o2oshop.com 2014-09-16 1199 USD
healthyhappylife.com 2014-09-16 1100 USD
x-models.com 2014-09-18 1077 USD
rttc.com 2014-09-18 1050 USD
cioty.com 2014-09-18 1000 USD
chinalytics.com 2014-09-15 1000 USD
us123.com 2014-09-15 1000 USD
icondomains.com 2014-09-15 1000 USD
lightforcetherapy.com 2014-09-15 1000 USD
rusauction.com 2014-09-16 1000 USD
kingsofporn.com 2014-09-16 1000 USD
dwiinsurancequotes.com 2014-09-19 1000 USD
devsix.com 2014-09-19 1000 USD
betglobe.com 2014-09-18 1000 USD
d-struct.com 2014-09-19 1000 USD
tingsremembered.com 2014-09-16 999 USD
videntix.com 2014-09-16 999 USD
dawex.com 2014-09-17 999 USD
customercarenumber.com 2014-09-19 980 USD
appupdates.com 2014-09-18 979 USD
soundrocket.com 2014-09-16 975 USD
gotowebonar.com 2014-09-19 975 USD
badassery.com 2014-09-16 972 USD
reconversion.com 2014-09-15 950 USD
start100.com 2014-09-16 925 USD
macsshacks.com 2014-09-17 925 USD
invetec.com 2014-09-17 900 EUR
browntube.com 2014-09-15 835 USD
liquidroof.com 2014-09-18 800 USD
freewear.com 2014-09-15 799 USD
browniepop.com 2014-09-19 792 USD
socialmediacollege.com 2014-09-19 750 USD
astrofisica.com 2014-09-15 750 EUR
4or.com 2014-09-15 750 USD
secretponpon.com 2014-09-18 750 EUR
walkerstrategic.com 2014-09-16 700 USD
independentprofessional.com 2014-09-16 700 USD
theatreintoronto.com 2014-09-18 700 USD
CCtlds
kfz24.de 2014-09-15 11500 EUR
externer-datenschutzbeauftragter.de 2014-09-15 7000 EUR
chile.eu 2014-09-17 5850 EUR
eataly.in 2014-09-16 5500 USD
bb.tv 2014-09-15 5100 USD
chaps.de 2014-09-15 3000 USD
ventures.co 2014-09-16 3000 USD
appear.co.uk 2014-09-18 3000 EUR
tricare.de 2014-09-17 2800 EUR
orangerie.de 2014-09-15 2750 EUR
commerce.io 2014-09-15 2750 EUR
x.gd 2014-09-19 2500 USD
finanzzentrum.de 2014-09-15 2500 EUR
der-ring.de 2014-09-17 2500 EUR
malmoplaza.se 2014-09-15 2350 EUR
converted.co.uk 2014-09-15 2270 GBP
autowerkstatt-stuttgart.de 2014-09-16 2213 EUR
shopware.nl 2014-09-17 2000 EUR
mellerio.jp 2014-09-18 2000 EUR
airy.co 2014-09-18 2000 USD
klarstein.cn 2014-09-16 1999 USD
criterion.co.uk 2014-09-17 1999 GBP
rhythm.nl 2014-09-17 1875 EUR
jangro.co.uk 2014-09-17 1750 USD
ostseereise.de 2014-09-17 1570 EUR
welten.de 2014-09-19 1554 EUR
acompanhantes.pt 2014-09-15 1500 EUR
thairestaurant.de 2014-09-17 1500 EUR
lichterfest.de 2014-09-18 1500 EUR
mein-freund.de 2014-09-16 1499 EUR
elleboutique.co.uk 2014-09-17 1480 EUR
lokalportal.de 2014-09-15 1400 EUR
666.me 2014-09-16 1380 USD
hauskredite.de 2014-09-18 1300 EUR
ewallet.me 2014-09-16 1288 USD
environ.eu 2014-09-16 1250 EUR
projectbox.nl 2014-09-19 1250 EUR
casinos.com.ve 2014-09-15 1200 EUR
anwaltdirekt.de 2014-09-19 1180 EUR
goldbroker.de 2014-09-18 1150 EUR
taxiteam.de 2014-09-19 1150 EUR
zone-telechargement.fr 2014-09-18 1100 EUR
costa-rica.us 2014-09-18 1100 USD
ipsen.si 2014-09-19 1000 USD
khs.pl 2014-09-16 1000 EUR
visitregensburg.de 2014-09-17 1000 EUR
5htp.nl 2014-09-19 999 EUR
simbabwe.eu 2014-09-18 999 EUR
chennaicity.in 2014-09-19 900 USD
gesundleben.ch 2014-09-16 899 EUR
ratgeber-geldanlage.de 2014-09-17 896 EUR
tetine.fr 2014-09-16 850 EUR
partybox.ch 2014-09-17 850 EUR
dewoeker.be 2014-09-18 800 EUR
motocrossgraphics.co.uk 2014-09-18 800 USD
websitedesigners.co 2014-09-16 800 USD
livesex.me 2014-09-20 799 USD
rrr.in 2014-09-19 788 USD
litscher.ch 2014-09-16 784 EUR
dearlucy.co 2014-09-16 777 USD
dr-house.de 2014-09-15 700 EUR
OTHER
uhr.kaufen 2014-09-19 4200 EUR
nix.biz 2014-09-15 2290 USD
socks.club 2014-09-18 2000 USD
foursquare.church 2014-09-17 1999 USD
nost.net 2014-09-15 1900 USD
buy.bid 2014-09-16 1500 USD
gamestore.info 2014-09-15 1200 EUR
myticket.org 2014-09-17 1200 EUR
ymap.org 2014-09-19 1100 EUR
meeting.info 2014-09-19 1050 USD
seeker.berlin 2014-09-18 1000 EUR
careersolution.org 2014-09-18 1000 USD
belgio.info 2014-09-15 999 EUR
reiter.reisen 2014-09-18 950 EUR
saldos.info 2014-09-18 800 EUR
ispta.org 2014-09-18 700 USD
hotelsincuba.org 2014-09-19 700 USD
Due to the rising NN.com pricing, yesterday I took a look at all 2 Number .com domains form 01.com all the way up to 99.com. From the whois information, I looked at registrants, both current and prior, registrars they are at and spoke with some of the domainers that currently own or those that owned them in the past. While I knew they were a hot commodity, I was surprised at the monopoly the Chinese investors have on these domains. Over 80% is owned or under the control of Chinese domainers
I will be looking at other markets that the Chinese have been buying lately, such as nnn.com, LLL.com and LL.com. and make a report on those in the future.
Domainfest which became Webfest last year, is back as Domainfest. Namescon, which took place recently in Las Vegas, was formed mainly because domainfest was thought to be no longer. Below are the dates and the press release.
DOMAINSPONSOR ANNOUNCES DOMAINFEST CONFERENCE
The most respected domain and online advertising conference returns to Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, Calif. Jan. 23. DomainSponsor®, the online monetization business of Oversee.net® and organizer of the critically acclaimed DomainFest ® series of conferences, will host its annual DomainFest conference from March 31 to April 3, 2014, at the luxurious Loews Hotel in Hollywood, Calif.
DomainFest returns to Hollywood at the “new” Loews Hollywood Hotel, set in the middle of iconic Hollywood landmarks. This hotel is the gateway to enjoy all that Hollywood and Highland have to offer – from the Walk of Fame to the major movie studios.
”We are bringing DomainFest back to Hollywood and its roots,” said Debra Domeyer, CEO of Oversee.net. “With a tradition of networking, learning, and getting deals done, we’re delighted to be back. Our goal is to once again deliver a great conference with excellent speakers, rich content, and fun entertainment.”
Speakers, Agenda and Evening Entertainment
Domain owners, new gTLD Name Providers, Domain Registrars, Online Marketers, Affiliates and Startups attending DomainFest can expect an agenda packed with unique learning and networking opportunities. Industry leaders will offer insights and real-world experiences that can help improve business performance and results.
“For the 9th year, we are pleased to host the DomainFest conference,” said Dwayne Walker, Senior Vice President of Advertising and Domain Services. “Once again, we are bringing together the brightest and most informed experts, attendees and investors from the Domain, Online Advertising and Online Marketing industries to explore new business opportunities, network and enjoy memorable evening entertainment.”
In February 2013 more than 600 domain name investors, registrars, hosting companies, startups, advertising providers and online marketing companies from 25 countries attended the conference.
Registration is Now Open
An early bird registration fee of $695, which includes all sessions, meals and evening parties, is available now and will end Feb. 14, 2014. On Feb. 15, 2014, the regular pre-conference rate of $995 applies. This year, a special one-day pass will be available for the first day of the conference. Priced at just $295, it encourages a broad range of participants involved in the Southern California technology scene. To register, visit
http://domainfest.com
DomainFest has arranged for discounted hotel room rates at the Loews Hollywood hotel. For reservation details, please visit: http://domainfest.com
Sponsorship Opportunities Available
DomainFest is an excellent and cost effective way to promote your brand to savvy investors. Information about 2014 sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities is available at http://domainfest.com. Inquiries can be sent to info@domainfest.com
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Get the Latest News and Stay Informed
The DomainFest team will provide updates, information and much more via its Twitter handle @domainfest. DomainFest, DomainSponsor and conference attendees will be tweeting before and during the conference using Twitter hashtag #DomainFest. Videos, pictures, commentary and live news and information will flow on Twitter via hashtag #domainfest. Tweet us using hashtag #DomainFest.
Last week I was at Namescon. First I have to give Richard, Jodi and Jothan a huge congratulations. They put on the first of what I think will be EPIC shows.
Much discussion was placed on the new Gtld’s verse the existing tld’s (mostly .com’s) Of course there were many that were looking forward to their arrival. These positive folks mostly were represented by those that were involved financially in the process. The .com lovers were mostly older domainers that had seen .mobi, .xxx and others fail miserably for the investors, but made lots of dough for the registries, auction houses and registrars.
I do think some Gtld’s will be a winner for all involved including domain investors. Others will help the average business looking for a simple domain that they could not otherwise get at an affordable price.
Speaking with a long time domainer today, he told me that Gtld stood for “Going to Lose Dough”. At first I laughed but I had to commend his reasoning. “Its a lot like Las Vegas”, he said. “The house are the Gtlds and the investors are the gamblers. Since the house usually comes out ahead, many investors may have found the meaning of Gtld.”
It’s only a matter of time to see if he’s right or wrong.