In this week's Top Topics, domain investors react to news of Rick Schwartz's latest seven-figure domain sale, and what do you think of GoDaddy's intention to introduce BIN landers? Elsewhere, a domainer discloses a recent five-figure .TV sale, and what's one insight that has led you to become a better domain investor? Rick Schwartz Reports Sale of BestOdds.com The self-styled Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been an instrumental part of the domain name industry since the 1990s, providing a huge amount of value to the domaining community through his conferences and his domain sales revelations. The latest sale to be disclosed by Rick is BestOdds.com for $1.8 million upfront plus a reported $1.8 million in royalties in the next ten years. Here, domain investors comment on the sale with Rick himself also publishing a clarification. Topic by: @Debasis GoDaddy to Introduce BIN Landers GoDaddy is undeniably the most well known domain name company in the world. Thanks largely to years of mainstream advertising, the GoDaddy name has become a trusted source for domains for the wider world. Domain investors are helped by this widespread trust by having access to GoDaddy’s aftermarket that promotes third party names. It’s a source of sales for many investors, but is the service about to be improved? GoDaddy announced that it is going to introduce a buy it now (BIN) option for its landing pages, which will be accessible to domain investors after testing. Here, domainers react to the news. Topic by: @Ostrados When Do You Give In and Accept the Offer? In the last twelve months, this domain investor has placed minimum offer values of between $100 and $1,000 on many names from their portfolio. Unsurprisingly, that has resulted in numerous offers in the $300 to $1,000 range. The offers have all been rejected or countered. When do you start to doubt yourself? When do you second guess your valuations? In your experience, is it typical to start to give in and accept these offers to aid cashflow and overall portfolio development? Topic by: @NickB What’s One Insight That Has Led You to Become a Better Domainer? This past week, NamesCon Online has been taking place. The global virtual event reinforced for me the sheer number of people from around the world that participate in the domain name industry. Something that diversity brings to the industry is insight based on participants’ various experiences. Here, domain investors are encouraged to share one insight that has led them to become a better investor. What’s an insight that has led you to become a better domainer? Topic by: @equity78 I Sold Mob.tv for $12,058 Prolific .TV domain investor @Ammudamus is back with another announcement about another five-figure .TV sale that they've closed. This time, the name is Mob.tv, a three-letter name that NameBio previously lists as selling for $4,250 at Sedo in 2011. The sale was facilitated by a GoDaddy broker and it ranks as the sixth-largest publicly disclosed .TV sale of the past year, according to NameBio's data chart. Topic by: @Ammudamus Top Topics of the Week is a blog series featuring the most popular discussions and content within the domain community. Tune in weekly to see what’s trending
Fantastic read James. It's great that GoDaddy wlll be offering a BIN landing page, and it's about time
CORRECTION / ADDENDUM On the other hand, it was indeed a clarification, sure - but ... ... unfortunately only in regards to the deletions (tweet / blog post) - and not in terms to the sale itself (which would have been the interesting part). Most probably it will remain a mystery.
