This week’s big news was the auction of 27.com at NameJet, which reached a highest bid of just over $1.5mm. For the platform, it’s a great price - as I believe it sets a new record for the highest bid received on NameJet. However, in terms of other two-number .COM domain sales, the bid was relatively low.
In December 2015, angel investor and owner of 20.com, Jason Calacanis, revealed exclusively on NamePros that he had received offers above $3mm via inbound enquiries on a regular basis.
This would suggest that 27.com should also be receiving bids of around $3mm, or higher. I’m sure that the owner, who is a long standing NamePros user (@sevent), is inundated with private offers after the auction.
Here are this week’s Top Topics.
What’s your best hyphenated domain?
Whilst hyphenated domains are considered of a lower quality, there are countries in which hyphens are popular. Germany, for example, is a great advocate of the hyphenated domain with many businesses preferring hyphenated names.
This discussion has been asking what your best hyphenated domain name is. An array of short and keyword names in TLDs such as .COM, .CO, .IO and .DE have been added to the conversation by investors that still put a value on hyphenated names.
Topic by: @Avtar629
Domaining Is Like…
A great discussion has been created this week, asking investors to give analogies to what domain investing is really like. If you have a spare five minutes today, have a read through this conversation, and perhaps add your own suggestions.
Some of my personal favourite analogies include: “Domaining is like any other addiction; I can quit anytime I like” and “Domaining is like meeting a new woman who only knows the word ‘no’”.
Topic by: @Brandingtheweb.com
My Toolbox
Domain investor Shane Bellone shared the tools that he uses every day manage his domain investments. The tools included an email application, a domain research service and an interesting rebate service that I hadn’t heard of before.
Other investors are also adding their own recommendations to the discussion, such as NameBio, Google Trends and DomainTools.
Topic by: @Shane Bellone
My First Afternic Sale
Afternic produces some great sales to end users and investors alike, but is often a forgotten marketplace when it comes to listing your domains for sale. An investor has shared their story of their first ever domain sale at Afternic, after watching a video by Ali Zandi (@Zandibot) in which he recommended the marketplace.
The domain was a brandable name that the investor hand registered last year. The name was rejected from BrandBucket, and remained unsold on a NamePros listing at just $10. The sales price was $495.
Topic by: @DoumB21
The Seller Wants Their Domain Back
After completing a four figure domain sale in a private transaction, the domain's new owner received an email from the seller asking for the domain to be returned to him. According to the discussion, this was due to the domain having already been sold via GoDaddy auctions.
The domain name allegedly sold for double the price that this investor paid for the name. As usual, the responses from other investors has been mixed, with some suggesting that the new seller keeps the domain whilst others are of the opinion that the new owner should share the profits with the previous owner. What would you do in this situation?
Topic by: @draco
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!
In December 2015, angel investor and owner of 20.com, Jason Calacanis, revealed exclusively on NamePros that he had received offers above $3mm via inbound enquiries on a regular basis.
This would suggest that 27.com should also be receiving bids of around $3mm, or higher. I’m sure that the owner, who is a long standing NamePros user (@sevent), is inundated with private offers after the auction.
Here are this week’s Top Topics.
What’s your best hyphenated domain?
Whilst hyphenated domains are considered of a lower quality, there are countries in which hyphens are popular. Germany, for example, is a great advocate of the hyphenated domain with many businesses preferring hyphenated names.
This discussion has been asking what your best hyphenated domain name is. An array of short and keyword names in TLDs such as .COM, .CO, .IO and .DE have been added to the conversation by investors that still put a value on hyphenated names.
Topic by: @Avtar629
Domaining Is Like…
A great discussion has been created this week, asking investors to give analogies to what domain investing is really like. If you have a spare five minutes today, have a read through this conversation, and perhaps add your own suggestions.
Some of my personal favourite analogies include: “Domaining is like any other addiction; I can quit anytime I like” and “Domaining is like meeting a new woman who only knows the word ‘no’”.
Topic by: @Brandingtheweb.com
My Toolbox
Domain investor Shane Bellone shared the tools that he uses every day manage his domain investments. The tools included an email application, a domain research service and an interesting rebate service that I hadn’t heard of before.
Other investors are also adding their own recommendations to the discussion, such as NameBio, Google Trends and DomainTools.
Topic by: @Shane Bellone
My First Afternic Sale
Afternic produces some great sales to end users and investors alike, but is often a forgotten marketplace when it comes to listing your domains for sale. An investor has shared their story of their first ever domain sale at Afternic, after watching a video by Ali Zandi (@Zandibot) in which he recommended the marketplace.
The domain was a brandable name that the investor hand registered last year. The name was rejected from BrandBucket, and remained unsold on a NamePros listing at just $10. The sales price was $495.
Topic by: @DoumB21
The Seller Wants Their Domain Back
After completing a four figure domain sale in a private transaction, the domain's new owner received an email from the seller asking for the domain to be returned to him. According to the discussion, this was due to the domain having already been sold via GoDaddy auctions.
The domain name allegedly sold for double the price that this investor paid for the name. As usual, the responses from other investors has been mixed, with some suggesting that the new seller keeps the domain whilst others are of the opinion that the new owner should share the profits with the previous owner. What would you do in this situation?
Topic by: @draco
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!
