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  1. William V

    domains Cameo.xyz and Ante.xyz lead a quintet of .xyz sales for Swetha

    I sold a 4 letter xyz last month for 24,500, so I guess I do know. I've had it since the launch along with about 80 others. The domain industry attracts really strange people who add nothing and throw around crazy accusations whenever someone tries to share their knowledge / experience. The...
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    discuss Domaining might be banned because IT is not FAIR.

    Maybe the government could form a Department of Unused Stuff that could track down and take wasted resources from people who aren't really using them. If it happens, this guy will feel sad when they come to take most of his brain.
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    discuss What is your opinion in xyz extension?

    I like the xyz extension. I do get some inquiries and I've had one offer which I declined. I price my names high since I'm not really in any hurry to sell. In my opinion, the gtld deniers are missing the big picture. I remember in the 90's when Hyundai made cars that were unreliable and very...
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    discuss Is the Domain King on the money with his predictions for .WEB?

    The problem with .web is that it's vestigial. It's my opinion that interest in internet names will trend toward brevity and clarity. As time goes on, span the dot names will be the shortest and most natural for companies to desire. When there is no matching extension or in the case of a...
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    .club .Club Showcase and Discussion Thread

    Domainers are the only class of investors I know of who make a 10 dollar investment in something and become disgruntled when its value hasn't multiplied 1000 fold in a couple of years.
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    domains Cameo.xyz and Ante.xyz lead a quintet of .xyz sales for Swetha

    Swetha is not the only one making xyz sales. My question is whether this interest will spread to other extensions or if .xyx is just the new .io.
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    NameCheap Lost Domain

    Namecheap admitted that they failed to follow through with renewing the name despite charging my card and updating the expiration date in the dashboard. I have asked them to buy the name from its current owner and return it to my account. If the current owner won't sell, I gave the option of...
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    .com Why You Must Buy .Com Domain Name

    Very well said.
  9. William V

    Not English but making profit out of GTLDs

    Thanks for sharing Mario. I've been buying gtlds for a few years and am just putting together an outbound strategy. It's nice to hear that there are companies buying who also think these have value.
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    news .XYZ Planning “biggest sale the domain world has ever seen”

    I was sitting in front of my computer with my finger on the trigger on release day. Even then most of the names I wanted were taken. I ended up with about 50 that I really like. It's been 2 years and I've had some inquiries which led to 2 real offers which I turned down. Just my opinion, but...
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    nGTLD's valuations

    In 8 years, assuming I don't buy or sell any names between now and then, I'll have 40k in about 400 names. Not a large investment from my perspective. I think 8 years from now more businesses will be online and existing businesses will own more names, not less. I think the best extensions...
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    Coffee.club reportedly sells for $100,000 at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

    Just because I am new to namepros doesn't mean I was born yesterday. I'm not primarily a domain investor, I'm an end user. About 20% of the names I purchased are relevant to my market and I will keep them to use as opportunity arises. The other 80% are excellent names and my cost basis is...
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    Coffee.club reportedly sells for $100,000 at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

    I've been in online lead gen for more than 10 years. I was around when .mobi was released. I've never given any thought to using .mobi for a project. I understand that some investors got burned but as an end user, I never saw the value. My current projects will be built on .club, .xyz and...
  14. William V

    question Do you buy single-world .network domains?

    I have about 16 .network names. Had some inquiries over the last few years but no sales thus far. Not flying off the shelves, but I like them so they can stay.
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    domains Cameo.xyz and Ante.xyz lead a quintet of .xyz sales for Swetha

    No NDA. Nothing will ever be .com. I didn't invest in "the next .com". I invested in alternatives to the legacy extensions. Gtld denialism is almost a mental illness now.
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    advice Which is most safe register to transfer domains?

    Namecheap just lost one of my domains. They charged my card and updated the renewal date in my account 11 months ago. When I attempted to transfer the domain a few days ago, they couldn't provide the auth code. Now they are saying "oops, it was a glitch and our system let the domain drop"...
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    NameCheap Lost Domain

    The whois shows a creation date of Feb 2019. I'm guessing Namecheap just didn't follow through with renewing the name, it dropped and someone else picked it up.
  18. William V

    NameCheap Lost Domain

    I received an email from NameCheap about some domains that I needed to renew. I logged in, located the domains and requested the auth codes. One of the auth codes didn't arrive, so I contacted support. The support tech tells me the domain isn't in my account and that she has manually removed...
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    discuss Social.media sold?

    Social.media is a great name but I'm not sure it's going to set any records. You can't buy a "social.media". It would be like having "ride.share". All the companies in the space are brands.. Then again, what do I know :). PidgeonDoc.xyz (something like that) sold for 4k, so anything is...
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    news An Exact Match Pair Sold - Should Domain Investors Hold These?

    There are many cases of multiple businesses using the same trade name, just in different parts of the country or world. The .com is often impossible for these companies to get. The .com owner might not care about the "span the dot", but for the .com losers, it could be an interesting...
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