news Mike Mann drops 50,000 domains

[charrisg]

Mike Mann and his company DomainMarket.com has dropped almost 50,000 domains in the past few months.


https://onlinedomain.com/2020/06/18/domain-name-news/mike-mann-drops-50000-domains/

 

[Silentptnr]

@Mike Mann should develop his own domain liquidation platform.

At $1 each, that's 50k.

 

[OnlineDomainCom]

Here is the list of 50,000 domains:
https://onlinedomain.com/2020/06/19...-list-of-the-50000-domains-mike-mann-dropped/

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

With Google, Twitter and Microsoft keyword alone, there are 47+37+11 = 95 domains as per DomainMarket.

A big time cybersquatter.

 

[AbdulBasit.com]

Yes, i forgot about that. Well played.

You forgot "Uber" The worst damage Mike can do is announce (TM) sales.

Mike tweeted Sold UberDirect (.)com for $9888 on 1/2/2020, he got for $20 in 2019.
Sad, I think TM infringement sales, more harm than good to the industry.
Only Mike can pull this off. I kindly ask him to stop sharing "TM" sales lol.

Samer

IMO, he is giving less and harming the industry a lot. Just reporting big sales without much detail of purpose of acquiring those sold domains, total yearly cost, profits, loss, etc. Nothing is shared which in short gives nothing but the wrong hope especially to newbies who think any crappy domain can be sold for big money. That's just ridiculous.

Either share it with complete detail or stop showing off at all.

 

[Samer]

Nice, focus quality, not quantity. Agree here.

Samer

 

[Recons.Com]

I don't understand how holding 300 000 names is different from holding 3 000 names, given the same quality and pricing.

Quality at certain pricing translates into 1% typical sell through. At $2000 net per name the math would work this way:

3 000 x 1% x 2000 = $60K - 3000 x 8.5$ renewals = $34.5K net.

300 000 x 1% x 2000 = $6000K - 300 000 x 8.5$ renewals = $3450K

The problem of Mike Mann's portfolio is not its size. It is that about 50% or maybe more of it is filled with non-investment grade names. Plus his pricing strategy that leads him to lose more in overall sales chasing few large and impressive sales for the gloating and PR.

 

[Recons.Com]

I’d rather avoid trouble.
No amount of “generic“ is good enough
Like a cloud that hangs over ur head until sell.
Weigh your opportunity cost and risk-reward.

GET THE HELL OUT “google” “Microsoft” uber
even Apple, the $1 trillion company, yes; the same Apple known to pick little guy 2protect IP
I see doomed before you start, destined to fail,
go ahead register “uber” “Apple” anything.

You dont need to be a lawyer to know heading.

You are confused, apparently. First, you just made a claim that selling UberDirect was somehow violating Uber's TM, which doesn't make sense. As, most word+word.com pretty much everyone holds, probably you too, contain a word that has a TM in a specific area or more within a geography. There is a reason why no one can get a dictionary word into their monopoly, as that would mean few thousand big corporations would take over and limit branding for millions of others and create so much confusion.

Second, you are just throwing "google" "Microsoft" "Uber" "Apple" all together, apparently not understanding the difference TM-ing a made up word and a dictionary word.

There was a reason @AbdulBasit.com listed made up brands only...

 

[sharfab]

In the domaining business you have to always be prepared to re-evaluate what to keep and what to let go. Especially when you receive email notifications about upcoming domain name renewal fees.

 

[Mister Funsky]

50,000 domains

It would be a hoot to be able to view the list of the dropped names.

 

[Recons.Com]

This website searches TM’s for free.

Uber 184 pages of Trademarks; (Search belo)

https://knowem.com/checktrademarkav...ark&searchField=trademark&searchType=contains

If involve UDRP your name edge stone forever

And you doing harm; As @AbdulBasit.com said, it’s bad enough it’s TM, no further detail?

Even giving all details wouldnt have fixed it imo
Best to avoid this practice; But who am i talk? While he’s $9888 richer.

I dont question sale. Or his ways.
I question long-term ramifications on industry.
Dont somainers bad rep this? “cybersquat”?

Why don't you read a little about law, IP, TM before consulting on the subject? Yes, they can have TM for a dictionary word, but that would limited to certain uses, like transporting people. And only because "uber" is not generic term for this kind of service. So, you can't be in transportation and tm the word "lift", as "to give a lift" is a generic enough term for providing a ride. Apple couldn't TM usage of the word "apple" for producing apples if it was in gardening...

 

[dombastic]

uber is not a word that was/is used in day-to-day life until made popular by the ride app

English is NOT the only language in the world. Some people speak also other languages.

"über" is "over" in German and is used as frequently as over.
"über-" is a prefix in German meaning "over"- (e.g. overtime), "super-" (e.g. superman), "hyper-" (e.g. hyperthermy) or "ultra-".

Both are and were frequently used in German speaking countries long before your app existed.

 

[TCK]

As @sharfab mentioned, we need to continually reevaluate our portfolios based on financial situation and quality of domains. It's impressive that Mr. Mann can manage so many domains. My recommendation for most domainers is to take the strategic approach, rather than register every domain they find, develop your best domains to create revenue that will at least cover your renewal costs and hopefully finance future acquisitions. I know that Mike has a number of businesses that likely cover at least some of his renewals. Acquire the best domains you can afford and drop domains that have never received an offer for and/or you don't see development potential. Consider the cost of spending time in forum auctions that will garner maybe a few bucks versus time spent on development of your best domains. Also, if you receive offers that did not end up in a sale, this might indicate that a domain is a development candidate.

 

[capybara]

Mike tweeted Sold UberDirect (.)com for $9888 on 1/2/2020, got for $20, 2019.

Uber is a dictionary term, one of a kind with super, hyper, ultra, mega and so on.

 

[pb]

Imagine having 1000 domains expiring every day and deciding which ones to renew, which ones to let go. I sometimes have trouble with 10... I've always thought the "volume" guys just renew everything as long as the income is above the cost. But obviously it's healthy to trim some fat now and then.

 

[Pazu]

Or he could have flooded NameLiquidate.com, which would help take care of the legwork with payment and transfers.

 

[Samer]

is this another subtle indication that .com is starting to wane in light of new alternative options in the domain market?

Wishful thinking.

 

[frank-germany]

is this another subtle indication that .com is starting to wane in light of new alternative options in the domain market?

no
it's just a hint
that Mike registers pigon sht domains
(only in large quantities)

as we all do

I hope for him he deleted

weihnachtsgeschenken /com

as well




... no he missed that one

Hey Mike
as you unfriended me on facebook
I couldn't tell you

the word you want
is either

weihnachtsgeschenk ( singular )
or
weihnachtsgeschenke ( plural)

 

[karmaco]

Good move. I guess he doesn’t want to own the internet anymore Everyone should be reassessing their names, goals and costs versus profit frequently.

 

[Steven McEvoy]

I don’t really care what he does... what he does on his time does not affect the domain industry or me... what you should provide is his list of his drops that would be worth it my read.

 

[OnlineDomainCom]

The list is coming later today.

GUYS WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THE LIST?
THANK YOU

 

[Silentptnr]

Here is the list of 50,000 domains:
https://onlinedomain.com/2020/06/19...-list-of-the-50000-domains-mike-mann-dropped/

Wow....I'm seeing names that look decent.

 

[CraigD]

I don't think they understand the word 'humour' as they changed the spelling of that too.

...or 'offence' for that matter. I could go on.
NP, If you want international comments, you really need to allow for Queen's English and some Commonwealth slang.

 

[tonyk2000]

He acted somewhat differently in 2012:

https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-mann-who-registered-14962-domains-in-24-hours/

 

[Recons.Com]

Money not spent renewing low-quality domains can be used to acquire bitcoin, ethereum, ...

Crypto prices are volatile but cryptocurrencies unlike most domains are liquid....

Liquidity doesn't equal profitability. Some cryptos might be liquid, but the volatility can kill your investment.

Domains are not liquid, but that is compensated by 5x-1000x margins that are required for xx% profitability overall.