Yesterday, Atom announced they’ve officially added an ICANN registrar to their platform. This is the same move Dan.com was about to make before GoDaddy swooped in and bought them for $71 million. That acquisition stopped the rollout before it happened.
If GoDaddy thought Dan was worth $71 million to keep that from happening, Atom might be worth 5 to 10 times that. They’re almost too big to swallow.
The most disruptive piece isn’t the registrar itself—it’s the revenue-sharing model tied to expiring domains. The rev share hasn’t been detailed yet, but if it’s meaningful, it could be the thing that drives investors to transfer their portfolios over. Expired names that auction well already have a business model, and this just adds more liquidity. I don’t think GoDaddy or Dynadot will match it. Not sure they can. I wouldn’t if I were them—the math doesn’t work in their favor.
If I were running Atom, my first move would be reduced commissions for any name held at their registrar. That’s the fastest path to growing DUM (domains under management). It also improves flow, creates a better user experience, and most importantly, gives their AI more data to work with.
Unstoppable also added a registrar, but they’re not a serious player in traditional domains. They’re growing DUM through heavily discounted registrations, but no one’s moving high-value names there. Atom already has a trusted platform—and now they’ve added the one missing piece.
Interesting Links:
Open AI is releasing a device. It’s a mystery but let’s dig in
OwlsinTowels.org exact…..match…….domain
As a person who lives on a college campus I can verify this
Unstoppable Domains has filed a patent regarding blockchain control of web2 domains.
Starting to look like almost everyone should be taking GPL 1s
Quote of the Day: “You don’t scale by doing more of the same—you scale by building systems and verticals that multiply your impact.” — Naval Ravikant
Domain of the Day BuyHouseboats.com Caught a few more bids. There is lakefront property but the hot new property is ONlake property
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Dynadot
Gorillas.io Top number of bids on the Dyna board today. Ending today
Grasshopper.io Another dot io “animal” Ends today as well
Hydroxy.com Only one bidder. Would be a good catch at that price Now 24 bids
Quantum.tools All TLDs have value with this keyword
Zogo.co like how it rhymes
VCVB.com Many people like these repeaters, even if they are V
Namejet
FirstDefense.com Love this one. Such a strong name
Rioting.com Most bids on the 3 day board. Not sure I love this as a brand
SWF.org and WTP.org Two nice dot orgs closing soon
Matata.com Means worry or trouble in Swahili. You throw Hakuna in front and you have no worries
TDTS.com and ERMS.com Two nice 4Ls with top tier letters
P38.com Reminds me of the workout videos
AudienceScience.com There absolutely is a science to getting an audience
Atom – Active Auctions
DXDM.com As I always say. X takes it out from being an acronym but its good for naming
DCBH.com H for holdings. All good letters
SODS.com This one is approaching $2K. Ends today. Approaching high wholesale
NFFF.com Almost met the reserve
RKOI.com I am going to call this a pronounceable R Koi
OMCB.com Top tier letters. Retail is $16K so might high reserve
Sedo
YIBT.com Decent letters for $150
ZGD.ai Cheapest LLL.ai at Sedo at $200. Surprised its still there
Receptacle.ai BIN at $400
DomainBrokers.ai Outbound domain broker agents
Buzzmaker.ai AI marketing
PAPO.ai At $999 BIN
Catched
Blockchain.fo Still no bidders here. Afraid of dot fo
Domain.gl But they’re not afraid of dot gl
Sovereign.fi Blockchain people LOVE the word sovereign
Founders.academy Where founders learn to be better founders
Auth.es Authentic, authorize
Defi.center One of the most popular keywords there is
Defi.vision Even some value in dot vision which is today’s TLD I didn’t know existed
iT.gl Not sure the IT department would pick dot gl but still like it
Adapt.fi Another nice keyword
Viro.co I have had some success selling CVCV.cos
Godaddy Domains with Bids
AgentFans.com Originally registered in 2012 and they had no idea what the new agent meaning would be
Arcade.us Exudes fun and playful
Artificial.us AI all the way
ArtisanGroup.com Speaking of AI, its making artisan more important and valuable. Physical goods will be the only industries left to work in
BalancedPortfolio.com An important part of investing
CompoundFinance.com compound interest is the other backbone of profit
D97.com LNN have always been good portfolio adds
DelGrande.com Your local Mexican restaurant just got its new name
Flavora.com exudes delicious and flavorful
Flights.us Search for domestic flights only
Investments.us Great keyword. Enough to overcome the regionality
JackCooper.com being bid up for the backlinks and history
Lassy.com Irish word and would make a great brand
LLYC.com C at the end is the icing
LocalAutos.com Perfect keywords. Car shopping always starts local and expands out
Melone.com Melon in Italian
OneCo.com Huge upgrade for a few companies
ProductSourcing.com Build Ai behind it to find any product you see online
RoofContractors.com This tends to be a local search but you can build it out nationally and then drill down
Snowshoer.com Its a popular sport in mountain towns
Trucking.us Easily the best dot us name expiring today
UPUA.com Top tier letters
ValidateIt.com Everything is going to need to be validated since we won’t know what’s real
YMIS.com another nice 4L
ZipClip.com I see this as a tool to take video and make quick little clips from it
Godaddy Names with 1 or NO Bids
Other GoDaddy Names With More Than One Bid
11821.com
4300.cc
59229.com
67698.com
97771.com
AgenTease.com
AgentFans.com
alvu.com
Amhara.com
AnatomyExpert.com
Apple-Geeks.com
Arcade.us
Artificial.us
ArtisanGroup.com
BalancedPortfolio.com
bbzy.com
BowHay.com
buckforcolorado.com
CinemaQueer.com
ClevelandChiropractic.com
cncnc.com
CompoundFinance.com
Cooper.us
corces.com
d97.com
DealEver.com
delgrande.com
denverboyscouts.org
DisplayPro.com
dongho.com
eaaev.org
Eric.us
ethnik.com
evrl.com
flavora.com
Flights.us
fvep.com
gbet-v8.com
Handicap.io
HawaiiTech.com
inclusivekc.org
Investments.us
JackCooper.com
jusen.com
kloor.com
kolmanpryorgallery.com
lassy.com
liuti.com
LiveGraph.com
llyc.com
LocalAutos.com
MeLone.com
nekoyama.net
NetFeed.com
Night.us
nikkol.com
ogyu.com
OnEco.com
paintru.com
PetMen.com
PlantSmith.com
primicias.com
ProductSourcing.com
ProfitChain.com
RagtimeFabrics.com
RankPanda.com
reseauvoltaire.net
RoofContractors.com
SideshowNetwork.com
SmartSellingTools.com
Snowshoer.com
SpindleBar.com
StartingSmarter.com
strechy.com
SustainingPlaces.com
telepac.com
TheGoodWurst.com
TheLickingNews.com
TheTuckerInn.com
ThunderTowerWest.com
TripletPowerSports.com
trixie-belden.com
Trucking.us
upua.com
Valid.us
ValidateIt.com
vnnu.com
WebDesign.us
Win82.com
xianggou.com
ymis.com
zepce.com
zhizhong.com
ZipClip.com
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