For the 16th year in a row, I will remind you that today is the worst day of the year to be online. April Fools’ Day is a pass to try to be funny with a lie. The world is eternally now April Fools Day in the fact that you can hardly believe anything you read. Today it’s even worse.
In other domain news, Escrow handed out its annual awards for top domain broker. Unsurprisingly, Media Options was not number one. Andrew Miller was ranked first. That is not surprising, as he is the top individual broker in the world. What is surprising, is that he still seems to use Escrow for his primary Escrow. I would have thought Hilco would have introduced him to other options when he was there.
The list of Top 10 is a list full of the best domain brokers in our industry. Just don’t forget this is a best customer award. It’s based on who used them. Like giving an award to “the burger champion” who ate the most burgers at McDonalds. Not to take away from the list. It’s still a list of the biggest and the best. Because the biggest and the best will and should use Escrow at times.
In the comments, Drew Rosener said they would have won for the 8th consecutive time if they had used Escrow and not moved to other Escrow providers. Saying they have switched because of bad service. I think shots were fired when Escrow essentially titled the post “We have a new king in town,” which is not going to play well with Media Options. No doubt in my mind, they put up with the problems because of the award. Now that the title is not there, it will be interesting to see who they use going forward.
Transaction assurance has taken over for Escrow on most of the small sales. All the major registrars have “bring a sale” options which are only a few points above credit card fees. Still not a lot of options for six and seven figure deals and that’s where the Top 10 needed Escrow.
Quote of the Day: “Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.” – Arthur Helps
Domain of the Day: Qoot.com Brand makers love this type of name. Fun, short, and defensible
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Dynadot
Firv.com Not really in use but it is pronounceable and short and that alone has a lot of value
Fusers.com Could be a brand. Could sell printer fusers.
CheckTone.com Sounds like an AI writer or document scanner
Unpin.com 22 years old. I’m going to call this a tech name
FishNDive.com Not going to sell for a lot but it’s a service a lot of charters offer in beach towns
LIMD.com Over $1K. Officially, you could call it pronounceable. I hate to say this, but I see prosthetics on this one
UOOO.com 21 days away but wanted to tease you
Flow.dog Love the brand. Has one bid
OnChain.mx Under $10 for the keyword
Pi.coffee I know the .coffee doesn’t have a great sell through but Pi is a pretty good keyword
Super.horse Pretty cool brand name. Yep, a dot horse made the list
Agents.asia No bids shows nobody really like .asia
Namejet
LaughingDog.com If it sounds like an IPA it’s a good brand
Sable.org I think its a pretty meat. A cute animal and thankfully nobody is wearing the fur anymore
BikeAndHike.com Solid mountain town gear store. Even better online store name
OrganicMeats.com A bit generic but still should translate to good online sales
Whitespring.com If it sounds like a family office it makes a good brand
OpenFlight.com Open names killing it lately
ActivePet.com Sounds like a dogfood
Blendo.com You know I love keyword+o names
VOSO.com What a name. Wouldn’t be surprised to see this go over $25K
YellowParrot.com Name animal is always a good hold
GoldenDolphin.com I said on Domain Sherpa I would eat at this Chinese restaurant
Atom – Active Auctions
WonderWorker.com Ai agent
Promotical.com
ImpactHealth.io Now at BIN of $20
Sedo
RocketCurve.com Open vessel. I have no idea what the company will do but it exudes quickly. Reserve under $120
Mobile.chat Reserve under $1000. Not sure mobile is a great keyword anywhere but chat bots and whisper give this some value
Mom.es Under $500 reserve. No bids
Ceysma.com I think its a typo for cysma but getting some bids
LunarConnect.com Decent Space company name. Exudes sat communication
Catched
J.fr Just crossed Closes today. $10K+ now. Regular renewal of $8.
AiCandy.fr Another .fr doing well
Key.pro Price is going to surprise you
Poker.vg Gambling sites don’t mind using alt TLDs
Sleep.tools People spend billion dollars on sleep gadgets, apps, and medicines
Eric.it Eric in IT may want this email
Robots.rent Rent a robot? No bids
SuperAuto.es Super is a universal word
Godaddy Domains With Bids
PolicyAi.com The people who hand registered these keywordAI have killed it. Secondary buyers have a little tougher time because of math
ArtSupplies.net Big category. Big enough to make this a stand alone site
Vimoo.com Yes, Vimeo comes to mind for me first too
RegenGroup.com I feel peptides will be available from the Regen Group
GoodBloom.com Fertilizer or cannabis
HappyChart.com Ai charting . Of course I throw Ai in front of everything right now
GuyCode.com Bro site
WRHW.com All good letters
Perpl.com Play on purle and perp dex
AiKings.com Everyone wants to be #1. At leaset you can act like it with this name
DogWeek.com Every week is dog week
ClaudeCoder.com Blatant trademark infringement but it won’t stop most
Bussa.com I’ll scoop this type of 5L up all day
Aril.org Exudes security and protection if you know what the aril does for a seed
RoboMac.com What the claw Mac Minis are
TheArtSociety.com Only rich people are in the art society
TheLaughingGiraffe.com Not much value but fun name
Godaddy Names Value Names (Low or No Bids)
Other GoDaddy Names With More Than One Bid
14309.com
25733.com
38743.com
39947.com
49353.com
4v7.com
67943.com
68589.com
73475.com
7365.cc
83471.com
84431.com
aindubai-tickets.com
AmericanTattooSandiego.com
AnnaSokolow.org
AssistFlathead.org
awyu.com
BambooAir.com
baohanh.com
BeijingNews.com
blokauto.com
BookHelicoptErinDubai.com
CarBonkLean.com
chronikajournal.com
completesolutionsdfw.com
CookieClicker3.com
EarlyGradeReadingBarometer.org
ebjx.com
englopedia.com
fmcpaware.org
genocore.com
GloryWay.com
GoodGuest.com
GreenGrab.com
HomeStagings.com
IndoorPartyGames.org
jrsf.com
JustParcel.com
kidzaniadubaitickets.com
KinoStudio.com
LevanteBari.com
llmprompt.com
MappingHealth.com
mjqa.com
MotelRestaurant.com
MultitoolMountain.com
mvve.com
NapaLearns.org
Nasal.io
NftFactory.com
nyapplecountry.com
obvus.me
OutPostmedia.com
popuheads.com
PrimaryNightclub.com
ProofOfHumanity.com
rehabrx.com
RidingHorseback.com
SackSpaRente.com
SaintBank.com
ShawnGraham.me
SocialMobilityPledge.org
TrainersNearMe.com
TwoSouls.com
VintageMonkey.com
VoltFamilyMeal.com
WildWadi-Tickets.com
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Andrew’s icon.com sale must have contributed significantly. But yes, it is strange that Hilco doesn’t provide an alternative escrow solution.
I have heard from several brokers that they are not too happy about Escrow.com these days. I also currently have an installment plan there, and it takes them about five days from they receive the buyer’s monthly payment before they start sending it to me. They claim it is because they have a lot of payouts… What kind of excuse is that?