Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday January 14th, 2018

7 Replies to “Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday January 14th, 2018”

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   I think the danger to domains with crypto is not that people go broke with crypto .. but more that the small profits and harder work of domaining simply are less interesting to them. With the only real exception being names wholesaling over 5 figures.
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   I still think Bitcoin and other abstract crypto with no actual connected base value are going to take a hit at some point as a result of governments crackdowns like China and Korea. But at the same time .. the fundamental technology isn’t going away and crypto technology in General and strangely enough is only going to get bigger after Governments do put a foot down and are forced to impose standards/rules/guidelines/whatever.
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   I’m biased though .. because I have the best crypto domain ever with CryptoDisco! 🙂

   1. ooops .. I meant domains wholesaling at 5 figures and up .. essentially one words and 3L .com’s

   2. Ategy,

      That’s not a danger, that’s how business works. Money rotates in and out of investments. Domain investors by nature seek to make profit on the Internet. We will go anywhere to find that profit. Many have rotated out of domains. Take advantage of that. They are your competitors at the auctions and drops. I haven’t seen any decline in attention to the names I’m trying to buy. The opposite. They are more expensive than ever

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         Yup .. I guess I should have been a little more specific .. I meant that where the danger lies in domains is the wholesale level of sub 5 figure domains. When I first started looking into being more serious in domaining (late 2016) it seems there was much more activity on the low to mid-range domains (nice 2 word .com’s and strong single word ngTLD’s) .. seems to me this market is now softer .. although kinda hard to compare since I wasn’t actively taking notes more than a year ago. Maybe what I noticed was just a coincidental short blip at the same time I started?
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         The flip side definitely is true though .. I’m finding gems that are slipping through the cracks.
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         For some domains to explode at auction .. all it really takes is 2 domainers who found them through the lists and place bids on them. After a couple of bids, the names get noticed by everyone else and *IF* good enough, could even jump into low $xxxx territory by the end of the auction.
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         But take away a few domainers seriously going through the lists, and a slightly higher number of domains slip through .. so even if the number of good domains bid on by 2+ is still like 95% .. before it was more like 98-99% .. so effectively there are 3 times as many sleeper domains passing through.
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         Obviously i’m just making up numbers for demonstration purposes .. but the difference between is real. Compared to when I started I’m picking up significantly better domains at lower prices. While I can admit at least part of that is because even if I had domains since 1999, I was still somewhat of a newbie “domainer” (even in 2016), there are some great names I’m snapping up at $12 or closeout that should have gone into a much higher range if only a 2nd domainer had placed a bid.
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         The difference with you .. is that you’re now at a notch above .. into the low range one word or single term one compound word territory … at or relatively close to that 5 figure wholesale level. Those are pretty much now and forever liquid. Too many domainers are tracking them to slip through the cracks. The only problem investing in those domains is that you need more startup capital .. you did it the hard way of building your portfolio over time.
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         It’s 2 different but workable models .. I buy domains mostly at or under $20 that should have gone for $200 to sell at $2000 .. you’re looking to buy at $5-10+k to resell at $25-50+k. The advantage of your way of doing things is that it’s much MUCH simpler .. less management. But if I used your approach .. I’d have 3-4 domains in my portfolio .. no fun in that! lol
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         So yeah .. I guess I should have used a word other than danger .. lol .. it is a danger to the domains I got when I first started buying seriously (the weaker ones of which I’ve let drop) .. but since I’ve learnt more and adjusted what I buy .. then combine the fact that I actually do the work of combing through the lists .. it’s now an advantage for me! 🙂
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         Seems like it’s been a while since I’ve rambled on here! lol

2. Shane,

   Thanks for the shout-out! Crypto sure is dynamic and interesting! It is also amazing how many ways there are to make money in the Domain industry! Hopes for a prosperous year for all in both domains and crypto!

   Cheers!
   Mike

   1. I give credit where credit is due. You had foresight where most domain investors didn’t. You became the king of FinTech 🙂

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