Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday June 1st

11 Replies to “Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday June 1st”

1. Are you sure those names listed weren’t just his own personal account names?

   I mean obviously he has access to all sales on the platform .. just like all owners of all registrars .. but did he really share other people’s names?

   After looking at the pic in a thread on NP I did notice he sold DiedCookies.com .. and while I do truly appreciate his time and participation at Domain Sherpa (just as I have yours) .. I’m not sure I could ever respect anybody who sells Diet Cookies! 🙁

   I actually did send him a personal thank you in a PM at NP back in March, along with a message about a little bug at Uni .. but don’t think he’s even been online since!

   Can’t just single him out though .. because of their expirations I mostly use GoDaddy .. and they are a pretty big mess with even less transparency .. just as I’m sure a large number of registrars are …

   I’m inclined to agree with you on the most important thing though .. pretty sure he’s just saying what he actually genuinely believes. And based on his email posted at NP .. I do appreciate the fact that he stresses that domaining is about risks. You won’t find too many business owners out there who will openly admit and actually progressively warn you that buying his products is a real risk and shouldn’t be done lightly.

   Maybe it’s time to re-read your message from yesterday’s blog and realise he’s in a completely different world .. not necessarily better or worse .. just different .. with a ton of bling .. but disgusting cookies. Personally I think I’d go with better tasting cookies over bling every time! lol

   As for the .xyz specific part … here’s what I wrote already:
   “The one point where maybe I can see maybe understand his vision (although not necessarily agree with it) is that maybe at some point down the road there might be end use demand for cheap domains (some still think that IoT will require a kazillion new cheap domains .. others think it won’t at all).

   That being said .. I just feel that these are like penny stocks .. but with no chance of any significant value increase. The problem with investing in cheap domains thinking that there will be a need someday for cheap domains … is that those domains need to be sold cheap .. lol .. meaning no significant upside .. EVER!

   Again I do think that possibly the top 10,000 .xyz (2L, possibly 3N and well above average single key-words) do have a bit of value. But 10k out of literally millions means that essentially/effectively someone could say all .xyz are junk and only be 0.01% wrong .. lol.”

   I’m thinking maybe we need to move to the Caymens and start a PR agency .. could do very well with just him as the one client! 😉

   1. Thanks Ategy. Nice write up. Those very well could have been his but my guess and its a guess. He sees everything that comes through the platform. Regardless of ownership

      1. Oh .. yeah .. probably … but that assuming he actually has the time for that .. which is probably a pretty strong argument that he doesn’t check other people’s domains nearly as much as we’d think .. heck .. he probably barely knows what’s in his own portfolio at tihs point … lol.

         But the only thing I was really questioning is if he actually posted other people’s domains on twitter … lol

         Obviously Frank is doing everything he can to be a successful investor and businessman … but at the end of the day I truly question ICANN’s oversight in allowing registries to be registrars and vice versa .. and more importantly in allowing both to also be “domainers” in that they are allowed to hold on to domains indefinitely by holding them in shadow accounts in affiliate holding companies. Huge potential for conflict of interest … even worse that it’s openly allowed .. so can’t blame anyone for playing by horrible rules when they didn’t actually make the rules! I think energy would be better spent in trying to change the rules themselves .. you know anybody who works at ICANN? lol

      2. This is one of the reasons why I pulled all my domains off the platform.

      3. Shane,

         I would be surprised if he didnt.:)

         This is why he created uniregistry, for that data.
         This is what every business would like to learn, other sellers price.

2. Uniregistry Market is very clear (to me anyway) as to whether or not your sales data is shared or kept private, there’s a toggle button on each domain, or you can use the portfolio settings.

   There’s definitely some other platform issues that need worked out, and I wish they had 247 support.

   1. Josh,

      Good info.

3. In the past you’ve written about expensive items too, like the Jawa with the vinyl cape and access to buckets of frozen blueberries, Each handful costs $5 in NewYorkCity.

   You’re right, if you’re using real maple syrup on your pancakes don’t brag about it to everyone eating Aunt Jemima.

   1. Steve,

      Ha. Bragging about blueberries that I drove 6 hours to get fresh at the farm is the same as fueling my jet. And buying a vinyl cape Jawa from selling toys that I collected as a kid in 1977 is also the same. I brag as much as anyone but I brag more about how hard I worked to earn it. I feel there is a difference.

4. The only time I get jealous is during Namescon when Elliot mentions going to the Vdara for a steam.

   1. Steve,

      The DSAD team is going to treat you to a steam this year at NamesCon. 🙂