If there is one thing I learned in domain investing its past sales are very useful for establishing value. But don’t trust all the sales. Ron Jackson is the best in the industry at verifying real sales but even he has had a few that turned out to be less than straight forward.
What reminded me was the Detected article by James Iles at Namepros. This series and Jamie at DotWeekly are some of my favorite reads. I was catching up on some of the articles from James and saw that he reported Elliot Silver had sold Stallion.com. A name I had really liked. A solid brand. I wanted to see if I could find out how much it went for. But its still in his name, still for sale. Interestingly enough at Brandbucket. If I were to only have read the Namepros article I would have assumed it sold and moved on. And not one person even questioned it. See the comments below. The whoIS checkers I used aren’t updated which I think is going to be the issue pretty much going forward. I was WRONG here. My apologies
And here lies the problem. So much is written on the Internet that is opinion dressed as facts that it is hard to figure out what is true. If someone says it sold, it sold right? Why would we question it? Other times just to establish a value, a writer avoids the legal problem of writing incorrect information by using the words “I think” or “Could be” and other opinion based descriptions. All the while knowing that the reader discards that part and remembers the rest. Its a game that writers use.
There is a ton of good information out there and I truly believe the sales history recorders, Namebio.com, DNJournal.com, and our own Travis right here at DSAD do a great job capturing REAL sales data. We can’t verify what’s going on behind the scenes at the auctions but the end results are real. And that is the kind of info we can use to make educated auction decisions. The writing and reporting interpretation articles are going to take a little more due diligence.
Here are today’s domains. Click to see the latest price
Quote of the Day: “God gives every bird a worm, but he doesn’t throw it into the nest“
Domain of the Day: 89188.com Damn, look at the price on this one. Wait until 3888.cc comes and doubles this one
Namejet and Sedo Names at Auction
Chainsaws.com One of the best selling tools in the US. I’m sure Stihl would love to own his as a marketing name. 21 years old and now up to $6K and climbing
SalmonPatty.com I think it makes a great brand. Memorable and delicious
Rice.xyz If you are going to buy .xyz you want to buy major, short keyword names like this one
Packers.org Met reserve. Yes we know Green Bay owns the trademark but guarantee there is a fan that would pay pretty good money for it. The bids prove it
Dig.org I was going to buy this but FortyThieves wants it more than me
MineCrypto.com Surprised there aren’t more bidders than this. Uniregisry is there though
MortAGEDirect.com TYPO do not buy. 30 bidders are not paying attention. I won’t link so you don’t bid
NameSurf.com Good domain for someone in our industry. At $69
CXP.com Getting close to reserve. Closes today
6MM.com Met reserve. Last chance to buy before it heads to China
SEDO’s Great Domains Auction Ends Today
Godaddy Domains That I Like With Multiple Bids
UnCon.com Upgrade name for a bunch of entities. 21 years old
SlideMaker.com Presentation software is what comes to mind here. Under $50 at press time
Deru.net An old hosting site. Thousands being paid for the old traffic and backlinks
BusinessReviews.com generic Yelp
Megahead.com Mega is still a popular word in naming. Only a few bids
HigherHeart.com Those 122,000 backlinks have to be the draw
3dcloud.com Checks all the boxes. Throw in Chain and Bitcoin and it would sell for a million
CoinPub.com sit down, have a drink, and lets talk crypto
Trugen.com You see companies with tru in the name all the time
Icoss.com It means nothing to me but GD has it valued at $5K plus
Bildi.com Upgrade name for a few companies that already have named their company this
Godaddy Names With One or NO Bids
Artvestment.com Art investment fund all the way. No bids at $12. 1998 birthday
HaveItNow.com Solid marketing name for $12. Appeal to the impatient
BetJunction.com I think there is going to be a good run on Bet names as this sports book thing gets going. Under $50 at press time
YouWeirdo.com Pretty good email address when used properly
BusinessFirms.com Has an $8K estibot on it but no bids. 19 years old
SingleAreYou.com another good name when giving out your card. Ok a little creepy but forward works some times
LeaveMeAlone.com A response to the above
TripSight.com Sound like a travel planning name.
CryptoCream.com The cream of the crop of crypto names. Ok maybe not the cream but a crypto name
PlanterX.com And keyword with an X at the end is worth looking at
OverpricedCrap.com What the name should be for so many stores. Forward it to a product you don’t like
Hagid.com Nice little 5L.com with no bids. Bonus is that its a last name
Godaddy Names With Bids
875855.com
958168.com
Affaviary.com
AKCannabisClub.com
AlbumBox.com
BBallone.com
Beakr.com
Cai98.com
CentraLaveJazz.org
CheapuJersey.com
chinaldc.com
Citimarket.com
CommercialProperties.net
CookOK.com
CourtService.com
cp566.com
CraftBuzz.com
CrownBayCenter.com
CryptoReit.com
CryptoTalk.net
CybersecurityTools.comet
Dexit.com
DomesticRobot.com
Doong.com
DreamSphere.com
EastBoom.com
EdmontonPlumbing.com
erynwoodsmusic.com
FarmNation.com
Formationds.com
Garbageinc.com
HeartHero.com
HolcombMotorsports.com
InternetMinds.com
K9zone.com
KillingThemSoftlyMovie.com
libertario.org
LuxuryKinds.com
makeadifferenceforkids.org
Meriano.com
MyLocalGov.com
MyPorndir.com
Ottsky.com
Petrkoukal.com
PortalServices.com
Privatoria.net
Pulalohome.com
QDOX.com
RiverTownMusic.com
Russhays.com
StockToken.com
Sunless-Solution.com
TheRealSavants.com
TJWorld.net
Ufologie.net
WhiteOutpress.com
WinchesterAssociateSinc.com
WowPromo.com
YGAward.com
YouLicense.com
zzjc371.com
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Elliot doesn’t seem like the mijda guy that lists a domain name on BrandBucket. It’s listed under Michael Bilde his profile who acquired a ton of premium names recently. Perhaps you’re looking at a outdated Whois record.
That was my first thought as well Doron. But he also isn’t the kind of person that sells to another domain investor. But if the money is right it doesn’t matter who the buyer is.
I became one of the writers that I just talked about. Spreading bad info. Ironic lesson for me here. I better stick to stories about my family 🙂
Everything I write, especially on those Detected articles, is double checked to the best of my ability.
However, on this occasion I’d suggest that the whois listing you checked may be outdated since it shows Embrand as the owner – the same Danish company that acquired Handle.com for almost $100k recently.
Thank you James. I have no doubt you wouldn’t post something unless you did your homework. I am pretty sure both my whoIs checks were wrong now that you and Doron pointed out a few things
No problem, Shane 🙂
It does raise a good point though. Going forward from tomorrow, fact checking domain sales is going to get a little more difficult!
Loving the quote of the day
Quote of the Day: “God gives every bird a worm, but he doesn’t throw it into the nest“
I did indeed buy stallion.com. I have also received suggestions that I should use it for a personal email address, but I think I will pass 😉