Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday JANUARY 2nd, 2018

I have always invested in things I know.  Things I see.  Things I use.  It has made me hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years.  But I have gotten burned lately by things that appeared as one thing but were really another.  Let’s take my recent Nike trade.   I have always collected shoes.  Over the last year Nike shoes began to start selling out in minutes.  New releases are so hot that they are double the price on StockX the next day.  It wasn’t just a couple, it was pretty much most of the sneakers. And all on their own site so they keep all the money.  Clothing was the same.  They were often sold out of clothing too.   Stock X showed the resale market for Nike over taking Addidas for the first time in a while since Adidas became the hot shoe.  I bought Nike options hoping they would crush earning.

Not only did they not crush them, they admitted they greatly reduced quantities to make the shoes appear scarce.  They could have sold tons more but they wanted to create buzz.  Everything I saw was fake.  Cool if you are a shoe collector, bad if you hoping their stock goes up.  The numbers were ridiculously low with guidance for next year just as bad.  China sales were great so the stock hasn’t actually changed much but it reminded me that much of what you see in a company on the outside isn’t what is happening on the inside.  I need to do more homework when I put my money in.  Crypto returns got me feeling invincible and while that can really rack up the returns, it can also make you lose money quickly.

It is true in our domain investing world.  I got burned on .WS because half the ownership team told me great stories of what would be happening and the push ahead.  Turns out the other half of the ownership wanted nothing to do with it and the push didn’t turn out to be the marketing program but pushing out the owner I worked with out the door.  Lessoned learned.   Check the entire ship before you go sailing.  Here are today’s names at auction today.  Click for current price 

Today’s Free Domain of the Day  Colt.io

Quote of the Day: “If you knew how rarely people think about you, you wouldn’t worry about the opinions of others”  -Eleanor Roosevelt

Domain of the Day:  CryptoSpecial.com   Another fine Crypto name at auction.  I can tell this one is special because it says it right there

Namejet and Sedo Names at Auction

Chomped.com     Great food name.  Could also be a pet brand

WYWA.com  The LLLL.com with three good letters and ends in A have been doing great lately.  I was out of IHSA.com at $1500 yesterday and it went even higher

TreeBitcoin.com  Seriously, some of these names are completely stupid.   I get that coin names are getting purchased by end users more than ever but it still doesn’t make this name any less awful

GameCrypto.com   This one is much better.  No doubt crypto will be used in game in time

ThirdRoad.com   No bidders. 1998 birthday.  Third road is a charm

PinkStore.com     Feminine sounding name although not just girls wear pink

Dataline.com  Very nice brand.  smooth clean data name.

GXCC.com  Like C at the end?  Get two.  1999 domain

SelfDefenseTraining.com   A bit long but that’s exactly what it is

66.ws   As a NN.ws owner (from the .ws purchase mentioned in opening) I am curious how this will do

JollyBee.com  The name of a geranium that I sell but a nice brand by itself

Godaddy Domains That I Like With Multiple Bids

Mabou.com   A place in Nova Scotia and a nice 5L

MikesRadioWorld.com   Mike had quite a site. 68,000 backlinks  and still gets 1000 monthly visits

GuitarCases.com    Top price on the board today.  You know what you’re going to get here

0pg.com  Zero PG.   Doing better than I thought it would with the zero

Defty.com  Nice 5L getting some bids.  Reminds me of Efty

BabyFacts.com   I thought it was more of a buildout type name but bidders like it on its own

ENL.cc  LLL.cc still has good value

VRWD.com   V is only good in LLLL.coms when there is an R behind it.   And it does

PerformanceFinancial.com   When it comes to finances you hope for good performance.  You get it right here in the title

SpinDesk.com    I’m thinking more PR company than a place to eat o work that spins

ChildCarSeats.com   Big enough product line to have a whole site built around it

SanDiegoTowing.com  Because even in lovely San Diego, cars and trucks need towing

Godaddy Names With One or No Bids