Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday August 3rd , 2018

 Domains don’t matter.  That’s what Godaddy proved yesterday in their earnings.  With domain related earnings of $304 million and hosting revenue of $244 million, Godaddy’s hosting platform is actually much more valuable than the domains side.  Valuable because the margins on hosting are 10 fold that of domains (I made up that number but you get the point).  I’m not sure if I’ll be able to find it but I would be curious to see what the makeup of the revenue in domains is expired auction and which is registration and renewals.  Obviously the margins on the expired are fantastic and the margins on the renewals are almost nothing.  Getting back to my point.  Godaddy missed the expected growth in hosting and despite beating the expected revenues handily, the market didn’t like the growth of the high margin stuff and knocked the stock back 5% in the after market.  I see it as a buying opportunity but don’t listen to me.  I shorted Tesla and it went up a million points.  It actually went up so much that Interactive Brokers said that if anyone wants to short more Tesla you have to put another 5% down in margin.  I was long out of my positions.  I had seen enough at open and took my ball and went home.  I’ll probably put my leftover money in Godaddy or Garmin tomorrow.

PS.  I don’t have any bidding stories because I have literally not bid or bought anything.  Just saving my money waiting. Believe it or not you don’t have to buy something every day or every week.  It just took me 10 years to figure that out. Here are today’s names. Click through to see the current price

Quote of the Day:  “Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?” – Abraham Lincoln

Domain of the Day:  API.net     So many uses.  I think of the APIs as in application programming interface.   Big name

 Namejet and Sedo Names at Auction

TheWood.com   A lot of uses here.  Flooring, construction, baseball

JetYou.com  Closing today on the first offer

CustomHelmets.com   I’m sure there are people that do this.  Under $200 is a great buy if you can sell it to them

OnSett.com   Not a great name but from 1992

ModernBuilder.com  I like modern names but haven’t had much luck selling them

uPrep.com  Great name for SAT or ACT prep course sales.  Only 2 bidders

XAVE.com  I love X at the beginning.  Everyone knows its pronounced Zave

TheVeganShop.com   Tofu and armpit hair

CookingCheap.com   Cooking college style.  no bidders

Regit.com    Getting big bids because of the existing company and the various other companies that could upgrade to the name

StuckInThe70s.com  Some people really are.  I miss Farah Fawcett.  1998 birthday

SteelSkin.com   If its not a phonebook or computer case name yet it will be soon

Choad.com   a penis term

UFSY.com  Some are going to say this is pronounceable

Kulin.com   A town in Australia is the driver here.  Has 353 people.  OK maybe not the driver

Donation.tv   There’s a lot of money in raising money

Soybeans.net   Only corn is a bigger crop.  Even dot net is worth a bunch IMO

JustNorth.com   These kind of names always surprise me when it comes to sales price. North seems to be the favorite of the directional words for brands

TechTricks.com   Look at the name and guess what you think its going for.  Bet you aren’t even close

WeedExperts.com  On the opposite side.  I thought this one would be much higher

777710.com   Four sevens.  Four in a row on a 6N is now good for four figures

FinancialCrypto.com    Name makes no sense to me but it has crypto in it and that is enough for bids

FlowMobile.com   The next big carrier?

Silicoin.com   somebody is being creative.  Godaddy likes it.  Me?  Meh

BookRabbit.com All I think of is task rabbit