Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday August 10th, 2020

14 Replies to “Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday August 10th, 2020”

1. Well thats the shame of having this as a website and not a page on Facebook!
   I am a very active member of this page for the past 3 months.
   I do my own research for expired names, and I see what I spotted here, but you always add a few that I occasionally bid on. I did buy at least 10 names based on your recommendations. If I do the math, you should be helping me with 40 acquisitions a year, which should reflect to 1 sale per year (2.5% Sell through rate).
   You put a lot of effort here, and never asked for our information to have access to this page. I believe that’s something you need to start doing.
   I would be glad to receive a weekly newsletter from you for names. I am solid that you should be able to collect at least 5,000 emails. With 20 names in a small newsletter, you should sell a couple every month off that list, with a commission of 10%, that could make up for the advertising revenue you might be missing here (if not more).

   I am no expert in domaining like you are (and most readers here are more experienced than me). However, I hope you allow me to say that you could think bigger and collect data. You could lose 50% of visitors, but you will monetize 10X with the remaining 50%.

   There are people that make a living just off newsletters. You are a very nice guy, I have seen your video on TheDomainShow.com. I know you might be trying to be very ethical and very nice by not utilizing data. Buddy, its 2020. No one will be offended when you do this. There is no harm in revising your strategy! The whole industry has changed a lot in the past decade. People are at home now and have more screen time. MONETIZE This!

   I wish you all the best, and very sorry for the long post 🙂

   1. Thank you Ahmed for the great idea. We’re doing fine. We have great advertisers so we’re fortunate. Just pointing out that there may have been a lull in domain buying at wholesale the last few weeks

2. Very strange, and interesting. I know I purchase most of my name here.

   1. Thanks Mike – let us know next time so we can see if everything got passed through correctly.

3. I am not saying this is the cause of the drop the last 30 days but one thing I noticed is the affiliate links. I log out of everything, for security, and only log in when needed. When I click on a link you’ve place it will say “content=Shane%20Cultra” (GD) or “source=dsad” (NJ) but then I have to sign in. If I look for the domain through their search your aff code disappears. I don’t know how good their systems are and if the referral is still being tracked but I changed my behaviour once I clocked this, and thought I might be taking money out your pocket, by logging in then coming back to your page to click the link. The number of people wearing tin foil hats and logging out constantly is probably 1, but if there is another person who is doing this and hasn’t realized then this message is not wasted.

   1. Thanks for the info Anthony – if I understand the path you are referring to, you are saying:
      1. click on a link from dsad
      2. have to log in to godaddy
      3. do a search on auctions.godaddy.com
      4. bid on, win, purchase a name
      If so, they are supposed to be tracking things correctly through the path that you describe, but who knows how often it is working. Please let us know the next time you purchase a domain this way, and we can see if the commission actually came through. That would be a big help. Thanks again.

4. I appreciate your list and appreciate what I have learned from reviewing you and the teams selections. I have bought several names through this list in the past 12 months. But, I have slowed down since tax time, spouses reviewing expenditures and not happy with “At least I didn’t buy a boat like Brent did, it just sits there most of the year”. “ My return based on what I spent crushes the money market account”. Seriously, sales have been up and leases at Dan are covering basic monthly cost, so very happy and wife is OK with it as it pays for itself. But I am concerned about economic indicators and moving towards a more liquid position.

   1. Thanks for buying names off the list Ben.

5. I’ve been having major godaddy issues lately where it sometimes doesn’t load at all, and other times directs me to some random country and then won’t let me switch back to the US. I typically have to open the site up in incognito (so the cookies are fresh) and then everything works.. but the downside is I’m entering the names I see on your list manually in godaddy search so the commission unfortunately wouldn’t happen. Frustrating that a company that large can’t hire a few smart people to fix the issues.

   1. Yes, their site issues are very frustrating. Incognito would definitely kill the commission, but you have to do what works. I just wish GoDaddy would make everything work to begin with.

   2. Thanks all for commenting. Godaddy’s horrific cookie problem has caused us all problems. If I don’t clear my cookie I have to shop in Philipino money. I’m sure
      we’re getting screwed as far as commissions but Paul Nicks has so many issues to work on th. He gets the sales without having to pay commissions so it only helps them. And as far as fixing things its at the bottom of the list of the thousands of things to fix. They will fix the problems that hurt revenue first.

      We really appreciate everyone visiting, reading, commenting, and buying. It makes it all worthwhile. AND its nice to write for someone more than my family

6. Your blog and lists are still a part of my daily life, you’ve always done a great job putting together super high quality lists so I’ll be sticking with you for the next decade and beyond!

   We have a similar portfolio size and I’m also seeing 1-2 inquiries a day as well, also mostly lower offers but nice to see the increase in volume, hopefully a good sign.

   And yes, so many Go Daddy bugs to keep up with! I really like Paul, Joe and the rest of the crew over there so have faith over time they’ll get it all rocking and rolling.

7. It’s promising to hear sales are going well, it gives me hope I could pivot strategy or types of names I look at because inquiries here are still way down, from 40 per month to less than 5 per month since March. I only sold one since January for $9k ($15 backorder purchase in 2016) probably because it was someway related to and will be used around the current SARS pandemic. And good buys have been few and far between.

   1. I should have said I only sold one since March began not January, because my only other sale this year was in January. I typically get a ratio of at least 100 inquiries to every sale.