The latest move by DomainTools represents a lot of what is going on in the domain world. Making money off domain investors is tough. Its a small group. We are used to getting a lot for a little. The entire Internet really has become use to free. I have always traded services for all my tools so I have never had to pay for any. There are a few that I would pay for like Expireddomains.net, DomainIQ and DomainTools but I honestly can not say I would pay the current monthly fees because I don’t use them enough to justify their cost. But I appreciate the fact that I have them because they are the best tools around. But even the best tools have a cost to value relationship that may not be affordable. I am not a research writer so I don’t really do a lot of background checks on names. Just a few a month for my domain purchases. I don’t monitor domain regularly but I do use DomainIQ to follow the buys and sells of domain investors I think are good at what they do. And because I am curious. But I get why people are upset at DomainTools. I also get why they did it. As a businessman, the thing that interest me the most is the results. Will the increase in revenue surpass the loss of customer and the ill will? As expected the competing services jumped all over it and offered discounts and a lot of “we still love you”. This is going to be a lesson either way. Here are today’s names. Click to see current prices
Dubai.info Been up for sale a few times. Getting a few nice bids . We all know about the money in Dubai
Brainiac.net 20 years old and a very known word yet I’m surprised its getting all the bids
Tax.cc 19 years old. Pretty good dot cc if you believe in the tld
DNSFactory.com Good name for people like us
StyleAndGrace.com My actions usually contain neither. An old saying about how people like to do things
845678.com Getting all the bids just because of the sequence
TarotDeck.com Evidently tarot cards and their readings have some value
838855.com 88 and 55 are bringing them in. Patterns still dictate price. Even if that price is now lower
VDYI.com, UFUZ.com, PFUE.com, ZWVU.com Some bottom boats to add. One of these looks like its going to cross $500
CCTVCameras.co Met reserve. A cctv is a security camera. You may not know what it is but if you Google it you’ll realize they are everywhere you go
Schools.cc I know I put a lot of dot cc on here but I do think they offer value. My opinion only. Don’t buy anything based on that or you will be forced to blog every day to pay the bills
SalesExpert.com If you weren’t one going in you will be once you own this domain
Poon.com Common surname in Asia. Dirty word in some parts of America
OverSlept.com Not sure if it has a ton of value but fun name
INNI.com Balanced name. Getting a few good bids
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2363.cc Fantastic NNNN.cc and its already at four figures
ViewPoll.com Poll names always sell for a little and sometimes a lot. 3 bidders here
ServiceInvoice.com 21 bidders think its worth owning
RLRM.com and GFHH.com The kind of LLLL.com you want to own IMO. Good western letters. Low Scrabble points
HTEB.com Not bad here either and a lot cheaper than the above
Wax.net Used to be surfboard and candles. Now its pot that is driving the price
MiamiBeachFlorida.com Heard its nice
828787.com the 87 repeater is nice. I really don’t now what its going to sell for anymore. But I like the name either way
3740.com Right where I thought it would be. Over under $16K
23269.com No fours and zeros means $2Kish or more
BecomeSomething.com I’ll try although I’m sure I’ll succeed because becoming something seems pretty easy. Something great might take a little more work
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Re: .cc
Of the all ccTLDs, this is the one that I see the most in the wild (actually used by end users).
A lot of times, the left of the dot is crappy and long, though.
I saw a very long one in Baltimore for a day spa and a couple on trucks passing by.
It seems that .cc is becoming somewhat attractive. Perhaps because it’s easy to remember and type.