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Every day I’m amazed at how high domain auctions go. Take DirectResponse.com yesterday. A fantastic name, but I had no idea it would go that high. I participate in .AI auctions daily, and pretty much anything decent goes for four figures. But it’s been like that for seven years now—it started that way from day one. Fortunately, the sales have kept up with these prices.
There’s only one issue: the multiples have held up for the names that sell, but the input cost to build a full portfolio has risen dramatically. I think it would be difficult to build a good portfolio with $100,000 now. Sure, you could build a great small portfolio—but a portfolio of 200 names? Impossible. It would be filled with hand registrations, closeouts, and average names that have already been picked over.
I think you can be profitable quickly, but this game has become hard to enter and make good money in the first few years. The domain game is either a long-term play or a very expensive one. That’s why we don’t see institutional buyers building portfolios—except for registrars.
I’m glad I built my portfolio a decade ago and can now use sales to keep growing it. It also helps to reinvest everything you make, aside from what you set aside for taxes.
It’s become a case of the rich getting richer, like all maturing markets. Those who were in early get to control the market. Bitcoin is no different. We’ve got people spending billions to build a large position, and then some guy from day one casually sells 80,000 BTC in 10K chunks—coins he mined for free 11 years ago.
I’m not quite that guy, but I’m the equivalent of the $1,000 BTC guy—and I like it that way.
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Domain of the Day Boners.com I know the owners of Boner and this would be a good add
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Dynadot
DomainDaddy.com Godaddy may put up a fight on this one
TasteMore.com Most bids on the 4 days or less until closing list
CentrumAI.com Keyword AI is all the rage for domain hunters. Not sure how well it pays off if you have to pay $300 plus per name
PDNB.com Met reserve at $100
Bet112.com BetNNN.coms have done well at auction for years
TokenVault.io Dot io is not the first choice for crypto but it does get used
Nicad.com Battery comes to mind for 99% of people
ActiveStep.com Open vessel of movement or exerci
Namejet
ClimbingWalls.com Auction starts tomorrow. Good business to get in
Nexim.com Great sounding name. Upgrade name for several companies
IPUS.com in Auction. At $500 $1100
SleepyHollow.com As discussed on Sherpa. A city in NY and the famous book
MaxDeal.com in the NBA it means the biggest contract you can get. I think this exudes exactly that
OriginalAI.com KeywordAI people are going to love this one
Zanka.com I love these types of 5L.coms
ParksPass.com I think National Parks when I see this
NaturesHome.com exudes outdoors and natural
Atom – Active Auctions
PFST.com At $110 P is the only meh letter and its at the good spot. The first spot
Klarv.com No reserve. Worth the $20 or more of the opening bid
Trixaro.com Sounds like a drug but they probably wouldn’t want the tricks involved so they will pronounce it TRY ZARRO
Yurgo.com I bid $60 but worth a little more. Only taken in 2 extensions so not worth much more
Encryptor.ai Auction ended and moved to $750 BIN Now down to $600
POXL.com Didn’t sell. Now at $675
Curbla.com Under $50 is ok to add to your brandable port IMO. No reserve and has curb appeal
Flippin.io At $1950 BIN. This should sell as the bids were only a few dollars short of this
Sedo
Socksy.com A lot of good domains at Sedo but the rserves are just too high. Here’s one I really like
THS.io This one may actually meet reserve
RollTheDice.ai Decent price at $99 BIN
Thrush.ai BIN at $999
4 LETTER Auction coming up At Sedo. Taking names now
ZGD.ai lowest price LLL.ai on Sedo at $200 BIN
YooHoo.ai At $300 BIN IYKYK
QZE.ai At $499 BIN
Catched
You.consulting Because it’s all about You
Get.llc No bids. Good call to action to get an LLC. $32 renewal
ACG.us Just came up for auction
Hondo.es Hondo is “deep” in Spanish
Fast.club Great name. So many use cases
Advertising.xyz Regular renewal, no bids
Bullseye.cl Never heard of Cl but evidently the SLD overcomes the TLD
Grocery.us Another dot us getting bids
Godaddy Domains with Bids
BakerCountySheriffsOffice.com The backlinks have this headed to $20K
BudgetInn.com Surprised the hotel chain doesn’t have this. Maybe its not even a chain anymore
FlowMe.com The other major tlds are built out
EliteGamer.com Open vessel for the gaming industry
SpaceSaga.com TV, video game, book
Excellent.tv Great keyword to go with .tv. 100% a recommendation site
BuyMint.com Because you’re not getting Mint.com
TravelFrog.com Frog is a good keyword to add to verb. Makes a great brand and logo. Also memorable
ProtectingImmigrants.org Can’t get much hotter than this one
IconicCars.com Exudes high quality and rare autos
Grilled.net food
Cronzi.com Chron to me means time
TheDigitalAsset.com Domains
Bedstock.com Selling beds and pillows
Shelter.me I would sell camping supplies here
TreasureBet.com Anything bet with a decent keyword is in play
KGHB.com The only nice LLLL.com on today’s list
Godaddy Names with 1 or NO Bids
Other GoDaddy Names With More Than One Bid
12182.com
585858.com
933TheBreeze.com
989000.com
about-axona.com
adcommadv.com
AfterUs.com
ahomeselection.com
almq.com
AmericasWebRadio.com
ArkHamAsylum.com
AvailHospitals.com
BackGames.com
BakercountySheriffsOffice.com
BaltimoreCarnival.com
Bedstock.com
Bet090.com
BigbendGazette.com
BitConnects.com
Blackened.net
BoazAreaChamberOfCommerce.com
Boners.com
BudgeTinn.com
BuyMint.com
BuzzBand.com
chkme.com
ciafe.org
cronzi.com
DailyWarrior.com
DaisyBaby.com
DallasMuseumOfArt.org
dcgm.com
deliccorp.com
diamondshruumz.com
DryCreekStationRestaurant.com
dylanandrainey.com
EliteGamer.com
EllaBing.com
esportbetweb.com
Excellent.tv
FlowMe.com
Grilled.net
HeartlandPark.com
homegame.org
IconicCars.com
imjf.com
InfinityKnow.com
InventBuzz.com
JacarandaAnimalHospital.com
JuneBabySeattle.com
kazehikarufukurou.com
kghb.com
luminskybar.com
MaeEntrepreneur.com
mytsp.com
nasbi.com
NextFans.com
ostellocorniglia.com
PepNonprofit.org
piccolopaeseny.com
ProtectingImmigrants.org
RideMobilityPodcast.com
RochesterLitFest.com
RoyalThaiMassage.net
SatTakingFast.com
Shelter.me
sherbornetown.com
smokevape.com
SpaceSaga.com
starliquortx.com
studentuk.com
TasteGroup.com
TheDigitalAsset.com
TravelFrog.com
TreasureBet.com
usdt39.com
usdt51.com
usdt96.com
VeteransDay-MobileBay.com
VivaOne.com
WallCore.com
WildcatCapital.com
WineHarbor.com
wufy.com
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