You can’t ignore the obvious, and this chart puts it right in your face. These are the domain names used by Y Combinator startups over the last five years. Dot com still rules, but dot AI is a strong, strong second. Y Combinator is one of the most successful incubators in history, and their track record for producing unicorns is as good as anyone’s.
With that kind of success, where do they guide their companies to brand? Starting this year, more non-dot-coms than dot-coms. First time in history. The “other” category is spread across dozens of TLDs, but what’s not spread out is .ai. If you’re avoiding dot AI, you’re literally missing a quarter of the opportunity to sell names. And if you’re dot com only, you’ve left an equal piece of the pie on the table.
I get it—picking names from over 1,200 “other” TLDs is tough. So I’ll give people a pass there. But not participating in AI is a mistake. The main hurdle with .ai is the high wholesale cost, so I’ll give another pass to those who can’t afford to hold a lot of them. Still, you HAVE to be paying attention and consistently watching for big SLDs in alt TLDs.
Take “Plasma” for example—it has value across at least ten TLDs. And I can think of 500 other keywords that do as well. Finding those on the aftermarket will be the key to adding some serious gravy to your dot com meal.
So where do you start? Right here. Afternic, Atom, Namecheap, Dynadot aftermarket. Between those, I’m sure you can find value and spend all your available cash. Good luck.
Quote of the Day: “Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain.” — Homer Simpson
Domain of the Day: FluidAi.com Shows how valuable Fluid.com and Fluid.ai are
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Dynadot
XMetric.com I see stats and data compiler here
ChainProject.com Blockchain project. So generic it could be a brand
CodeTrack.com Track discount codes or just AI helping you write better code
JHN.net Great letters. J at the front is fine. The other two letters really devalues
Vonc.com Ends today. I’ll call this pronounceable and others agree and love it. Going to cross $1K Going to cross $2500
Jozio.com Decent 5L at under $50
Strangers.ai dating or “getting to know your data”
UXKC.com 16 year old 4L
Namejet
PolyMedical.com As I say every day. I am long medical and health care names. Auction starts today
TruMed.com This is a fantastic health name
PinkDonkey.com Strip club or great tasting IPA
Jocco.com Fits the pattern of the 5L.com I like to buy
JackTaylor.com I know its squatting on someone’s name but I think two first names make great brands
HorizonInc.com A large number of companies named Horizon so if purchased cheap enough could make a nice flip here
FastGourmet.com Fast AND delicious
Atom – Active Auctions
FabFine.com Short and positive name
XVRD.com No reserve at $100
YFA.ai No reserve at $50
JustBloom.com Coming up again at auction. Hope they limit how many times these can come up. But I do think 2 is ok
Slest.com Like this short word coming up soon
Sedo
DUMT.com Reserve met at $110
GYCN.com No reserve at $110 as well
HTTK.com Also no reserve but at $310
CPOD.com Great letters for an acronym. COPD is the disease. Going to cross $2K it looks like
DWO.ai The cheapest LLL.ai on Sedo with good letters, ie no j,k,z,q etc
Catched
Crypto.law Closing today. Been at the top of the board for over a week
Tete.co “head” in French
Shape.it Going for the hack not the Italian
Mack.co Here comes the Mack………..dot co
230.es Numeric getting some love from Espana
MxCity.mx Already at $1500 and getting a ton of bids. Mexico DF or Mexico City is the capital of course
Brickscape.it Landscaping with bricks is a huge business but not sure if it has a call to action. Bidders think so
Godaddy Domains with Bids
SustainableHighways.org These two are getting big five figure bids for their backlinks
CleverAds.com Not sure I care how clever, I want effective
Guardroom.com Securite all the way
GoElon.com Fanboys
VerticalFarmers.com Widely popular form of gardenings. Usually on a carousel or troughs
hmm.org An acronym but also exudes thinking
Mea.net Another great CCC
Moldovan.com For the people from Moldova
FirstStone.com Whomever casts it
NinjaSport.com The generic for America Ninja Warrior. Gyms around the world
Roosts.com I like it as a housing or office space name
BigCrown.com Already a big crown record and a few other entities with the name
WinBigMoney.com Really good marketing name for a gambling site or casino
SmartSchool.org Dumb School would be tougher to get people to enroll
Fun555.com The Chinese love these types of names
DeepSeaFishing.net Exact match to put right on the side of the boat
Godaddy Names with 1 or NO Bids
Other GoDaddy Names With More Than One Bid
00568.com
0Job.com
2404.cc
28154.com
3Ace.com
42475.com
54147.com
830333.com
88462.com
88957.com
aftaweb.org
alawalpress.net
Allegorical.com
Antireligion.com
BankSummit.com
BeStil.com
BigCrown.com
BizHot.com
bjornsbooklab.com
calcerts.com
ChildGroup.com
ChristianPersecution.com
CleverAds.com
CliftonProperties.com
CloudBio.com
dalstonroofpark.com
DeepSeaFishing.net
depedk12.com
digitaleur.com
DrivePulse.com
EastonConstruction.com
ElectricalCalculators.org
ExpertLuxury.com
FireConsultant.com
FirstStone.com
FluidAi.com
forestcap.com
Fun555.com
FurnitureDeals.net
getmustr.com
gnuj.com
GoElon.com
Guardroom.com
hemamx.com
heritageonline.com
hmm.org
Honeycomb.us
InnOvaTools.com
InvestMeta.com
ivapp.com
JamaicaJamaicaCuisine.com
joypg.com
jukujo-club.com
jvinc.com
kahani.net
katebrophymcgee.com
LocalBogota.co
MadAboutMushrooms.com
MailPad.com
Mea.net
Moldovan.com
NarrowSlabs.com
NinjaSport.com
NowDating.com
OrangecountySmilesDental.com
oxvp.com
pcventures.com
PersonalsNetwork.com
Roosts.com
skinkulture.com
snacktbh.com
soleli.com
soops.com
SouthbayHomes.com
SummitCloud.com
SustainableHighways.org
TextMobile.com
ToCompare.com
TradeTriangle.com
tz659.com
udws.com
ufa789plus.com
ukib.com
umcard.org
ValetBox.com
VerticalFarmers.com
vighnaharta.com
vtew.com
WestlakeConsulting.com
WeWorkFromHome.com
WinBigMoney.com
WizardPlumbing.com
WritingPros.com
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