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Heading to the ICA Meeting on Sunday

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Attending the ICA member meeting in Las Vegas last January was one of my business highlights of 2024. It’s always nice to catch up with colleagues and friends who I haven’t seen in a long time. I am heading out to Las Vegas for this year’s meeting on Sunday. I appreciate the advocacy work the ICA does on behalf of domain investors, and I am proud to be a member the organization.

The meeting will be held January 26-28 at Resorts World in Las Vegas. There are quite a few social events planned throughout the course of the meeting schedule, but truthfully, I haven’t booked any of them for myself yet. I tend to use those times when people are off doing things to catch up on my own work – auctions, inquiries…etc. I play tennis regularly, but I may swing by the pickleball tournament.

“Unknown Error” at DropCatch (Updated)

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If you’re trying to place your pending delete backorders at DropCatch.com right now, you’re probably not able to do so due to an “Unknown Error.” The “Unknown Error – Http failure response for https://client.dropcatch.com/Search: 0 Unknown Error” message is shown at the bottom of the homepage, and the website does not otherwise load.

I posted about this on X this morning, and others are facing the same issue, so it appears to be a global error impacting many – if not all – users:

Spend.com Caught by DropCatch

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DropCatch.com has won the sweepstakes to catch Spend.com, a domain name that was fully deleted by its former registrar, Amazon. The domain name will now be sold to the highest bidder when the auction concludes in a little less than 3 days.

Spend.com was previously acquired for $275,000 in 2017 via Sedo. Prior to that, it was acquired for $77,000 in 2007.

With the high bid approaching $60,000, Spend.com could become one of the largest expiry domain name sales recorded at DropCatch.com. According to NameBio, the largest sale was Lian.com, which sold for $220,950 in 2016. Medal.com sold for $185,728 in 2022.

Any guesses about where this auction will end?

GoDaddy: “A product’s been removed from your GoDaddy account”

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Over the past few days, I received quite a few emails from GoDaddy with the subject “A product’s been removed from your GoDaddy account.” Jamie Zoch mentioned this on X, and I am sure there are many other GoDaddy customers who received the same email.

This email is typically one I receive after letting a domain name expire or when I have sold a domain name and its transferred away from GoDaddy. I typically receive these emails a short time after the domain name is deleted or transferred.

Atom.com: “Suspected Phishing” Warning (Update)

I received an email from Atom.com notifying me that one of my domain names has been added to its new Sapphire Marketplace, which was announced earlier today:

When I attempted to login to my account on Atom.com, I saw an alarming message on my Chrome browser with a warning:

Domain Academy Offering Free “Domain Detox” Webinar

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As my portfolio has become larger, I have been spending more time evaluating whether to renew domain names or let them expire and save money. A domain name that looked good to me in 2016 may not look so good today. Renewals for .com domain names may be just in the $10/year range, but there’s no sense in throwing good money after bad money.

When I am evaluating domain names, I look at several factors, some of which are hard numbers and others are gut instinct. Some of these factors include the following:

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Heading to the ICA Meeting on Sunday

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Attending the ICA member meeting in Las Vegas last January was one of my business highlights of 2024. It's always nice to catch up...

“Unknown Error” at DropCatch (Updated)

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If you're trying to place your pending delete backorders at DropCatch.com right now, you're probably not able to do so due to an "Unknown...

Spend.com Caught by DropCatch

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DropCatch.com has won the sweepstakes to catch Spend.com, a domain name that was fully deleted by its former registrar, Amazon. The domain name will...

GoDaddy: “A product’s been removed from your GoDaddy account”

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Over the past few days, I received quite a few emails from GoDaddy with the subject "A product's been removed from your GoDaddy account."...

Atom.com: “Suspected Phishing” Warning (Update)

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I received an email from Atom.com notifying me that one of my domain names has been added to its new Sapphire Marketplace, which was...