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John Berryhill Does Philadelphia Cycling Classic Charity Ride

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I’ve done the Pan-Mass Challenge with attorney John Berryhill several times. Unfortunately, John did not ride the PMC with me this year, but he is doing another important ride to raise funds for charity.

This morning, John is participating in the Philadelphia Cycling Classic Charity Ride for American Association for Cancer Research. AACR is a great organization that is a leader in cancer research.

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Radix Announces 46 New TLD Applications

Elliot Silver
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Radix is one of the leading operators of alternative TLDs. In fact, the company bills itself as the “world’s largest portfolio registry for new domains.” It’s no surprise that the company has applied for 46 new TLDs in ICANN’s second round of applications.

The company announced its applications in a press release on its website this morning, which they billed as Radix Deux. Notably, the company noted it intends to build and operate each TLD it applied for if it wins the bid/contract.

Some of the TLDs that I think will be most popular include:

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The Owner of Etch.com Surprised Me

Elliot Silver
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I was doing some domain name acquisition research yesterday evening when something caught me off guard. When I visited the high value Etch.com domain name to see how/if it was being used, I was surprised about where the domain name took me.

Instead of being owned by a startup or established business with the “Etch” branding, I was forwarded to DollyChildrens.org, the website of Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital.

Sadly, legendary singer Dolly Parton passed away yesterday, as noted on her X account:

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X.AI Files UDRP Against Grok.Bot

Elliot Silver
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A few days ago, a number of posts on X about Grok.Bot showed in my feed, including Damon Chen’s below. Someone had apparently registered the Grok.Bot domain name and put it up for sale.

A post after Damon’s showed the owner of Grok.Bot apparently had a $1 million asking price for the domain name:

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The Easiest Way I Explain Domain Investing

Elliot Silver
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When I started my career 20+ years ago, I was a Project Manager at a direct marketing agency and then I became a Marketing Manager at an insurance company. When people asked what I did for work, those two jobs were pretty easy to explain to people.

People have a more difficult time understanding what I do as a domain investor. Oftentimes, when I tell someone out of the domain/tech bubble what I do for work, they don’t really understand. Sometimes, people don’t even know what a domain name is.

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Stan.com Reportedly Acquired for $750,000 (Updated)

Elliot Silver
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A LinkedIn post about a domain name acquisition came across my feed this afternoon that caught my attention. John Hu, Founder and CEO of Stan, announced that his company spent $750,000 to acquire the Stan.com domain name. Stan is a platform that helps content creators monetize their audience and grow their business.

Using the DomainTools Whois History tool, I can see the domain name appears to have changed hands about a week ago, when it transferred from Tucows to GoDaddy under Whois privacy. Prior to that, the domain name was owned by the company formerly known as Anything.com.

As John mentioned in his LinkedIn post, the company started out on StanWith.me and later migrated to Stan.Store. Following some incredible growth, as indicated in this article written about on HubSpot for Startups, the company was able to afford and justify the $750,000 acquisition of its brand matching .com domain name.

Following this acquisition, Stan has been added to the list of companies that upgraded its domain name. Well done.

Update:

According to a post on LinkedIn, the buyer was represented by Lumis:

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