Down Market Could be Good for Domain Buyers

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A down market could be a good opportunity for domain buyers

If we see a prolonged bear stock market, it could be good for people looking to buy high quality domain names at better prices. People who have owned domain names for a long period of time might be more inclined to sell as the stock market goes down.

I have been doing quite a bit of outreach in an attempt to buy excellent keyword .com domain names. My efforts haven’t been fruitless, but it seems to be getting more difficult to buy great domain names at reasonable prices. Names that would have likely sold for $5-15,000 now seem to be priced at $25,000+.

For the most part, I have been

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Due Diligence: Subtle Email Address Changes

Elliot Silver
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There are many different facets to doing due diligence when buying a domain name. I use DomainTools’ Whois history tool to verify as much information as possible before buying a domain name. I will often call the phone number listed on the Whois record, and I may even call previous phone number listings as well. I don’t think too much due diligence is possible.

One area that may tip people off to a potential issue is a subtle email address change. When I see a very subtle change in the listed email address, it sets off alarm bells in my head. For example, if a Whois email address for 10 years was FirstNameLastName@yahoo.com and it recently changed to FirstNameLastName@hotmail.com, it makes me wonder if the change was legitimate. This change could be used for social engineering or to make others think the domain name has not changed hands.

I have seen and heard of domain name

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Put an Expiration Time on Offers

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If you are similar to me, you probably spend quite a bit of time trying to buy domain names. When you make an offer on a marketplace like Sedo, there is a set time before the offer expires and is no longer valid. If you are making offers directly to the domain owner, you should probably do the same.

I personally find that most offers I make are responded to within a few days. Domain owners, with the exception of some domain investors, tend to respond quickly to offers because they either know the offer isn’t good or the offer is at least worth exploring further. In these cases, the offer is either accepted or rejected (even a counter offer can be construed as a rejection). When someone doesn’t reply to my offer, I generally consider it a rejection and move on with other inquiries.

The issue I potentially face is that

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Final Should “Get Final.com”

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This morning, I read about  a credit card startup called Final. According to its Crunchbase profile, “Rather than a single, static number, Final card generates multiple numbers which the consumer can restrict, and manages them automatically.” The concept seems like a fantastic idea, and I would certainly be interested in using their service when given the opportunity.

One thing that I found interesting is that the company is currently using GetFinal.com for its website instead of the brand’s exact match Final.com domain name. Obviously, Final.com is an exceptional domain name, and given that

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Monitor Your Own Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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With domain theft becoming a major issue these days, it is imperative that we are vigilant with respect to the status of our domain names. Obviously the easiest way is to monitor account alerts from our domain registrars, but if someone is able to access our accounts, I presume they could change the notifications or circumvent the process without us knowing that something was altered. If that happens, domain names could be transferred out or pushed to other accounts without us knowing about it.

One potential solution is to monitor your domain names via third party monitoring service like DomainTools or DomainIQ. Any time a change is detected, the third party service will send an email notification with the change that was made. If you know of other domain monitor services, be sure to let share it in the comment section.

I think the best way to  monitor my domain names  is to set up an alert for either the registrant name (business or personal name) and the email address used for domain name registrations. When the service detects a change for one of those fields, they will send an email  noting  the change. Once the monitor is created, you should receive an email every time something changes on one of your domain names, such as a transfer or change of ownership.

There are four  things to keep in mind with domain monitoring:

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4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Consolidate Domain Names

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In April of this year, I wrote an article with 5 reasons to consolidate your domain names at one domain registrar. I still believe it is wise to consolidate domain name holdings at one, two, or possibly three domain registrars, but there are some reasons why you should think twice about consolidating your holdings.

Recently, I ran into a bit of an issue after transferring one of my domain names, and I thought it would be wise to share several reasons for you to not consolidate your domain names at one domain registrar. Luckily for me, my issue was resolved after a bit of back and forth, but it could have cost me a sale.

Here are 4  reasons to not consolidate your domain holdings:

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