Domain Investors Provide Liquidity

Elliot Silver
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When I am trying to buy domain names from registrants who have held them for many years, I am frequently told that their domain names are worth more than I am willing to pay. Perhaps they have turned down better offers in the past, or maybe the discussed the value of the domain names with a broker or someone else. Whatever the case is, some people believe their domain names are worth more money than I am willing to pay.

In all honesty, they are probably right. I would not be willing to pay $25,000 to buy a domain name as an investment if I believe it is worth $25,000. Obviously I can not pay an amount of money that I would hope to get if I was selling it myself. So why should someone sell a domain name to me for less than it is worth? Liquidity.

Here are Nat Cohen’s comments about domain investors who bring liquidity to domain registrants. I believe Nat’s company recently acquired Owen.com and Higgins.com, and his commentary is in the wake of those deals:

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Report: Airbnb Hosts Building Their Own Direct Booking Websites

Elliot Silver
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When a business operates on someone else’s platform or website, they must play by that company’s rules and regulations. Some businesses that operate on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social networking platforms have realized the limitations and regulations can impact the growth of their business and sometimes cause it to shut down altogether. It may be easier to set up and operate a business on an existing platform, but having to operate in accordance with the platform’s rules can have consequences.

Now, according to a report on CNBC, some Airbnb and other home rental hosts are facing similar concerns on home rental booking platforms:

An excerpt from the article:

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Amazon Registers Business Relief Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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In my morning DomainTools Registrant Monitor alert email I received yesterday morning, I saw a few domain name registrations from Amazon that caught my attention. The domain names that Amazon recently registered are related to business relief and small business relief. My guess is that the domain name registrations are related to an Amazon program created to help small business owners whose businesses are impacted by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Several days ago, Amazon’s blog announced a program to assist local small business owners. Here’s an excerpt from the article:

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Google Registers TeachFromHome.org & TeachFromHome.Google

Elliot Silver
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According to my morning DomainTools Registrant Monitor alert email, Google has registered the TeachFromHome.org domain name. The domain name has a creation date of March 10, 2020 and it is registered at MarkMonitor. TeachFromHome.org had initially been registered using MarkMonitor’s privacy proxy service (DNStination Inc.), but it looks like the domain name transferred to Google LLC within the last day or so. It also looks like Google registered TeachFromHome.Google as well. I did not do an extensive search to see if other related domain names were registered in addition to these two.

At the time of publication, TeachFromHome.Google does not resolve to an active website or error page. If you visit TeachFromHome.org right now, you will see a 404 error page, so whatever Google has planned for this domain name, it is not ready to go live yet:

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Is The Coronavirus Impacting Your Spending on Domain Names?

Elliot Silver
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With the Coronavirus outbreak making people sick around the world, almost everyone seems to be impacted to some degree. Many people are concerned for their health and are changing plans due to the outbreak. This has caused world stock markets to tumble, production to decrease, and things are getting rocky.

I posted a poll on Twitter asking people if they are spending more, less, or the same amount of money to buy domain names in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak:

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Does a Domain’s Value Change When Acquired by an Investor?

Elliot Silver
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At NamesCon last week, I had a chance to briefly speak with Andy Booth. I have known and done a modest amount of business with Andy and his brother James Booth, and I was sorry I did not have much time to speak with them. One topic Andy and I chatted about was if the value of a domain name changes (at least on a psychological level) when the domain name is acquired by a domain investor from a larger company. Andy thought it would be neat to spark a discussion about the topic, and we are both eager to see what readers think.

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