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When Whois Contacts Fail, I Use GoDaddy DBS

Elliot Silver
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One of the things I enjoy most about domain investing is the negotiations. Most don’t work out, but I enjoy the thought and effort that goes into a negotiation. It stimulates my brain in a way most other aspects of this business do not. This goes for both buying and selling my domain names.

On occasion, I will use GoDaddy’s Domain Broker Service (DBS) to try and buy a domain name. If I am not hearing back from a domain registrant and don’t want to continue to press, I might connect with a DBS broker to attempt to get a price. In these cases, I am probably not making a substantial enough offer to elicit a reply, so the broker won’t usually be able to help.

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Why Some Companies Won’t Sell a Domain Name

Elliot Silver
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For domain investors and entrepreneurs, it can be frustrating to come across a company that owns a valuable domain name that isn’t being used, but the company won’t consider selling it. It might seem like a missed opportunity for the company to sell an unused valuable asset, but there are reasons behind this.

Here are some of the most common factors that explain why some companies simply won’t sell a domain name regardless of the offer or buyer’s interest:

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Kicks.com Acquired by Dicks Sporting Goods

Elliot Silver
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In early February, I noticed that Kicks.com changed hands. The valuable one word .com domain name had been owned by Reflex, and transferred to a registrant called Domain Licenses Limited, which I believe is an entity that acquires and/or holds domain names on behalf of other companies.

I detected this Whois change with the help of the DomainTools Registrant Monitor.

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Perplexity CEO Wants to Buy OS.ai

Elliot Silver
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HubSpot Founder Dharmesh Shah announced another domain name acquisition today. Dharmesh acquired OS.ai for $150,000. He announced the acquisition and shared his rationale for buying the domain name in a post on X:

The post received numerous responses, as Dharmesh invited people to share their ultra-premium domain names, offering to give a valuation from a new Agent.ai agent that is under development.

One response to the post didn’t include a domain name to evaluate. Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity, replied to Dharmesh to let him know he would like to buy OS.ai:

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How Chat.com Helped Me Make ~$800

Elliot Silver
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I have a $20/month paid account at OpenAi. I primarily use it to access ChatGPT – and I always use Chat.com to navigate to the website. One of the ways I use the platform is to generate keyword lists that I use to search for and register domain names.

Oftentimes, these keyword lists revolve around a specific topic, and I will append the lists to a different keyword. For instance, and this is just a made up example based on a current “hot” trend, I might ask Chat.com to generate a list of 100 popular scientific keywords that an 8th grader would know and then append AI.com to the end. I always give an example, such as MeteorAI.com in this case, so the tool can understand exactly what I am seeking.

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Spaceship Offering .coms Below Wholesale Pricing

Elliot Silver
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The wholesale price of a .com domain name charged by Verisign (the .com registry operator) is approaching $10/year. I currently pay a little more than $11/year including the additional ICANN fee for my .com domain names at GoDaddy.

This morning, Namecheap and Spaceship Founder and CEO Richard Kirkendall announced that Spaceship is offering .com domain names for $4.98. There is no coupon or promo code necessary, and apparently there is no limit to how many domain names can be registered.

The promotion was posted on X:

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