Delete Your Sold/Expired DNS Domain Names or Risk Suspension

Elliot Silver
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After selling a domain name, it’s very important for you to remove sale listings for that domain name at aftermarket venues. It is especially important to do this if you have BIN prices on some of the domain names that could potentially permit someone else to agree to buy a domain name you no longer have the right to own.

I received a message from DomainNameSales.com that was sent to clients reminding them to delete domain names they no longer own. The company raised the potential for account suspension (both parking and sales) for

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RetailMeNot Acquires Sale.com Domain Name via Media Options

Elliot Silver
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RetailMeNot.comIn mid-December of 2013,  Media Options listed Sale.com for sale in its domain name newsletter with an asking price of $1,500,000. It was described as “one of the top 10 domains in the world!” Based on the recently updated Whois records, it appears that the domain name has been acquired by RetailMeNot, Inc.

RetailMeNot is an Austin, Texas-based publicly traded company that publishes coupons, promo codes, and special offers from popular retailers and businesses. Retail Me Not trades on the NASDAQ market under the stock symbol SALE, which might be one reason the Sale.com domain name was of interest to RMN.

After noticing the Whois change this morning, I reached out to Media Options CEO Andrew Rosener for a comment.

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The Story Behind the Bitcoins.com Domain Name

Elliot Silver
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BitcoinsArguably one of the most popular topics of 2013 was the emergence and growing popularity of bitcoins. Thousands of publications have covered all aspects of bitcoins, and you can see the jump in popularity in bitcoins in this Google Trends chart.

A website was recently launched on  Bitcoins.com, and I did a bit of research to see if I could contact the original registrant of the domain name.  I was able to get in touch with the original registrant, a native of Argentina  who asked that I not publish his name for privacy reasons, and he was kind enough to share his story about the domain name . Bitcoins.com is now owned by Tibanne Co. Ltd., the company that operates the Mt.Gox bitcoin exchange.

“Back in 1998 (dot.coms) I created a Business Plan for a new kind of

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Together.com May Have Sold Last Month

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I was doing some domain name acquisition research at DomainTools last week when I came across Together.com. I noticed the screenshot  from July showed a Mark Monitor landing page that said “This Domain Name May Be for Sale.” Based on the current Whois information, which differs from the Whois information at the time of the screenshot, it appears that Together.com may have recently changed hands.

My guess is that a transaction happened sometime around the beginning of November. If you look at the Whois history, an organization called The Climate Group owned the domain name until the end of October. In early November, a new registrant was listed. The domain name now resolves to TogetherNetworks.com.

I did some research, including a search of the domain sales database at

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DNForum Opens Domain Sales for Bitcoins Section

Elliot Silver
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Last night, I happened to come across a new domain sales section on DNForum, “Domains For Sale (Accepting Bitcoins) – Fixed Price.” People who want to sell their domain names for Bitcoins as payment may list their domain names for sale in that specific forum.

According to an unscientific poll I ran the other day, a little more than half of the people who voted in the poll said they

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Tip: Don’t Check In on Unreturned Emails

Elliot Silver
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For the most part, I will return solicitation emails when people ask if I want to buy their domain name(s). While the vast majority aren’t close to being of interest to me (keyword .com domain names are almost exclusively what I buy), I do my best to give a “no thanks” or something along those lines because I think it is courteous.

In addition to these emails, I receive a ton of guest post and SEO pitch emails. I almost never reply to those emails because I have absolutely no interest in working with someone who needs to make these types of unsolicited emails to get business. I don’t want to give someone an opportunity to add me to a “responsive” email list for future solicitations, nor do I want to get another sales pitch.

One thing that irritates me is getting an email like this:

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