The top few domain names I own have always received the most number of purchase inquiries and offers. The vast majority of inquiries and offers are from unqualified buyers – people who do not have the budget to afford to pay what they are worth or people who do not have the vision to spend what it takes to buy the domain names. The number of offers a domain name receives shows that the domain name is valuable, but the offers are not typically reflective of the actual value of the asset.
Marcus Lemonis is the CEO of Camping World and the star of “The Profit” television show on CNBC. On the show (and in real life) Marcus invests in many different businesses. In 2014, Marcus invested in a company called Key West Lime Pie Co., which uses the brand match (but clunky) KeyLimePieCo.com domain name for its website.
Peter Askew is a domain investor, web developer, and small business developer. These days, Peter is probably most well known for owning VidaliaOnions.com, which I wrote about several times. Peter also operates BirthdayParties.com and RanchWork.com, among others.
I regularly log in to my DAN.com account to add domain names to my portfolio, check on the status of a transaction, to update pricing, or to respond to a purchase offer. As each month ends and a new month begins, the monthly revenue number changes from the prior month to a big fat $0. The total revenue figure is listed above this, and last month’s revenue is listed below, but the $0 always screams out to me.
It looks like a company called Chain Capital Holdings Ltd has acquired both the Chain.com and Block.com domain names. Both of these domain names are now registered at Gandi. Although a great deal of the Whois information is “REDACTED FOR PRIVACY,” the registrant organization is listed as Chain Capital Holdings Ltd for both of these domain names with a registrant country of “KN,” which stands for Saint Kitts and Nevis.
I believe Chain.com was acquired by domain investor Andy Booth in early 2020. From what I understand, he sold Chain.com a few months ago to an investor in China. I asked, but Andy declined to disclose details about the sale price. Yue Dai, a well-known domain investor in China posted a speculative comment about Chain.com on LinkedIn yesterday.
Chain.com now appears to be a developed website, but I do not see a whole lot of information about the website or business that acquired Chain.com. It is very likely that the investor who bought the asset from Andy re-sold the domain name to the current registrant. According to its About page, “Chain unlocks billions of dollars in digital assets from other blockchains onto Ethereum to build decentralized applications.”
Today is known as “Cyber Monday,” when there are supposedly lots of great deals to be had at online retailers. Many people wait until Cyber Monday to make a purchase knowing there will be special deals and lower prices offered by retail stores. Domain investors looking to book sales might think about using this to their advantage.
If there are any deals that have not been reached yet, or if there are domain name negotiations that ended unsuccessfully, domain investors might consider reaching back out to the prospective buyer to offer a “Cyber Monday special deal.” People may not only be in a buying mood, but companies might have additional funds in their budgets that they want to spend before the end of the year.
I know nothing about Pierluigi Buccioli beyond the gambling related domain names he shares on Twitter. A tweet he shared yesterday offers two good lessons to highlight for domain investors:
3 years, 250 sales and seven figures later, it's safe to say that at least some of the domains on Gambling Invest are worth reg fee.https://t.co/3s9AzbscNR pic.twitter.com/ibuvfdgOeO
— Pierluigi Buccioli (@pier0) November 26, 2020
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