DotWeekly Tools Help Me Find and Evaluate Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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Jamie Zoch recently converted DotWeekly into a domain name intelligence platform with numerous tools to help domain name buyers find and evaluate domain names. The platform offers several different tools with many filters domain investors can use to hone in on domain names that meet their search criteria. These tools are also helpful to retail buyers who are looking for a domain name.

For the last several weeks, I have been using DotWeekly to find domain names that are coming up for auction on GoDaddy, NameJet, and Namecheap. I like the fact that I can sort the domain names using the filters that suit my needs. I have been using DotWeekly in addition to the tools and lists I have been using for years, and it is been a great supplementary tool to identify domain names that should be on my radar.

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Anthropic Appears to Have Acquired Claude.com

Elliot Silver
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A month ago, I noticed the Claude.com domain name transferred from Network Solutions to corporate domain registrar MarkMonitor. The domain name had been registered under Whois privacy, and it is currently registered to DNStination Inc., Mark Monitor’s privacy service. The domain name transfer was brought to my attention with the help of DomainTools’ Registrant Monitor tool.

In my post about the domain name transfer, I mentioned that Anthropic AI chat platform is called Claude. The company uses the Claude.ai domain name for this platform.

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DomainTools Warning About “Possible Deprecation of Whois Services”

Elliot Silver
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I use DomainTools on a daily basis for domain name research. From learning about domain names that changed hands to tracking the history of domain name Whois records, DomainTools offers some of the most comprehensive records dating back 30+ years.

This morning while researching a domain name, I saw a message on the top of a DomainTools Whois lookup page warning about a “possible deprecation of Whois services” that would impact the services DomainTools offers. Clicking the banner gave the following message:

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Thankful for These Domain Tools

Elliot Silver
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There is not one perfect domain industry tool that does everything I need. In fact, there are quite a few tools I use regularly, often in conjunction with each other. I use many of these tools to better my domain portfolio, and I use some of these tools for blog-related industry research. I am thankful for all of these tools I use nearly every day:

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GoDaddy Registry: GoDaddyRegistry.com was Registered in March

Elliot Silver
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One of the tools I use on a regular basis is the Brand Monitor tool at DomainTools. This tool allows people to track domain name registrations (and deletions) using keywords such as brand names. This allows brands to track third parties who are registering domain names with their brands in them, and the tool also allows third parties, such as journalists, to track brand-related domain name registrations.

Yesterday evening, GoDaddy announced it was acquiring Neustar Registry. Once the acquisition is complete, the Neustar team would be called GoDaddy Registry. Had I, or others, been tracking GoDaddy related domain name registrations, we may have been alerted that something was up almost a month ago.

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Tip for Using DomainTools’ Domain Search Tool

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I use quite a few tools from DomainTools. One of the tools I like best for prospecting is the Domain Search tool. This tool allows me to see all of the domain registrations in a specific keyword, making it easier to target prospective buyers who own domain names with a keyword similar to mine.

To give you an example, I own KitchenConsultant.com. I think other businesses with longer tail domain names might want to upgrade to KitchenConsultant.com. For instance, if someone owned BestKitchenConsultant.com or KitchenConsultantNYC.com, they might want to purchase the domain name my company owns. Searching “kitchenconsultant” will yield all of the registered domain names with that particular search term.

One thing I like to do when using this tool is to alter my keyword a bit to broaden the number of prospects. Instead of searching

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