XYZ is the lead sponsor of my 2021 Pan-Mass Challenge domain industry jersey. The XYZ design and operations teams (Amy Brown Cole and Jocelyn Hanc) also created the jersey and shorts I will be wearing. Once again, they did a great job, and the outfit is a .Beauty. In addition to highlighting the company’s flagship .XYZ logo, the XYZ design team also incorporated the company’s other extensions into the front of the jersey. You can see .Quest, .Makeup, .Skin, .Hair, and .Beauty.

On the back of the jersey, you can see the logos of the generous domain industry companies that supported my ride this year. These companies have gone above and beyond by donating at least $500 to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute via my PMC fundraiser. Some of these sponsors have supported my ride since I began riding the Pan-Mass Challenge 8 years ago, and I appreciate it. The domain industry jersey sponsors are listed below.

This is one of the most common rebuttals I receive when I tell someone the price of a domain name they want to buy and their offer is substantially lower. In the history of domain name sales, I don’t think this type of response has ever gotten a domain name seller to agree on a substantially lower price.

Here’s how I recently replied when someone made a sub-$100 offer for a domain name I value into the six figures, and he responded by saying ‘a domain name is worth what someone will pay for it’:

Recode published an article this afternoon about a new Facebook newsletter product called Bulletin that is expected to be debuted this month. What caught my attention was a mention of the Bulletin.com domain name. In the article, it was mentioned that Facebook reportedly paid seven figures to acquire the Bulletin.com domain name.

Here’s the related excerpt:

Last night I was watching the Boston Bruins vs. New York Islanders NHL playoff game. Midway through the third period, I realized something. Neither the Boston Bruins nor the New York Islanders own their team name .com domain name. Bruins.com is owned by GoDaddy (via its NameFind portfolio company) and Islanders.com is owned by CCIN (Michael Castello and David Castello).

It looks like all NHL teams utilize the NHL.com domain name for their websites. However, each team owns its own domain name that forwards to their NHL-based website. For instance, the Boston Bruins website can be found by navigating to BostonBruins.com and the NY Islanders website can be found by navigating to NewYorkIslanders.com.

Several years ago, I took a look at the domain names used by professional sports teams in the four major sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL). At that time, NHL teams owned the fewest number of team .com domain names at just 25.8%. I thought I would take another look at NHL team domain names to see if anything has changed with respect to team name .com domain names. Here’s what I found:

Domain investors come from different parts of the world and have different backgrounds. Despite this, we all have many traits in common. We are willing to invest hard earned capital into digital assets with the hopes of monetizing them. By and large, domain investors are chasing after the same domain names as other investors. There are a few things that set investors apart from each other.

Losing control of a domain name due to expiration is something every domain registrant should fear. Domain investors tend to have a solid handle on domain name renewals, but the continued flow of solid domain names at expiry auction platforms like GoDaddy Auctions and NameJet illustrate how frequently good domain names expire.

Nick Grossman is a Partner at Union Square Ventures (USV). For many years, Nick operated a blog on his first+last name .IS domain name. .IS is the ccTLD for the country of Iceland. The domain name accidentally expired, and it was grabbed by a third party. Nick was able to register and use NickGrossman.XYZ, but he faced an issue that I don’t recall hearing about in the past: