The vast majority of my domain name sales are private, both the names and sales prices. I don’t share most of them on my corporate website, and I don’t blog about them. I don’t even really discuss them with friends and colleagues either.

I understand that people have different motivations for reporting sale prices. Some people want to share their sales publicly so that others can see that domain names are selling for “real” money. Some people have similar domain names in their portfolios, so a reported sale helps boost the value (and purchase interest) in their other domain names. Other people may simply wish to show that they are moving inventory and closing deals.

There are several reasons why I keep my sales private, and I thought I would share some of the reasons. Ultimately, if it hurts my business or otherwise does not help my business, I am not going to share private information.  Listed below are 5 reasons why I don’t share my domain name sales publicly:

In Giuseppe Graziano’s newsletter earlier this week, he referred to a few of us domain industry bloggers who were up for an award as “legends.” I know Giuseppe meant this to be complementary, but I cringed when I read it. Since a newsletter isn’t something I can comment on, I thought I would take a moment to write about it here, especially in light of other industry discussions.

I am very fortunate to be in a position where I can write a blog that earns advertising revenue while running my business. It’s enjoyable to be able to communicate with people from around the world in the domain name space. I have learned a lot about investing in domain names, and I have been able to grow my business.

For whatever  reason, some people put

I read an article on KRWG.org, the local PBS affiliate in Southern  New Mexico and Far West Texas, and I thought I would share it with you. According to the article, “The Las Cruces Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) has announced that it will be transitioning its name and logo to Visit Las Cruces.”

It appears that the organization was able to acquire the VisitLasCruces.com domain name earlier this year. I do not see an archived sales record for this domain name on NameBio, so my guess is that it was a private deal that won’t be reported. I am going to reach out to the director of the CVB to see if he will share the price they paid since that interests me. I am both a buyer and seller of Visit(geography) domain names, and having this information is helpful when I am buying or selling a similar domain name.

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I recently acquired two LLLL.com domain names in the aftermarket, likely paying above their current market value to secure them. I reached out to a few trusted sources to seek their opinion on the value, and one of them shared a very cool tool that I want to share with you.

LLLLSales.com tracks four letter .com domain name sales that are closed on public platforms such as Sedo, NameJet, Flippa, GoDaddy, 4.cn and other platforms. The best part of the tool is the robust search functionality, allowing you to look at various attributes of sold domain names. It appears that the website has over 100,000 sales indexed at a value approaching $100 million.

Some of the search functions include: