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Watch Out for Fraudulent Afternic Listing Emails

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Last Summer, I wrote an article urging caution to domain investors who might be tempted to blindly approve “Authorize your domain listings” emails from Afternic. If someone fraudulently lists your domain name for sale on Afternic and you click the approval link, it could get listed in someone else’s account without your approval. This could cause major problems down the road.

Andrew Allemann mentioned that he received a fast transfer opt-in email for a domain name he wasn’t selling. I also received an email for MLR.com that I reported to Afternic immediately. Their system had it removed by the time an account manager had a look.

Other domain investors mentioned receiving multiple approval emails:

I believe a third party – or multiple third parties – is creating faulty listings on Afternic en masse. I don’t know what the objective is, but I know the potential damage this could cause if an investor accidentally approves a listing they did not authorize.

If you receive one or more of these emails, be wary. They come from Afternic, but if the emails weren’t sent because you added domain names to your account, someone else might have added them for sale in their account. By clicking the email, you are authorizing a fast transfer.

I believe I was told one work around is to add domain names to your account that you own but aren’t selling and put them as “Not Listed” for sale. People should not have to do a workaround to prevent fraudulent listings, but it was something I was told a while back.

Facebook Shows Brand Popularity

Elliot Silver
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I have always used LinkedIn to get an idea of how widely a brand is used. Knowing this helps me justify a domain name acquisition cost by understanding how many potential buyers there might be for a particular domain name. I have been using Facebook lately to do the same thing, and it has some advantages.

In order to look at home many businesses there are with a specific brand name, I will look at Facebook “pages” results. I have found more businesses and companies use “pages” rather than standard pages. The results would be similar to LinkedIn companies.

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Building for Domain Investors is Happening

Elliot Silver
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One of the criticisms of companies catering to domain investors is the lack of innovation in the space. Those people aren’t wrong. There are a handful of companies intent on making innovative changes to domain investor services, but the needle doesn’t seem move much. I am hopeful that is going to change.

I was in Las Vegas for the ICA meeting last week and had the chance to connect with domain investor colleagues. One thing I heard from several people is that they / their companies are building new products and services that are tailored to domain investor needs.

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James Booth Reports $150k .IO Sale

Elliot Silver
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James Booth reported a $150,000 .IO domain name sale on Twitter this morning. James reportedly sold 7.io for $150,000 via Squadhelp. He shared that the domain name was owned with his brother, Andy Booth:

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Being Impersonated on Twitter

Elliot Silver
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Yesterday evening, I was made aware that someone appears to be impersonating me / my account on Twitter / X. As you can see from what Ravi shared, that account has a double “i” in it:

If you are able to report that account for impersonation, perhaps it will be helpful and I would appreciate it.

Thanks for being vigilant.

Escrow.com: $383.3m in Sales in 2023

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As the year ended, Escrow.com shared its 2023 Domain Trends report. The report left me with a few questions primarily related to total sales volume compared to the prior year. Now that 2023 has been finalized, my question was answered. Here’s a look at a comparison between 2023 sales volume on Escrow.com vs. 2022 sales volume on Escrow.com:

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