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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

Elliot Silver
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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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Many TMs – the Good and Bad

Elliot Silver
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It’s important to have a basic understanding of trademarks when it comes to domain investing. I have absolutely no legal background or expertise, but I have done my own research by following UDRP filings and various litigation involving domain names. Basically what I am saying here is that this should not be construed as legal advice because I have no legal expertise.

Over the weekend, I saw Theo’s article about a nice domain name that was sold at Sedo. A reader there commented about the number of trademarks for the term and how that makes it risky. I want to share one good aspect of a keyword .com domain name having many trademarks and one bad aspect of that – from my perspective as a domain name investor who buys one word .com domain names.

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@Rob Gets Domain Broker Shoutout from Reddit Founder

Elliot Silver
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Rob Schutz, who goes by the enviable @Rob handle on Twitter, is a Co-Founder of Ro, an online health services company. Rob has also built a domain brokerage business called Snagged.com. I have never worked on a domain name deal with Rob, but I have seen his name mentioned before and have had conversations with him on Twitter.

On Sunday, Rob received a shoutout from Alexis Ohanian, the serial entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Reddit. Alexis was showing appreciation for Rob related to an undisclosed domain name acquisition:

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DropCatch Listened to Feedback

Elliot Silver
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Last week, I wrote about the frustration I have had with the DropCatch.com login requirements. It wasn’t unusual for me to login via 2FA to place a backorder on a domain name at DropCatch and then have to go through the login process again a short time later to backorder another domain name. Doing this multiple times per day added a speed bump to my morning. It got to the point that I would not bid on a marginal name to avoid this.

Over the weekend, I noticed a maintenance message on the DropCatch website. I held out hope that the company was going to address an issue that bothers other customers as well.

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