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I Removed MO for Names >$2k + Added Short Term LTO

Elliot Silver
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This morning, I removed the Make Offer option for the 1,100 +/- domain names I have listed for sale on Dan.com at under $2,000. To be more precise, all of these domain names have a BIN price of $1,999. I still have a handful of less valuable names without prices and a $997 minimum Make Offer option in place.

In addition to this portfolio change, I also added back the Lease to Own option I had removed over the Summer. However, instead of the default 20 months for a $2k name, I am only offering people the option to lease to own a domain name for a 6 month maximum term.

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Namecheap Market: New Bidders to Pre-fund Accounts with $100

Elliot Silver
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Namecheap is taking an additional step to help prevent abuse in its Namecheap Market. New users who wish to bid on auctions in the Namecheap Market will be required to pre-fund their accounts with $100. This requirement is an effort to authenticate auction participants to combat auction fraud. Most current users won’t be impacted by this change.

Here’s what Namecheap shared with customers about this policy change:

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PFA.com Sold via Apex Moon and Afternic for $450,000

Elliot Silver
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Yesterday morning, Apex Moon announced the $450,000 sale of PFA.com. I reached out to the company seeking additional information, and I was told the deal was negotiated between Apex Moon and Afternic.

By the looks of it, the buyer has already launched its website on PFA.com.

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KHY.com Acquired by Kylie Jenner

Elliot Silver
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Yesterday afternoon, fashion model Kylie Jenner tweeted about KHY.com, a domain name she is now using for a fashion brand and clothing line.

From what I can tell using the DomainTools Whois History Tool, KHY.com transferred from GoDaddy to Safenames in September, where it is now registered under Whois privacy. Due to Whois privacy on the registrant Whois record at GoDaddy, I am unable to see who sold KHY.com. According to Jack from DN.com, the seller of KHY.com is a Chinese domain investor:

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RDNH Finding on Playhouse.com UDRP

Elliot Silver
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A UDRP was filed against the generic one word Playhouse.com domain name at the World Intellectual Property Organization. The sole panelist, Robert A. Badgley, found in favor of the domain registrant and also ruled that this was Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The decision was published this morning on the WIPO website. Zak Muscovitch represented the domain registrant.

In the decision, the domain registrant’s sworn statement about acquiring domain names as investments was published:

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Confirmed: Accelerator.com Sold for $145k at GoDaddy Auctions

Elliot Silver
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I had to be a soccer dad on Friday afternoon, and I missed the close of the Accelerator.com expiry auction at GoDaddy Auctions. When I returned, I saw the domain name had sold for $145,050, according to NameBio. When I clicked the auction page link, however, I saw a message that said “Auction cancelled,” which I shared on Twitter to see if someone could shed light on this:

I reached out to a contact at GoDaddy to ask if the domain name was sold or if the auction was cancelled. A GoDaddy contact replied to me and told me he thought the auction is still valid and awaiting payment.

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