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Escrow.com Q1 2022 Domain Investment Index Report

Elliot Silver
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Because of Escrow.com’s unique position of transacting many private domain name deals, the company is privy to aggregated domain sales data others do not have. Escrow.com published its Domain Investment Index Report for the first quarter of 2022. It can be accessed via this Google Drive link the company shared with me.

In the first quarter of 2022, more than $130 million worth of domain name transactions were completed via Escrow.com. This is a substantial jump from the $110 million in domain name sales transactions the company managed in the first quarter of 2021. It is also a decrease from the $158 million in sales transacted in the fourth quarter of 2021. This is the fifth consecutive quarter Escrow.com achieved over $100 million in sales.

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How a Domain Investor Can Preserve Cash for a Recession

Elliot Silver
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In a recession, there are a few levers a domain investor can do to preserve capital and increase runway if it becomes necessary. Slowing or halting domain name acquisitions, portfolio downsizing, and selling domain names at reduced prices are the three levers that will have the biggest impact on cash preservation for a typical domain investor portfolio.

Reducing acquisition spend may be the easiest way to save cash for a business that spends a substantial amount of money on domain acquisitions and registrations. I typically spend a lot of money on domain acquisitions each year, and reducing my spend would have the greatest impact on cash preservation for my business. Other people may look at halting domain registrations as a means of preserving cash.

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Waiting for the Foghorn

Elliot Silver
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In the small city in New Hampshire where I grew up, we would get a lot of snow in the Winter. Each Winter, we would get a handful of “snow days” off from school when enough snow fell overnight to make it difficult for the school buses to pick up kids and drive them to school.

When the school district would cancel school for the day due to the snow, we would hear a loud foghorn blast several times at 6am. Of course, the announcement would run across the screen on the local news that morning, but hearing the foghorn meant we didn’t need to get out of bed early for school.

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Byte.xyz Sold for $129,888 (Updated)

Elliot Silver
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The Afternic Twitter account posted an image of an Afternic sales notification email informing the owner of Byte.xyz that the domain name was sold via its network for $129,888:

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An Issue I Face with Make Offer on Dan.com

Elliot Silver
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For most of my domain names listed for sale on Dan.com, I have a Buy It Now (BIN) price, a Lease to Own (LTO) option, and a Make Offer option. IThe majority of prospects choose the Make Offer option and submit an offer that is close to the minimum permitted. The next most popular option selected on my names, I would guess, is the LTO option.

In the last month, I’ve come across an issue two separate times on Dan.com. Prospective buyers made offers that were accepted and then stated they want to pay over time. In one case, the prospect accepted a counter-offer, and in the second case, I accepted the initial offer. Both prospects then asked the Dan.com agent handling the deal if they can use a payment plan to buy the domain name.

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Domain Registrars I Use (In Order)

Elliot Silver
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The domain registrar is the most important domain industry company. My domain registrars are tasked with keeping my domain names safe and resolving to the right location. My registrar choice is based on several factors in varying order:

  • Security
  • Customer Service
  • User Interface
  • Ease of Use
  • Pricing

My preference is to keep my domain names consolidated at one domain registrar, but I use several registrars for my portfolio. Auction wins and private acquisitions are the primary reasons for why I use multiple domain registrars.

I saw a tweet today that inspired this article:

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