San Francisco Business Times (behind a paywall) and TechCrunch wrote articles about Kyte shutting down. Kyte was a car rental service that operated on the brand matching Kyte.com domain name.
According to a Public Notice of Intellectual Property Sale listing on DailyDac.com, the company paid $550,000 to acquire the Kyte.com domain name in 2021. A total of 31 domain names are available as part of this listing.
I recently wrote about a concern I have related to AI generated logos used on some domain name for sale landing pages. In short, if the AI created a logo that is similar to a logo being used by an active business, it could put the domain name at risk. A similar risk also exists for AI-generated descriptions and keywords.
A couple of weeks after I published my article, attorney John Berryhill pointed out that a logo generated by AI had been used on a domain name that was subject of a UDRP complaint.
More like D.O.A… pic.twitter.com/s2zhfUnf6R
— John Berryhill (@Berryhillj) June 20, 2025
I saw some good advice shared on X that should be considered by domain investors who have ongoing Lease to Own deals:
🚨 If you've sold a domain on an LTO deal, check how it's currently being used and make sure it's not being used for anything sketchy. pic.twitter.com/gkdNWPBMEH
— ARIYAS (@domainretail) August 15, 2025
When a domain name is sold on a lease-to-own (LTO) payment plan, the buyer typically gains use of the name before paying in full. While most buyers use the domain name as intended, it’s a good idea for domain investors to periodically check how their leased domain names are being used to ensure they aren’t being used in a way that would violate any laws or the LTO agreement.
The primary reason for checking on these leaed domain names is risk management. If the buyer uses the domain name for something illegal or illicit and against the terms of the agreement, it could draw unwanted legal attention or harm the reputation of the domain name. Not only could it cause issues for the domain registrant in the shorter term, but it could hurt the value of the domain name in the longer term.
Earlier, this week, I hand registered six domain names. I checked on one landing page yesterday, and the correct landing page didn’t resolve. Likely due to a distraction, these domain names didn’t get added to my seller account, so an unintended landing page was shown rather than the BIN lander I wanted.
I am sure I have a dozen or two domain names that have nameservers set up correctly but were not listed for sale for one reason or another. Comparing lists in Excel is possible but can be time consuming. Instead of using Excel for this, I am going to use Chat GPT.
Here are the steps I am going to take:
Over the weekend, I received a $1,000 offer for a $1,997-priced domain name via Afternic. After a bit of negotiating, I agreed to sell the domain name for $1,500 on Sunday and the buyer agreed but has not yet paid. Yesterday afternoon, I agreed to sell a different domain name via Afternic for $2,500, and the buyer immediately paid and that deal is done and dusted.
I am curious to know how long other people tend to give buyers to pay for a domain name once a deal has been reached.
It is helpful to see what domain names are being used by companies that are growing and receiving funding. One way to do this is to read articles about fundraising on publications like TechCrunch and The Verge. There are many fundraising rounds that are shared in press releases and redistributed in industry-specific publications and not on the mainstream tech news websites I follow regularly.
To bridge this very large gap, I have found it helpful to follow two accounts on X that do a great job of uncovering funding rounds and sharing the domain names associated with these companies.
