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ICA Webinar on Transfer Lock Changes

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Transfer lock policies can differ at each domain registrar. Depending on the situation and domain name status, some locks are required by ICANN and others are suggested by the organization.

Some registrars are more lenient with transfer locks that aren’t required by ICANN and others are more rigid. Some registrars will lock a domain name for 60 days after a Whois or account change and others will allow that lock to be lifted when requested. Most registrars will lock domain names after an inbound transfer, but some will lift it situationally. All newly registered domain names are required to be locked for 60 days after registrations.

Domain Count is an Important Metric

I have been using DomainLeads.com on a regular basis since it was introduced last year. I use the tool to see how many domain names are registered and developed for specific keywords. I find it to be helpful when buying and pricing my domain names.

I think the primary focus of the tool is on the TLDs developed figure. If I am looking to buy a domain name and see there are a dozen or more websites developed in different extensions with that keyword, it is probably a desireable domain name. Not only is there a good chance one of those other websites will benefit from upgrading to the matching .com, but there is probably a good chance a startup or other business would benefit from buying the .com for a startup or rebrand. This is probably obvious.

Spaceship Seller Hub Beta Opens Next Week

Spaceship CEO Richard Kirkendall recently announced the company’s domain name sales platform would soon open to beta testers. With his post, Richard also offered a sneak peak at the back-end control panel for the platform, and a look at the domain names that had leads allowed people to get a look at the landing pages.

This morning, Richard announced the Spaceship Seller Hub would open for beta testers next Tuesday (April 15):

Create Your Own Domain Talk Snippets at Atom

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Atom.com recently introduced its Domain Talk feature. The Domain Talk feature is an AI-generated audio snippet that appears on a domain’s landing page, offering a creative description of how the domain name could be used. The may help a potential buyer visualize branding possibilities, and that may help boost interest and increase the chances of selling a domain name.

While Domain Talk rolled out piecemeal and I only received a notification about it being added to a couple of my domain names, users are now able to generate their own Domain Talk snippets for their landing pages. Atom is allowing users to use “AI credits” to generate these snippets. Previously, these credits were solely used for image and logo creation.

Some of the Ways I Have Been Using AI

Artificial intelligence is already having a modest impact on how I run my business. Unlike quite a few colleagues who have been ringing the register because of AI-related domain names, I don’t have many AI or .AI domain names in my portfolio.

I have been using AI to help with a variety of tasks related to my business. For the most part, I am using Chat.com and Grok. Occasionally, if I want more suggestions or am running into issues, I will use Claude from Perplexity. I am open to trying others though.

Here are some of the ways I use AI for my business:

ABTC.com Sold for $699,999

In one of the largest publicly reported domain name sales of 2025 so far, Andrew Rosener reported that he sold ABTC.com for $699,999. Andrew shared this sale on the most recent episode of Domain Sherpa, which I have embedded above (discussion starts around the 17 minute mark).

Although Andrew Rosener is a domain broker and CEO of Media Options, the domain name was acquired via Afternic. The BIN price had been $749,000.

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