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Citing “Growth and Maturity” Republic Upgrades to Republic.com

Elliot Silver
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I was looking through some old purchase inquiries today to touch base and express continued interest in acquiring specific domain names. One such name I came across in my email is Republic.com. I tried to buy the asset a few years ago and did not have success with it. Upon checking to see how the domain name is being used today, I noticed what appears to be a new website.

A bit of research showed that the domain name was acquired by a crypto company called Republic. Its LinkedIn page says the company was founded in 2016. The startup had been using Republic.CO for its website, and I can only assume it must have spent quite a bit of money to acquire the brand match Republic.com domain name for its business. The .CO domain name is now forwarding to Republic.com.

The upgraded domain name was announced on the company’s Twitter page earlier this week, where it cited “a new phase of growth and maturity” as a reason for the acquisition and upgrade to Republic.com:

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Top Closed Sales in Thought Convergence Auction

Elliot Silver
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Last month, Thought Convergence held a group of auctions on NameJet / SnapNames to sell its domain names. There were quite a few exceptional domain names that sold in the auction, and I had been monitoring the Whois records via DomainTools to be able to track when the auctions were paid for and domain names transferred.

After seeing several of the domain names transfer to new registrants (including Operate.com) I reached out to Newfold Digital (parent of NameJet and SnapNames) to ask for a list of the top sales that have closed. Here are the top 12 sales from the Thought Convergence auctions:

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GoDaddy Automatically Adding Whois Privacy

Elliot Silver
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In late December, I transferred a few dozen domain names to GoDaddy that had been won at auction. The transfers went off without a hitch, and I didn’t think twice about them. Last week, a DomainTools Registrant Monitor alert email for my company name uncovered a big change at GoDaddy that had not been shared with me nor have I seen any mention of it anywhere. GoDaddy is now adding Whois privacy to (eligible) inbound transfers and new registrations. All of my recent .com transfers and new registrations reflect this change.

For a number of years, GoDaddy has been redacting some contact information from Whois records. On my public Whois records, you could see the domain registrant is Top Notch Domains, LLC, but my address, email address, and phone number were redacted from Whois records. On the domain names I recently transferred to GoDaddy and the domain names I registered this week, the registrant name is now “Domains by Proxy, LLC,” the Whois privacy business operated by GoDaddy.

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People Will Always Register **** Domain Names (NSFW)

Elliot Silver
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Since domain names started to be registered as investments, there is one thing that has rung true. Some people will always register shit domain names that would never ever have been registered if it was not for their speculative purchases.

Through the years, I have seen portfolios that contain domain names that are awful. Every day, I see terrible domain names that should never have been registered in the first place, yet they were registered by someone more than 20 years ago. Every person has a different background and a different way of looking at things, and shitty domain registrations will happen no matter what the extension is.

Over the weekend, Shane Cultra asked people to share their best .XYZ or .GG domain name that they would sell for $1,000:

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Make.com Appears to Have Sold

Elliot Silver
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It would be difficult to pick the top domain name in the Digimedia portfolio. The company holds one of the most valuable privately-held domain name portfolios with hundreds of exceptional domain names. If I were asked to make a list of the top 10 domain names I have seen in the company’s portfolio, Make.com would likely be on the list. It appears that Make.com was sold by the company.

Digimedia infrequently sells its assets, so it is notable when I see one of the company’s domain names change hands. Over the weekend, I detected a Whois change via one of my DomainTools monitor alerts. Make.com transferred to United Domains with Whois privacy enabled. It had previously been registered to Digimedia at Tucows.

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Buy Domain Names for Your Family

Elliot Silver
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I own the matching .com domain names for my wife and kids. Ironically, I don’t own my own first+last .com domain name because it is owned and used by someone else who shares my name. I’ve always thought it was important for parents to try and buy their kids’ first+last .com domain name just in case they want to use it in the future.

I came across these two tweets from Minda Harts about securing domain names for family members. Minda shared that her brother was disappointed when he tried to buy his name matching .com domain name. That feeling changed when he learned his sister had already bought it for him to use:

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