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“What Makes This Domain Name Valuable?”

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As Aziz noted this morning on X, GoDaddy has added an AI feature to its for sale landing pages, allowing prospective buyers to get additional insight into why a domain name is valuable. On the right side of GoDaddy “for sale” landers, there’s an “Ask AI” button visible.

Clicking the button opens a pop-up window with a pre-populated question, What makes this domain name valuable? Clicking the prompt draws an AI-generated response from the tool emphasizing some of the unique traits of the domain name.

Why Some Companies Won’t Sell a Domain Name

For domain investors and entrepreneurs, it can be frustrating to come across a company that owns a valuable domain name that isn’t being used, but the company won’t consider selling it. It might seem like a missed opportunity for the company to sell an unused valuable asset, but there are reasons behind this.

Here are some of the most common factors that explain why some companies simply won’t sell a domain name regardless of the offer or buyer’s interest:

NamesCon Ticket Prices Increase Tomorrow

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Initially, I did not plan to attend NamesCon in November. We have quite a few family things going on in November, and it’s an inconvenience to ensure our kids get where they need to be – and I hate missing their events. After some further thought, I decided I will most likely attend for at least a day.

I received an email this morning reminding me that the price for a NamesCon ticket will increase tomorrow. The standard pass is listed at $499 and apparently increases to $649 tomorrow. The vendor pass increases from $799 to $999.

ICA Posts Video of WIPO-ICA UDRP Review Project Initial Report

The ICA hosted a webinar to discuss the Initial Report of the WIPO–ICA UDRP Review Project Team. The joint project between the two organizations aims to explore ways to strengthen the UDRP with incremental improvements.

The primary topics of discussion were related to the following:

  • Registrar verification procedures
  • Fee payment deadlines
  • The potential for an appeals layer
  • Challenges of implementing changes like a “loser pays” system

Spaceship Hits 3 Million DUM

Spaceship, the rapidly growing domain registrar and sister company of Namecheap, just surpassed 3 million domain names under management milestone. Less than a year ago, Spaceship hit the 1 million DUM milestone. I think this underscores the company’s momentum and growing influence in the domain space, particularly as it relates to domain investors.

Dharmesh Shah Acquires DomainValue.com for Appraisal Agent

Over the past several years, Hubspot Co-Founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah has emerged as a prominent figure in the domain name space. Dharmesh has acquired high-value domain names like Chat.com, Prompt.com, and Agent.com for millions of dollars. He later famously sold Chat.com to OpenAI for more than $15 million, including equity in the privately-held company.

In addition to these acquisitions, Dharmesh recently built an AI-driven domain name valuation agent on his Agent.ai platform. It can probably be billed as a work in progress, but it provides users with both a quantitative valuation along with a qualitative aspect as well. It doesn’t hurt that values tend to be on the sunny side of the garden.

To make it easier for users to navigate to the domain valuation agent, Dharmesh shared that he acquired the DomainValue.com domain name:

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