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Vincent Jacques Donating Kidney to Son

Elliot Silver
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Longtime domain investor Vincent Jacques of VinsDomains.com is giving the ultimate gift to his son today – one of his kidneys. Vincent previously shared some background about why a kidney donation is critically needed:

Last night on Twitter, Vincent mentioned that the operation is scheduled for this morning:

Vincent and his son Vinny are in my thoughts this morning. I wish them both a full and speedy recovery.

Domain Investors Bring Liquidity

Elliot Silver
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I was chatting with someone who owns a nice domain name that I would be happy to buy. He has owned the domain name for more than 25 years, and it served as the hub of his business during that time. A few months ago, he decided to put up the domain name for sale, and I came across the landing page today.

Although the registrant’s price is fair for an end user buyer, it would be much more than I could afford to spend to acquire it as an investment. If I owned the domain name, I would have priced it right around the same level that he has it, and I would wait until the right buyer comes around. Obviously, I can’t spend what I would hope to achieve from a sale, so I will keep in touch and perhaps make a deal down the road.

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GoDaddy Hiring Director of its NameFind Portfolio

Elliot Silver
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NameFind is the domain name portfolio company owned by GoDaddy. NameFind owns hundreds of thousands of domain names following acquisitions of several large domain portfolios (Uniregistry, Marchex, Berkens…etc.).

GoDaddy posted a job listing for a Director-level position with NameFind, according to a tweet from Paul Nicks, VP of the Aftermarket at GoDaddy:

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How to List a Domain Name for Sale

Elliot Silver
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Over the years, I’ve been asked by a number of people how to sell a domain name. Most of the people who have asked are friends or friends of friends, and they are not involved in the business of domain investing. I also saw a tweet from someone this past week asking the same type of question, and I thought I would expand on this.

If I was not a domain investor but owned a domain name that has value and wanted to sell it, here are the steps I would take:

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ROTD: Tattoo.com Sold for $800k & Names.com Sold for $300,000

Elliot Silver
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This morning, Monte Cahn responded to a comment on my blog about the status of the Right of the Dot auction results. As far as I am aware, finalized results have not yet been reported by Right of the Dot founder Monte Cahn. Apparently, that is because he is continuing to work on closing additional deals.

In the comment Monte posted, he revealed that he “resold Tattoo.com for over $800,000,” and Names.com was sold for $300,000. From what I recall, Tattoo.com had been sold during the live auction for $750,000. I do not believe Names.com was sold during the live or silent auction, so this is an additional sale.

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Maven Co-Founder Details Maven.com Acquisition

Elliot Silver
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Gagan Biyani, a Co-Founder of Udemy, Advisor at Lyft, and former CEO of Sprig, announced the name of his newest startup: Maven. The thing that caught my attention is the domain name that the company is using – Maven.com. The domain name has been owned by General Motors, and in fact, Whois records show the domain name is still registered to GM.

With that in mind, I asked Gagan and his two Co-Founders (Wes Kao and Shreyans Bhansali) if they bought the Maven.com domain name from GM. Gagan replied with a link to a tweet thread he previously posted sharing the startup naming process his team undertook. He also shared insight into the process of securing the domain name. I think this is a great thread for investors to read for additional insight into the mind of a startup founder seeking a great brand and corresponding domain name.

Here’s the thread:

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