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The Toughest Domain Deal to Pass On

Elliot Silver
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These days, I have been spending quite a bit of time seeking out domain names to buy. It’s relatively easy to buy inventory-quality domain names, but I am almost always looking for good deals on excellent one word .com domain names. The toughest deal for me to pass on is a great one word .com domain name priced at a very reasonable (but) end user price point.

In most cases, these domain names are priced fairly for someone to purchase it to use, but they are too expensive for me to purchase as an investment. I would be asking around the same amount or more if I owned the asset, but there is not enough margin for me to risk my capital.

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Court Order Should be Required for Domain Lock in a Business Dispute

Elliot Silver
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For the last several days, the most actively discussed domain industry topic is related to GoDaddy locking some of Brent Oxley’s valuable domain names, including Create.com. This was done as a result of a legal dispute filed in India. If you have not been following, you can read the NamePros thread or the original article on JamesNames.com to catch up on what reportedly happened.

GoDaddy VP Paul Nicks posted an update last night on NamePros, writing in part:

“As we’ve started to have these conversations, we’ve identified a couple of things that could have gone better in Brent’s case. First, we erroneously told Brent that a court order was issued when, in fact, we were served with a legal complaint, starting a lawsuit. This doesn’t change how we would have or did act, but it was inaccurate to describe it as a court order. Second, we needed to do a better job in proactively notifying Brent of the domain locks on his domains. We’re taking these learnings and applying them to our procedures going forward.
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Seth Rogen Domain Acquisition: “We ripped those ‘****’ off!”

Elliot Silver
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Seth Rogen was a guest on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show last night, and I thought the conversation about a recent domain name acquisition was funny. Seth Rogen is involved in a cannabis brand called Houseplant. The company owns the matching HousePlant.com domain name.

During the segment last night, Kimmel asked Rogen about the domain name. In particular, he asked if the company had the domain name prior to the launch of the business. From a domain investor perspective, it’s pretty obvious a domain name like HousePlant.com was registered long before the company was established. In fact, the domain name was created in June of 1997.

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Cluster.com Acquired by Namecheap for $150k

Elliot Silver
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On Saturday morning, I noticed that Cluster.com changed hands. The domain name had been owned by New Ventures Services, Corp., and it transferred under privacy to Namecheap. The purchase price for Cluster.com was $150,000.

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NFL Registers Robert Saleh Sucks Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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Earlier this year, the NFL’s New York Jets hired Robert Saleh as the team’s Head Coach. The Jets were widely praised for this hiring. In fact, it was probably the best decision the team has made in many years. If you don’t watch NFL football, you should know the NY Jets have not been a decent football team in several years. I say this as a loyal New England Patriots fan, but I think the team’s record speaks for itself.

I was looking through some domain name registrations, and it appears the NFL and/or New York Jets are preparing for Coach Saleh to have a rough go of it. Last week, the NFL registered at least three domain names related to Coach Saleh sucking. Whois records show that the NFL registered the following domain names via its brand protection domain name registrar, MarkMonitor:

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Andrew Rosener Sold Metaverse.io for $175,000

Elliot Silver
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On the most recent edition of the Domain Sherpa show, Andrew Rosener reported the sale of Metaverse.io for $175,000. According to a tweet from NameBio, Metaverse.io had been acquired for just $2,232 on October 31, 2020 via the Park.io platform.

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