Domain Investing News, Strategy & Tips

Using ChatGPT to Modify a Landing Page

Domain Sales

Elliot Silver

April 28, 2025

I use Carrd for the landing pages for many of my higher value one and two word .com domain names. I don’t know the exact number of landing pages, but it’s probably more than 25. I’ve created and modified a few similar but different versions of the landing pages with the goal of driving traffic to the inquiry form on Embrace.com.

I have owned Receivables.com for a year or two. I have used a fairly simple landing page created with the help of Carrd, figuring prospective buyers would know why they want it and submit an offer via the inquiry form.

You can look at a screenshot of how Receivables.com has looked for quite some time:

General Domain Information

Elliot Silver

April 27, 2025

Andrew Miller has been sharing a regular post on LinkedIn each week called Random Sunday Thoughts. In each Sunday morning edition, Andrew has shared a mix of insights and news. There is a heavy focus on the domain industry and his Hilco Digital Assets business in particular.

Typically, I would see Andrew share a link on X to his LinkedIn post, but I likely missed a few when I wasn’t online Sunday mornings. Recently, Andrew converted Random Sunday Thoughts into a (free) LinkedIn newsletter subscription, making it easier to access the series. It also appears that he shares even more insights within the subscription posts. Andrew shared his third subscription post this morning.

I don’t have many LinkedIn subscriptions, but I just subscribed to Andrew’s RSL series because I appreciate reading his domain industry insights. Now, it’s easier to read them when I can.

Icon.com Acquired for $12 Million

Domain Sales

Elliot Silver

April 24, 2025

Icon.com was recently acquired for $12 million, according to a LinkedIn post from the startup’s Founder, Kennan Davison. The domain name is being used by a new company branded as Icon, which bills itself as “the world’s first AI CMO (Chief Marketing Officer).”

Icon.com was acquired in a deal overseen by Andrew Miller of ATM Holdings and Hilco Digital Assets, representing the seller, and by Lumis, representing the buyer.

Once DNJournal and NameBio add this sale to their year to date publicly reported domain name sales reports, it will easy move into the top spot for 2025, year to date. I have already added it to the list of recent one word .com domain name sales I maintain on Embrace.com. The sale ranks just below the 2024 $14 million sale of Rocket.com, which was also overseen by Hilco Digital Assets.

Here’s Kennan Davison’s full post about Icon and its brand matching Icon.com domain name:

Uncategorized

Elliot Silver

April 24, 2025

I wrote about the Mine.com auction on DropCatch.com earlier today. One of the things that stood out to me is the five day auction. As far as I have known, auctions on that platform are three days. They are only briefly extended when bids are placed in the final moments.

I reached out to Andrew Reberry, Co-Founder of the company that operates the platform, and he informed me of a change that was recently made. Auctions on DropCatch.com will no longer conclude on Saturdays or Sundays.

Here’s what Andrew told me:

Domain Auctions

Elliot Silver

April 24, 2025

As I was looking through the upcoming pending delete auctions, I was caught by surprise by an exceptionally valuable domain name. Mine.com went into pending delete status earlier this week. After the domain name made it through the pending delete process, it was caught by DropCatch.com.

Mine.com has been entered into a public auction at DropCatch, and the domain name will be sold to the highest bidder upon its conclusion. Bidding for Mine.com is already at $380k. This will be one of the largest pending delete auction results once the bidding has concluded.

Advice
Domain Sales

Elliot Silver

April 23, 2025

Timing is critical with domain name sales. I may have a domain name for 10 years, let it expire, see it picked up by another investor, and it sells within a week. It’s that idea that keeps me renewing domain names I might otherwise consider dropping. A domain name may not be in demand until that one buyer wants it. This business can feel so random sometimes.

One thing I’ve heard and probably experienced is that some domain name buyers pay close attention to domain name pricing. They will track a domain name over the years and hope to buy it at a better price. That sometimes doesn’t come, but they’ll periodically check on a domain name. If they see the price drop to a comfortable level, they may purchase it right away.