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Check Price History on Acquired Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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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.

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Spaceship SellerHub to Launch for All on April 29

Elliot Silver
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Last week, Spaceship’s new SellerHub opened for third party beta testing. Participants were limited to larger portfolio operators. Yesterday, CEO Richard Kirkendall announced the launch date for anyone interested in using the platform:

Spaceship’s Seller Hub platform will be open for all Spaceship customers (and others who wish to become customers) on Tuesday, April 29th. Notably, this is still considered a beta period, meaning the company is still making changes and improvements to the platform.

From what I can tell as an observer who wasn’t tried the platform, the SellerHub offers domain investors a platform to negotiate deals with prospective buyers and transact sales. Those buyers are able to find the domain names for sale via the landing pages offered by the SellerHub and through domain search channels at Spaceship and its larger sister company, Namecheap.

At launch, Spaceship has been charging a 5% sales commission for successful deals. Richard told me the commission rate may increase in the future, but it won’t increase beyond 10%.

I would imagine Richard and his team would appreciate receiving any feedback sellers who use the platform may have to improve it or identify any issues that may exist with the platform.

Atom.com Brings Expert Review Process in House

Elliot Silver
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For as long as I’ve known the platform, Atom.com has relied on an “Expert Review Process” to evaluate domain names submitted by prospective sellers. This process, led by a group of experienced Atom sellers, helped accelerate the onboarding of domain names if they received enough positive votes.

That review system is now coming to an end, with Atom shifting to an in-house review process for all submitted domains. The company announced the change in a message to sellers, which I’ve included below.

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Google Change Should Reinforce .com Dominance

Elliot Silver
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Google has operated its search engine on many different domain names. Of course, Google.com is the company’s primary domain name and the one that is most commonly referenced. Google also operates its search platform on many different local domain names throughout the world. Canadians might visit Google.ca, French citizens might navigate to Google.fr, and Danish citizens might find themselves on Google.dk.

These individual ccTLD domain names that Google operates may be some of the most well known and highly trafficked websites in their respective countries. In fact, each time someone visits Google.ccTLD, it has been a tacit reminder of ccTLD identity for citizens of those countries.

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Don’t Delay Registering Trending Domain Names

Elliot Silver
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I regularly see people discuss the possibility of domain registrar front running. In fact, I’ve written about this topic before. By and large, I can’t imagine any reputable domain registrars doing this today for many reasons.

Front-running accusations often stem from someone searching for a domain name at a registrar, seeing that it’s available, choosing not to register it, and later finding it has been registered when they check again. Whois privacy complicates this because the actual registrant may not be shown. In fact, with some Whois privacy services, it can look like the domain name is owned by the registrar itself. In addition, default registrar landing pages can also muddy the waters.

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ICA Webinar on Transfer Lock Changes

Elliot Silver
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Transfer lock policies can differ at each domain registrar. Depending on the situation and domain name status, some locks are required by ICANN and others are suggested by the organization.

Some registrars are more lenient with transfer locks that aren’t required by ICANN and others are more rigid. Some registrars will lock a domain name for 60 days after a Whois or account change and others will allow that lock to be lifted when requested. Most registrars will lock domain names after an inbound transfer, but some will lift it situationally. All newly registered domain names are required to be locked for 60 days after registrations.

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