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“Billing Failure” Nice Try GoDaddy

Elliot Silver
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A few days ago, I received a somewhat alarming email from GoDaddy. “Billing Failure: Save [Redacted].COM before it’s gone on 2/15/2026.”

The message accomplished its task of grabbing my attention. It wasn’t a billing failure that caused my domain name to expire though. I intentionally turned off the auto-renew functionality on this hand registered domain name.

I don’t think this should be classified as a “billing failure,” but I do think GoDaddy was trying to use an alarming term to get my attention. It annoyed me more than anything else.

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Identifying Overlooked Domain Names With ChatGPT

Elliot Silver
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Every morning, I have a routine for finding domain names I want to bid on, backorder, or buy. I usually spend a couple of hours reviewing lists from tools like Dropping.pro and ExpiredDomains.net. The filters I have set eliminate a big chunk of domain names that are coming up for auction, and I manually review those that remain.

Many domain names that have commercial value and enough margin are quickly obvious. I think most domain investors identify those very quickly, and the number of backorders and bidders show this to be true. The best names obviously get the most auction interest.

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US Futsal has Best Domain Name

Elliot Silver
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My son plays soccer pretty much year-round. In the Winter, his team practices a couple of times a week, but they don’t have a regular match schedule beyond a single tournament in Florida. To supplement this, he plays for his club’s Futsal team in the Winter. Futsal is a small-sided version of soccer played indoors on a hard court with a smaller and heavier ball.

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Domain Sales Platform Commission Breakdown

Elliot Silver
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Spaceship recently upped the commission rate it charges for sales on its SellerHub platform. Spaceship started out by charging 5% to close a deal on the platform, and the commission rate was just increased to 10%. This wasn’t unexpected, but I think the company could have done a better job rolling it out while explaining why the change was necessary.

Doron Vermaat is the CEO and Founder of Efty, a domain name sales platform that recently started allowing buyers and sellers to transact via its Efty Pay offering. Efty Pay charges a 5% fee for transactions. Sellers can still opt to close deals using third party escrow and sales platforms without having to pay a commission to Efty beyond the monthly platform fee for landing pages.

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Crypto.com was Acquired for $12 Million

Elliot Silver
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The $70 million buyer of AI.com was Kris Marszalek, Founder of Crypto.com. Following the news of the record-breaking domain name acquisition and its Super Bowl commercial, Marszalek has been spending time discussing the AI.com acquisition and his plans for AI.com.

James Booth reposted a video interview that was conducted by TBPN. In it, Marszalek was asked what he spent to acquire the Crypto.com domain name. Marszalek disclosed that Crypto.com cost $12 million to acquire. It was, reportedly about 1/3 of the company’s capital. Marszalek noted the acquisition also made in the middle of the 2018 cryptocurrency “bear market.”

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Spaceship Now Charging 5% Commission to Buyer & Seller (Updated)

Elliot Silver
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When Spaceship launched its Sellerhub with domain name landing pages, the platform was charging sellers a modest 5% sale commission for successful deals. I can’t find it specifically, but I recall former CEO Richard Kirkendall implied that this low commission rate may not last forever.

Yesterday on X, Thorsten noticed a change in the way commission was presented to prospective buyers.

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