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YouForm.com Deal Looks Like a Win Win

Davis Baer, Founder of Youform, shared that his company acquired the Youform.com domain name for $7,500:

There are a few things to unpack from this and from his subsequent tweets. Youform has been using Youform.io for its website. The .com domain name was acquired via Sedo following a negotiation. Davis shared how the negotiation went, and he was able to secure the domain name for $7,500. This seems like a great deal for his company, particularly considering its initial $25,000 asking price.

Squadhelp Adds Escrow.com as a Payment Option

Squadhelp has added Escrow.com as a payment option for buyers. The addition of the Escrow.com option was shared by ARIYAS on X this morning:

I visited some of my Squadhelp listings, and the domain names all had the option for buyers to select Escrow.com for payment.

Some Thoughts on .AI Domain Names

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There is no question that .AI domain names have become a hot topic of late. With considerable amounts of venture funding flowing into AI companies and established companies who embrace .AI, the number of .AI domain names being scooped up has grown. Tremendously. The NYTimes, among other mainstream publications, wrote about the windfall .AI domain name registrations and renewals is providing to the country of Anguilla since .AI is the ccTLD for Anguilla.

I recently published Andrew Miller’s thoughts on .AI domain names, and I wanted to share some of my own thoughts about them.

Handoff to Dan on Imported Leads Can be Confusing

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I’ve been using the lead import option at Dan.com more regularly. Although the 5% commission is not ideal, transactions tend to move more quickly on that platform. On deals worth $5,000 or less, I am willing to sacrifice a couple hundred dollars in fees for the sake of expedience.

ArtificialIntelligence.com Goes Up for Sale


I tried to buy the ArtificialIntelligence.com domain name multiple times over the last 10 years. The emails I sent to the registrant went unanswered, and I didn’t make much of an effort to follow up on them since then.

This afternoon, I received email responses to my inquiries / offers. The email provided a bit of background information about the ownership of the domain name, which I will not publicly share. In addition, the email announced that the domain name is now for sale. The asking price is $9.9 million USD.

EU Gives More IP Protection to Food & Drink Producers

Did you know that some well-known food and drink varieties are protected intellectual property regulations? Popular types of drinks and foods that are protected by IP laws include Champagne, Kalamata Olives, Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, and Prosciutto di Parma. These protections have implications for domain name registrants.

According to a press release from the Council of the European Union, these IP protections are going to be strengthened by the EU. Interestingly, the press release specifically mentions domain names:

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