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Spaceship: Request a Feature

There have been many times I visited a domain industry website and thought of an idea that would be helpful. On occasion, I’ve taken some action and gotten in touch with a decision maker to offer a suggestion. Off the top of my head, I don’t recall seeing anything implemented (yet).

I received an email from Spaceship this morning announcing a new service called Unbox. You can read about that offering on the Spaceship website.

What caught my attention in this morning’s email is the section about growing together:

Would You Like to See Private Auctions on GoDaddy Auctions?

I just received an email from my Account Manager at GoDaddy announcing a new round of private auctions featuring GoDaddy-owned inventory. At the end of 2023, the company also auctioned hundreds of its own domain names, including two that I won – Posto.com and DogSitter.com.

While the fact that GoDaddy is running another auction with its own inventory is somewhat notable, something in the email caught my attention:

“GoDaddy is continuing the momentum by hosting another auction event to gather more feedback from investors before potentially opening the doors to other domain sellers.”

The bold emphasis was added by me.

Largest .Network Domain Name Sale Reported

James Jean reported that he sold the Open.Network domain name for $100,000. He shared the he was the original registrant of the domain name, and he held it for ten years before selling:

Shane 20X on YourLogoHere.com Sale

Yesterday afternoon, Shane Cultra, who recently took on the role of Account Acquisitions and Development at D3, shared that he sold YourLogoHere.com for $45,888. The domain name was sold via Atom.com:

Increasing My Non-.com Inventory

Earlier this week, I shared that I have been expanding my non-.com domain portfolio, and that I sold one of those domain names via Afternic. The domain name was transferred from my account at Namecheap, and I am awaiting the confirmation and payment emails from Afternic.

This is my first non-.com domain name sale since my .XYZ domain name sale back in 2022.

Escrow.com Announces Escrow Fee Change

Escrow.com emailed its customers today to announce a change to its fees. The fee change will be implemented on Friday, May 31, 2024. The price change will take effect at a later date for customers using APIs to create transactions.

It looks like lower priced deals will see a slight decrease in fees, but the fee will increase on higher priced deals. The new and old fee schedules are posted below, but here are two examples of how the fee change will impact deals.