The Domain Name Business

I’ve wrote previously about growth versus value domain name investors.  This might also be said momentum investors versus collectors. I’ll look at some principles I’ve learned, mostly by making mistakes.  Momentum investing first.

Growth and Momentum domain name investors are looking for whats moving now. You can buy whats working now and wait and get retail offers, or operate in whats working now in the wholesale space.

In the wholesale space your trading among other domain name investors. The more trading being done paints a picture of liquidity, which draws more investors. The thought is you can own the name … Read the rest

LLL.com Domain Names on Auction

I received an email last week about 10 LLL.com domain names for auction at 4.cn. Supposed to end on December 10th.

Maybe I’ve got the time zone wrong, but only 5 are now still active.  All non “Chip” names under $10k. The sole chip is at $11,385.  I’m not familiar with the terms at 4.cn so do your own research on escrow, buyers premium and bidding and other info.

Is the market for LLL.com now under $10k?  This may show the effect of the “CHIP” premium winding down. I think the old school and and … Read the rest

.Com Daily Registrations are Surging Higher

Driven by a few very specific terms, .com domain registrations have set all-time records multiple times in the past month.  Dropping name are also increasing as we covered yesterday.

We pulled up daily .com registration stats from provider DomainNameStat.com.

For the 30 days preceding November 13th, rolling 30 day and 7 day registrations were at their highest level ever… by a long shot.  Beginning in September, rolling 7 day daily registration totals have been 20-60% above prior year amounts almost every day.

In fact, of the top ten all time days, almost all have … Read the rest