Leanne McMahon is fairly new to domain investing but she is contributing a lot to the community, including her new domain sales analytics site crunch.id. On today’s show, I ask Leanne how she got interest in domain investing, what resources helped her get up to speed quickly, and how she’s using her skills to give back to the community.

Also: .Com prike hike (again), Canvas’ rebrand, earnings bonanza, ENS woes, Circus.com and more.

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On today’s show, I’m going to evaluate ten domain sites domain investors use — marketplaces and other tools — and highlight one thing I like about each of them, one way they can improve, and one tip about using the service that you might not know about. We’ll discuss Sedo, Afternic, Dan, Squadhelp, Escrow.com, ExpiredDomains.net, DotDB, Estibot, NameBio and LeanDomainSearch.

Also: Bird.com buyer revealed, Pocketbook.com’s win, domain fireworks, and more.

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On today's show, DNJournal publisher Ron Jackson walks us through the amazing year in domain sales we just experienced. We discuss the floor prices of the top 100 charts, compare the numbers to previous years, and run through last year's 7 figure sales. We also caution that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

Also: launch.day, Canvas saga, Whois data and more.

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Want to make 2022 your best domain investing year yet? On today’s show, I’ll show you what I’ve learned from some of the best domain investors. We’ll discuss how to analyze your results, get organized, perform a domain audit, set a strategy, replenish your portfolio and renew the right domains. Also: Enom outage, edibles fight, CentralNic’s big year, Canvas.com and more. Sponsor: Sav.com domain auctions

Mark Levine returns to the show today to give a breakdown on his domain sales last year. You’ll heard how many domains he sold, their median price, a breakdown of TLDs (hint: only 55% were .com), and more about his strategy for buying and selling domains. Grab a pen and paper to take notes about how this can help you with your domain investing.

Also: Fractional domain ownership, UDRPs galore and a stolen domain.

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I’m really excited about today’s guest, domain investor AbdulBasit Makrani. I’ve been following him for years and learning a lot from his blog at AbdulBasit.com. There, he shares his experience selling domains and lots of practical tips. His tip about using SnapNames has saved me a lot of money. Today, we talk about his journey in domain investing, where he acquires and sells domains, his pricing strategy, and much more. You’ll learn a lot from this show.

Also: Canvas.com shock, stolen domains, Simple Plan, Baby Shark and more.

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We’re concluding 2021 with our annual predictions episode. I asked people in the domain name industry to reflect on 2021 and make predictions for next year. You’ll hear from 22 people representing investors, domain brokers, registries, and other organizations. Enjoy!

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This week we talk with Kellie Peterson, head of domains at Automattic, which is the company behind WordPress and offers domains through WordPress.com. Kellie was last on the podcast in January 2018, and a lot has happened since then at WordPress.com. On today's show, Kellie explains how Wordpress.com approaches domains, what top level domains do well, and how the company experiments with domain search. Before that, Kellie talks about some of her five-figure .xyz domain sales, and we wrap with a discussion about distributed workforces.

 

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Last week Thought Convergence liquidated much of its domain portfolio through a three-day auction. On today’s show, I talk with Thought Convergence CEO Ammar Kubba and domain investor Adam Strong to get their thoughts on how it went. We’ll talk about the technical issues and play pundit on the winning bids.

 

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A lot of domain investors talk about developing their domains, but what actually goes into it? On today’s show, I talk to two people who partnered to develop LosAngelesDUIAttorney.com. Braden Pollock teamed up with SEO expert Jason Hennessey to build the site, and then Braden sold his half of the partnership to attorney Michael Simmrin in a deal that valued the site at $800k. Michael joins as my third guest. It sounds simple, but a lot of money and time went into it. Understand how it all came about and some lessons you should consider if you want to develop one of your domains into a website.

 

Also: Meta vs. verse, Square is now Block, .xyz, Idealab, major portfolio auction and more.

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