In this DomainSherpa Discussion: Berkens flipped a $1,111 domain for $50,000 in less than 60 days, learn how! Are first names, like Linda.com or Frank.com, good investments? How to stop spammers from contacting end users for domains at auction? .XYZ numbers are starting to decrease...it is plummeting? Which is better, Aarons.com or FurnitureRental.com? The brand vs. keyword debate. -Is ICANN in trouble and should the transition even happen? -And much more!
Jun 11, 2015
If you're a startup entrepreneur wondering how a category-defining domain name can help your business grow, you need to watch this show with David Ciccerelli, co-founder and CEO of Voices.com. In this show, Ciccerelli relates how he purchased Voices.com for only $5,000 cash up-front (using a credit card advance), and how the domain was instrumental in building the $15 million business that exists today – so you can see that even without extensive resources, a deal is possible for a great brand a...
Jun 08, 2015•1 hr 5 min
DNSeattle.com, a networking and educational event that takes place in Seattle annually, answered this question on May 28, 2015: What is the investment market for new gTLDs, and how can individual or institutional investors take advantage of it? The Sherpa panel included: Dan Schindler, Rob Monster and Jebidiah Burnett.
Jun 01, 2015
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: How to invest $10K if beginning investing today: ten $1K domains or one $10K domain? After negotiating, seller goes unresponsive. What are your options now? When is a bird in the hand worth ($10K offer today) two in the bush ($50K in years), and how do you get the courage to reject a good offer? General Motors goes .Green. Is it more work, or a wise PR move? RandPaul.com sells for $100,980. "Ransom check" or smart political marketing move? And much more!...
May 14, 2015
This tutorial takes you step-by-step through the Escrow.com domain name escrow service. You will walk away with an understanding of how the service works and every aspect of the transaction it monitors. Also covered are the five areas of an escrow that you need to understand to avoid making a costly mistake
May 11, 2015•15 min
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: A massive search volume word but in .MOBI worth the hand registration? How to find the elusive registrant with either bad or fake information IDN.com or IDN.IDN, do they have any value today? Shameless.Sucks shows up at INTA with condoms and an insulting billboard Which new gTLDs the Sherpas WON'T be renewing in the upcoming year How today's new gTLD launch of .Video compares to the established ccTLD .TV And much more!
May 07, 2015
In the DomainSherpa series Profitable Flips, skilled domain name investors share all the details of how they bought low and sold high turning a profit of at least five figures. This is the story of BuyShares.com and how Kevin Macpherson sold the domain name for $15,900 and turned a $2,444 purchase into a $13,456 profit in less than six months.
May 04, 2015•44 min
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: Negotiating a hand-registered domain name What to do when a hot purchase inquiry has gone cold? Is there value in two-word .NET domain names with high search volume? Are exact match domain names out of favor and will they ever rise in value again? Making brandable domains out of exact match keywords How should new domain name investors start-out in investing today? NeverLikedItAnyway.com worthy of winning Verisign's Internet Contest? What GoDaddy's $28.1MM purcha...
Apr 23, 2015
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: Are .COM values increasing or decreasing as a result of the new gTLDs? Should you be doing outbound sales calls by telephone on inbound inquiries by email? Not all .COMs are taken and Verisign proves it ICANN Passes the buck to the FTC Judy Berkens makes a special guest appearance and shares the secrets to 29 years of marriage And much more!
Apr 16, 2015
The greatest risk to owning a high-value generic domain name is having it taken away from you during a UDRP action. If you're spending $10,000, $50,000 or $100,000 or more on a premium generic domain name and you want to lower your risk of UDRP, URS or lawsuit, then pay attention to these four attorneys and the tactics they suggest. Learn from: David Weslow of Wiley Rein Stevan Lieberman of Greenberg and Lieberman Zak Muscovitch of The Muscovitch Law Firm Jason Schaeffer of ESQwire.com...
Apr 13, 2015•21 min
Do you wonder how Frank Schilling prices domain names? What criteria he uses to value domains? And how much art versus science is involved? In this excerpt from a DomainSherpa Review, Frank Schilling discusses AMR (average monthly revenue) and ADT (average daily traffic), and why these two metrics make up only 20 percent of his domain name valuation methodology.
Apr 06, 2015•9 min
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: GoDaddy gets scammed by a social engineer and hands over domain Page Howe goes to Washington to promote .LA domains for Los Angeles The first new gTLD renewal rates are starting to come in from Donuts ICANN slashes their revenue projections for this year and next year's budget Google Domains is ranked above all other registrars - is it anti-competitive? Is GoDaddy's IPO something domain investors should invest in? Reader question: What's the highest renewal rate ...
Mar 25, 2015
While domain name leasing is not as popular as a straight domain name sale, it's happening more frequently every day. In this interview, you'll learn why a lease may help you sell a domain name, what provisions should be included in a domain name lease, and how to protect yourself (from both the lessee and lessor perspectives). An example domain name lease, with legal considerations – compliments of Zak Muscovitch – is included as an educational reference.
Mar 23, 2015
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: The domain industry sentiment summarized in DomainNameWire.com's annual survey Domain name theft is on the rise here's what you can do to stop it today .Sucks releases premium pricing of up to $2,499 for trademark holders is it extortion? Dissenting panelist in UDRP case is completely off-base what to do about it? Reader question: How to find renewal pricing on premium gTLDs? And much more!
Mar 12, 2015
I stumbled across Park.io, a drop-catching service for .io domain names, and purchased PHP.io for $1,655, thinking that it would be a great domain to sell on the technology and entrepreneurial-focused marketplace Flippa.com. Within 30 days of my original purchase, the domain name sold for $6,000. I invited Park.io founder Mike Carson on the show to help let you in on my secret, even though I’d rather keep this terrific resource all to myself.
Mar 02, 2015•50 min
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: Verisign sues .XYZ and Negari for false advertising Verisign also ramps up their marketing of .COM The .Blog auction was settled for an estimated $20 million .Shabaka preliminary renewals coming in a 55% NamesCon.Vegas ridiculously low registration cost of $199 (for 2 days) Reader question: are new gTLDs still worth investing in? And much more!
Feb 26, 2015
Ali Zandi entered the domain name industry as an investor in mid-2014. He started by purchasing 10 domain names and sold every single one within 30 days on Flippa. He did such a good job, he moved from selling about $2,000 to $12,000 in a period of three months, was upgraded from "New" to "Super Seller" on Flippa, and was offered a newly created senior broker position at Flippa. (His sales are now $402,000 in the first 7 months.) In this interview, Ali Zandi talks about who buys what types of do...
Feb 16, 2015•1 hr 6 min
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: Who won the Superbowl commercials: GoDaddy or up-start Wix? Rick Schwartz proves he's still Domain King with his Porno.com sale for $8,888,888 360.com overshadows Schwartz with it's $17 million sales price Credit.Club, worth $200,000, sells for $10.99 wow! Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, calls you a "hogger" of domains Verisign is giving away $100,000 CASH we tell you how to get some And much more!
Feb 05, 2015
In this DomainSherpa Discussion: Thoughts after attending NamesCon and the Right of the Dot auction .Club's recent sales Whether copycat "glitter" domain names are worth registering Michael Berkens' negotiation tactics And much more!
Jan 22, 2015
Waiting to defend your trademarks can be costly. Hoping that the whole issue will go away is not a realistic strategy. The rules for intellectual property protection have changed. There are proactive steps you can take now to prevent cybersquatting. Understanding the seven steps discussed in this interview should be your top priority if your company owns a trademark.
Jan 19, 2015
Whether you’re attending the NamesCon domain name auction in person, watching via the live web feed, or bidding by telephone, this show will walk you through domain names that you might have missed – presenting opportunities for either undervalued or no-reserve purchases. This show also contains tactics for understanding and successfully navigating most live domain name auctions that may occur at a future date, so don’t disregard watching this interview just because you missed the auction on Tue...
Jan 08, 2015•44 min
Mike Faith founded a headset company and experienced explosive growth, selling $3 million in the first three years. Then he hit a bump in the road. To get the company back on a path of consistent growth, he raised money and acquired Headsets.com. Learn how he creatively financed the domain name, what benefits it provided to his business, and how he made a generic word memorable.
Jan 05, 2015•15 min
Jothan Frakes, co-founder and content producer of the NamesCon domain name industry conference, joins Michael Cyger to discuss NamesCon 2015 taking place January 11-15 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Why is this conference worth your time and money? How can you make money at the DomainSherpa Review, LIVE? Tune in to learn more.
Dec 04, 2014•42 min
At the end of every show I ask the audience to take a moment and post a comment, question, or simply say thanks to the Sherpa being interviewed. This time I'm giving thanks to two individuals that have done so - with a six month membership to the brand-new Coffee.club.
Nov 28, 2014•1 hr 2 min
FastMail started in 1999 and today serves hundreds of thousands of customers. They launched on FastMail.fm because it was what was available and memorable, and proving the business model was more important than trying to acquire the .com domain name. But when an employee took the initiative to call the Monster.com main switchboard to inquire about purchasing fastmail.com, the then-owner was more than happy to sell the unused domain name asset for a fair price. In this interview, founder and dire...
Nov 17, 2014•45 min
Mike Navarini shares tactics for buying domain names for next to nothing and selling them for thousands. If you're just starting out as a domain name investor or you want to add an almost no-risk way to invest to your game plan, you will want to watch this interview and on-screen tutorial.
Nov 03, 2014•1 hr 25 min
Buy a domain name for up to $300 and sell it on average for $3,000. Seems like a straightforward and highly desirable business model, but how do you actually find good names and then put them in front of buyers? Michael Krell's story of turning a $1,000 investment into a $100,000 revenue stream is one that many of us aspire to. He lays out his approach in detail in this show.
Oct 06, 2014•1 hr 4 min
Owning the short, single-word, aspirational domain name Wish.co.uk allowed Richard Kernshaw and his business partner to “punch above their weight” – making connections, doing deals and selling more than $1 million in day experiences with a small team. Recently, Kershaw acquired another domain name that will allow him to make big gains right from the get-go: Digital.com, which he purchased for $373,500 in public auction. We catch up with this past Sherpa to find how his Wish.co.uk business has fa...
Sep 29, 2014•44 min
What is a brandable domain name and why is the average selling price between $2,000 and $4,000 on BrandBucket.com? Founder Margot Bushnaq shares her knowledge about what makes a great brandable domain name and how – if you’re a domain name investor – you can list them for sale on BrandBucket.com.
Sep 22, 2014•1 hr 14 min
Last week Freelancer.com launched Freemarket.com, a domain name and website marketplace spun off from their $3.2 million acquisition of WarriorForum.com. While some may think Freemarket.com is "just another" marketplace, what it offers is the community of 13 million potential buyers and sellers across all Freelancer.com properties. I invited CEO Matt Barrie and Product Manager Jimmy Young here to share some information about the newly launched Freemarket.com marketplace and how investors can be ...
Sep 08, 2014•33 min
