GMO Internet Group is pulling together an all star cast of domain industry veterans to launch a new registrar and marketplace. Taku. The likes of Birgit Berger, Frank Michlick, Christian Voss, Michael Piotrowski are just a few of those who will be working on the new company. [Seattle, WA] – March 11, 2025 – Taku (taku.com), a new domain registrar and marketplace powered by GMO Internet … [Read more...]
Fractionalized domain ownership – Is it a scam, a long term play, brilliant?
Fractional domain ownership has been having quite the conversation the last couple days. John Berryhill started it off by replying to a 3 year old post written by the incomparable Bob Hawkes. Bob who is always very humble and respectful of all opinions, asked someone to remind him in 3 years if he was wrong about there being a Domain Investment Trust that would be publicly traded in 3 … [Read more...]
DNWE Scavenger Hunt – DEAL or no DEAL now open
The Deal or No Deal finale is now open at DNWE.com you have a chance to win a domain names, sell it, swap it for the mystery domain. If you are randomly selected as the winner the choice is yours. Ryan Ewen did a good job with this one and it's nice to see a contest where there is a prize that everyone will enjoy. Go here to play … [Read more...]
Giuseppe Graziano gives some insights from the Breakfast Club
(Image Credit Giuseppe Graziano) Giuseppe Graziano who publishes the Liquid Market Report but out a very detailed post on the business of domain investing. He added in commentary from legends in the business along with ChatGPT. The article touches upon some comments that are a few years old but still relevant. Nat Cohen remarked during the burst of the Chinese short domain bubble, ‘A market … [Read more...]
This is how you make sure you never get the domain name you want
In 28 years of domaining you see a lot, I have been on forums where people believed domain investors should be thrown off a mountain because they were sitting on a domain name they wanted. Others resorting to the traditional reverse domain name hijacking. But it seems like someone has started a Change.org petition to get a domain investor to sell them a domain name. The company is called Devco, … [Read more...]
InterNetX/Sedo release their Global Domain Report for 2024
InterNetX spends a great deal of time and effort each year to produce their Global Domain Report. This year there is a large emphasis on A.I both the technology and .ai domain names. There is a lot of data, comments from industry participants including Andrew from DNW, Elliot at DomainInvesting.com, Page Howe, Theo from DomainGang.com, Neha Naik from Radix, Munir Badr, Joe Alagna and many … [Read more...]
John Berryhill posts a warning about dealing with GoDaddy brokers
John Berryhill does not start many threads at Namepros. He is a valuable contributor and answers a lot of questions in existing threads. So when he started one I wanted to read what he had to say. The post was published in Warnings and Alerts. The title was eye catching, "Why You Can't Trust GoDaddy Brokers" John goes on to explain some of the problems he sees when dealing with brokers who do … [Read more...]