Happy New Year to all our reader's may 2024 be healthy and prosperous. Thanks for reading in 2023. Thank you to all our advertisers as well. … [Read more...]
8 years since Mike sold to GoDaddy, how has the sale aged in your opinion?
It has now been 8 years since Mike sold his portfolio of approximately 70,000 domain names. The sale price came in at $35.5M. 4 years ago we asked what readers thought of the sale? Another 4 years have passed, we have had a pandemic, NFTs, extensions like .IO and .xyz make some moves and now many are gaga over .Ai. Back in 2019 Andrew Rosener commented, The bulk of the value in that … [Read more...]
Make a little holiday cash list up to 5 .coms for sale $1,000 or less
It's the holiday season and most everyone can use a little extra cash at this time of the year. This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. You are allowed to list 5 .coms you are looking to sell up to $1,000.. In the past it's been in this sweet spot of $500 where domains have been purchased as no one … [Read more...]
7 years later Mike Berkens remains pleased that he and Judi sold their portfolio
It was 7 years ago today that the founder of this blog Mr. Michael Berkens surprised everyone by announcing he sold his portfolio to GoDaddy. The press release partially read like this: This acquisition consists of approximately 70,000 domain names, including 373.com, Faculty.com, CarAuctions.com, and iBill.com. It also includes names targeted at small businesses such as BikeRentals.com, … [Read more...]
What do you have for $2K or less? list up to 3 names for sale
We haven't done one in awhile and I get at least 3 emails a week asking when there will be a sales opportunity. So here you go list up to 3 names for sale and the max price is $2000. Names will get some added exposure on Twitter. The post should consist of the following elements: NameRegistrarExpirationPriceHow to contact So not to waste anyone’s precious time, any post that strays … [Read more...]
Top stories on TheDomains.com for June dominated by the Domain King
The top posts of June 2021 on TheDomains Rick Schwartz was a focal point in June, three of the most popular posts dealt with Rick. Rick won greatest domain investor of all time here Rick announced he will be starting a domain brokerage Rick announced that Ass.com is under contract for $6m + Royalties Shifang Yuan from Yuming.com had an experiment with LLL.io domain names. He … [Read more...]
TheDomains.com turns 13
Today TheDomains.com turns 13. Started back in 2007 on this very day by Michael Berkens. I have now been here for 7 of them and it's been quite a ride. We have seen over 11,000 posts, 11 million page views and over 116,000 comments. The post that is number one by a wide margin, is a post written by Michael Berkens on June 24, 2014. “XNXX.com Loses UDRP On XXNX.com” Michael did a post on … [Read more...]