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As a domain name investor going on 24 months in this space, my wishes are to someday soon:
1. own a solid English dictionary word, no more than 9 letters max in .com
2. at least 4 CVCV words all in .com
3. one English dictionary word ending in .ai
I believe these are the holy grails and most liquid names any investor should aspire to own.
1. own a solid English dictionary word, no more than 9 letters max in .com
2. at least 4 CVCV words all in .com
3. one English dictionary word ending in .ai
I believe these are the holy grails and most liquid names any investor should aspire to own.
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Ma’am! You really took the meet instead of the $500K?😫🤣
Your kids won’t forgive you 😫
Your kids won’t forgive you 😫
Great meeting with Jay-Z and @RocNation leadership yesterday to discuss our work to get all New Yorkers vaccinated and to ensure our criminal justice system is a true justice system.
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If .si is now available on @GoDaddy then why does the lander still show the circled area messages? 🤷🏾♂️
Anyone seeing same thing on their landers? Or am I missing something? https://t.co/fGRtlFXcEo
Anyone seeing same thing on their landers? Or am I missing something? https://t.co/fGRtlFXcEo
Say hi to .si
.si is now available at GoDaddy. Super intelligence has a domain extension, so claim your .si domain:
godaddy.com/tlds/si-domain
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Okay so this is actually a real problem that nobody's talking about enough
ICANN's about to hand out ·crypto and ·nft as legit TLDs and Unstoppable Domains, ENS, Handshake have been sitting on those exact namespaces for years already. People own "names" on those chains RIGHT NOW thinking they secured something
So what happens when a centralised ICANN-approved ·crypto TLD starts resolving in every browser and your blockchain "domain" just becomes noise that nobody can access without a plugin? That's not a hypothetical anymore cos the new TLD round is live and ·nft and ·crypto type strings were definitely applied for
The collision issue has been known since like 2014 but the industry kept kicking it down the road. Now it's actually here and there's gonna be genuinely confused end users who paid real money on both sides of this
Ngl the guys who bought web3 namespace domains as investments are probably sweating a little rn. And the new TLD applicants are about to walk into a PR mess they did not fully account for
What do you think actually wins here, the blockchain native guys or whoever ICANN blesses? 🤔
ICANN's about to hand out ·crypto and ·nft as legit TLDs and Unstoppable Domains, ENS, Handshake have been sitting on those exact namespaces for years already. People own "names" on those chains RIGHT NOW thinking they secured something
So what happens when a centralised ICANN-approved ·crypto TLD starts resolving in every browser and your blockchain "domain" just becomes noise that nobody can access without a plugin? That's not a hypothetical anymore cos the new TLD round is live and ·nft and ·crypto type strings were definitely applied for
The collision issue has been known since like 2014 but the industry kept kicking it down the road. Now it's actually here and there's gonna be genuinely confused end users who paid real money on both sides of this
Ngl the guys who bought web3 namespace domains as investments are probably sweating a little rn. And the new TLD applicants are about to walk into a PR mess they did not fully account for
What do you think actually wins here, the blockchain native guys or whoever ICANN blesses? 🤔
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Buyers sending AI agents to shop for domains is closer than most people think
And ngl this changes a lot. Not just how names get found but how they get evaluated. An AI shopping for a domain isn't gonna care about your lander design or your perfectly worded sales pitch. It's gonna score the name on its own terms and move on.
So what does that mean for the names sitting in your portfolio right now? Are they the kind of names an AI would surface or the kind it'd skip right past without blinking?
Cos this isn't theoretical anymore. People are already using ChatGPT to brainstorm names. The next step is agents that go find, compare and actually buy. That step isn't far 🤔
What do you think makes a domain "AI buyable" at that point, like what's the criteria an agent would even use?
And ngl this changes a lot. Not just how names get found but how they get evaluated. An AI shopping for a domain isn't gonna care about your lander design or your perfectly worded sales pitch. It's gonna score the name on its own terms and move on.
So what does that mean for the names sitting in your portfolio right now? Are they the kind of names an AI would surface or the kind it'd skip right past without blinking?
Cos this isn't theoretical anymore. People are already using ChatGPT to brainstorm names. The next step is agents that go find, compare and actually buy. That step isn't far 🤔
What do you think makes a domain "AI buyable" at that point, like what's the criteria an agent would even use?
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Relationships·com just sold for $226k and honestly that shouldn't surprise anyone
That name is so clean it hurts. Whoever held that had patience cos names like that don't peak early, they age like real estate in a city everyone eventually moves to.
And ngl the buyer got a deal tbh. Any brand, app, therapist network, or dating platform would've written that check without blinking. The domain does half the marketing before the site even loads.
This is what people mean when they say the name IS the brand. You're not just buying letters, you're buying instant trust, instant category ownership, zero explanation needed.
So if you're building something in the relationships or wellness space right now and your domain sounds like a random word jumble, this sale should genuinely make you uncomfortable 😅
What's the most "obvious in hindsight" domain sale you've seen recently?
That name is so clean it hurts. Whoever held that had patience cos names like that don't peak early, they age like real estate in a city everyone eventually moves to.
And ngl the buyer got a deal tbh. Any brand, app, therapist network, or dating platform would've written that check without blinking. The domain does half the marketing before the site even loads.
This is what people mean when they say the name IS the brand. You're not just buying letters, you're buying instant trust, instant category ownership, zero explanation needed.
So if you're building something in the relationships or wellness space right now and your domain sounds like a random word jumble, this sale should genuinely make you uncomfortable 😅
What's the most "obvious in hindsight" domain sale you've seen recently?
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Verisign just dropped Q3 numbers and honestly they keep printing 🖨️
13.1 million new com/net registrations. Another record. People keep calling the domain market dead and Verisign keeps laughing all the way to the bank fr.
$443 million in revenue, operating income up to $296 million. The fundamentals on this thing are stupid strong cos it's basically a monopoly with a government approved price floor. Must be nice.
And now dot web sunrise is coming in December which is interesting timing. That extension has been in legal purgatory for so long most people forgot it was even still happening. We'll see if it actually moves the needle or just becomes another afterthought sitting next to dot store and dot online in the bargain bin.
The real story tho is dot com still eating. Every year someone says registrations are peaking and every year the numbers say otherwise.
What's your read on dot web, you actually think it gets meaningful adoption or is it too late for new extensions to matter at this point?
13.1 million new com/net registrations. Another record. People keep calling the domain market dead and Verisign keeps laughing all the way to the bank fr.
$443 million in revenue, operating income up to $296 million. The fundamentals on this thing are stupid strong cos it's basically a monopoly with a government approved price floor. Must be nice.
And now dot web sunrise is coming in December which is interesting timing. That extension has been in legal purgatory for so long most people forgot it was even still happening. We'll see if it actually moves the needle or just becomes another afterthought sitting next to dot store and dot online in the bargain bin.
The real story tho is dot com still eating. Every year someone says registrations are peaking and every year the numbers say otherwise.
What's your read on dot web, you actually think it gets meaningful adoption or is it too late for new extensions to matter at this point?
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Afternic just dropped a Portfolio API and honestly it's about time 👀
If you're sitting on a big portfolio and still doing everything manually, this changes the workflow pretty hard. Bulk listings without the headache, automation for stuff that used to eat hours.
The real play here is connecting it to your own tools cos the aftermarket has always been a grind on the operational side. Less clicking around, more time actually finding good names.
Anyone already plugged into it? Curious if it's actually as smooth as it sounds or if there's friction once you get into the weeds with it
If you're sitting on a big portfolio and still doing everything manually, this changes the workflow pretty hard. Bulk listings without the headache, automation for stuff that used to eat hours.
The real play here is connecting it to your own tools cos the aftermarket has always been a grind on the operational side. Less clicking around, more time actually finding good names.
Anyone already plugged into it? Curious if it's actually as smooth as it sounds or if there's friction once you get into the weeds with it
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Trump pulling these tried and tired guys from their graves just to scrape some votes is super hilarious 🤣😂
Just shows how badly he’s doing in the polls 😫🤣
Just shows how badly he’s doing in the polls 😫🤣
I am in tears. Legendary Boxer Evander Holyfield STUNS the entire room by walking up at Trump’s massive rally in South Carolina
"I Thank Donald Trump. I have a great relationship with him” 🐐 🤝 🐐
Liberals can’t stand this
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Spent $53k on a dropped domain and now you're fighting a UDRP over it 😬
NexusMutual·com got picked up by Mira Holdings in a DropCatch·com auction and Nexus Mutual Limited came swinging with a dispute shortly after. The question the case is quietly raising is one nobody's really nailed down before cos it's always been vibes-based: how much research are you actually supposed to do before you buy?
Like at what point does "I bought an expired domain" become "you should've known better"? $53k is not a casual flip budget. That's a bet. And when you're betting that kind of money on a name, the expectation from a panel's perspective is probably that you did more than check if it was available.
The crypto angle makes it messier tbh. Nexus Mutual has been a real active brand in the defi space for years. Not some obscure startup nobody heard of.
Ngl this case could actually reshape how investors think about due diligence, not just legally but practically. Cos right now most people's process is "does it look clean, does it appraise well, is there a buyer." The trademark check is often an afterthought.
So what does your pre-buy checklist actually look like? Do you run trademark searches before every purchase or is it more gut feel depending on the price point?
NexusMutual·com got picked up by Mira Holdings in a DropCatch·com auction and Nexus Mutual Limited came swinging with a dispute shortly after. The question the case is quietly raising is one nobody's really nailed down before cos it's always been vibes-based: how much research are you actually supposed to do before you buy?
Like at what point does "I bought an expired domain" become "you should've known better"? $53k is not a casual flip budget. That's a bet. And when you're betting that kind of money on a name, the expectation from a panel's perspective is probably that you did more than check if it was available.
The crypto angle makes it messier tbh. Nexus Mutual has been a real active brand in the defi space for years. Not some obscure startup nobody heard of.
Ngl this case could actually reshape how investors think about due diligence, not just legally but practically. Cos right now most people's process is "does it look clean, does it appraise well, is there a buyer." The trademark check is often an afterthought.
So what does your pre-buy checklist actually look like? Do you run trademark searches before every purchase or is it more gut feel depending on the price point?
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Trump said "SI" in a UN speech and a whole country code registry had to scramble overnight 😅
Like Barbara and her team at·si were just running a normal ccTLD operation and then boom, one sentence from Trump turns it into a drop rush. That's genuinely wild to think about.
This is why ccTLDs are slept on tbh. Most people dismiss them cos they're not·com but the right moment, the right news cycle, and suddenly everyone wants in. Speculators, end users, media outlets, all of them hitting refresh on the same registry at the same time.
Ngl the real alpha here is paying attention to what world leaders are saying before the domain market catches up. That window is small but it's real.
What other ccTLDs do you think are one news moment away from going crazy?
Like Barbara and her team at·si were just running a normal ccTLD operation and then boom, one sentence from Trump turns it into a drop rush. That's genuinely wild to think about.
This is why ccTLDs are slept on tbh. Most people dismiss them cos they're not·com but the right moment, the right news cycle, and suddenly everyone wants in. Speculators, end users, media outlets, all of them hitting refresh on the same registry at the same time.
Ngl the real alpha here is paying attention to what world leaders are saying before the domain market catches up. That window is small but it's real.
What other ccTLDs do you think are one news moment away from going crazy?
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Bruh this is actually a real question nobody in domaining talks about enough
So many people are grinding renewals, refreshing Afternic daily, watching offers come in low, and genuinely miserable cos they thought this was gonna feel different. The stress of holding costs alone can mess with your head if your portfolio isn't moving.
And here's the thing ngl, happiness isn't soft. Research actually backs it up. When you're in a good headspace you make better decisions, better picks, better negotiation calls. The opposite is also true, anxious domainers panic sell or overpay trying to chase something.
So the question is real 👇
Are you actually enjoying this or just tolerating it hoping the next sale fixes everything?
So many people are grinding renewals, refreshing Afternic daily, watching offers come in low, and genuinely miserable cos they thought this was gonna feel different. The stress of holding costs alone can mess with your head if your portfolio isn't moving.
And here's the thing ngl, happiness isn't soft. Research actually backs it up. When you're in a good headspace you make better decisions, better picks, better negotiation calls. The opposite is also true, anxious domainers panic sell or overpay trying to chase something.
So the question is real 👇
Are you actually enjoying this or just tolerating it hoping the next sale fixes everything?
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211 accounts she has to update cos Verisign decided to kill third-level ·name domains with basically no real warning.
That's not a minor inconvenience. That's someone's entire digital life getting yanked out from under them cos a registry made a business decision.
And this is exactly why I tell people all the time, control your infrastructure. Your email, your identity, your everything tied to a domain you don't fully own or control at the root level is a risk. Always has been.
Ngl ICANN publishing her reconsideration request is something but I'm not holding my breath. The people making these calls don't have 211 accounts to update. They're not the ones sitting there changing login emails one by one.
The ·name extension was never exactly hot property in the aftermarket but the people who built their digital lives around it deserve better than this.
What's the actual plan here from ICANN and Verisign cos "we're terminating it, good luck" is not one?
That's not a minor inconvenience. That's someone's entire digital life getting yanked out from under them cos a registry made a business decision.
And this is exactly why I tell people all the time, control your infrastructure. Your email, your identity, your everything tied to a domain you don't fully own or control at the root level is a risk. Always has been.
Ngl ICANN publishing her reconsideration request is something but I'm not holding my breath. The people making these calls don't have 211 accounts to update. They're not the ones sitting there changing login emails one by one.
The ·name extension was never exactly hot property in the aftermarket but the people who built their digital lives around it deserve better than this.
What's the actual plan here from ICANN and Verisign cos "we're terminating it, good luck" is not one?
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This’s getting outa hand guys, y’all better jump in, as for me and my portfolio, we are sitting pretty good on 12 one word premiums, acquired btw 2024-2025 and just a few in ‘26.
So yea, whatever happens, and if/if not this hits, these are names, that I think I can perfectly renew/maintain for a few more yrs.
si.gov
So yea, whatever happens, and if/if not this hits, these are names, that I think I can perfectly renew/maintain for a few more yrs.
si.gov
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