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HitPig.com: From parked domain to Hollywood animated movie  578
In the summer of 2007 I spent $40 to buy the domain HitPig.com on a domain forum. It had a fun alliteration quality about it and loosel...
Acro - Saturday, February 15, 2025 - 16:11
Afternic marketplace: Two month update disappoints  943
A good 60 days into using the Afternic marketplace as a “forced” transition from the now defunct Dan.com, I’m about t...
Acro - Friday, December 13, 2024 - 14:1
A praise for Afternic  535
As a domain investor, I’ve never used Afternic intentionally before to sell domains. It was always due to GoDaddy acquiring Unire...
Acro - Saturday, November 2, 2024 - 11:11
eNom: End of an era & the fastest domain transfer ever  399
Twenty-two years ago I opened an eNom account as a subseller, allowing me to register domains at a lower price. It also gave me other b...
Acro - Saturday, October 5, 2024 - 11:40
Dan.com: The final exodus  399
Migration is not a great word to use when forcing the end of life of a service that was useful to many. In the literal sense, migration...
Acro - Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 15:50
Concepts of a plan: How Afternic’s ever-beta platform became the norm  888
Afternic is a ghost platform, operated by GoDaddy. It was a dedicated web site where both sellers and buyers could interact, buying and...
Acro - Thursday, September 12, 2024 - 15:20
Dan.com: It’s still a great platform to sell domains on  528
Today, GoDaddy announced the availability of native LTO landing pages on Afternic, replacing the “Dan style” landers that i...
Acro - Wednesday, July 17, 2024 - 16:10
GoDaddy expired domain acquisitions: A long leap of faith  611
After 25 years of using GoDaddy as a domain registrar on an as-needed basis, I’m not surprised by the lack of effective process l...
Acro - Monday, April 29, 2024 - 13:11
Domain industry evolution: Global Domain Report | 2024 edition  621
Fresh from Sedo and InterNetX arrives the Global Domain Report for 2024. It’s not just a pretty bundle of information and charts;...
Acro - Friday, March 22, 2024 - 10:21
Negotiate with BuyDomains via Sedo if you can  1214
The art of negotiation is a learning process and domain investors benefit from such knowledge, both for financial reasons and for the p...
Acro - Monday, February 5, 2024 - 14:30
An interesting glitch at Dan.com locks down the BIN price  1701
Dan.com provides several options to domain investors, including selling with a BIN price, making an offer, and lease to own options. In...
Acro - Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 15:50
Dan.com delivers excellent back-end support for domain transactions  1358
Last week I completed my first domain sale in October, for a domain I acquired for a few hundred dollars almost 15 years ago. It’...
Acro - Monday, October 16, 2023 - 15:22
Potential issue with Dan sales of Uni/GoDaddy domains  1459
I’ve been using Dan.com with great success in the past two years and its acquisition by GoDaddy was disappointing. The Dutch star...
Acro - Monday, May 29, 2023 - 11:29
Uniregistry to GoDaddy transition: Few glitches, how do services compare?  1332
Today I woke up to an email from Uniregistry, informing me that my portfolio of domain names was successfully migrated to GoDaddy. To c...
Acro - Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 18:10
Uniregistry domain accounts moving to GoDaddy; one important thing to do  996
Domain investors with their portfolios still at Uniregistry were informed today that the transition of accounts to GoDaddy will take pl...
Acro - Friday, March 31, 2023 - 15:0

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