Judge says GoDaddy must disclose details about prior clawbacks and disputes. A federal judge has ordered (pdf) GoDaddy to turn over information about other domain auction reversals in an ongoing lawsuit over domains that were clawed back months ... Continue Reading4 Comments
29 registrars that send expired domains to GoDaddy
· Expired DomainsGo to GoDaddy Auctions to buy domains expiring at these registrars. Knowing where to go to acquire domains when they expire can be tricky. Most large registrars now send their inventory first to major auction services. If no one buys them, they ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
$500k of new expired domain name sales
· Expired DomainsNameJet and SnapNames combined for 103 sales over $2,000 in February. Newfold Digital's expired domain marketplaces, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell 103 domains for $2,000 or more last month. The 103 sales totaled just under $500k. Here ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
$1.4 million of expired domain name sales
· Expired DomainsAuctions were hot at NameJet and SnapNames over the past two months. Newfold Digital's domain auction platforms, NameJet and SnapNames, had a busy holiday season. In December, the platforms combined to sell 100 domains for $2,000 or more, totalling ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Former blockchain.ai owner dismisses lawsuit
· Expired DomainsMan who let domain expire gives up on lawsuit. The former owner of blockchain.ai has voluntarily dismissed his lawsuit against Identity Digital, CentralNic, Namecheap, and OnlyDomains. The dispute began when the domain expired and went through ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy Auctions adds “Hidden Gems” for searched domains
· Expired DomainsSearch filter finds domains that otherwise might not be on your radar. GoDaddy Auctions has launched a "Hidden Gems" search for all users. Hidden Gems shows domain names that have been searched for availability on GoDaddy within the past year. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
404 Media recounts buying 404media.com in expired domain auction
· Expired DomainsMedia company that uses .co domain got a "steal" on the matching .com, 404 Media, a popular technology news site, started in 2023 with a very low budget. Each of the founders chipped in $1,000, and the only domain they could afford was 404media.co. ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Oh, irony: expired domain snafu strikes during domain podcast recording
· Expired DomainsA domain expiration at my podcast platform hit while I was recording. ICANN has several policies in place to prevent people from accidentally letting their domain names expire. One of these is that registrars must "interrupt" the site by changing ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NameJet and SnapNames sold these 126 domains last month
· Expired DomainsThese domains were auctioned for $2,000 or more in November. Newfold Digital's domain sales platforms, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell 126 domains for $2,000 or more in November. These sales totaled about $468k. There weren't any massive ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How to bulk add domains to your GoDaddy auctions watchlist
· Expired DomainsRecent feature improves process for adding domains to the watchlist. My process for expired domains works something like this: Find domains I want to buy through ExpiredDomains and save them to the ExpiredDomains watchlist Copy the list and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
