domains at auction week of: april 15, 2024

the week's BEST domains at auction.

Author

Sean Markey
April 16, 2024

Hello, hi!

This is now a Tuesday domain newsletter.

Mondays are tough! I always spend all day writing newsletters and I don’t want to send them at 6pm on Monday night lol. Ain’t nobody reading that…

So here you go, a Tuesday domain newsletter filled with domains.

BUT WAIT. Before we get into newsletters I have a thing I want to share, and hope you’ll help me with. It’ll literally take 8 seconds.

A Domain Name Community?!

Yes, there are several free domain forums and they are… fine. Mostly fine.

But I co-own a paid SEO forum and it is thousands of miles better than free FB groups/Reddit/forums/whatever. There’s SO MUCH ACTION and SO MUCH VALUE there I’ve been like what if this, but for domains??

Somewhere you can hang out with people trying to buy/sell domains, where you can ask questions and get answers from sane people, with skin in the game, with some experience.

I’d love to build a slack group that has an application process—even if it’s a somewhat low bar like "you have to have made a $2k domain sale at minimum. 

Could be a cool place to buy/sell/trade wholesale names, get feedback on outreach tactics, get feedback on your portfolio, talk about buying trends, etc. and so on.

So here’s the ask: I want to get feedback from YOU, the subscribers of this domain newsletter: is this something you’re into? Why/why not.

Here is a very quick, simple survey it’d help me GREATLY if you took a moment to fill out.

Domains That’d Make A Good Brand/Investment

(all domains are at GoDaddy auctions, none of this is financial advice, do your own due diligence and etc. — you’re not allowed to hold me responsible for any bad decisions on your part!)

Process.net - super early registration. The kind of name someone could build a very boring, very profitable business on. (FYI someone already has… on a .st?!)

Freckled.com - I like it as a fun, summer time brand. Sun-kissed. Good vibes.

GenesisBank.com - something something crypto, right? Genesis is a crypto word and bank is… a pretty universally valuable concept. Seems like a winner.

SelectOne.com - this has a crazy high GD valuation, like $10k. Why? Did a quick Google search: there are several companies called this with TERRIBLE domain names.

EpicGaming.com - while this SOUNDS like a good brand (and calls back to Epic Gardening, a very established, successful, and well-loved brand), you will probably not have much room to move if you build it out/if your domain buyer builds it out due to the existence of Epic Games, the creator of, among other things, Fortnite.

DarkWoods.com - gaming company or fiction publishing company (I own one of these: don’t do it!). Has a simple, ominous vibe that is not confusing to say or spell—no one would write it like Dark Woulds lol.

SellOrBuy.com - or whatever IDC. Good marketplace name, if you’re insane enough to try and build a two-sided marketplace from scratch. Like Rob Walling (a podcaster that I like that you should check out if you don’t know him) says: you can build a two sided marketplace if you already have a big reach to ONE side. I paraphrased it, he says it much smarter probably.

Fellow.org - positive connotation and an absolute TON of companies with shit domains are called “Fellow.” Probably a safe bet unless everyone bids it way up (spoiler alert, they’re gonna).

PlatinumMedia.com - IDK if media names are still popular, I don’t think they are. Wait, lemme actually check that with data:

I tried to just opt for the “end user” type of sales here and… there aren’t a lot… for not a lot of money. If you include expired auctions there are A LOT of sales, but that’s just domain investors taking a swing on “media” companies, most of which no one wants to buy. Allegedly.

PublicRelations.org - killer .org, I love it. Exact matches can sometimes make good brands, sometimes bad, but I think a domain like this has the potential to make a GREAT site. Just load it up full of helpful .org vibey info and then put a service layer on top: we handle your public relations because you KNOW you’re gonna slip up and say something stupid eventually… boom. Perfect combo, great build out op.

Names With Juice

WishboneAsh.com - it’s got a big price because it still ranks for a bunch of shit, and that’s as good a sign as any that the domain you’re buying to rebuild has a really really good shot at ranking. Used to be a band, it looks like?

aToken.com - crypto links

GunsToCarry.com - big media links

POBOnline.com - possibly used to be… an academic journal? Dope links…

Ebbu.com - not the highest DR, but solid links. Used to be a research company? So the rebuild opportunities here are pretty robust. Ends today.

TempleMountFaithful.org - religious juice.

SwipeLife.com - it rhymes, so it’s got that going for it. Not the best link profile I’ve ever seen though. One could still do some damage with this DR 50.

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Well, that’s it for this round of literally the best domains at auction for the week.

Thanks for subscribing!

And please, if you have a moment, head over to this quick survey and fill it out, that’d be so helpful!

Until next Tues…

sean