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Global terminal outage as Cloud Brokers join Atom program en masse!

Posted by on July 19, 2024, at 10:22 am 

Since 4:49am Eastern time today, a global outage has affected terminals and other smart devices with a screen around the globe, crashing systems and disrupting the normal flow of travelers. The incident is under investigation by Microsoft and a cursory analysis indicates that it’s due to more than 300,000 people joining the Atom Cloud Broker […]

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Yasuhiro Yakamoto: GoDaddy’s super domain broker raised his fees

Posted by on May 22, 2024, at 9:59 am 

GoDaddy’s most famous domain broker is Yasuhiro Yakamoto, a Japanese prodigy who graduated from MIT at the age of 19. In 2020, during the pandemic, Yasuhiro Yakamoto was hired by GoDaddy to work remotely and four years later his smiling face adorns every domain researched via GoDaddy.com. Yasuhiro Yakamoto is licensed to broker domains via […]

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id.com: After Chat.com and Gold.com, aged domain under brokerage

Posted by on May 12, 2024, at 4:50 pm 

Domain broker Andrew Miller has been associated with the successful brokerage of ultra-premium domains, such as Sex.com, Home.com, Gold.com, Football.com, and Chat.com. All these domains were sold for millions of dollars, representing the cream of the crop of the industry’s top recorded sales. There are plenty more that shall remain unreported, due to private non-disclosure […]

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Drew Rosener: It’s my way or Norway!

Posted by on January 25, 2024, at 11:29 am 

Domain investor and international travel guru, Drew Rosener, went on a lengthy monologue online earlier today. Identifying domain investments as “god’s unique gift to humans,” the founder of Media Options pointed out what makes him better than anyone else in the domain investors’ community: Quite often I get asked, Drew, what is it that you […]

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Domaining: An “unethical business” ?

Posted by on January 1, 2024, at 8:20 pm 

Happy New Year! As a community of domain investors colloquially referred to as “domainers,” there are times when outsiders target us. It’s not just the lack of knowledge about the mechanics of domain investing; quite often, these accusations and epithets fly due to underlying malicious intent. Common references to “not adding value” due to holding […]

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Domainer careers: Darryl Lopes joins the eNaming domain brokerage

Posted by on November 27, 2023, at 10:37 am 

Experienced domain broker, Darryl Lopes, is moving in with eNaming brokerage as new staff. In the past, Darryl has been successful with Uniregistry on-site at the Cayman Islands, supporting Frank Schilling’s extensive company needs. He also worked worked with Secret Brokerage as their domain broker for acquisitions and has produced his own eBook, How to […]

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Interview with Arif Sengoren of Secret Brokerage and CryptoExchange.com

Posted by on October 23, 2023, at 10:49 am 

Experienced domain broker, Arif Sengoren, has had a lengthy career spanning more than 13 years. From Nokta, to DomainNameSales, to Uniregistry, Arif has a compelling story to tell that involves millions of dollars in domain sales. As the founder of Secret Brokerage, Arif Sengoren provides personalized domain acquisition services to corporate clients; as the SVP […]

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Tracy Fogarty: Domain names have power!

Posted by on July 21, 2023, at 2:10 pm 

Domain names represent destinations on the internet and identify companies, their brands, and their services. It’s unthinkable to launch a company or a brand these days without a domain name. Not impossible, but pointless; domain names are needed to empower the impact and longevity of brands. In that sense, domain names have power. This exact […]

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Killer domain brokers & the best way to acquire domains

Posted by on July 19, 2023, at 3:38 pm 

Domain names held “for profit” or used by businesses or individuals can be bought by other parties, when the price is “right.” Consider this scenario: A start-up forms and becomes successful quickly; their brand is taken by another party, years, perhaps decades ago. The ideal domain name is the exact match .com and acquiring it […]

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Domain Broker Olympics: Rosener, Richter, and Pickthall

Posted by on June 1, 2023, at 8:16 pm 

The results of the Domain Broker Olympics Master of Domains for 2023 are in. Sponsored by Escrow.com every year, the event’s winners demonstrate a scary trend, as Andrew Rosener of MediaOptions gets gold for the fifth consecutive year. Amazing! There is silver for Keith Richter, co-founder of Lumis, with Louis Pickthall of BrandForce taking home […]

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The Afternic Diaries: Mundane tasks of a domain name broker

Posted by on April 20, 2023, at 11:10 am 

My name is – wait, better leave that out, on second thought. I’m a junior domain broker at Afternic, the biggest domain brokerage platform owned by GoDaddy. We are giants. At least, that’s what the middle management tells us on casual Fridays. We have pineapple pizza and soda and we talk about kicking the competition’s […]

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Work for a sucky domain brokerage? Time to quit!

Posted by on March 23, 2023, at 2:59 pm 

Not every platform that brokers domain names is great to its employees. Domain brokers are typically paid commission for sales that they achieve on behalf of the domain brokerage. Conditions of employment can vary a lot and sometimes it’s time to call it quits. If the domain brokerage really sucks, why not let them know? […]

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