DropCatch Quad: Four auctions on July 14, 2022 including MomVideos.com

Welcome to the very first edition of DropCatch Quad; a quick and to the point analysis of domain auctions that closed on DropCatch today. I’ve been following DropCatch auctions for a while, sharing some interesting auction results that caught my eye. As much as I can, I follow them to the (bitter) end, not bidding […]

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The Domain King’s latest #domain acquisitions

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been busy cherry-picking domain names in the aftermarket, making some cool acquisitions. Rick’s favorite aftermarket platform appears to be DropCatch, a popular marketplace for domain investors and end-user bidders. In recent weeks, Rick’s added several new domains he won at DropCatch auctions and here’s a portion of these acquisitions: […]

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Rick Schwartz grabs PiggyBanks.com for a fistful of cash

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has acquired a premium two-word .com domain, PiggyBanks.com. The acquisition took place via the popular drop-catching and auctioning platform, DropCatch. Rick’s acquisition of PiggyBanks.com cost a whopping $7,456 dollars. PiggyBanks.com was a 1997 registration prior to the drop and was used by a Japanese company. It’s not clear why they […]

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DropCatch: Auction timer glitch is being addressed

In recent weeks, DropCatch users and visitors experienced a strange glitch that potentially prevented them from winning auctions. The bidding clock would go down to zero, all while a higher bid placed by someone else would not update their screen. People would walk away believing the auction had ended. The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, was […]

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TravelPlan.com: A 1996 domain drop now in a DropCatch auction

TravelPlan.com resonates the essence of having a “travel plan” and the means to make it happen. The domain was registered way back in 1996 and for several years it was used as a portal for a Dutch software company. Here’s a capture of TravelPlan.com and its “About us” page from 1997: TravelPlan started in 1992 […]

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DropCatch glitch: Everything but the KitchenBowl.com

The domain KitchenBowl.com was a surprise drop from Amazon’s registrar; as an exact match of “kitchen bowl” the domain was used as a social community for foodies to share & discover recipes. Between 2015 and 2020 the domain and assorted app most likely generated millions of page-views and when the domain dropped inexplicably, bidders went […]

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Insane domains: What do these #DropCatch auctions have in common?

We’ve been following some DropCatch auctions and they all have something in common. These expired domains dropped and were auctioned off for 3 days at DropCatch, the 800 lbs gorilla of domain-catchers. Many domain investors are using the service to catch domains that were not renewed. One of them appears to have an insanely large […]

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N-FT.com: Domain auction scores highest L-LL .com sale ever

The domain auction for N-FT.com closed earlier today on DropCatch, achieving what appears to be the highest sale of a L-LL .com ever. Consisting of a letter, a dash, and two letters, N-FT.com sold for $32,460 dollars. That’s thirty grand and some change. Visually, if one were to remove the dash, N-FT.com spells out NFT, […]

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MyEx.com: Revenge porn #domain now in auction

MyEx.com, the former domain of a notorious revenge porn web site, dropped and is currently in auction. In June 2018, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC,) the state of Nevada, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada won a legal complaint against the operators of MyEx.com. According to the law firm C.A. Goldberg, […]

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Metawatch.com: Domain auction shadowed by “Meta” trademark

Meta domain names have become the focus of investors & opportunists, ever since Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the formation of Meta Platforms as a new umbrella company. Meta has actively sought to acquire domains, such as Meta.com, social media handles, and has filed UDRP cases against domain squatters. Protecting its Meta brand, Facebook/Meta is […]

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DNZ.com: Youngest LLL .com #domain on earth NOT caught by DropCatch!

Domain investors looking for a chance to acquire DNZ.com might be disappointed: the youngest LLL .com in the world—including rogue states like North Korea, Belarus, and Russia—was NOT caught by DropCatch. The domain DNZ.com dropped because its Ukrainian registrant failed to renew it, most likely as the result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The domain […]

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BigMama.com: Former #Russian domain fell in the hands of investor

BigMama, operating from the domain BigMama.com, was a Russian internet services provider. The company was providing web hosting, VPN access, and DDoS protection for attacks of “up to 350 Gps” with the following message: “Services are resistant to various kinds of provocations of your enemies and other idlers.” The original message in Russian was “Услуги […]

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