Elliot Silver

Boston

Publisher and President at DomainInvesting.com

President of Top Notch Domains, LLC, a domain name investment firm. Publisher of https://t.co/n07pD3Q81b. Founder of https://t.co/neJ1Eez09R.

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ICANN to Increase Fee to $.20 on July 1

1 day ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

For as long as I can remember, ICANN has imposed a fee of $.18 for all domain name registrations and renewals. A retail domain registrar might charge $12 to buy a .com or .net domain name, but the buyer will be billed $12.18/year. This fee will increase to $.20/year on July 1, 2025. Notably, this fee is charged for gTLD registrations and renewals (like .com and .org) but not on ccTLDs (like .CO or .AI).
Dynadot Launches NameClub Marketplace

3 days ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

Dynadot Founder and CEO Todd Han announced a new domain name sales marketplace called NameClub. Currently in beta, NameClub appears to operate independently of the Dynadot domain registrar and can be found at NameClub.com. Check out NameClub, our new domain marketplace. NameClub is optimized to sell domains to end users. It has logos, AI powered search, installment payments, and browsable categories. Still in beta because it was vibe coded by a small team.
2025 PMC Jersey Raised $16k+ for Dana-Farber

4 days ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

I am happy to share that our 2025 Pan-Mass Challenge domain industry cycling jersey was finalized and printed. With help from our domain industry friends and colleagues, this special jersey raised more than $16,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. John, Karen, and I will proudly wear this jersey as we continue our PMC training. We will also wear this unmissable jersey on the second day of our ride. John wore his jersey over the weekend, and Karen and I wore ours for a training ride yesterday.
My Monster Variegated Monstera Plant

5 days ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

A little more than 5 years ago, one of our friends gifted us a houseplant without instructions on how to maintain it. I made the mistake of not asking him how we should care for it, and the plant was dead within a couple of months. That was the extent of my experience with houseplants. Two years ago, I saw some posts from Shane Cultra on X about his Variegated Monstera plant. I acquired a cutting from him, and I began my own Variegated Monstera journey.
Brokerage Agreement Should Detail Everything

5 days ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

Over the years, I’ve witnessed and heard about many disagreements between domain brokers and clients. There have been accusations of double dealing, poor representation, frontrunning, and everything in between. Many of these issues could have been resolved or clarified with a signed brokerage agreement. Domain name sellers and buyers who are going to work with a broker should execute a domain brokerage agreement that outlines expectations and requirements.
Lead Gen with AI

1 week ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

One of the multitude of ways to use AI tools to sell domain names is for lead generation. A tool like ChatGPT can help find targeted prospective buyers for domain names, and I will share an example. I want to proactively sell a domain name I think will become a good marketing tool for a real estate agent. A Google search of real estate agents in the town brings back many results, but all of the top results are for the largest real estate brokerages and platforms like Zillow and Realtor.com.
Namecheap .AI Filter Removed from ExpiredDomains.net

1 week ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

I use ExpiredDomains.net every day to search for domain names coming up for auction. It’s a free tool that helps me scan Namecheap, Dynadot, and GoDaddy platforms for expiry auctions. It also helps me find domain names in pending delete status that I want to back order at DropCatch and NameJet. This morning when searching for upcoming expiry auctions at Namecheap, I did not see any .AI domain names listed in my search.
Dan.com Closing Down on June 27

1 week ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

Dan.com was an innovative domain name sales platform that was acquired by GoDaddy in 2022. Dan innovated and brought the Lease to Own (LTO) offering to the mainstream, and it has been adopted by GoDaddy. In its short time in the industry, Dan’s innovations moved the domain name aftermarket forward by leaps and bounds. With many of the platform’s features integrated into GoDaddy aftermarket offerings, Dan.com is fully shutting down on June 27, 2025.
Namecheap Outbound Transfer Email is Ideal

1 week ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

There are many reasons for why a domain registrant might transfer a domain name away from its current registrar. By the time the transfer has been initiated, it’s most likely too late for a registrar to *save* the customer / domain name. There should be no reason for a registrar to delay a transfer. Some registrars take up to a week to release a domain name. They offer no mechanism for the customer to approve the domain name transfer, and it moves forward at whatever pace is set by the registrar.
Delete the Verification 3rd Nameserver

2 weeks ago | domaininvesting.com | Elliot Silver

This morning, I received an email from Atom notifying me the nameservers for one of my domain names was not correctly set up. I remembered to change the nameservers when I added it to Atom, so I was confused by the email. I visited the domain name, and as Atom told me, the domain name resolved to its Afternic listing rather than its correct Atom listing. A visit to my Namecheap control panel showed me what happened.