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Expired sales are always a good reminder that some names are only "quiet", not worthless.

I still like auctions for certain names, especially when there is clear investor demand. But for many average-to-good domains, I wonder if Buy Now pricing is becoming more practical. It gives the buyer a clear number, and it saves the seller from low offers that go nowhere. Of course, the hard...

Most ICANN registrars follow a standard path (verification -- restriction or UDRP process), but timing is often where the friction happens.

When a domain points to a live website but the site suddenly stops loading, the first question is usually whether it is a DNS issue or a hosting issue. It could be nameservers, DNS records, CDN settings, SSL, cache, or the server itself. For people managing domain portfolios or client domains...

A domain can look local to users, but the trust behind it depends on the registry being stable, accountable, and technically well managed...

TLD count is useful. I’d still want to know whether people are actually using those names, or just registering and parking them.

The recent .IN discussion made me think more about ccTLD investing. With .com, the rules feel more familiar to most investors. With ccTLDs, each extension can have its own policy culture and expectations. Do you check the registry policy before buying a country-code domain, or do you mainly...

If AI agents start doing more of the searching and filtering, I don’t think that makes domains less important. It may actually make the trusted source more important.

Good to see more research being done on domain investors. It shows domain investing is no longer just a small insider hobby. There are different types of buyers now: part-time investors, portfolio holders, agencies, founders, and people treating domains as part of a wider digital asset strategy.

The fermec.com part is the one that stands out to me. If "the domain is for sale above registration cost" was enough to show bad faith, the whole domain investment market would be in trouble.

The European market is hard to treat as one market. A .de buyer, a .uk buyer, and a .fr buyer may all care about different things: language, trust, local rules, VAT/business setup, and how normal that extension feels in daily use.

Good to see new leadership coming in. The domain industry still needs a strong voice on ownership rights, transfers, policy, and keeping domain names useful for real businesses, not just platforms and large players.

Maybe this topic is a little late, but I still wanted to open a separate thread and see what others think. .si is getting attention, but I do not think sales alone tell the full story yet. For me, the more interesting part would be seeing more real websites using .si as the main domain. I...

I like the idea as a last step before dropping a name. The part I would watch is timing. If the domain is already too close to expiry, buyers may not have enough time to check the history, renewal cost, transfer details, or whether the name is worth saving.

After following ICANN86 in Seville, I have been thinking about how much the role of a domain registrar has changed. For many years, a lot of people chose a registrar mainly by price, especially the first-year registration price. Price still matters, of course. For domain investors, agencies...