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I Checked 603 Domains I Registered in 2009 and 2010. Here's What I Found.

I had my head up my ass. That's the short version. The longer version starts with two old spreadsheets I found this week while digging through registration records. One from 2009 with 165 names on it. One from 2010 with 438. So I dumped all 603 into GoDaddy's bulk search to see where they ended up. I figured a lot of them would be available. I didn't figure on this many. From the 2009 list, 126 can be registered right now at regular reg fee.

November 13, 2026

Domains

Your Buyer Googled You. Still Happy With What You Posted?

You quote someone $8,500 for a domain. They Google it and find a forum post you wrote six months ago. "Paid $40 for this one. Would be happy to get $500." You probably wish you hadn't posted that. There's nothing wrong with buying a domain for $40 and asking $8,500. Your acquisition cost doesn't set its value, and you're allowed to change your mind about what you'll accept. But if I'm the buyer and I find that post, of course I'm going to ask about it. Wouldn't you?

October 28, 2026

Interviews Domains

Thyago Guimarães: Teaching Domain Investing to Brazil

Most of the domain investors I talk with are in the US or Europe. Thyago Guimarães teaches domain investing to a Brazilian audience through Domínios Lucrativos. He talks about .com vs .com.br, the keywords Brazilian businesses buy, where he points beginners, and the opportunity he sees coming in Brazil.

October 26, 2026

Interviews

Ibrahem Abdelghany: Six Years on Royal.health, and What It Taught Him About .health

Ibrahem Abdelghany bought Royal.health in 2019, tried to build a business on it, and is now selling it. He talks about what failed, the misdirected patient emails that still land in his inbox, the zero-cost stack behind Doha.health, and why he thinks .health is a very long-term hold.

October 26, 2026

Domains

A Hand-Reg Isn’t a $12 Decision. It’s $12 Annually.

I can talk myself into a $12 domain pretty easily. I like the name, I can think of a business that might use it, and the price is low enough that I don't spend much time questioning it. Even if I'm wrong, it's twelve bucks. But I'm not necessarily spending twelve bucks. I'm adding another annual expense to my portfolio, and there's a good chance I'll be paying it more than once. That's the part I think we tend to leave out when we're registering names.

October 22, 2026

Domains

A Deal Is a Deal, Even When a Better Offer Comes Along

Something happened recently on NotRenewing that got me thinking about an issue that probably comes up more often in the domain business than we realize. A seller had sold several domains through NotRenewing. The buyers had paid for the names and were expecting the transfers to take place. Before that happened, the seller received higher offers for the same domains somewhere else. He contacted the buyers and told them he planned to accept the higher offers instead. I reached out to him, and to his credit, he immediately agreed to honor the original sales.

October 15, 2026

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Domain Insights

I Checked 603 Domains I Registered in 2009 and 2010. Here's What I Found.

Your Buyer Googled You. Still Happy With What You Posted?

Thyago Guimarães: Teaching Domain Investing to Brazil

Ibrahem Abdelghany: Six Years on Royal.health, and What It Taught Him About .health

A Hand-Reg Isn’t a $12 Decision. It’s $12 Annually.

A Deal Is a Deal, Even When a Better Offer Comes Along

Domain Glossary

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.BIZ

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