DomainSherpa interviews successful domain name investors and entrepreneurs – people we call Sherpas – who share their strategies and tactics to help you be more successful. Hosted by Jonathan Tenenbaum.
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DNSeattle took place on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington — and raised more than $6,000 to help find a cure for cancer!
More than 100 attendees met, networked and learned about domain name sales during this live fireside chat session with Andrew Rosener of Media Options and Michael Cyger.
Michael Cyger May 29, 2017
Ali Zandi closed the second highest domain name sale of 2017 to date.
If you want to know what goes into a $2 million blockbuster sale and hear all the details directly from the domain name broker that made it happen – this is the show you need to watch.
Michael Cyger May 15, 2017
Liquid domain names are the types of domains that are actively traded in the domain name industry.
Would you like to learn more about investing in liquid domains?
Every quarter Ivan Rasskazov and Giuseppe Graziano put together a “state of the market” industry report. Get the insights directly from those who wrote the report.
Chris Gimmer and his co-founder built a pretty slick piece of software called Snappa. I liked it so much I became a paying customer just nine months after their launch.
But they launched on a .io domain name and – as Gimmer describes in “How (and Why) We Purchased the Snappa.com Domain for $40,000” – their “cool startup domain name” left their customers confused and questioning the longevity of their operations. So, negotiating the price down from $84,500, they bought Snappa.com for $40,000 on a payment plan.
But nothing is ever as easy as it sounds, and in this interview Gimmer explains the details behind his thought process at each stage of his bootstrapped SaaS startup.
It’s easy to dismiss emoji – consisting of silly faces ??? and undefined symbols ??➿ – as a language only for teenagers.
But it’s actually a universal language that people all over the world use, and emoji domain names are heating up in use and value.
Listen in as two of the most experienced emoji domain pros in the industry discuss what emoji domains are, how they work, how they’re valued, and how you can get your ? (piece of the pie).
Michael Cyger April 10, 2017
Do you want an excuse to close a domain name sale this month?
Here’s your motivation: a free escrow for your next domain name sale.
But hurry! Efty.com has just launched Payoneer Escrow integration and for the month of April 2017, you can get a free escrow transaction.
Michael Cyger April 7, 2017
What do you get when you combine a killer, three-character exact-match domain name with the assets of a software-as-a-service invoicing provider?
A quick path to generating revenue.
That’s what today’s Sherpa did, combining a $130,000 domain name with a $20,000 asset purchase. And they were up and running, with some customers saying the brand is so familiar they think they’ve used them in the past.
One year into operations, Due.com is processing about $60 million per month in transactions. Here’s how it happened.
Michael Cyger March 6, 2017
Domain name hacks are words and phrases that span the dot and make use of the top-level domain extension as part of the word. Startu.ps, ta.gs and k.im are a few examples.
But can you make any money investing in domain name hacks?
Today’s guest can, and in this interview he shares his investment strategy, valuation technique and go-to market tactics for generating $100,000 in sales per year.
Michael Cyger February 27, 2017
Liquid domain names are the types of domains that are actively traded in the domain name industry.
Would you like to learn more about investing in liquid domains?
Every quarter Ivan Rasskazov and Giuseppe Graziano put together a “state of the market” industry report. Get the insights directly from those who wrote the report.
Michael Cyger February 14, 2017
Lots of companies make eight figures per year and generate a high profit margin. But those that upgrade to a premium domain name can see even greater success and market dominance.
Consider:
* Slack used to be SlackHQ.com.
* Facebook used to be TheFacebook.com.
* Dropbox used to be GetDropbox.com.
* Mint used to be MyMint.com.
Those companies that buy a premium domain name are saying something about their company to their customers and the industry. According to Noah Kagan, they’re saying they have status, they’re going to last the test of time, and they have a “seriousness of business.”
Learn how Kagan persisted through seven years of negotiations to finally own Sumo.com, and how his financing creativity finally got the deal done.
Michael Cyger February 8, 2017