Elliot Silver

Ramp knows about the value of exceptional domain names. The company began on TryRamp.com and later upgraded to its brand matching Ramp.com domain name.

Ramp knows about the value of exceptional domain names. The company began on TryRamp and later upgraded to its brand matching Ramp domain name. A c

A LinkedIn post about a domain name acquisition came across my feed this afternoon that caught my attention. John Hu, Founder and CEO of Stan, announced that his company spent $750,000 to acquire the Stan.com domain name. Stan is a platform that helps content creators monetize their audience and grow their business.

When I started my career 20+ years ago, I was a Project Manager at a direct marketing agency and then I became a Marketing Manager at an insurance company. When people asked what I did for work, those two jobs were pretty easy to explain to people.

A few days ago, a number of posts on X about Grok.Bot showed in my feed, including Damon Chen’s below. Someone had apparently registered the Grok.Bot domain name and put it up for sale.

I was doing some domain name acquisition research yesterday evening when something caught me off guard. When I visited the high value Etch.com domain name to see how/if it was being used, I was surprised about where the domain name took me.

I’ve done the Pan-Mass Challenge with attorney John Berryhill several times. Unfortunately, John did not ride the PMC with me this year, but he is doing another important ride to raise funds for charity.

Atom.com recently enabled its Instant Domain Appraisal tool to show amounts above $1 million. Prior to the change, the maximum appraisal amount was shown as > $1 million. This is a neat change for some who hold 7 or 8 figure assets, but it’s a bit of a vanity feature since an automated appraisal on a domain name at that level is unlikely to have much bearing on its actual sale price.

Rob from Snagged shared an acquisition story that should get the attention of domain investors who share too much insight online. When he was helping a company acquire Plateful.com, the owner of the domain name used some insights Rob himself had shared in order to get a better price for the domain name.

Dynadot emailed customers today to introduce a new Know Your Customer (KYC) verification process that will pertain to registrants of certain domain name extensions. The registrar announced these KYC requirements are for.DE and.NO domain name registrants, but “ additional extensions potentially added in the future.”