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Domain Investors

Domain Investors buys, sells and appraises premium domain names, and it publishes this magazine. The company is not a list of links.

By Aston Kennedy · 8 min read

The spelled-out name, on the extension the industry already uses. What Domain Investors bought, and what the $70 million two-letter name is not.

By Aston Kennedy · 9 min read

The company name, not the nickname. Why Domain Investors holds ArtificialIntelligence.llc beside the platform address.

By Aston Kennedy · 9 min read

A domain investor buys names the way other people buy stock in a street. The work is selection, renewals and a buyer who can actually use the name.

By Aston Kennedy · 8 min read

It can suit a buyer who can pay the renewals. It is not a wage. A name can sit for years, and some never sell.

By Aston Kennedy · 6 min read

A flip wants a buyer this quarter. A hold wants a name that still reads in five years. The costs are not the same.

By Aston Kennedy · 5 min read

Premium is not a sticker. It is a name a company would rather own than explain.

By Aston Kennedy · 5 min read

The aftermarket is still where the cheque is written. The report is a map, not a promise.

By Aston Kennedy · 5 min read

A two-letter idea on a .com still clears a number that makes the rest of the market look up.

By Aston Kennedy · 4 min read

The ending changed. The question is still who can say the name out loud and then find it.

By Aston Kennedy · 5 min read

Registrar, auction, broker, or a quiet offer. The transfer is the part that has to be boring.

By Aston Kennedy · 6 min read

.domaininvestors is opening. The names that read like a sentence will go first.

By Aston Kennedy · 4 min read

Registry launches get the press. Resales get the cheque.

By Aston Kennedy · 4 min read

Short, spoken, unmistakable. The auction room still pays up when a name can be said on a phone call.

By Aston Kennedy · 4 min read