Investing
Domain Appraisal Tools: How Far Can You Trust Them?
How domain appraisal tools work, what the free ones from GoDaddy, Atom and others look at, and how to read their very different answers.
Blog
Expired domain guides
Practical guides on finding expired domains, vetting their history and authority, winning them at auction and bringing them back to life.
Investing
What Is a Premium Domain and Is It Worth the Price?
What is a premium domain? The difference between registry-premium names and aftermarket names, why they cost more and when one is worth it.
Investing
Where to Sell Domain Names: Marketplaces, Brokers, Escrow
Where to sell domain names: marketplaces, for-sale landing pages, brokers and auctions, how pricing and escrow work and how the transfer happens.
Investing
How Much Do Expired Domains Cost? Price by Route
How much do expired domains cost? What you pay for a dropped name, a closeout and an auction win, what drives the price and how to budget.
Tools
SpamZilla Alternatives: What Else Checks Spam History?
SpamZilla alternatives compared: what SpamZilla does well, where it stops, and which other tools check the spam history of expired domains.
Tools
Expired Domain Alerts: Get Notified When the Right One Drops
How to set up expired domain alerts: write a rule with DR, score, price and TLD thresholds instead of searching lists every day. Three example rules.
Lifecycle
Domain Status Codes Explained: What Each One Means for Buyers
Domain status codes explained for buyers: clientHold, autoRenewPeriod, redemptionPeriod, pendingDelete and the transfer locks, with a reference table.
Auctions
Do All Expired Domains Go to Auction? No, Here’s Why
Do all expired domains go to auction? No. The four paths a domain can take after it expires, and what decides which one it follows.
History checks
Parked Domain Periods and Archive Gaps: How Much Do They Hurt?
A parked domain period or a multi-year archive gap lowers the value of an expired domain. How to spot both and how much weight to give them.
History checks
Japanese Keyword Hack History: Spotting a Hijacked Domain
An expired site that turned into Japanese, Thai or Chinese spam has the Japanese keyword hack pattern in its history. How to spot it in the archive fast.
History checks
Link Network Footprints: How to Tell Links Come from a PBN
Link network footprints that show a domain’s backlinks come from a PBN or link farm: shared referring-domain counts, hosts, templates and more.
Using domains
Aged Domains for Cold Email: What Matters and What Doesn’t
Do aged domains for cold email improve deliverability? What mailbox providers look at, why reputation beats age and how to vet a domain first.
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