Notes from the domain market.
Short reads on how domains are valued, transferred, bought, and sold. Written from the seller side, without the usual wizard-cloak mystique.
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Why .com still wins, and when it doesn't
The three real reasons .com keeps its premium against newer TLDs, and the specific cases where .io, .ai, or .co is a smarter pick than the matching .com would have been.
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Buying a premium domain: the 7-item pre-purchase checklist
What every serious buyer should verify before sending the wire. Avoids the three most common ways a domain purchase goes sideways.
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How a premium domain is actually valued
The five factors that determine whether a domain prices at $500 or $50,000, with concrete examples and the comparable-sales tools every serious buyer should know.
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How a premium domain transfer actually works
A plain-English walkthrough of what happens from 'I want this domain' to 'it's now registered to me', with real timings and the five things that slow transfers down.