Two things I like to do in my personal time to continually help me grow in domain name investing: Browse lists such as these 17 domain names bought by end-users — published by Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire — to see if they would be put to use in the same manner I would and to also speculate on ordinary domain name sales from investors alike.
My least favorite and cheapest domain name shared is [ICODE]Kernel-Host.com[/ICODE] which sold for €2,000 ($2343). It's currently being used as a redirect to their homepage of [ICODE]KernelHost.net[/ICODE], a mildly better choice. By the looks of things, their [ICODE].net[/ICODE] didn't go live until 2020. Their site gives me an affiliate/reseller feel, even though they have bare metal servers for sale. But, on to the point, €2,000 could have gotten them a much better brand name, and one with possibly some hosting/targeted type-in traffic to save a couple of bucks in CPC advertising, right here on DNForum.
[ICODE]SmartPay.jp[/ICODE] might not have been such a SmartPlay with a $10,000 purchase for it by Solutions Pte Ltd based in Singapore. This is because there are restrictions on ccTLDs here in Japan with [ICODE].jp[/ICODE] not having any and [ICODE].co.jp[/ICODE] given a bit more weight due to that — something that they may face in the future.
The [ICODE]CrossSwap.com[/ICODE] domain was purchased for $2,995 to be put to use for blockchain swaps. PancakeSwap and Uniswap are already well recognized in the market; however, CrossSwap has a memorable name that can most likely immediately tell the audience what it does as opposed to the former two.
The last domain of the list that piqued my interest was [ICODE]Tamio.com[/ICODE] for $10,000. I like this domain as it's 5 letters, brandable, and also is fitting in the Japanese market. This name was picked up by Plug&Paid which helps e-commerce sellers increase revenue. It's alleged by Andrew, and agreed upon by myself, that this is likely a brand upgrade or the company.
This was a breakdown of only 4 of the 17 listed by Andrew. Be sure to check out the rest of the names!
