Remember when you were a kid, and you would go and check the refrigerator, like, every 30 seconds? 👀

The constant checking was as if food were going to magically appear in between the last time you checked some 45 seconds ago? Remember that feeling?

What do you get when you combine backgrounds in linguistics, systems engineering, and a serial entrepreneurial spirit? 🤔

It’s often said that if you want to identify a person’s gifting, then look no further than their childhood experiences and early years of development.

Of course, there are always anomalies, here and there, over the course of time that greatly defy this statement or way of thought.

If you’re like most domain investors, especially those driven by emotion, participating in expiring domain auctions is likely a rollercoaster experience, to say the least.

It’s the thrill of watching seconds tick off only to be outbid at the last moment and the clock reset. Or maybe the back-and-forth nature of auctions brings you an adrenaline rush and not the given name.

Whatever the case may be, if you are an emotion-driven or emotionless data-driven domain investor, I would like to share a simple tool with you to help gauge and value a domain name based on the number of registered extensions.

Over the last four to five years, India has not only become the fastest-growing country in the world, with an expected growth to reach an estimated population of 1.68 billion by 2050, but it’s an amazing land of opportunity and growth for domain investing.

The more and more I search the globe for interesting stories to share about the buying, selling, developing, and investing of domain names, the more I discover the flourishing success of India-based domain investors.

Here’s a look at the top 5 podcasts for Kickstart Commerce in July, ranked by number of downloads:

What if I told you that it was possible to purchase a domain prior to COVID for $2.5K and flip it 4.5 months in the midst of an abyss of uncertainty for $15K, what would you say? 🤨

And what if I told you it was a travel-related domain? 😲  Yeah, I know, shocking right? I had the same jaw-dropping reaction to when I discovered this news a few days ago.

The good news is we get to chat with the magician who “pulled this proverbial rabbit of a domain out of hat.” As for the bad news, don’t expect nor should you go and try this move yourself. 😉