Well, it’s Thursday, and it’s time to release the weekly list of available emoji domains.

If you’re clueless, then yes emoji domains are a thing, quite a HOT  thing too!  They’ve caught 🔥  in the last year and especially the last 6-7 months.

Everyone from independent consultants to churches to small businesses to conglomerates and everything in between are purchasing and garnering increased exposure using emoji domains.  Emoji domain future looks quite bright although ICANN thinks differently.

Nevertheless, I work diligently to assemble a weekly list of anywhere from 20-40 random emoji domains, informing and assisting the masses (that’s you!) in experiencing a taste of what is to become a marketing phenomenon (if not already).

Assembling this weekly list has been helpful to quite a few individuals, hobbyists, companies, and domain investors although it’s becoming a bit more time consuming.

Because of the time it takes to search by hand and increasing popularity of the lists, I finally reached a breaking point to invest a bit of time and lean on my software development skills reclaim my precious list prep time.  Let’s get to work! ⚙

If you’re a domain investor, also known as a domainer, then today’s topic of choice is likely very trivial to you.

In fact, you may wonder why I would even take the time to write about such a trivial topic.

Whether you want to believe it or not, there are many professionals, business owners, and people in general that don’t know how to go about finding a domain owner and their contact information.

I receive a couple of emails a week from persons asking about how to find domain owner contact info.

There’s nothing more frustrating than receiving spammy WordPress registrations and unsuccessful login attempts.

Most of these attempts are nothing more than people with a bit too much time on their hands.

And without adequate protection for your WordPress website, these same persons can dismantle your website in the blink of an eye.

In fact, if careless with WordPress and plugin management, you could find yourself with a hacked website and locked out. And then what?

I answer this question at least a dozen times a year when asked what I do for a living and answer that I’m a Domain Name Strategist and Investor.

Most reply, “Oh, domain name squatter, huh?”

Which then leads us down the domain investing education path of the difference between a squatter and investor.

And without fail, I always share the parallels of physical to virtual real estate comparison while driving the point home typically using the person’s residence as prime example.

By then, the light bulb is on for most and they began to understand just how foolish their assumption exposed their lack of understanding and knowledge.

But then are those persons who take it one step further and say, “Well, you should just play the lottery if you going to speculate on domain names.”

Which this comment allows me to further explain the difference in spending versus investing.

Emoji domains have been and are picking up steam in tech and business communities throughout the world.

Emoji domains certainly have reinvigorated and spiced up the domain space a bit with the millennial generation (seeing emojis are preferred communication preference of this crowd).

While many are jumping head first into the emoji domain house party, it appears that ICANN’s security group is 😢 foul and hoping to bring the 🎉 to a screeching halt.

DNSeattle was everything it was billed to be and more.

The weather was perfect. The location and venue were great. There was a good selection of music, food, and beverage on hand.

And of course, there was not a shortage of domain hobbyists, investors, and professionals in attendance at Amazon’s campus (Terry Avenue) in downtown Seattle.

Yesterday was a long day for my wife, our youngest child, and I as we started our day early in Austin and arrived in Seattle mid afternoon PST to attend DNSeattle Meetup (later today).

It was great taking a short trip in from the airport and experiencing Seattle’s downtown skyline.