Notes on buying, pricing and naming with domains
Practical, hands-on writing for founders and developers — and a portfolio of 154 exact-match, brandable and geo names behind it.
What is my domain worth? The 7 fields that turn a guess into a number
A seven-field appraisal template for domain owners: comparable sales, scarcity, buyer count, renewal drag, history and trademark risk — then how to turn the fields into a wholesale floor, a retail ask, and a price you can publish.
The nine checks I run before I pay for a domain — now free tools
Every check I run before buying a name — brandability, portfolio overlap, availability at the registry, age and history, typos, flip maths and listing copy — is now a free tool at dnwai.com/tools. Here is what each one is for, and what none of them can tell you.
Naming your dev tool: the 9 checks I run before I buy a domain
A practical pre-purchase checklist for developers buying a domain: phonetic tests, trademark search, RDAP + Wayback history checks, TLD risk, escrow mechanics, and a script to vet a whole shortlist.
Buying a domain from an investor: how to tell a fair price from a fantasy
Domain pricing has no Kelly Blue Book. Here is the framework buyers can use to sanity-check an asking price, spot the red flags in a negotiation, and close without overpaying — escrow, transfers and counter-offer scripts included.
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