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Issue #13: July 28, 2025
NamecheapCEO fires 🚀; Cinematic domain videos; Investor Grind(ing); NameSnag got snagged for $15K; Bang(er) meme
Michael Cyger
July 28, 2025
Hi there, Jam-packed tweet storm for you today. We'll start with some fireworks from the NamecheapCEO, then give you some inspiration for domain videos, show you how grinding is really done, and end with a banger of a meme. Here are the most interesting 5️⃣ domain tweets from last week (imo). Have a great week, Mike P.S. I publish my best posts and opinions in Cyger Says every Friday morning. #1️⃣ NamecheapCEO fires 🚀
I like it but I have a basic question. If I list on Afternic, it already gives me distribution on namecheap plus hundreds of other registrars including Godaddy . So if my goal is to increase sale how would switching to spaceship increase exposure more than what Afternic gives me
we won't be listing afternic or sedo domains in our search path for much longer.
He then goes on to say, "It's basically us and GD in the retail space. I also believe we'll surpass them in daily registrations by the end of this year. Lastly, we charge 5% versus their 20-30% commission." So it looks like by year-end, investors who want to get into the registration path of @Namecheap and @Spaceship will have to list on the Spaceship SellerHub Marketplace. Who's building the tool that takes all of my @Afternic listings and produces the CSV for upload at @Sedo and @Spaceship? #2️⃣ Cinematic domain videos
Want a cinematic video ad for your domain even if you don't have a logo or video editor? I built a custom GPT that turns any domain into a polished video ad prompt in JSON for Google’s VEO 3. Here’s exactly how it works (5-min walkthrough): 
Mike has put together a tutorial on how to create video ads for your domain names. Even if you don't create any for yourself, it's cool to know you can put them together -- and how to do it. Personally, I think the EVChargers.com ad is slick. You can view it here: https://x.com/mikesantiago/status/1947767989333537125 #3️⃣ Investor Grind(ing)
Which one of you owns Grind/com? Just had an ad show up on a Reddit thread feed. I don't think me being a domainer makes me a potential buyer at a $2m price tag (or at any end user price tag) Super interested to understand how the target audience was defined for this one. 
Alex spotted one resourceful investor marketing their Grind.com domain name through @Reddit. IYDK, Reddit is a very large platform with approximately 1.1 billion monthly unique visitors and around 97 million daily active users. And it seems like every other top-3 search result from Google features an answer from Reddit. I wish them luck. Also, click through to the Grind.com landing page. (I always find it interesting to see how others prepare their landing pages for a sale.) #4️⃣ NameSnag got snagged for $15K
i don't feel like doing another dutch auction. anyone want to buy namesnag.com for $15,000 and we call it a day? have sold apps for a lot more that were making a lot less. 🙂 got other things to prioritize right now so looking for something fast and simple. 
Last week's Cyger Selects newsletter (highlight #2) showed you a startup idea from @GregIsenberg about domain names. Josh Pigford @Shpigford ran with the idea and built it in public in about 2 days. He did a video with Greg that's live. You can watch the video here: https://x.com/gregisenberg/status/1948875323384242584 Or listen to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stole-an-idea-built-it-in-12-hours-sold-for-%2415k-in/id1593424985 In the interview he said the domain name, NameSnag.com, was about $5,000 but that he bought it on a payment plan so he's paying "a few hundred bucks a month." Josh also mentioned he bought it at @AtomHQ, and had control of it by the end of the day, mentioning his pleasure in not having to negotiate the purchase or take the full risk of the domain name should the idea not work out. What did he build? NameSnag is a micro SaaS platform designed to assist domain investors and entrepreneurs in identifying high-value expired domains. It uses AI to analyze expired and deleted domains based on metrics such as Domain Authority (DA), Trust Flow (TF), backlinks, age, and brandability, summarized in a proprietary "SnagScore." I recall (maybe incorrectly) that the first day had sales of $1,232, and the second day had zero sales (or at least at the time he updated his 𝕏 account). Josh decided to sell it about a week after launching, posting on 𝕏: “got other things to prioritize right now so looking for something fast and simple.” Domain name investors who use ExpiredDomains.net will not find anything new in this tool, but I think the user interface and accessibility make it interesting for developers trying to find project inspiration in a domain name. The new owner is Erik Stromlund @EStromlund and I wish him the best. I've followed him to see how he improves the tool going forward. 🤣 Bang(er) meme We should all be massive if this were true. 🤣
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