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- Issue #6: May 19, 2025
Issue #6: May 19, 2025
Cyger Selects... Atom-ic advantage; Make the lease leap; Spaceship's signal; LTO payment providers; The ultimate goal in investing
Michael Cyger
May 19, 2025
Hi there, A lot to learn from other investors in this issue. Here are the 5️⃣ most interesting domain tweets from last week. Have a great week, Mike P.S. I publish my best posts and opinions in Cyger Says every Friday morning. #1️⃣ Atom-ic advantage
The domain industry gets stronger when more data is shared 📊 Publish your Atom.com sales and earn 20 AI tokens per report. More transparency. Better data. Everyone wins 🚀 
@AtomHQ's new feature allows users to automatically report domain sales to @NameBio, the largest database tracking domain name transactions. This enhances transparency in the domain name aftermarket, which has historically struggled with opaque pricing data － making buyers question many aspects. I love how users can earn 20 AI tokens per reported sale, incentivizing participation. But what's even smarter is that Atom is now getting all of their successful sellers to promote Atom on social media. And, of course, the domain industry benefits from shared sales data. Regardless of some critics arguing that transparency can depress prices by exposing deal flows to big data analysis, I think it's a win. #2️⃣ Make the lease leap
To enable Lease to Own by default for any new domain name priced between $495 and $100,000 that you add to your portfolio, go to afternic.com/account/lander. Then, scroll down to the Lease to Own section and click "Enable installments." 
I'm a fan of LTO programs. As I mentioned previously, I am going big on leases in 2025 and have two ongoing leases (both .io domain names) through @Afternic. I'm willing to lease all of my domain names. Then at the end of the year, I plan to evaluate how it went and if I'll continue to offer leases (on which types of domain names) going forward. #3️⃣ Spaceship's signal
Why there is not much discussion about this... This seems first of a kind and very interesting... #domain to physical World !? @NamecheapCEO some videos of this feature will help
Expanding more on Thunderbolt - here’s a quick walkthrough of why it isn’t just another chat app. It’s a rethink of how we connect👉 #Thunderbolt #Spaceship #PrivateCommunication
It is interesting but it requires a behavior change. Both you and I need to download the app and start using it, but we’re already on WhatsApp or something else so how is this better? Having said that, I commend Soaceship for working to add more value to domains!
Richard Kirkendall, @NamecheapCEO, made a couple of appearances in this thread to add more context around this new @Spaceship app: "Imagine starting you own private network of users on your domain name. Let's say Tennis dot com . You can send out subdomain invites or they can request a specific subdomain(richard dot tennis com for example) via a landing page. You approve or deny each user via your control panel and voila, you have a modern day tennis messaging group all under your control and moderation connected to your domain name." "Let's say you want to create a small group for your family under Cyger dot com. Send out subdomain invites to your family members and you've got your own secure and private group there as well. All under your own control." My only question is: how do I send subdomain invites to my family members? And then what do they do with them?! 😜 #4️⃣ LTO payment providers
Afternic's custom checkout link doesn't support LTO payments. I have an interrested buyer and I don't want to list it publicly with BIN/LTO as anyone can snap it up. What are the other options?
Some great suggestions in this thread: @JamesIles: Mentioned that Afternic’s LTO function should be reinstated soon. @AlexejKirillov: Recommended moving private transactions to Escrow.domains. @LeanneMac: Pointed out that Dynadot also offers LTO payment options for domain transactions. @BrianNull: Recommended using Escrow.com. #5️⃣ The ultimate goal in investing
I feel like the process is really similar to flipping real estate. You start with cheap properties in remote, outlying areas, but gradually work your way up to flipping properties in prime city-center locations.
Starting small helps you figure out the market, how to buy low, market your domains through marketplaces, set prices, communicate with potential buyers, and get deals done. I highly suggest everyone starts small and, when they feel comfortable, move up the value chain as @TonyNames and KenLin1985 suggest.
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