Back in the early days of Bold Metrics we went through Techstars, a startup accelerator that changed our business and our life forever. Through that experience we had the chance to meet some incredible people, Amos being one of those people that really made an impact. After we finished Techstars …
Read More »Domain negotiations done right – from $20k opening offer to $150,000 sale
When it comes to selling domain names, many investors assume that the opening offer a potential buyer makes is within striking distance of their actual budget. Most domain investors that sell in the six-figure range know this isn’t the case, and they use that to their advantage to turn smaller …
Read More »Tomorrow is Dogeday. Is a new all time high less than a day away?
In early January I dipped my toes in the Dogecoin waters. While I’ve been an altcoin investor for years, ETH, LTC, ADA, XLM, and XRM have been my jam, Doge – not as much. Then I went over to the Dogecoin Subreddit and started poking around and saw a real …
Read More »Guest post – Jason Thompson: Distract Yourself With Inspiration
Today’s guest post is from a very good friend of mine – Jason Thompson. I first met Jason shortly after I moved to Los Angeles and it’s safe to say we were fast friends. Jason and I ran the Los Angeles Domain Investors Meetup Group together for years and have …
Read More »Kevin Fink shares a decade of reflections (on digital assets and life in general)…
So funny story. As my domain investing business grew and I started to expand, I was looking for my first hire. A guy named Kevin Fink applied for the job, he was awesome and it was a no-brainer to bring him onboard. Shortly after starting with me Kevin asked, “hey …
Read More »Introducing the newest addition to the MorganLinton.com team – Mark Smith
2021 is gearing up to be one heck of a year at MorganLinton.com and with that comes the addition of new writers that I couldn’t be more excited to add to the mix. The writer I’m announcing today is one that I think is going to add some pretty amazing …
Read More »A few reflections on my 40th birthday
So today is Sunday, April 11th, it’s 7:15am and I’m sitting at my desk in our apartment in San Francisco writing this post. Technically my Birthday isn’t until this Tuesday, April 13th, so as I write this I’m still 39. For my 40th Birthday, Daina (my wife) and I are …
Read More »Exclusive interview with Michael Castello on the launch of Traveler.com
I originally met Michael over a decade ago, at that point in time I just knew him as this legendary figure who owned some of the world’s best domain names, and had a real talent for turning them into revenue-generating businesses. The photo above is from an interview I did …
Read More »One heck of a Handshake domain flip – $1,700 to $35,000 in less than 6 months
Yesterday on Twitter Soren von Varchmin, serial entrepreneur and Chairman of the Board at Cloudfest announced a pretty awesome Handshake domain flip. Soren had purchased the two character Handshake domain name OH/ for $1,700 on December 22nd, and yesterday he sold it for $35,000. Here’s the tweet of the announcement: …
Read More »My first week away from my blog…in 14 years starts Monday
Well it was quite a bit of work to get this all worked out but I’m on the other side of it and have a full week of blog posts coming up next week while I’m off the grid. I’m turning 40 on Tuesday and for my birthday I’m going …
Read More »Which of these three online businesses do you think would make the best investment?
Ah passive income, the great dream of just about everyone. If you’ve ever taken a deep dive into the path to passive income you often find it involves a lot of work, which well, isn’t very passive. That being said, if you play your cards right it can become truly …
Read More »If you’d like to write a post for my blog, next week could be your week
So next week I’m doing something I haven’t done, well, maybe ever. I’m trying to not work, blog, or really do anything on a computer for a week. The reason is – I’m turning 40 on Tuesday, April 13th. Yikes, I feel old just saying that. For my 40th Birthday …
Read More »I just stumbled on this “for sale” lander from NameCheap and it’s pretty slick
I was poking around looking at some .AI domains and stumbled on a pretty slick new “for sale” lander (or at least new to me) on NameCheap. I’ll show you the lander and then talk about what I think makes it particularly interesting: Okay, so now back to the things …
Read More »A bunch of emoji .y.at domains just sold for $30,000+ and I’m confused
Okay, so I’m not purposely trying to become the anti-emoji domain guy. Just to be clear, I love emojis, I use them in my text messages, in my WhatsApp messages, in my emails, emojis are my jam. But as a normal(ish) consumer/person I am yet to find myself visiting an …
Read More »My thinking about investment opportunities in the Handshake domain space is changing
I have been really enjoying learning more about Handshake domains, the community has been amazing and I find myself on news.namebase.io just about daily at this point. One thing I’m really appreciating about the community is that so far it seems to be relatively troll free. I’m not sure if …
Read More »It’s official – I just sold my first NFT for $29,602
A couple of weeks ago I created my very first piece of NFT art and wrote about it in this article on my blog. I’ll be the first to admit, I know very little about NFTs but I’m enjoying the learning process and really having fun dipping my toes into …
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