While there are one or two domain auction companies that have a checkered past when it comes to ethics and the law, the vast majority of companies conducting domain auctions today are worthy of trust. The question of trust, however, should extend beyond rigging auctions to an analytics and economics level. Do you worry that placing a large bid at an auction house has the potential to have a negative impact on your domain acquisition economics?
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While working on acquisitions I see both sides of the deal. I get to work with all the different people at our company that touch a deal, and I’ve seen that everyone has a distinct set of dealbreakers. During the due diligence phase I get a realistic business view of the companies we are acquiring while learning about their domain and SEO strategies. Seeing a number of domain and website deals has evidenced that most domain investors and developers have no exit strategy in mind and are not preparing their properties for likely buyers.

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The dollar is up 26 percent on the euro in just the last four months and some economists are speculating on the possibility of reaching parity ($1 = €1).
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