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A country code is a local product, not a cheap .com
I’m Mostapha. I buy and sell names from Morocco. I have registered a .ma because the .com was taken, then tried to sell the .ma to a buyer in the United States. They typed the .com and left. A country code is the door locals already know. It is not a consolation prize. The .ae … Read more
How to bid at an expired-domain auction without buying a leftover at retail
I’m Mostapha. I buy and sell names from Morocco. I have raised a paddle because the listing said “aged” and “DR.” I paid retail for a leftover. An expired auction is a countdown on a name someone else already refused to renew. The Domain Value Checker still goes first. How we score. How to read … Read more
Registrar hygiene: the account that actually owns your names
I’m Mostapha. I buy and sell names from Morocco. I have lost sleep over a name that was fine and an inbox that was not. The checker scores letters. It does not see that your registrar login is a Gmail you abandoned in 2019. The lock-and-mailbox version of this is security 101. The inbox-as-lock is … Read more
Drop vs renew: the only portfolio decision that actually saves money
I’m Mostapha. I buy and sell names from Morocco. I have paid another year on names I would not bid on tomorrow. That is not investing. That is a subscription to leftovers. The Domain Value Checker is the first filter. How we score. The calendar for keepers is another page: renew the ones that matter, … Read more
The first email to a domain buyer (and the ones you should never send)
I’m Mostapha. I buy and sell names from Morocco. I have sent a novel. Nobody replied. The first email is not a pitch deck and not the checker pasted into Gmail. It is four lines a stranger can answer without a lawyer. Score the name first: how we score. Know which room you are in: … Read more
Wholesale vs retail: two prices, one domain
I’m Mostapha. I buy and sell names from Morocco. I have listed a name at the number I wanted to hear, then waited for a company that did not exist. There are two prices. Wholesale is what another investor will pay, after fees, with a calculator open. Retail is what a company pays because the … Read more
When the Domain Value Checker is wrong
I’m Mostapha. I buy and sell names from Morocco. I built the Domain Value Checker so I would stop lying to myself with a single dollar. It still lies in other ways. Not because the code is “AI.” Because it only sees the string. How we score is the honest list of fields. This page … Read more