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Printing.com sold for $2.27 million dollars; Can you still earn a living selling domains? GoDaddy transfer issue; Most valuable LLL combinations; Managing Dan, GoDaddy, and Afternic.
Printing.com Sold for $2.27m (£1.8m) By Software Circle
The domain name Printing.com was recently sold by its owners, Software Circle PLC, a brick and mortar business. The sale involved the sum of approximately $2.27 million dollars, or 1.8 million British pounds. Read more in this thread.
Topic by @silentg
Can you still make money selling domain names?
A lot of newcomers to the domain industry are eager to make money buying and selling domain names. There's nothing wrong about being anxious about but once you set your expectations right, making a living from domain sales is feasible. Still, some people are more successful than others. Find out what most established domain investors think.
Topic by @wedwilson
GoDaddy Transfer Issue
Transferring domains out of GoDaddy requires WHOIS privacy to be removed, something that not many are aware of. A domain investor moving his domains away from GoDaddy witnessed the auth code for one of them change and his transfer was denied. Read more details about why this happened and how to prevent it.
Topic by @sharfab
(Most valuable) LLL combinations
There are 17576 combinations of 3 letters in the standard Latin alphabet of 26 letters, from AAA to ZZZ. Not every combination is as valuable, however, leading to the obvious question: Which combinations are the most valuable, such as words and popular acronyms? An interesting subject that may have subjective answers.
Topic by @ZOX
Managing Dan, GoDaddy, and Afternic
GoDaddy has closed down Afternic for domain searches, redirecting buyers to its primary search instead. Meanwhile, Dan.com faces syncing issues with Afternic and both share fraudulent listings. Is there something that can be done to improve this, from the seller's standpoint?
Topic by @DomainHype
Spatial keyword industry to receive the ultimate upgrade at NamePros
Scroll to your heart's content with the Spatial Sidebar™ — a revolutionary, first-of-its-kind content sidebar here at NamePros. It will make all your browsing better, faster, and it might also enhance the muscles of your scrolling button finger! Visit the first page of its announcement thread on desktop to see it in action.
Topic by @NamePros
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Printing.com sold for $2.27 million dollars; Can you still earn a living selling domains? GoDaddy transfer issue; Most valuable LLL combinations; Managing Dan, GoDaddy, and Afternic.
Printing.com Sold for $2.27m (£1.8m) By Software Circle
The domain name Printing.com was recently sold by its owners, Software Circle PLC, a brick and mortar business. The sale involved the sum of approximately $2.27 million dollars, or 1.8 million British pounds. Read more in this thread.
Topic by @silentg
Can you still make money selling domain names?
A lot of newcomers to the domain industry are eager to make money buying and selling domain names. There's nothing wrong about being anxious about but once you set your expectations right, making a living from domain sales is feasible. Still, some people are more successful than others. Find out what most established domain investors think.
Topic by @wedwilson
GoDaddy Transfer Issue
Transferring domains out of GoDaddy requires WHOIS privacy to be removed, something that not many are aware of. A domain investor moving his domains away from GoDaddy witnessed the auth code for one of them change and his transfer was denied. Read more details about why this happened and how to prevent it.
Topic by @sharfab
(Most valuable) LLL combinations
There are 17576 combinations of 3 letters in the standard Latin alphabet of 26 letters, from AAA to ZZZ. Not every combination is as valuable, however, leading to the obvious question: Which combinations are the most valuable, such as words and popular acronyms? An interesting subject that may have subjective answers.
Topic by @ZOX
Managing Dan, GoDaddy, and Afternic
GoDaddy has closed down Afternic for domain searches, redirecting buyers to its primary search instead. Meanwhile, Dan.com faces syncing issues with Afternic and both share fraudulent listings. Is there something that can be done to improve this, from the seller's standpoint?
Topic by @DomainHype
Spatial keyword industry to receive the ultimate upgrade at NamePros
Scroll to your heart's content with the Spatial Sidebar™ — a revolutionary, first-of-its-kind content sidebar here at NamePros. It will make all your browsing better, faster, and it might also enhance the muscles of your scrolling button finger! Visit the first page of its announcement thread on desktop to see it in action.
Topic by @NamePros
Top Topics of the Week is a blog series featuring the most popular discussions and content within the domain community. Tune in weekly to see what's trending.
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