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In this article, we provide a handpicked list of some of the most popular, interesting, and helpful articles to have ever appeared on the NamePros Blog. If you're short on time, or if you're not sure where to start, then you may want to check out...

Since I started writing for NamePros Blog in 2019, I have been waiting for the right day to share an article about the Standard Model of particle physics. That day has arrived.

Recently SquadHelp rebranded to Atom, as discussed in the...

One of the current featured polls at NamePros asks What non-com extensions have you sold so far in 2024?.

The poll, started by @Leo2k, has produced some interesting results. Just over 170 had voted at the time this article was...

I saw a post not long ago by @VivifyDomains that after a few recent small domain sales she was taking the money and investing in herself, and had started the Domain Academy course. I could relate, as I made a similar decision in December...

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Inherited 2,500 domains; How endusers find domain names? Trademarked domain; to dispute or not? Would you buy the .com of a former business? Domain outbound selling...

Successful domain investing might be simplified as

• Acquire domain names that people will want.
• Price them correctly.
• Get the names noticed by potential purchasers.
• Effectively negotiate sales.

In this article, intended mainly...

NVIDIA has received a lot of attention of late. The company stock value has surged about 240% over the past year, and NVIDIA is currently the third largest company in the world in terms of market cap, at about $2.21 trillion...

While most modern businesses need a domain name, that does not mean that all sectors and niches offer an equal naming opportunity.

What are some of the factors that make names more likely to sell for good returns in a niche or sector?

In this...

Rob Halliday-Stein is a British entrepreneur and founder of BullionByPost, a highly popular platform that helps regular people buy gold and silver as investments. He is now the owner of the most expensive .CO.UK domain name ever sold...

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High profile domainer refuses to transfer sold domain; Squadhelp is now Atom; Google and hyphened domains; How reliable is Estibot valuation? Mixed DNS servers for...

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NamePros Parking adds BIN and more; Do Afternic brokers lowball listing owners? Bodis triggers antivirus alert; Failed sales at Afternic trigger domain transfers...

Electricity is pretty incredible. Think how easy it is to take the electricity provided by your utility company, and use it to cook your meals, power entertainment devices, operate an air conditioner or heat pump, charge devices, run motorized...

Last week in Process to Rate and Price a Domain Name – Part 1, I covered:

• Structure, clarity and memorability of the name.
• Multiple interpretations, both literal and metaphorical.
• Business applications, related metrics...

Domain name investing is hard. Typically only about 1% of names sell by the end of a full year. Many names will not sell for a very long time, or ever. Naming trends and popular niches may change.

Pricing is difficult. If you price too high, the...

There are various domain name books. Some concentrate on branding and company naming, others on the nuts and bolts of domaining as a career. Some books are mainly hype, unrealistically portraying the selling of domain names.

This week, the book...

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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...

Most domain name marketplaces do not report sales, at least not fully, so it is difficult to assess their reach and effectiveness.

If you have a large and successful portfolio, and have been in domain investing for some years, you probably have...

Welcome to the Easter Sunday Top Topics review here at NamePros!

How popular are Sedo themed auctions? You can lead an outbound sale horse to water; Afternic/GoDaddy versus Dan landers; Domains, trademarks, and UDRP...

One key to domain investing success is to be well informed with up-to-date information. NameBio just made that easier, with introduction of NameBio Trends Reports.

In this article, I take a look at the different components of the...

The demand for names for new businesses globally is immense. While current figures are probably even higher, Moya K. Mason estimated that worldwide about 305 million businesses are attempted each year, of which roughly one-third, or 100...

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The Epik.com login page is deleted or disabled; GoDaddy is monetizing their appraisal tool; What's the worth of .XYZ domains? The .AI Registry now requires a 5% deposit to...

NamePros has been active for many years, and is a gold mine of valuable content. In this article I highlight some of the most viewed articles.

I did not strictly list exactly the most viewed, but rather made a selection of highly-viewed articles...

Many Chinese companies use acronym domain names for their company websites. So, if you already have an acronym domain name, how do you translate it to potential company names? In this post, I’ll chart the translations of single letters A to Z...

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Cognition.ai was sold for $110,000 dollars; Hey newbies: Domaining is dead! A complicated offer at GoDaddy; Never use a broker for outbound sales again; JM Bullion has...