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sales Ten of the Best Domain Hacks in Active Use

A domain hack uses content from both sides of the dot to form a word or phrase – for example: s.top. While domain investors have created many imaginative domain name hacks, the number in actual use is much smaller. In this post, I look...
 
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sales Test.Center New Extension Domain Sells for $195,000 at Auction (Update: Purchase Not Completed)

The NameBio database this morning shows the sale of the new extension domain name test.center for $195,000 through a Sedo auction. This is the second highest-value new extension sale so far in 2019, with free.games...
 

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sales Mike Mann Sells a Three Word .COM for $40,000

One of our favorite investors, Mike Mann, has racked up yet another five-figure sale. Following on from the sales of AnimalsUnited.com for $39,000 and GotBoobs.com for $15,000 is this latest $40,000 sale of a three-word .COM.

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sales My.Life Domain Name Sells for $175,000

This morning the Premium Domains division of Donuts confirmed the sale of the domain name My.Life for $175,000. I had reached out to them a few days ago, after rumours of the sale first emerged on NamePros.

If, or when, the...
 
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sales $120 turns into an 8,233% ROI ($10K sale) in less than 30 days!

Occasionally in domain name investing, one believes that there's a name which could fetch two to ten times its purchase price in days. These domain speculators buy names with intentions to flip quickly for a profit. This can happen with some...
 
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sales Mike Mann Sells Five Domains for $40,888

Mike Mann has been busy on social media overnight, publishing details of five recent domain name sales that he has completed, totalling $40,888. The domains, which we’ll list below, had a combined original acquisition cost of less than $200 in...
 
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sales Why Domain Name Hack B.et Sold For $100,000

Consider the shortest possible domain name, just 1+2 characters including the extension. Add that the name is also a very common word. Plus it is in one of the most lucrative sectors. There are strong advertiser statistics in the term. It is easy...
 
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sales Crypto.com Sold in Undisclosed Deal

Crypto related domain names have been hot property for investors in the recent past with domains such as CryptoWorld.com and CryptoBank.com selling for six-figures a piece. Up until now, the ultimate crypto domain name has never been for sale...
 
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sales Closed an unexpected domain sale with a stranger at Denny's

An eye opener for anyone with a domain portfolio for sale should be that selling one of those properties can be as easy as going out to dinner.

Last night, my fiancée and I were debating what we should do for dinner. We went back and forth with...
 
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sales Dave Evanson Announces the Sale of Kush.com for $500,000

Sedo domain broker @Dave Evanson announced his latest six-figure sale this afternoon, confirming on social media that he had brokered the sale of Kush.com for $500,000. The sale is among the top ten four-letter .COM sales of the...
 
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sales Mike Mann Turns $60 into $22,500 Sale with IndustrialHeat.com

DomainMarket.com owner and successful domain investor Mike Mann has confirmed another domain sale: the $22,500 sale of IndustrialHeat.com - a domain name he bought three years ago for just $60.
Mike Mann - @mikemanndotcom
Heating up the...
 
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sales Mike Mann Sells Three Domains For $77,776

Domain investor Mike Mann is back, posting new details of high value domain sales this week, and has revealed over $70,000 worth of sales publicly. Mr Mann has been in the news recently after publishing his views on new gTLDs and their...
 
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sales Breaking: Jason Calacanis Sells 20.com for $1.75 Million

Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Jason Calacanis has owned the domain name 20.com since 2006, after buying the domain name on Sedo for $75,000. Since then, Jason has received regular offers for the domain name that have steadily increased...
 
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sales Breaking: The Largest Domain Sale of the Year is Revealed

Sunday is usually a day in which even the domain industry rests somewhat, but not today. George Kirikos, investor and owner of Leap of Faith Financial Services, has uncovered another seven-figure domain sale, which was previously unreported.

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sales CancerInsurance.com Sells For A Multi-Million Dollar Fee

In a recent tweet, investor George Kirikos revealed that he has found another multi-million dollar domain name sale that was recently revealed in an SEC filing.

The paperwork indicates that the domain name CancerInsurance.com was acquired...
 
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sales Yes.com Sells for a Seven-Figure Fee

The market for three-letter .COM's is well established with even the worst letter combinations routinely selling for five-figure fees. In the past twelve months, a couple of three-letter .COM domain names have even sold for seven-figure fees...
 
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sales Mike Mann Announces Another $20,000 in Domain Sales

Domain investor and founder of DomainMarket.com, Mike Mann, has announced three more sales, totalling $20,000. All three domain names are two-word .COMs that Mike acquired years ago for a relatively low fee.

Each domain name sale was...
 
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sales Understanding the Mid Five-Figure Domain Name Sale of Huifenqi.com

Renting a place in China requires a lot of cash upfront. Apart from the one-month deposit, renters also need to pay three to six months of rent in advance when signing a contract, which may be difficult for people with good income but not much...
 
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sales This Gmail Plugin Can Improve Your Outbound Domain Sales

Up until a few weeks ago, I had a few Gmail plugins that I used religiously to help make my outbound sales process that little bit easier. I used Sidekick, WiseStamp, Rapportive, and a couple of other plugins. I never thought of using any others...
 
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sales Wave.com Sells for $420,000 to a Fintech Startup

One word .COM domain names have always been considered to be a valuable asset class, with a large number of these names having multiple potential uses. Today, it has been discovered that yet another one word .COM domain has been acquired by a...
 
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sales Sidekick Is About To Get So Much Better

My favorite app to use when sending out domain sales emails is Sidekick by Hubspot. This app (formerly called Signals) is a simple email tracking service that lets you monitor when each email you send is opened, how many times it's been...
 
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sales Rick Schwartz Talks To Us About His Sale of Teem.com

Rick Schwartz (@Rick Schwartz) is one of the most successful domain name investors of all time. Starting his domaining career in 1995, Rick has built up an incredible portfolio of domain names that has produced some of the largest domain...
 
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sales Breaking: ICE.com Sells for $3.5 Million!

Behind the scenes, there are numerous seven-figure sales that occur without public attention due to various non-disclosure agreements (NDA's). However, in this case, we're able to disclose the news of the largest domain sale of the year by far...
 
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sales 5 Google Tricks for Domainers

If you are like me, you'll be using Google for a lot of your outbound sales research. There are a few little tips that I'd like to share with you that may help you to find a few more qualified end users.

1. Location matters
I live in the...
 
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sales Breaking: Verizon Buys Oath.com

Recently, Verizon announced the news of a brand new company, Oath, which will be created by merging Yahoo! and AOL. This comes on the back of Verizon's agreement to purchase Yahoo! for $4.5 billion.

The news, which was originally broken by...
 
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