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interviews An Interview With JudgeMind: 15 Years Of Setting Goals

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As I was getting started in domain investing, one of the voices offering sound advice was @JudgeMind. While not quite as active currently in NamePros, when he does contribute, I always know it will be well thought...
 
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interviews An Interview with Sten Lillieström: Part 2 Creating Effective Brand Names

Sten Lillieström challenged some common assumptions about domain names and brands in the first part of the interview. This week, I ask him questions around the theme of how to create an effective and distinctive brand name.

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interviews An Interview with Sten Lillieström: Part 1 Challenging Persistent Domain Name Views

I am delighted for the opportunity to interview Sten Lillieström, a creative domain name investor interested in the brandable side of domain name investing. Sten, handle @trelgor, has been a NamePros member for more than a decade, and has...
 
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interviews I Did Not Edit Any Responses In This Domain Name Interview With OpenAI ChatGPT

Artificial intelligence plays critical roles in many sectors and applications. Up to now, AI has probably been under-utilized in much of the domain name world.

Over the past week, many domain investors have delighted in posing questions and...
 
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interviews Private Domain Name Acquisitions – An Interview With Investor Bogdan Vovchuk

There are many ways to acquire domain names: expiring or other auctions, purchases from investors, closeouts, expired names, drop catching, hand registrations, etc.

One acquisition method that is often overlooked is private acquisition. That is...
 
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interviews From Smoke To Fire: An Interview With Dennis Tinerino –$50,000 ETH.Paris Seller And Domain Smoke Founder

Dennis Tinerino is an accomplished domain investor as well as editor and founder of the Domain Smoke newsletter.

He recently sold the domain name ETH.Paris for $50,000 at Dan. He had held the domain name for only 25 days.

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interviews An Interview With Award Winning Domain Investor Leanne McMahon

At the recent NamesCon conference Dan sponsored domain awards in five categories. The winner of the award for Community-Driven Domainer of the Year was Leanne McMahon, @PixelCorp.

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Even though she has only been in...
 
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interviews Making The Leap To Full-Time Domain Investor: An Interview with Keith DeBoer

Taking domain investing from a side-hustle to a full-time job is probably the dream of many domain investors. A few months ago investor Keith DeBoer announced that he was making domains his full-time job. Now that a bit of time has passed...
 
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interviews Meet Steven Tey, The Young Developer of One Word Domains

There is an elegance to single word domains. Few valuable single word domains are available to be registered in most extensions, and it can be challenging to find those that are unregistered. Steven Tey encountered that, and said to himself...
 
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interviews Domainer Interview: Joseph Ciprut, the Cognitive Master

In August 2016 many in the domain industry were bidding in expired auctions, searching the closeout lists, creating brandable names, speculating in new or repurposed extensions, and chasing elusive single word or very short .com names...
 
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interviews Domainer Interview: Jason Sheppard, the Kingpin

In the first half of 2020 I noticed significant sales being regularly announced by Jason Sheppard. Then, a couple of weeks ago, on successive days he announced sales of two .vc extension domain names, each at a retail price of $4999. The...
 
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interviews Jackpot.io Sold for 5 BTC ($48,500): Interview with the Seller

One of the biggest domain name sales of the week was Jackpot.io that sold for about $48,500. I got in touch with the seller, barman (@ppcbz), to learn more about the sale, his background in domain investing and his plans moving...
 
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interviews 14 Great Interviews from the NamePros Blog

Interviews provide insights directly from those involved in domain name sales, acquisitions and the industry. Nothing can quite replace hearing domain industry influencers speak in their own words.

While several of the well known domain industry...
 
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interviews Meet Dr. Paul Mockapetris: Inventor of the Domain Name System

Over the years domain investors and website developers change DNS settings countless times, and the whole system just works. The field of domain name investment exists because standards were developed to robustly link domain names and internet...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Why Packet Paid $350,000 for Packet.com

Inside Interview is a series in which we talk to buyers of high-value domain names to discover why they purchased these names, and what they’re doing with them. In this edition, we’re speaking with Jacob Smith, CMO of Packet, a cloud computing...
 
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interviews Ask The Experts: Are You Bullish or Bearish on Domains?

With 2019 just beginning, it’s an opportune time to theorize on the current state of the domain name market and speculate on what might happen in the coming twelve months. To do this, we contacted nine domain industry experts who have a vast...
 

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interviews Brent Oxley on His $10 Million Portfolio, and Why He's Selling His Domains at NamesCon

Brent Oxley is an important part of the Internet's history. Back in 2002, Brent founded HostGator, a hosting company that quickly became one of the most popular hosting services in the world with Inc. Magazine ranking HostGator as 21st on its...
 

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interviews Why This Company Paid $150,000 for User.com

In October 2018, UserEngage made the monumental decision to pay $150,000 to acquire the domain User.com in a transaction brokered by Sedo. Since then, UserEngage has rebranded to User.com, putting the memorable four-letter domain to use almost...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: When Does It Make the Most Sense to Hire a Broker?

Domain name brokers are experts in buying and selling domain names on behalf of their clients, but in which scenarios should you consider hiring a domain broker? In our final installment in this series of Expert Exchange, we ask our assorted...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: Are Your Largest Sales from Outbound or Inbound Buyers?

As representatives for some of the world’s best domain names, our panel of expert brokers usually have a responsibility to monitor both inbound inquiries and perform outbound sales to actively find a buyer. Both inbound and outbound can produce...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: How Do You Qualify Potential Buyers?

Many top brokers look after some of the most sought-after domain names on the planet. This means an almost constant stream of inquiries and interest in these domains. The majority of interested parties will not be able to reach the often six-...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: What Are Your Top Tips for Successfully Closing a Domain Deal?

Our panel of expert domain name brokers have collectively closed hundreds of domain name deals worth millions of dollars. They have successfully refined their skills and can now be considered to be some of the best brokers in the industry.

In...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Why Perch Purchased Perch.com

In 2017, entrepreneurs Court Cunningham and Phil DeGisi founded Perch, a service that is rapidly transforming how people go about buying their homes. The company, who raised a total of $30 million in funding, are going from strength to strength...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Why Adam Perzow Spent 7 Figures on Coins.com

The influx of interest and funding into the cryptocurrency industry has lead to some of the largest domain sales over the past few years. One of the most recent cryptocurrency related sales was that of Coins.com by Adam Perzow in a seven-figure...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: Should You Always Quote a Price?

When it comes to selling a domain name, establishing price expectations is an important step. Whether it’s securing an outbound sale or negotiating an inbound inquiry, the price is a vital factor. In this edition of Expert Exchange, we are asking...
 
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