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Throughout our Domain Data series, in association with NameBio, we have explored new gTLDs, surnames and four-letter .COM domains. In this article, we'll be looking in detail at one-word, dictionary .COM domain names to see exactly what they're...

It’s very rare that a brand new startup with minimal funds would initially create their online presence on a premium .COM domain. Bootstrapped businesses may, therefore, opt to go with an alternative extension, create a brandable name or use a...

What are the top five most popular alternative extensions to .COM? To find out the answer to this question, we have taken data from almost six thousand companies that received funding in between January 1st and June 30th, 2017. This was an easy...

The prestigious DNJournal has been collecting data since 2003 and compiling it in a weekly sales report. Operated by Ron Jackson, DNJournal is one of the most credible sources for the domain name industry and has been referenced in outlets such...

The startup community and the domain industry are often closely linked. Many conferences, including Domain Startup Summit, cater for both startups and domainers, and there are a number of domain brokers who work closely with the startup...

Last week, we released the first of our two-part series looking at $10.7 million worth of three-letter .COM sales that took place on the NameJet platform since 2011. We looked at establishing domain name and pricing data, showing statistics...

Every month, domain auction house NameJet sends out a report of all domain sales from that month. Each report also contains a log of every month’s sales from June 2011 to the present day. All data from NameJet is publicly available via NameBio...

In part one of our report on surnames, we looked into the most popular surnames with corresponding domain name sales. In part two, we see what a last name is really worth. Thanks to NameBio, we have a comprehensive list of data that should...

The worldwide entrepreneurial network Techstars has been helping startups grow since 2006. Co-founded by angel investor David Cohen, this network has invested more than $3.5 billion in over one thousand companies including SendGrid, ClassPass and...

Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin took to Twitter in August to have his say on domain extensions. According to Vitalik, .IO and .ME are hot whilst .COM is “stale and boring”. Cryptocurrency, in general, is a hot topic at the moment...

Every quarter, Giuseppe Graziano of GGRG.com and Intelium Corp team up to produce an industry-leading report detailing the current state of the liquid domain market. With the end of 2017 fast approaching, the latest liquid domain report is now...

In previous editions of Domain Data, we have given you some extremely valuable data about the type of domain names that startups buy, which domain extensions are most popular and more. Today, we wanted to bring you something slightly different...

Popular domain marketplace Uniregistry announced this week that the company sold over $29 million worth of domain names in the first eight months of 2017. Yesterday Uniregistry's VP of Sales, Jeff Gabriel, shared a list of the company's domain...

Forenames and surnames have traditionally been popular categories of .COM domain names to invest in, due to a high potential return on investment. Whilst forenames as a category are usually much rarer and more difficult to acquire, surnames are...

Stock symbols are used globally to identify publicly traded companies that offer their shares on a stock exchange. Depending on the stock exchange in question, these symbols are typically limited to three or four characters. Thanks to the brevity...

Data is an extremely important part of domain investing; it drives what you buy, and how much you buy it for. In this series, called Domain Data, we delve into sales data provided by NameBio to help you make more informed decisions about your...

Chinese domaining activity has dominated the headlines of blogs over the past couple of years. The buying power of Chinese investors drove a renewed desire for short domain names, which in turn saw wholesale prices increase across the board...

In previous editions of our Domain Data series, we’ve taken a look at a number of areas of domain name investing. We’ve also looked at the domains used by companies that have received investment from several different popular venture capital...

Crunchbase is a great place to find data about domain names. Through Crunchbase, you can get an incredible amount of data on names, brands, industries and more. Today, as a part of our domain data series, we’re bringing you a look at the domain...

Sequoia Capital is one of the largest venture capital firms in existence, and since 1972 the company has funded both startups and established companies, with a focus on the technology industry. Sequoia Capital has invested in hundreds of...

Last week, we brought you details of domain names used by companies funded by Sequoia Capital. In a study of over 200 domains, we found that close to 98% of companies used .COM domains. This week, we're taking a look at a list of 200...

Data can help us make more informed decisions about our domaining activity, including which domains to acquire and which to sell at a specific time. One of the leading investment categories over the past twelve months has been the four-letter...

In the first of a mini series looking at the domain names that Chinese investors own, we look at the amount of two and three letter .com domain names that are owned by individuals or companies in China. The data here is courtesy of...

In this article, we'll be looking at numeric domain names owned by Chinese companies and investors. If you missed the last "Domain Data" article regarding LL.com and LLL.com domains owned by China then you can view that here.

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