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Registrars serve an essential role, as the intermediary between the registries and the domain name investor. In this article I take a look at the number of domains under management at different registrars, as well as providing a brief history for...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at OpenSea's reported recent acquisition of OpenSea.com and we see why Dana White had big regrets before eventually acquiring UFC.com. Elsewhere, a seven-figure domain sale is received and an investor is looking...

2021 will be viewed as the year of trending terms within the domain name community. From various crypto-related opportunities, lately ETH in particular, to NFTs, and then meta / metaverse, many domain name investors have chased trending terms...

In this week's Top Topics, we examine whether the meta domain name craze has slowed after some sizable recent sales. Elsewhere, we discuss the strategy for testing new landing pages and we receive news that the Bird.com domain name has sold...

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.

That...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at possible means of making the marketplace listing process more efficient, and are some domaining strategies just a lottery? Elsewhere, news breaks of the sale of Metaverse.org and Intis Telecom puts its new...

Should a domain investor invest only in .com? I went looking for an answer in recent domain name sales data.

There seems a common consensus that, after .com, among general purpose extensions with investment potential are...

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors react to the news that Facebook has rebranded its corporation to Meta, using the Meta.com domain. Elsewhere, there's advice for new domain investors and we have news of a $3.8 million domain sale...

The landing page is one of the first impressions that potential buyers will have of your domain name. It also can provide information about the name, a link for purchase or lease, and how to make contact.

However, should your name be disputed in...

In this week's Top Topics, you're invited to vote for your favorite domain registrar of the year. Elsewhere, there's a discussion about lease-to-own deals and we talk about meta domains.


Vote For Your Favorite Registrar of the Year...

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.



Even though she has only been in...

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors discuss the recent domain sale of AI.com, which reportedly sold to an unknown buyer in the NFT space. Elsewhere, there's an ICANN working group report that has raised concerns for domain investors, and...

While hyphenated domain names are popular in some parts of the world, notably Germany, most domain investors shy away from them.

Only a small percentage of domain name sales have hyphens. But there are also far fewer names containing hyphens...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at the recent $149,000 sale of Meta.so, sold by domain name investor Nikul Sanghvi. From a sale to an acquisition, a domainer shows off an exceptional recent buy, and is there a parking service purely for great...

In this final segment of the basics of domain investing series, I look at inbound and outbound selling, domain promotion, UDRP, parking and other ways to earn income from domains, and how to set up your own domain investing portfolio website. The...

In this week's Top Topics, we get confirmation that the NFT.com domain name sold for $2 million earlier in 2021. Elsewhere, domainers get the chance to showcase their most popular domain name and we ask you to share your strategy, are you passive...

Last week’s Domain Investing: Just The Basics – Part 1 looked at domain name terms, extensions, and the basics for researching, registering, buying, renewing, and listing domain names. The article also considered developing a plan for your...

In this week’s Top Topics, a seven-figure domain sale is revealed in the form of Brandforce’s $3,144,000 deal for Floor.com. Elsewhere, domainers react to a domain sale at the other end of the financial spectrum, and do you have a domaining...

This two-part series is intended for those just starting out in domain investing. It covers basic information about registering, buying, renewing, researching, and listing domain names.

Next week, in the second part, I will look at...

This week's edition of Top Topics features news that NameBio has introduced a new "live" feature to track domain sales in something close to real time. Elsewhere, blockchain company Block.one has officially switched to B1.com, and has your...

It was recently revealed, possibly first by George Kirikos, that the domain name privateer.com had apparently been acquired by Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.

A brief article in SlashDot indicated that the name was...

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors react to the $175,000 sale of a two-word .COM domain from a leading investor. Elsewhere, a domainer finds a tweet suggesting a domain name sold for $1 million, and what percentage of domains do you...

The European Economic Area (EEA) includes the European Union (EU) plus countries from the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EEA has a combined population of more than 540 million, and a GDP of more than $16...

In this week’s Top Topics, domain investors reveal how many domains they sold in August, a domainer shares news of a $10,000 sale, and where have your domain sales originated from recently?


How Was Your August?

In the domain name...

Recently I went through the .com and .xyz domain names in my portfolio, deciding which to renew prior to the price increases that took place Sept. 1. With another .com price increase coming in 2022, it won’t be long before the...