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Among the most liquid domain names are 4L .com. Most of the time they can be readily resold to another domain investor for $100 or more. The best 4L .com domain names, those that are words, or at least speakable, or have a clear...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at a report that .BTC domain names are now available to register via a Bitcoin sidechain. Will you register any? Elsewhere, domainers react to the recent $125,000 sale of Cows.com, and is it wrong to like the...

It appears likely that the pair of domain names public.uk and public.co.uk have recently sold in a package transaction for £110,000 or about $156,000 USD.

Although the sale is not shown on NameBio at time of writing, it was...

In this week's Top Topics, our featured poll asks you to vote for the greatest domainer of all time. Elsewhere, we discuss the idea of experimenting with strategies as an investor, and which domain investing tool would you like to see created...

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...

In this week’s Top Topics, a domain investor shares their thirty-point registration checklist for hand registering a domain name. Elsewhere, a domainer sells a name within three minutes of listing it at a marketplace, and there are details on the...

Almost everyone agrees that .com is the extension of choice for a global business. But if the .com is not available, what is the order of other extensions that are not specialized to a specific sector or country? In this article I...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at a recent bidding war that pushed a one-word .COM to $105,156, and we discuss push notifications, could they lead to more domain sales? Elsewhere, an investor wants to know which domaining tools you're happy...

Almost everyone appreciates the beauty of flowers. Flower names can translate into great brand possibilities. In this article I start with a list of flower names proposed by NamePros members to see how used they are in corporate names, in...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor shares their journey from a $125 domain purchase to a $17,500 sale. Elsewhere, a domainer is looking for input on where and how to actively sell domains, and the $1,080,000 buyer of Bullish.com reveals...

While there are many domain name lander options, how are we to know which lander will work best? It is possible to set up a randomized A/B trial, and with enough domain names and time, it might provide statistically significant results...

In this week’s Top Topics, we learn that audio-based social network Clubhouse acquired Clubhouse.com, and are Handshake domain names the future? Elsewhere, we look at .IO’s recent bubble and there’s an interesting article from Protocol.
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Tree names find widespread use in successful brands. Trees are associated with strength, endurance, growth and beauty, so it is not surprising that so many brands are built on tree names.

The dividing line between trees and other plant forms is...

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors discuss Afternic's new BIN landers in the week that the marketplace released the much-anticipated landing pages to the public. Elsewhere, a rebrand gets domainers talking and one investor reveals they...

First impressions are important. While there are many ways people might discover your domain names, probably the most important is the lander. An effective lander is attractive and professional, provides a clear route to purchase, and...

In this week's Top Topics, we learn that a company has made a significant upgrade by moving from GoGetOlive.com to Olive.com. Elsewhere, Bob Hawkes wants to know which tree and plant names have brandable domain value, and an investor shares their...

What domain name superpowers do you possess that can give you a competitive advantage? While much has been written on the best approaches for success in domain investing in general, I want to turn the focus here on tailoring the approach to take...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor reveals that they sold 133 domain names at Clubhouse in March. Elsewhere, we discuss the fixed price domain marketplace strategy and Sedo's Dave Evanson announces the $2 million sale of Angel.com...

While the United States is probably the dominant power in domain names, its own country code extension, .us, has not achieved the same strength. For example, even though Canada has about one-tenth the population of the United States, its...

In this week's Top Topics, an experienced domainer is back with more advice for new domain investors, this time based on reasons you might be losing money in the industry. Elsewhere, we discuss GoDaddy Registry's newest acquisitions, and do you...

When people see a domain extension in use, they are more apt to consider using that extension for their own business, organization or personal site. That is a huge advantage for .com domain names, along with country code extensions for some...

In this week's Top Topics, we look at why the .IO domain extension is currently hot, and GoDaddy releases its latest domain sales data including the sale of Exclusive.com for $350,000. Elsewhere, we look at category-defining domain names. Who...

It is hard to read anything these days without some mention of NFTs, non-fungible tokens. Earlier this month, Christie’s auction house sold a Beeple NFT collage “The First 5000 Days” for $69 million. Mike Winkelmann, Beeple, who...

In this week's Top Topics, George Kirikos uncovers the $904,000 sale of Recursion.com, acquired by Recursion Pharmaceuticals. Elsewhere, a domain owner needs advice on managing a portfolio of 1,500 domain names, and we share a cautionary tale of...

Last week @Soofi shared an article by @Ron Jackson announcing the brokered sale of Poker.net for $750,000. The sale was not listed on NameBio when I checked, but it would become the highest-value sale in the extension. The...