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In this week's Top Topics, we encounter a fairly unique situation in which a domainer has a deal canceled after the buyer finds out the domainer's acquisition price. We also take a look at the various development projects that are currently being...

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at a list of ten mistakes that new gTLD investors may be making. We also feature a poll asking domainers whether they are consistently making five-figures per month from domain investing and we look at...

In this week’s Top Topics, domain investors discuss the highest offers that they have rejected, with some revealing that they have previously declined six-figure offers. Elsewhere, a domainer asks for opinions on their portfolio strategy and a...

In case you missed it earlier this week, we reported on the news that Ice.com sold for $3.5 million. At the time of publishing, the buyer was unknown. However, since then, the name has started forwarding to TheIce.com, which is owned by...

Last week, the sale of NBX.com was announced via @Sedo. The name sold for $130,000 and has subsequently moved to the new buyer. Due to GDPR, we are unable to see the full WHOIS details of the new owner, but it’s highly likely that the...

Yesterday, we reported on the likely Crypto.com sale that took place recently. As expected, there was wide interest from the domain industry in this sale, including some fascinating Twitter comments from @MediaOptions CEO Andrew...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we showcase a poll gauging the community's opinion of hand registering domains. Elsewhere, we take a look at some parking data that has been shared publicly by several domain investors. Speaking of parking...

It has been mentioned several times on Twitter, but another two-letter .COM looks to have been sold very recently. This name, VM.com, moved to Escrow.com's concierge account before moving under privacy protection to GoDaddy, which would indicate...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, the owner of a premium one-word domain asks the community how to go about selling their valuable name. Elsewhere, a domain investor announces the sale of a two-word .TV domain name, and some advice about...

Earlier this week, we asked whether a newspaper called the Patriot Ledger was in the process of selling the domain Ledger.com. Today, our suspicions were proven to be true as the domain moved into the possession of cryptocurrency hardware...

With the new GDPR now in full force, WHOIS is now difficult to monitor. Thanks to DomainIQ, we are still able to view historical information, but discovering new data is a little more difficult. Unfortunately, this lack of information may affect...

It's May 25th, which means that GDPR goes into effect today. Aside from DomainGang being unavailable to European readers, a number of news sites such as LA Times and Chicago Tribune are blocked for those in Europe. Britain's Nominet has also...

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor encounters a difficult situation when their domain name is sold almost simultaneously at two different domain marketplaces. Elsewhere, we take a look at an engaging analysis of the new .APP domain...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we start off with an unusual situation involving an offer from a YouTube star with eight million subscribers. We also discuss how you would spend $10,000 on domain names and investors are showcasing their...

In this week’s edition of Top Topics, we take a look at a domain investor’s small case study of his success after registering one-hundred domains last year. We also discuss the new .APP domain extension and we find out whether “make offer” or...

Welcome to another edition of Detected Domains, in which we take a look at some of the acquisitions and sales from successful and prominent domain investors within the industry. Thanks to DomainIQ's portfolio monitoring toolkit, we are able to...

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we find out what a typical day looks like for a full-time domain name investor and a domainer asks for help after a $30,000 initial offer comes in out of the blue. Elsewhere, we discuss the impact of the...

Following Saturday's news of @Telepathy selling the domain OB.com to China, we can bring you the news that JL.com has now been sold to what looks like a Chinese domain investor. The domain was previously owned by Janet Levinger, a...

Before we get into Top Topics this week, there is an interesting piece of news from the world of two-letter .COM's. As announced by George Kirikos (@GeorgeK) on Twitter, @Telepathy just completed the sale of OB.com to China. The...

Domain investor @Mike Mann is the owner of several hundred thousand domains. All domains in this portfolio are available to buy through his company DomainMarket.com, with prices ranging from three to seven figures. With such a large...

Top Topics is a weekly feature that highlights some of the most notable discussions in the domain industry. This week, we see how an investor got greedy and lost a sale on a newly registered domain and another domainer asks the community for...

Typically, I’m not someone who openly shares their domain name sales, but I do want to disclose my latest sale, which came courtesy of Uniregistry. The domain name that sold was GrabFood.com, a name that I acquired via NameJet in 2016. The name...

Reflex Publishing Inc of Tampa, Florida has a portfolio of several thousand domain names that would make the majority of domain investors extremely envious. Aside from operating developed sites such as Motels.com, Reflex Publishing own an array...

Just a couple of days ago, James Booth (@BoothDomains) of BQDN noticed that the domain TAE.com had been sold recently. According to James, who passed on relevant details, the domain TAE.com sold for $75,000. Based on DomainIQ's historical...

Spelling is an interesting subject in domaining. Much of the world speaks English, but the spelling can be different. Outside of North America, many English words have subtle differences. The British spelling would be used across several...