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James Iles · Oct 11, 2018

The majority of sales of two-letter .COM's that we have covered on the NamePros Blog have been acquired by Chinese investors or companies. China has been one of the big trends in domaining, but one of the most recent is cryptocurrency.

This year has seen many high value sales including the...

James Iles · Oct 7, 2018

In this week's Top Topics, a domain investor shares their story from a $50 per month revenue in 2016 to $5,000 per month in 2018, including tips on how they managed such a feat inside of two years. Elsewhere, an investor accidentally accepted a $2,000 offer and a poll asks you to disclose the...

James Iles · Oct 3, 2018

In the latest installment of our Top Ten series, we are taking a look at some of the best domains currently owned by James (@BoothDomains) and Andy Booth (@andyboothsi). These names, which combine both brother’s personal portfolios, show the type of domains the brothers are currently...

James Iles · Sep 30, 2018

Before getting into this week’s Top Topics, I have a warning. If you haven’t already added two-factor authentication to your registrar accounts, I would urge you to do it soon. I won’t go into details, but after an incident this week, some of my domain portfolio was at a high risk of being...

James Iles · Sep 26, 2018

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 impressive sales, but is one more effective for...

James Iles · Sep 23, 2018

British domain investor Andy Booth (@andyboothsi) today confirmed that he recently acquired the incredible one-word domain Zoom.com in a post to his Facebook page. According to DomainIQ, the name was previously owned by under privacy protection at GoDaddy, with WHOIS listings for...

James Iles · Sep 20, 2018

When it comes to TV shows and movies, many media companies choose to go with low-cost alternatives to exact match domains. The movie Black Panther, for example, took just twenty-six days to reach $1 billion in revenue, yet Marvel opted not to acquire the BlackPanther.com domain name from...

James Iles · Sep 16, 2018

As discovered by domain broker @Alan Dunn on Twitter, New York-based Jump Bikes recently acquired the Jump.com domain name. It's highly likely that the domain sold for a high amount, given the fact that Jump.com was part of Microsoft's vast domain portfolio. Jump Bikes was acquired...

James Iles · Sep 13, 2018

Continuing in our series of articles profiling great domains in the portfolios of leading investors and established companies, we are taking a look at six of the best names owned by domain investor @Braden Pollock's company, Legal Brand Domains LLC. According to DomainIQ, Braden's company...

James Iles · Sep 8, 2018

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at strategies for domain investing in 2019, a domainer asks about conversion rates in outbound sales, and a poll asks how many domains you own in your domain portfolio. Elsewhere, an investor shares a video of the last moments of their $22,000 auction...

James Iles · Sep 5, 2018

For domain investors with hundreds or thousands of names in their portfolios, management of those domains can be difficult. From ensuring all names are renewed to changing nameserver settings, doing this thousands of times across different registrars can be time consuming.

This is why many...

James Iles · Sep 2, 2018

In this week’s Top Topics, an investor asks for advice on his investments after spending $500 on domain registrations. Elsewhere, we ask domainers to share the highest price they’ve paid for a name and another domainer asks for opinions on how best to spend a spare $1,000 on domain names...

James Iles · Aug 30, 2018

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-, seven-, or eight-figure prices required to acquire a...

James Iles · Aug 26, 2018

In this week's Top Topics, an investor shares the news that they have achieved $100,000 in sales at Flippa, beating their target of achieving that milestone by the end of 2018. Elsewhere, an investor gets blocked after attempting to perform outbound sales via Facebook and a poll asks whether...

James Iles · Aug 23, 2018

American multi-national toy company Hasbro is considered to be the largest toy maker in the world in terms of stock market value. According to reports, the company produced revenues of $5.21 billion in 2017 thanks to existing lines in

Thanks to DomainIQ, we have been able to look through...

James Iles · Aug 19, 2018

In this week's Top Topics, a domain name investor asks whether anyone still makes regular income via parking names anymore and a domainer reports their latest sale of a blockchain related domain. Elsewhere, George Kirikos posts a report about a six-figure domain sale and an investor shares the...

James Iles · Aug 16, 2018

The majority of big brands around the world, who have funding available for domain purchases, have already acquired their exact-match .COM names. Established companies such as Freedom Mortgage (freedom.com) and ICE (ice.com) have spent seven-figure fees to upgrade their domain names. However...

James Iles · Aug 10, 2018

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 undertaken by investors and we ask how outbound...

James Iles · Aug 8, 2018

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 this edition of Expert Exchange, we’re lucky enough...

James Iles · Aug 4, 2018

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 the sensitive subject of sharing your portfolio with...

James Iles · Aug 1, 2018

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. One of the company's most prized digital assets...

James Iles · Jul 29, 2018

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 new investor asks whether hand registered names can...

James Iles · Jul 26, 2018

Mike Mann has a long and successful history within the domain name industry. As the founder of BuyDomains.com, Mike created the second largest market for domain names at the time and successfully exited the company in 2005. Now, @Mike Mann heads up DomainMarket.com and boasts a portfolio...

James Iles · Jul 20, 2018

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 Intercontinental Exchange, the company that owns the NYSE...

James Iles · Jul 18, 2018

Yesterday, the news broke that the three-letter domain name Ice.com was sold in a deal brokered by @Brian Harbin and David Clements (@davidclements) of Brannan's. At the time of the news breaking, the buyer's identity remained a secret, but it was known that the buyer...

James Iles · Jul 17, 2018

Behind the scenes, there are numerous seven-figure sales that occur without public attention due to various non-disclosure agreements (NDA's). However, in this case, we're able to disclose the news of the largest domain sale of the year by far. The domain name in question is Ice.com and the...

James Iles · Jul 17, 2018

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 domain sold to the Norwegian Block Exchange.

The...

James Iles · Jul 16, 2018

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 transaction. Adam, an entrepreneur from Canada, has...

James Iles · Jul 11, 2018

With 676 two-letter .COM domain names in existence, transactions involving those names can be few and far between. In fact, the last time we reported on a two-letter .COM sale was almost two and a half months ago. Today, news has been disclosed of three separate two-letter .COM sales.

The...

James Iles · Jul 7, 2018

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 Rosener, in which he revealed that he knew of a...

James Iles · Jul 6, 2018

Crypto related domain names have been hot property for investors in the recent past with domains such as CryptoWorld.com and CryptoBank.com selling for six-figures a piece. Up until now, the ultimate crypto domain name has never been for sale, with its owner publicly revealing the name...

James Iles · Jul 4, 2018

Two industries that have caught the attention of the general public and domain investors over the past couple of years. Those are cryptocurrency and blockchain. Thanks to an influx of investment and funding available, many innovative companies have been created within the industries.

With ample...

James Iles · Jul 1, 2018

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, we also discuss the prospect of parking services...

James Iles · Jun 26, 2018

It's now just over halfway through 2018 and with six months worth of reported sales behind us, it's an opportune moment to take a look at the top sales of the year so far. DNJournal regularly charts verified sales that are indexed in a yearly top one hundred sales.

We're going to take a look at...

James Iles · Jun 22, 2018

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 a sale. It's unclear who bought the name, but it's...

James Iles · Jun 20, 2018

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 seven top industry brokers about how they handle...

James Iles · Jun 17, 2018

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 domain trademarks is shared. There is also a poll in...

James Iles · Jun 13, 2018

Investor and entrepreneur @Michael Cyger became a well-known figure in the domain name industry thanks to his @DomainSherpa brand, which he created in 2012. Through DomainSherpa, Michael won several industry awards including Blogger of the Year, Developer of the Year and Goodwill...

James Iles · Jun 8, 2018

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 wallet provider Ledger. As of writing, Ledger.com...

James Iles · Jun 5, 2018

Up until May 31st 2018, the premium one-word domain Ledger.com forwarded to PatriotLedger.com, a newspaper for the city of Quincy in Massachusetts. Despite the word being more commonly connected to economics, the Ledger.com domain has been associated with the Patriot Ledger newspaper for a long...

James Iles · Jun 2, 2018

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 our popular Detected Domains series in which we...

James Iles · May 30, 2018

On May 25th, 2018, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect, aiming to give control to consumers over their personal data. The regulation is being enforced across the European Union and European Economic Area but also affects the exportation of personal...

James Iles · May 25, 2018

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 taken all WHOIS offline, which means it'll be a little...

James Iles · May 22, 2018

Typically, end users are the type of buyers that pay the highest prices for domain names. Scrolling through NameBio, you’ll see numerous examples of startups to corporations paying five, six, or seven figures for the best names. End users aren’t necessarily domain experts, and many of them may...

James Iles · May 18, 2018

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 extension and a domainer shares their latest £2,500...

James Iles · May 15, 2018

Viacom is one of America's largest brands and the ninth largest broadcasting company in the World. The company operates some of the most powerful brands in media including MTV, Paramount and Nickelodeon. With revenues of over $13 billion last year, the company is seemingly going from strength to...

James Iles · May 11, 2018

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 .APP names. Elsewhere, a .APP UDRP is debated and...

James Iles · May 9, 2018

Hostgator founder turned domain investor Brent Oxley has put together a portfolio of highly valuable one-word domains. In a recent feature, we showcased ten of Brent's best domains that would make most investors envious. Today we can reveal that Brent has added to his portfolio with the...

James Iles · May 6, 2018

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 “buy now” marketplace listings are more successful...

James Iles · Apr 30, 2018

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 find some interesting deals that may give you...

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