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conferences NamePros as a Domain Name Conference

In a world absorbed by concern over community spread of the coronavirus, many large gatherings are being cancelled or altered. For example, the South by Southwest events in Austin, TX have been cancelled for 2020. Last year the combined...
 
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information Top Topics: The Reported $8,133,000 HealthInsurance.com Domain Sale; Who’s the Best Registrar?...

In this week’s Top Topics, we feature the news of the reported $8,133,000 domain sale that investor George Kirikos unveiled. This sale surpasses that of the $8 million fee paid WE.com, which I revealed on this blog several years ago. The new sale...
 
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analysis Sales of Domain Names Containing Three or Four Words

This article covers 2019 sales of .com domain names that are made up of three or four words. The analysis is limited to sales reported in the NameBio database.

There were 49 sales above $7500 of domain names comprised of at least three...
 
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information Top Topics: Domain Names Are a Dull Business; GoDaddy Buys Coronavirus.com...

In this week’s Top Topics, we see the reaction to the news that GoDaddy has acquired the Coronavirus.com domain name and is doing something positive with it. Elsewhere, investors discuss their preferred marketplace and there’s reaction to a...
 
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information Top Topics: Palace.com Sells for a Reported $306,000; A $30,000 Sale Thanks to LinkedIn...

Broker James Booth announced his latest sale this week, Palace.com, a name that has been picked up for development by a casino, according to a tweet from James.

Booth also revealed the sales price of the domain - $306,000, which would...
 
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various Starting Out in Domain Name Investing? Check Out These Articles

The NamePros Blog has been providing domain name investing news, information, interviews, tips, analysis, and strategies for many years. For this article, I searched the archive of blog posts, looking for articles particularly relevant to those...
 
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information Top Topics: My $30,000 Sale; Reaction to GoDaddy's Acquisition of Uni...

If you have followed domaining news this week, you might have seen Verisign's proposal to increase .COM registration and renewal prices. This news has not been received well by domain investors and leading domaining companies alike.

The day...
 
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analysis A Look at Single-Character Domain Names: Availability, Sales, Use, Plus a New Tool

Short domain names have impact, and there can be no shorter domain name than one with a single character to the left of the dot. Unfortunately, most of the single-character domain names in the major legacy extensions are not available at any...
 
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information Top Topics: Is Brent Oxley Back In the Hosting Game?; $7,490 Profit in 24 Hours...

Hostgator founder Brent Oxley has amassed an impressive portfolio over the past couple of years, with names like Broker.com, Drone.com, and VT.com under his possession. One of the leading domains in his portfolio is Create.com. This versatile...
 
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strategy Holding Pairs of Related Domain Names: A Sound Domain Investing Strategy?

Do you hold pairs of domain names that you try to sell as a package? These might include both the plural and the singular forms of a word, the UK and American spelling, a hyphenated and non-hyphenated version, or the same name with two different...
 
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information Top Topics: Outbound Marketing Via Snail Mail; NamesCon Live Auction Discussion...

In this week’s Top Topics, we feature four discussions from the world of domaining. Firstly, an investor asks for advice and feedback regarding their direct mailing outbound sales strategy, and we look at the results of the NamesCon live auction...
 
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advice The best investment strategy for 2020

A dad was in his home office on an important phone call when his 5-year-old son came in and asked him if he could play. The dad said, "Not right now son, I’m busy." The young boy left and came back a few minutes later with a hopeful...
 
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information Top Topics: 1T.com Acquired for a Global Initiative; Is There Bias Against Some Extensions?...

Recently, the original owner of the 1T.com domain name took to NamePros' marketplace to sell the domain name. It was good news for the seller since they were able to find a buyer willing to offer an acceptable amount. The sales price isn’t known...
 
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analysis Domain Name Sales 2015-2019 - Part 2: Average Prices

Over the past five years the average price for domain name sales listed in the NameBio database is about $1473, compared to $1306 for year 2019 alone. In the first part of this series I looked at domain name sales volume, while this...
 
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information Top Topics: What's Your Opinion on the GoDaddy Logo?; Is This the 3L .COM Market Bottom?...

In this week's Top Topics, there is intense debate about GoDaddy's new logo, and we discover what domain investors learned in 2019. Elsewhere, we see whether reading will maximize returns as a domain investor, and there is speculation that we...
 
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analysis Domain Name Sales 2015-2019 - Part 1: Volume

In recent years the total domain name sales volume reported in the NameBio database has ranged from just under $110 million in 2018, to almost $142 million in 2019. This includes results from all domain extensions, but only includes sales...
 
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information Top Topics: Lotto.com Sold for $2.68 Million; Are You Attending NamesCon 2020?...

If you are looking to bid on any domain names that are being auctioned off in the NamesCon 2020 auction event, DomainSherpa has compiled a helpful list of all the domain names being auctioned, as well as data such as their reserve range and their...
 
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analysis Domain Investing by the Numbers

A year-end domain portfolio sales analysis can help inform possible changes to implement. In this article, I consider numerical measures that could be used in an analysis. In determining your profitability, it is important to consider changes...
 
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information Top Topics: A $16,000 Declined Offer; How to Register Good Domain Names...

In the first Top Topics of the new decade, we feature a discussion in which domain investors are asked to share the offers they have received so far in 2020. This includes a $16,000 opening offer for a "chain" domain name. Elsewhere, a domainer...
 
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opinion Domain Investing Predictions for 2020: 25 Perspectives

I contacted a number of prominent domain industry people to ask what they saw for the year ahead. I suggested ten questions, ranging from Overall, are you positive about domain investing in 2020? to Is there an important topic that...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold a $37 for $25,000; Your Predictions for 2020...

Last week, we brought you news of the likely Everest.com sale. At the time, we had no official verification of the sale, but thanks to a helpful senior staff member from National Gun Trader who confirmed the company’s acquisition of the...
 
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information 11 Great NamePros Topics from 2019

So much happens every year on NamePros that it is possible to overlook noteworthy content. In this post, I draw attention to eleven topics from 2019 that I found particularly valuable. They cover domain name acquisition, pricing, selling...
 
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information Top Topics: Did National Gun Trader Rebrand to Everest.com?; Things New Domainers Should Consider...

A tweet from Shane Cultra (@Domain Shane) prompted me to look into a possibly monumental domain sale. Earlier this year, Lumis was brokering the sale of the Everest.com domain name, with an asking price of $1 million.

This week, Shane...
 
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analysis New Extension Domains Reach 30 Million Registrations

In early December new extension domains reached the 30 million registration point according to nTLD statistics. The previous high of about 29.5 million was established in April 2017, although over most of last two years the total was not...
 
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information Top Topics: From a $3,000 to a $26,000 Sale; What’s the Best Pricing Strategy?...

In this week’s Top Topics, an investor shares their story of negotiating their way from a $3,000 offer to a $26,000 sales price. Elsewhere, domainers are hosting their own end of year awards ceremony and this week’s featured poll asks investors...
 
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