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James Iles · Apr 16, 2018

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 their opinion on the successfulness of outbound sales...

James Iles · Apr 11, 2018

Domain investors that have performed outbound sales will be aware that the ability to contact the appropriate person within an organisation can make or break a sale. While small establishments may only have a single decision maker that you need to connect with to sell a domain name, it can be a...

James Iles · Apr 8, 2018

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 has just sold for $20,000 to Grab, the Singapore...

James Iles · Apr 3, 2018

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 of the most valuable names on the Internet. Ten...

James Iles · Apr 1, 2018

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 WHOIS listings, the sale looks to have taken place...

James Iles · Mar 27, 2018

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 continents in countries such as Australia, India and South...

James Iles · Mar 24, 2018

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we feature domainer Page Howe's recent "Ask Me Anything" page and attorney John Berryhill warns the community about some recent stolen names. Elsewhere, an investor reveals a $6,250 domain sale resulting in a 2,767% return on investment inside a year, and we...

James Iles · Mar 22, 2018

For many investors, performing outbound domain sales is an important part of their business. To create cash flow, it's sometimes advantageous to seek out sales opportunities rather than waiting for them to come to you. Domain name brokers regularly market domain names to end users on behalf of...

James Iles · Mar 20, 2018

In this latest edition of Detected Domains, we take a look at domain acquisitions and sales from notable investors and portfolio owners that we've discovered over the past few weeks. These detected domain purchases and sales, discovered by using DomainIQ's monitoring tools, give a helpful...

James Iles · Mar 18, 2018

According to DNJournal's chart of the top one hundred sales of 2017, there were six domains listed as selling for over $1 million. There's likely to be another seven-figure sale, which we are currently trying to verify. The domain in question is Explore.com, a name that was acquired by the...

James Iles · Mar 13, 2018

Two-letter domain names are one of the rarest classes of investment assets for domainers. With just 676 possible two-letter .COM's available, these names now demand six and even seven-figure fees thanks largely to interest from wealthy Chinese investors who, according to George Kirikos...

James Iles · Mar 10, 2018

In this week's Top Topics, we learn about one domain investor's attempt to acquire a one-word domain name for $100,000. Elsewhere, a domainer is looking for advice on how to spend $8,000 to get the best return on investment and we also learn about the $6,500 sale of a crypto domain name that was...

James Iles · Mar 6, 2018

Just how do you make investors and end users aware that you have put a domain name up for sale? For many investors, promoting their domain names effectively is vital for creating a cash flow for their domaining business. In the first edition of a brand new Q&A Expert Exchange series, we ask a...

James Iles · Mar 4, 2018

Following Friday’s revelation of the multi-million dollar sale of Yes.com, we have an additional sale to report. Another three-letter .COM domain, DBA.com, sold recently in a deal thought to be worth around $150,000. We were unable to independently verify the actual sales price. According...

James Iles · Mar 2, 2018

The market for three-letter .COM's is well established with even the worst letter combinations routinely selling for five-figure fees. In the past twelve months, a couple of three-letter .COM domain names have even sold for seven-figure fees. Today, we are able to reveal that another...

James Iles · Feb 26, 2018

Fourteen years ago, Craig Clark and his wife Abby founded Pacific Pillows whilst Craig was on active duty in the Marine Corps. Using the PacificPillows.com domain name, the company flourished but by 2010, the company was looking to change their brand. Craig settled on Pillows.com and ultimately...

James Iles · Feb 23, 2018

In this week's Top Topics, domain investors are showcasing their five favorite new gTLD names from their own portfolios and a domainer shares a number of examples of outbound sales emails for use in a varying number of situations. Elsewhere, the sale of a two-word .COM domain closed in a...

James Iles · Feb 20, 2018

Domain acquisitions by companies in the crypto industry are becoming a regular occurrence. Recently, we published the news of crypto-securities company Harbor acquiring both Harbor.com and Harbour.com. Other high-value domains such as FO.com have also been used in the creation of new...

James Iles · Feb 16, 2018

Recently, Elliot Silver (@EJS) of DomainInvesting.com revealed that Tokens.com sold for $500,000. This week, Starfire Holdings' @Candace took to NamePros to confirm that the transaction has now closed, with crypto company Polymath now taking full control of the domain...

James Iles · Feb 12, 2018

Around a year ago, domain investor Josh Shapiro acquired the two-letter .COM domain FO.com. Based on DomainIQ’s WHOIS listings, it looks as though Josh has now sold this domain to a Chinese financial organization. The domain was acquired by ICO.com Limited of Hangzhou, a blockchain company...

James Iles · Feb 9, 2018

Back in 2011, @Ron Jackson of DNJournal announced that domain investor @Braden Pollock acquired the domain Local.ly for $100,000. It was revealed that Braden immediately flipped the domain, but the price was undisclosed. This week, Braden took to NamePros to reveal that...

James Iles · Feb 7, 2018

Despite a recent downturn in the fortunes of the cryptocurrency market, investment into future crypto technology is rife. Security solutions for cryptocurrency and blockchain applications seem to be a popular area of investment with companies such as Ledger raising eight-figure sums to...

James Iles · Feb 6, 2018

Back in 2002, Florida Atlantic University student Brent Oxley created a hosting company from his dorm room. This little company, HostGator, reached its first milestone of one-hundred users by February 2003 and quickly broke the one-thousand user mark. By 2008, the company had over one-hundred...

James Iles · Feb 2, 2018

At the beginning of this week, we published the news of @Telepathy's sale of NTW.com. Thanks to James Booth of BQDN (@BoothDomains), we have news of a second recent three-letter .COM sale. A New York architecture company looks to have acquired AKI.com in recent months...

James Iles · Jan 29, 2018

Nat Cohen's @Telepathy Inc owns a vast portfolio of high-value domain names including several two-letter .COM's and hundreds of three-letter .COM's. In 2017, Telepathy sold several three-letter .COM's including WMN.com for $200,000 and DCC.com for $198,000. The company also sold...

James Iles · Jan 27, 2018

Two Years As a Domainer: No Sales

Since 2016, this domainer has been a follower of the industry and has amassed a small portfolio of thirty-two domains. After acquiring these names and paying their renewal fees, they have struggled to sell them.

What would you recommend to help...

James Iles · Jan 26, 2018

At the end of November 2017, we published the news that DO.com had changed hands for an undisclosed fee. The domain, used by companies such as Microsoft and Salesforce in the past, looks to have been sold on to China just under two months later.

Domain investor George Kirikos...

James Iles · Jan 23, 2018

Last week, Elliot Silver (@EJS) of DomainInvesting.com revealed that NameBio created a new domain sales category to allow investors to easily track cryptocurrency related domain sales. According to @Michael from NameBio, the new category produces sales data based on a number of...

James Iles · Jan 19, 2018

Leading domain industry conference NamesCon is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas from January 28th through to January 31st. If you are attending, then you may be interested in the "Name Behind the Pro" meetup, hosted by GoDaddy. On Monday, January 29th from 3:30-5pm PST in the Nine Fine...

James Iles · Jan 15, 2018

In the first edition of Detected Domains for 2018, we use DomainIQ's portfolio monitoring tools to bring you the latest sales and acquisitions from some of the most well-known names in the domain industry. These include Media Options' sale of the one-word domain Impala.com, a possible...

James Iles · Jan 12, 2018

According to DomainIQ, it looks like Media Options sold the one-word domain Impala.com recently. In a March 2017 edition of the DomainSherpa Review, it was revealed that the domain was acquired for $30,000. This 1994 domain has now been sold to Tempting Brands AG, a European company that...

James Iles · Jan 10, 2018

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc is a popular professional wrestling company that offers live and televised events. Since the company’s creation in the 1980’s, WWE has become a publicly traded company with a current market cap of around $1.6 billion.

The company heavily protects their...

James Iles · Jan 5, 2018

In the first Top Topics of 2018, we discover why one domain investor thinks that any correlation between a domain's age and its value is a myth. We also read a report of a domainer making a $500 profit within minutes of reaching out to an end user. And finally, is the virtual reality (VR) domain...

James Iles · Jan 2, 2018

Last year, the digital investment space has been dominated by the continual rise of cryptocurrency. While the phenomenal potential returns from cryptocurrency investment have grabbed headlines around the world, the domain industry has continued to produce fascinating stories of its own. Here...

James Iles · Dec 29, 2017

While many domain investors have taken time off over Christmas to celebrate the festive period with friends and families, @Mike Mann is still closing deals before the year ends. Yesterday, Mike announced his most recent sale via Twitter. The domain, GreenBluff.com, was acquired by...

James Iles · Dec 22, 2017

In this week's Top Topics we ask how much O.com will sell for, we discuss domain landing pages and we look forward to 2018 by discussing targets for the upcoming year. If you celebrate Christmas, we hope that you have an excellent festive period. If you don't celebrate Christmas, then there are...

James Iles · Dec 20, 2017

Seasonal domain names can be profitable. We’ve seen in the past that Thanksgiving.com and Halloween.com receive huge spikes in traffic, and presumably revenue, around those specific holidays. One of the most popular seasonal domain names has to be Christmas.com.

With billions of dollars...

James Iles · Dec 18, 2017

Last December, I published an article entitled “By this time next year, I will…” which outlined my own domaining goals for 2017. Almost a year on from that article, I thought it would be an opportune time to review the year to see whether those goals had been met. As of writing, the...

James Iles · Dec 15, 2017

In this week’s edition of Top Topics, domain investors discuss a recent tweet from veteran investor Rick Schwartz, another investor reveals one of the top five .TV sales of the year and we discuss cryptocurrency’s impact on domain name investing. Elsewhere, a domain investor asks about the...

James Iles · Dec 14, 2017

Last month we published the news of a Chinese cryptocurrency exchange's acquisition of ZB.com for a digital asset service. This week, it seems that another cryptocurrency company has opted to acquire a two-letter .COM as UnitedBitcoin looks to have acquired the UB.com domain name from...

James Iles · Dec 13, 2017

In this the last edition of Detected Domains for this year, we have discovered some incredible purchases from some of the domain industry’s top investors as well as sales from companies such as DomainMarket.com, Media Options and Anything.com.

Thanks to DomainIQ’s portfolio monitoring tool, we...

James Iles · Dec 11, 2017

One of the biggest stories in domain investing this year was Elon Musk's acquisition of the X.com domain name from PayPal. The news, originally reported by DomainInvesting.com, made headlines around the World and put domain investing briefly into the spotlight. The entrepreneur and current...

James Iles · Dec 8, 2017

Our Top Topics this week are book-ended by two contrasting stories of recent domain transactions. We start with a domainer offering to donate a domain name to a startup and we finish with a report of a five-figure domain sale from a $1.99 domain registration. Elsewhere, an investor lists their...

James Iles · Dec 6, 2017

Consumer goods corporation Procter & Gamble, also known as P&G, is one of America’s largest companies. Ranked at number thirty-six on the Fortune 500 chart, P&G has over 100,000 employees and boasted a total revenue of over $65 billion in 2016.

The company owns many of the world’s most famous...

James Iles · Dec 4, 2017

Cryptocurrency is a hot topic amongst investors. With Bitcoin surpassing $10,000 and Ethereum nudging $500 in recent weeks, the attraction of the digital currency industry is undeniable. This attraction has lead many domainers to register and acquire cryptocurrency related domain names in 2017...

James Iles · Dec 1, 2017

In this week's edition of Top Topics, a domain investor receives valuable advice after announcing that they were quitting domain investing. Elsewhere, two five-figure .TV sales were announced by the same seller. These domains were both one-word names that look to have been sold to end users. We...

James Iles · Nov 30, 2017

Two-letter .COM domain names are an extremely rare class of domain names. With just 676 in existence, their value has risen sharply over the past few years, thanks largely to participation from Chinese domain investors. What’s rarer than a two-letter .COM? Perhaps a two-letter .COM that is also...

James Iles · Nov 29, 2017

News reports and features from domain industry blogs are so frequent that it is often easy to miss some stories. Today, we're going to recap some of the articles from the NamePros blog that you may have missed over the past few months. These hand-picked articles range from important news updates...

James Iles · Nov 27, 2017

It’s always interesting to read stories from domain name investors. Domain investing is such a diverse and interesting industry that there’s certainly no lack of stories that investors can tell about their purchases, sales or deals gone wrong. Today, I wanted to briefly share the story of my...

James Iles · Nov 24, 2017

In this week's edition of Top Topics, we highlight a discussion dedicated to domain industry Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. We also take a look at the details of a four-figure .TV domain sale that was announced this week and we find out which domain name registrar has been voted as the...

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