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sales Monster Worldwide Sells a Monster Portfolio of Domains

Monster Worldwide (NYSE:MWW), one of the most popular careers websites, has sold a portfolio of domain names, with the current WHOIS information showing BuyDomains.com as the new owners. According to reports, Monster have sold over 14,300...
 
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strategy Thinking Outside The Domain Name Box

When following domain name sales on NameBio, certain sales seem surprising. In some cases, the price was due to a strong link set. Also, now and then, it might be a domain name that was let to expire by mistake and the owner needs to bid to...
 
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analysis What Does Domain Name Sales Data Really Say?

Afternic recently provided data insights from the 2022 sales year. While precise numerical values are not given, graphical results are presented for total dollar volume, average price, sell-through rate and average revenue per domain. This allows...
 
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information Top Topics: My Multi-Million Dollar Domain Hobby; What Do You Think of These New Landing Pages?...

In this week's Top Topics, we have two featured polls. Firstly, Raymond Hackney asks domainers to share whether they're more optimistic or less optimistic about domaining today. Secondly, Bob Hawkes asks for domainers to showcase some portfolio...
 
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analysis 8 Companies That Started Using One Word .COM's in Q4 of 2018

Single-word .COM domain names are some of the most sought after digital assets for both investors and end users. Thanks to their desirability, many of these one-word domains can fetch six or seven-figure sales prices to the right buyer. Often...
 
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information Top Topics: Black Friday & Cyber Monday Deals; My $10,000 Domain Sale Revealed...

In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals that are live in the domain industry. Elsewhere, a domain investor reveals a $10,000 sale from a hand-registered name, and there's a new domaining podcast...
 
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data Domain Data: $9.48 Million of Sales in Q1 of 2019

The prestigious DNJournal has been collecting data since 2003 and compiling it in a weekly sales report. Operated by Ron Jackson, DNJournal is one of the most credible sources for the domain name industry and has been referenced in outlets such...
 
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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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alert Nigerian '419' Scams and Fraud

On November 14th, the included email was received from Mr. Jeff Pear from the Office of Inspection Unit and the United Nations Agency divisions at John F. Kennedy International Airport. It's important to bring this to the attention of the entire...
 
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information Top Topics: How I Made $8,000 With Brandable Domains; Caring.com Domain Valued at $14.6 million…

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...
 
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analysis What Is Happening With ETH Domain Names Now?

The second half of 2021 saw eye-popping sales in exact ETH domain names, even in extensions with few significant prior sales. In this article, I take a look at the current status of those domain names, recent ETH name sales data, and how...
 
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security How To Avoid Domain Theft - Part 2: Phishing Emails

In part 1, we covered how to avoid domain theft by understanding a bit about how hackers operate. Next, let's discuss phishing emails.

We're pretty lucky that phishing email senders aren't too smart. Most the phishing emails I see have...
 
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information Top Topics: How Do You Acquire a Portfolio?; Making Money With AdSense in 2019...

In this week's Top Topics, we find out more about the best way to acquire a complete domain name portfolio, and an investor asks about the lack of demand for new gTLD's. Elsewhere, this week's featured poll asks domainers to vote on the number...
 
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interviews I Did Not Edit Any Responses In This Domain Name Interview With OpenAI ChatGPT

Artificial intelligence plays critical roles in many sectors and applications. Up to now, AI has probably been under-utilized in much of the domain name world.

Over the past week, many domain investors have delighted in posing questions and...
 
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interviews Two Years Later: An Interview With the First City TLD

Two years ago, Berlin became the first city in the World to have its own TLD. The .BERLIN extension, designed to give Berliners an alternative to .DE and .COM, quickly gained popularity thanks in part to a five-day free domain name...
 
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interviews An Interview with Sten Lillieström: Part 1 Challenging Persistent Domain Name Views

I am delighted for the opportunity to interview Sten Lillieström, a creative domain name investor interested in the brandable side of domain name investing. Sten, handle @trelgor, has been a NamePros member for more than a decade, and has...
 
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information Top Topics: Exodus.com Sells for $1,945,000; My 30 Point Registration Checklist…

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...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: The £600,000 Domain That's Worth Its Weight in Gold

Rob Halliday-Stein is a British entrepreneur and founder of BullionByPost, a highly popular platform that helps regular people buy gold and silver as investments. He is now the owner of the most expensive .CO.UK domain name ever sold...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: An Interview With Domain Broker Joe Uddeme

There are very few domain brokers who can say that they have successfully brokered over $40mm worth of domain sales, but today, we are speaking with someone who can. Joe Uddeme is one of the industry’s most successful domain brokers and as a key...
 
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information Expert Exchange: Have You Ever "Sold" a Domain Name for Something Other Than Cash or Equity?

Domain name sales are traditionally cash based, but every so often, a buyer or seller may wish to trade a domain name in return for equity, products, or something more. A creative approach to domain name sales can sometimes help to facilitate a...
 
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analysis What Names Are Web3 Companies Using?

Web3 is a hot term these days, with many startups in the sphere, and existing companies reimagining themselves as Web3.

In this article, I take a look at the names of 156 top Web3 companies. I also study what extensions are popular, and the...
 
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domains Here's What Successful Investors at China's eName Conference Had To Say

Over the weekend, an eName conference took place in China with some of the country's most respected entrepreneurs turning up. This meeting was, in part, celebrating the 10th anniversary of eName, one of China's most popular domain name...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Behind the $250,000 Purchase of StockPhoto.com

This week's Inside Interview puts the spotlight on Jon Yau's $250,000 purchase of StockPhoto.com. This purchase was completed using Flippa, and it is the largest domain sale on the marketplace's website (according to NameBio).

In the eleven...
 
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interviews 14 Great Interviews from the NamePros Blog

Interviews provide insights directly from those involved in domain name sales, acquisitions and the industry. Nothing can quite replace hearing domain industry influencers speak in their own words.

While several of the well known domain industry...
 
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information Top Topics: Accelerator.com sold for $145k; Get a .ing domain for $1MM; Afternic DNS & Sedo; NameJet private listings; Your first $X,XXX domain sale

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :xf.grin:

Expired domain Accelerator.com was sold for $145k at GoDaddy auctions; Get an .ing domain for a million+ bucks; Sedo ownership verification: How to combine it...
 
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