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interviews Expert Exchange: How Do You Qualify Potential Buyers?

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-...
 
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information Top Topics: A $100,000 Flippa Milestone; What Do You Look for in a Good Registrar?...

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...
 
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analysis 5 Great Domains Owned by Hasbro

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...
 
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information Top Topics: Does Anyone Still Make Money With Parking?; Over 30 Emails Received in 1 Day...

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...
 
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analysis 5 Big Brands Who Don’t Own Their Exact Match .COM Name

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...
 
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information Top Topics: The Buyer Knows How Much I Paid; What's Your Development Project?...

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...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: What Are Your Top Tips for Successfully Closing a Domain Deal?

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.

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information Top Topics: Do You Make 5 Figures Per Month?; Top 10 Mistakes With New gTLD's...

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...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Why Perch Purchased Perch.com

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...
 
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information Top Topics: The Highest Offer You've Rejected; Can Hand Registered Names Be Flipped?...

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...
 
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analysis Mike Mann's Top 10 Sales: Where Are They Now?

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...
 
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information Top Topics: What Will the Industry Be Like in 10 Years?; How Domaining Changed My Life...

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...
 
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sales ICE.com Purchased By Intercontinental Exchange

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...
 
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sales Breaking: ICE.com Sells for $3.5 Million!

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...
 
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information Top Topics: Have You Ever Met a Domainer?; The Story of My Latest Sale...

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...
 
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interviews Inside Interview: Why Adam Perzow Spent 7 Figures on Coins.com

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...
 
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domains WW.com, XW.com and BZ.com All Change Hands Today

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...
 
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information Top Topics: The Dangers of Trends; I Sold 38 Domains to a Single Buyer...

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...
 
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sales Crypto.com Sold in Undisclosed Deal

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...
 
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analysis 8 Crypto and Blockchain Brands That Bought One-Word .COM’s in the Last 12 Months

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...
 
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information Top Topics: Share Your Parking Data; The Best Platform to Monetize Chinese Traffic?...

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...
 
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sales Top 10 Sales This Year: Where Are They Now?

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...
 
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information Top Topics: Is It Possible to Beat DropCatch?; VM.com Looks to Have Been Sold...

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...
 
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interviews Expert Exchange: Should You Always Quote a Price?

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...
 
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information Top Topics: I Sold SportsBet.tv For $7,250; Should I Register a Trademark?...

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...
 
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