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The two-letter .COM domain name BY.com has just moved to a Chinese registrant after being sold by a Norweigan company this week. The news of this transfer was broken by Jamie Zoch of DotWeekly on his Twitter page.

BY.com was put into the...

In this week's edition Top Topics, there are a couple of discussions about outbound domain sales, with many investors seemingly turning to outbound sales again after riding the wave of the Chinese market. Are you still heavily involved in Chinese...

What type of domain names do Unicorns own? In business, a Unicorn is a startup that is valued at over $1 billion, and as you may expect, they usually have the budget for high value domain name purchases to help to promote their brand online...

Some time ago, NamePros published an article about securing your domain name registrar accounts by using two-factor authentication. After my own experiences this week, I've found there's one problem with this security system, and that is...

We hear so much about Chinese investors owning elusive short .com domains. So, me being British (Scottish), I thought that I would do a little research on the United Kingdom based businesses that are using two-letter (2L) and three-letter...

With only 1,000 three-number .COM domain names available for registration, they are a highly sought after category for investors with a large budget. Today, the auction for one of these 1,000 domain names has closed at the popular NameJet...

The first .COM domain name was registered in 1985 and since then, the .COM market has become a very crowded, with over 120 million .COM names currently registered. The emergence of new gTLDs gives companies another option when looking to either...

The most successful people in the domaining industry have incredible instincts when it comes to domain names. Whether it's buying or selling, it seems that the pros have a talent for paying under the odds and selling high. While some of this can...

The domain market has been slow recently, with public domain sales records for this week showing no sales above $65,000. Privately however, there are plenty of deals happening amongst investors, brokers and end-users, well into the seven...

Record car sales in 2015 have seen new growth within online automotive business that could change the way the industry operates forever. According to eMarketer, the US automotive industry will spend $8.71 billion on digital campaigns within...

Alan Dunn is the managing director of NameCorp, a digital agency that focuses on premium domain names. Recently, Alan published an article on Medium.com, entitled "One Domain Name Can Change Everything". Within the article, Alan describes...

Whilst the Chinese domain market may be down in the past few months, I've received four offers on a four character (LLNN) .COM domain name within the past 24 hours. These four offers are from four different people; three in China, and one in...

Whether you're conducting outbound sales or you have received an inbound enquiry, there will usually be one question that can dictate the course of negotiations: "How Much?". This is one of the most common phrases that you'll ever hear with...

Finding suitable connections is an important part of any profession; knowing the right people can help create new opportunities and new possibilities. This is, of course, the same for the domain industry. Good connections with investors, brokers...

This week’s big news was the auction of 27.com at NameJet, which reached a highest bid of just over $1.5mm. For the platform, it’s a great price - as I believe it sets a new record for the highest bid received on NameJet. However, in terms of...

One of the most highly anticipated domain auctions in recent history has just ended at NameJet, with 27.com reaching a final price of $1,510,702. This price was below NameJet's reserve for the domain, and so the name failed to sell. A public...

Outbound domain sales are a popular means of creating a revenue stream without having to wait for a buyer to come to you. Consisting of finding a suitable owner for a domain and then contacting them directly, outbound sales is typically done via...

Domain name investors process a large amount of data and information every day to find relevant pricing, potential new investments and to seek out money making opportunities. Like many of you, I use a number of free services daily to find what...

This week, NamePros has brought you two great interviews. On Monday we published an interview with BrandBucket managing director Michael Krell in what could be considered an introduction to brandable domains. On Tuesday, we spoke with...

Recently, a discussion has arisen on NamePros, asking whether the Chinese domain market could be at an end. This question comes after a couple of months of declining prices after a period of steep growth at the end of 2015. In this article, I...

I’ll admit that I know very little about brandable domain names. With the occurrence of the popular Chinese short and numeric domain markets, and the great keyword names on offer, the brandable world has slipped under my radar. After reading...

Authorities in Beijing have announced this week that company names may now be just a number. This string can be up to five numbers long, but authorities will consider companies using longer number combinations. Could this have a direct...

The easiest part of domain name investing is buying. Anyone with $10 can buy a domain name, but the most important part of being a successful domain investor is knowing exactly how to sell a domain. There are many different options available when...

In this week’s Top Topics, we have a number of great discussions from the community including an excellent piece from DN.com explaining the economic theory behind domain name investing. It’s such an interesting topic, and DN.com's staff do a good...

With the rising demand for LLLL (letter, letter, letter, letter) domain names in China, I wanted to find out if other four-character patterns, such as LLNN (letter, letter, number, number), LLLN, NLLL, and NNLL were also being used to develop...