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James Iles · Jul 12, 2016

Mike Mann, the serial entrepreneur and owner of DomainMarket.com, has announced yet another five-figure domain sale today that sees AnimalsUnited.com sold via Sedo, according to WHOIS details. Mike owns a portfolio of around 250,000 domain names and has previously recorded large sales on domains...

James Iles · Jul 11, 2016

Last week, the World Domain Conference was held in Wuzhen, China. Domain investors from all over the world attended the event to discuss a number of topics such as the development of new gTLDs, the domain name aftermarket and domain investment strategies. In attendance were industry leaders such...

James Iles · Jul 8, 2016

The Chinese domain name market has been relatively quiet recently. With little to get excited about, the focus of many investors has largely moved back to traditional domaining territories of keywords and brandable names. However, are there signs of movement within China's domain investment...

James Iles · Jul 6, 2016

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 member of the Domain Holdings team, Joe closed...

James Iles · Jul 5, 2016

Forenames and surnames have traditionally been popular categories of .COM domain names to invest in, due to a high potential return on investment. Whilst forenames as a category are usually much rarer and more difficult to acquire, surnames are bought and sold by investors every week, simply...

James Iles · Jul 1, 2016

This week, the NamePros blog has had some excellent guest articles from investors around the world. It's great to see so many people willing to share their own experiences in the domain industry, and I would encourage more of the community to do so. If you have an article you'd like to write...

ValleyRock · Jun 30, 2016

A cursory glance at the domain market will suggest that shorter domains sell for more money than longer names. So, I examined the connection between domain name length - meaning the number of characters in the name - and domain name value to see if there is in fact a relationship between the...

equity78 · Jun 30, 2016

With 2016 practically at the half way mark, now might be a good time to do a quick inventory of your portfolio. It's also a good time to reflect on what your goals were for these names and if that has changed. There are internal factors such as your family, budgetary conditions, employment...

James Iles · Jun 29, 2016

Domain investing is a 24/7 industry, with deals being made around the clock in many different time zones. With the attraction of making vast amounts of money, we can easily spend all our free time in front of a screen. If you're struggling to think clearly about your investments or your strategy...

DN.com · Jun 28, 2016

Frank Schilling is the founder of InternetTraffic.com, DomainNameSales.com, and Uniregistry. In this interview, Schilling shares his insights on new gTLDs, the Chinese market, the relationship between Bitcoin and domain names, and more. He even shares a domain name sale experience that would be...

James Iles · Jun 27, 2016

In December 2015, NamePros brought you the exclusive news that 77.com had been sold for a multiple seven-figure fee, thought to be above $5 million. Today, we are able to tell you that another valuable two-number domain name, 66.com, has likely been sold by a Romanian mapping and...

James Iles · Jun 25, 2016

In this week's Top Topics, we have a couple of success stories from both outbound and marketplace sales. It's always nice to see an investor complete a marketplace sale, but an outbound sale can be even more difficult to achieve. We also have an investor looking for advice after receiving an...

James Iles · Jun 24, 2016

Last week, we brought you the news that the two-letter domain name BY.com had been sold to a Chinese investor, after failing to sell in the NamesCon auction earlier this year. Today, the seller of BY.com, André Eidskrem, revealed that he had sold his prized domain name for over $1mm, after...

James Iles · Jun 21, 2016

The impact of Chinese investors on the domaining industry has been well documented, and during the periods of rising prices during 2015 in particular, many domainers started to acquire "Chinese Premium" domain names with the aim of either selling them on for a quick profit, or holding on to the...

James Iles · Jun 20, 2016

Data is an extremely important part of domain investing; it drives what you buy, and how much you buy it for. In this series, called Domain Data, we delve into sales data provided by NameBio to help you make more informed decisions about your domaining activities. This week, we ask: "Which is...

James Iles · Jun 17, 2016

Last week, we brought you news of the sale of BY.com. Today, another two letter .COM domain has been sold, and again, the buyer is in China. The name in question is ZQ.com, which was owned by a company based in Vancouver, WA and sold to a Chinese investor that also owns an impressive portfolio...

James Iles · Jun 14, 2016

We have brought you a number of interviews about companies that have created brands on ultra-premium .COM domains. Today, we have the pleasure of interviewing the team behind an investment company that has decided to place a considerable amount of money into buying the domain invest.com.

The...

James Iles · Jun 13, 2016

Last week, the Global Domain Summit in Hangzhou closed with the biggest domain name auction of all time. According to reports from eName and TLD Investors, the auction finished with over $46mm in domain sales, with banana.com being sold at around $3.4mm and miss.com being sold at...

James Iles · Jun 11, 2016

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 NamesCon 2016 auction by its owner, but failed to...

James Iles · Jun 10, 2016

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 domaining via brokering or investing, or have you...

Vandesh · Jun 9, 2016

When I started domaining about a year ago, I was sure that I would hit the jackpot! It's easy to get caught up in that dream when first entering the domain name business. I have sold a few domains since then, but more importantly, I have learned quite a few lessons about the business, many of...

James Iles · Jun 8, 2016

Data can help us make more informed decisions about our domaining activity, including which domains to acquire and which to sell at a specific time. One of the leading investment categories over the past twelve months has been the four-letter Chinese Premium .COM. This category has seen a...

James Iles · Jun 6, 2016

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. According to Fortune, there are 176 Unicorns in...

James Iles · Jun 3, 2016

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 the person using it. Thanks to being forced to reset...

AndyM · Jun 2, 2016

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 (3L) .com domain names.

Here’s a list of some...

James Iles · Jun 1, 2016

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 marketplace. The domain in question is 212.com which has...

James Iles · May 31, 2016

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 create or upgrade their web presence. Many...

James Iles · May 30, 2016

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 be put down to salesmanship and business acumen, a...

James Iles · May 27, 2016

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 figure range. These are deals that may not...

James Iles · May 26, 2016

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 2016, with outlays set to reach $14.14 billion by...

Ali · May 25, 2016

Time flies, don't it? It's been a while since I've written anything over here at NamePros (or even at all). Life gets insanely busy, and even more so when you're juggling 7,485.37 things at once, but nothing like an early morning Hawaiian style inbound negotiation rant to kick things back into...

James Iles · May 23, 2016

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 how a great domain name can transform a brand. That...

James Iles · May 20, 2016

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 Thailand. I'm certainly not saying that this category...

James Iles · May 17, 2016

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 regards to domain sales, but how do you respond to...

James Iles · May 16, 2016

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 and company representatives can help you with both...

James Iles · May 13, 2016

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 other two-number .COM domain sales, the bid was...

James Iles · May 11, 2016

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 auction for a two-number .COM is a very rare...

DN.com · May 11, 2016

DN.com is thrilled to have Richard Lau to do this interview. Richard, being one of the most respected domainers, is the founder of NamesCon, and Resume.com. For all these years, He devoted himself to NamesCon, Waterschool charity, Domain Name Consulting, ICANN Registrar Consulting, Domain Name...

James Iles · May 10, 2016

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 email or phone to a targeted group of individuals...

James Iles · May 9, 2016

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 I'm looking for. Below, I'd like to show you the...

James Iles · May 6, 2016

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 Nat Cohen, a legendary domain investor and an ICA...

James Iles · May 5, 2016

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 wanted to give another perspective on this question...

James Iles · May 3, 2016

On this edition of "Expert Exchange" is Nat Cohen, a seasoned domain investor and owner of Telepathy, Inc. Nat's company owns a portfolio of several thousand domains, consisting of some of the most valuable domains available. Alongside one-word domains such as Focus.com, Speak.com and...

James Iles · May 2, 2016

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 about a number of investors who were making moves into...

James Iles · Apr 30, 2016

Welcome to this week's top topics, where there is a distinctive time vs. money theme. A few discussions have arisen this week regarding the time spent on domain name investing and whether that time is worth the money you receive in turn from sales. It's an interesting point to consider...

James Iles · Apr 29, 2016

Local domain name networking events and meetups are an excellent way to make new contacts and friends within the industry, whilst enjoying the opportunity to talk about business with like-minded professionals. This week in the calendar of domain name industry events was DNHouston, which...

James Iles · Apr 26, 2016

Every day, thousands of Internet users research various domain names for a number of reasons. Research can be done to track down illusive domain name owners, to monitor a potential sale or to recover a stolen domain. Fortunately, there are many services available that can help you to conduct...

James Iles · Apr 25, 2016

Daniel Negari is one of the most famous faces in the domain name industry. The 30 year old entrepreneur has owned some of the most valuable .COM domains available, but over the past few years his focus has been on developing XYZ; a company that owns and operates new gTLDs such as .XYZ, .COLLEGE...

James Iles · Apr 22, 2016

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 effect on the value of three, four, and five number...

enlytend · Apr 19, 2016

Google has been hinting for some time that toolbar Page Rank is going away for good. This past weekend they made good on their promises. If you use any pagerank checking tools, expect to see a 0 or an error for page rank values, including fake pagerank checks.

I found a couple of...

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