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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...

James Iles · Apr 19, 2016

In this week’s Inside Interview, we have the opportunity of learning more about one of the most high-profile seven-figure domain name sales in recent history. On March 6th 2014, DNJournal’s Ron Jackson broke the news that 37Games had spent $2.1 million to acquire the domain name...

James Iles · Apr 18, 2016

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 selling a domain, but which should you choose? In...

James Iles · Apr 16, 2016

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 job of explaining it. Perhaps it will be useful...

Kassey Lee · Apr 15, 2016

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 websites in China. To explore that, I studied the use...

James Iles · Apr 12, 2016

Using ICANN accredited registrars can help you secure your domain investments thanks to financial and technical requirements laid out by ICANN on registrars selling gTLDs. However, many independent ccTLD registrars are not required to have ICANN accreditation. So, is it safe to use these...

James Iles · Apr 11, 2016

Two-number .COM domains (NN .COM) are some of the most highly sought after names in existence. With just 100 available, the scarcity of these domain names means that there is currently no two-number .COM domain available for less than seven figures. According to domain broker Giuseppe Graziano...

James Iles · Apr 8, 2016

Welcome to Top Topics. Before we delve into this week's most popular content, we have news of a domain sale. The two-letter domain ZZ.com has sold today, and according to George Kirikos, the buyer is from China. I don't know the exact sales figure, but I know that the asking price was...

James Iles · Apr 7, 2016

Conducting outbound domain name sales can be a difficult practice that requires a high level of repetition to find the right techniques in order to improve. There are many resources available to find out about how to send outbound sales messages and there are even templates out there that give...

James Iles · Apr 5, 2016

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 domain names. The names, which are listed below...

James Iles · Apr 4, 2016

This time last year, the four-letter .COM domain craze was just about to start. It’s a period of time that saw prices of four letter .COM “Chips” climb from under $150 to over $2,500 each at their peak. One of those responsible for the acquisition of thousands of four-letter .COM domains was...

James Iles · Apr 1, 2016

Welcome to another edition of Top Topics, giving you a look at some of the most interesting and popular discussions of the week. In this issue, there’s one piece of news in particular that you’ll find fascinating if you follow the Chinese market. An interview has been released with one of the...

Kassey Lee · Apr 1, 2016

Have you ever wondered what kind of domain names the world's largest Internet companies use in China? Do they use .com, .cn, or even the latest Chinese IDN extension? To gauge the practical domain market, I studied the ten largest Internet companies in the world that are operating in China to...

Domainzy · Mar 30, 2016

For me, the most fulfilling part of selling domains is discovering how buyers develop the domains that I sell to them. Many times, I have an idea of what a domain could become when I buy it, but I am often surprised by the creativity of my buyers, and what they use the domains for.

Here are...

James Iles · Mar 29, 2016

This may not be something that you've thought about before, but is the domain name registrar that you use ICANN accredited? Naturally, the majority of registrars around the World are accredited, because it is required to register gTLD names, but there are instances of registrars that are...

James Iles · Mar 28, 2016

Where do you buy domain names? This was the question posed by one community member earlier today, and I think it's a question that deserves to be looked at in detail. There are a number of marketplaces, drop catching services, and auction houses that offer investors the chance to acquire...

James Iles · Mar 26, 2016

Today, it has been revealed that the two-letter .COM domain name MZ.com has been acquired by American company Machine Zone, a leading video game developer with 550 employees, based in Palo Alto.

The news of this acquisition was first announced by Jamie Zoch of DotWeeky via his Twitter...

James Iles · Mar 25, 2016

Welcome to this Good Friday edition of Top Topics. This week, we bring you five discussions that will prove both interesting and insightful. In other news, our Expert Exchange series continued this week with our guest, successful domain investor Sam Dennis. The interview contains some...

Kassey Lee · Mar 24, 2016

I have discussed the “translation” of acronym domain names into meaningful Chinese names in previous blog posts such as Your Guide to Chinese Domain Names: From A to Z. In this post, I share the toolbox that I use to find Chinese meanings for acronym domain names, so that you can create...

Keith DeBoer · Mar 23, 2016

The challenge with negotiating is that I never really know if I did a good job. I may get what I think I want, and I try and do it without taking advantage of the other person. But, somehow, I often feel like I left something on the table that I shouldn't have. Or worse, that I may have taken...

James Iles · Mar 22, 2016

This week, our guest on Expert Exchange is the CEO of Investments.org, Sam Dennis (@impulseleads). Since starting to invest in domain names, Sam has amassed a portfolio of over 22,000 domain names with names such as Laura.com and Niagara.com amongst his favorites. Aside from domain...

James Iles · Mar 21, 2016

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 initiative. Three months after its launch, .BERLIN became...

James Iles · Mar 18, 2016

Today, a very interesting challenge has been proposed. Take a $500 initial investment and see how much money you can turn it into by January 1st, 2017 through domain sales only. The idea is fascinating. If you decide to take part, documenting participation in a public discussion may motivate you...

Kassey Lee · Mar 17, 2016

Short acronym domain names can represent Pinyin words that translate to Chinese characters. They are popular in China because they are short and easy to remember. However, there are certain challenges that limit the use of certain letters to stand for Pinyin words. In this post, I'd like to look...

James Iles · Mar 16, 2016

Our guest on this edition of Expert Exchange started his domain investing journey in 2005 with an initial investment of less than $1,000. Since then he has acquired some of the rarest domain names in existence, including XF.com and VE.com. He is also the owner of the oldest .COM domain name...

James Iles · Mar 15, 2016

This year's NamesCon live domain auction produced almost $1.5MM in sales, with 92 of the 131 live auction listings being sold. The largest sale was the $240,000 sale of Lawn.com, which was acquired by an Atlanta-based company who are already putting the name to good use. Billy Van Eaton...

James Iles · Mar 14, 2016

This year, I've spent more on domain names than I ever have before. By following what I read on the blogs, forums, and looking at the great data available on websites such as NameBio and Chaomi, I've decided to buy up quite a few domain names in a number of categories that I thought could be of...

James Iles · Mar 11, 2016

There have been many discussions surrounding a possible Chip crash this week, with some investors suggesting that four-letter Chinese premium .COMs will continue to decline in price, a move that could produce ripples throughout the rest of the Chinese domain investment market.

Although I...

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