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When it comes to the use of hyphens in domain names, there isn't a global convention. A hyphen in a domain is generally not preferred in the U.S. but commonly used in countries like Japan. Bill Hartzer has written about the negative impact...

In this new blog series, I'm going to wear my Chinese hat to check whether user-submitted domain names can be turned into something meaningful and easy to remember for Chinese consumers. This is actually more challenging than it may sound...

The Christmas holidays are here and naturally, being a domain investor, I can't help but take a look at some of the generic Christmas domain names and how they are currently being used. I’ve picked out five of my favorite .COM domain names that...

With the hype around the influx of Chinese and Western domainers acquiring short .COMs, you may be forgiven for forgetting about some of the new gTLDs that have launched. Domain investors may be putting many new gTLDs to the side, but startups...

This post will delve into the Sedo weekly sales report that was released on December 1, 2015. We will take a deeper look into certain themes and trends that many invest in on NamePros.

There was a tie at the top this week, Farma.com and...

It's a term that has been frequently used by domain investors in the past few months, but what does it mean, why do we use this term, and what does it describe?

"Chip" is an abbreviation of "Chinese Premium." It describes a domain...

Last week I revealed that the domain name 73.com had sold in a transaction between two Chinese domain investors. The new owner has a lot of high value domain names including 88.com, WJ.com, and HN.com (according to the WHOIS information...

In recent years, the Thanksgiving festivities have moved online somewhat. With Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals readily available across the Internet, and many people searching for recipe and gift ideas in advance of their Thanksgiving...

This post will delve into the Sedo weekly sales report that was released on November 24, 2015. We will take a deeper look into certain themes and trends that many invest in on NamePros.

The top sale for the week was Aflam.com at $34,000...

With recent reports from NamePros members of domain names being stolen and accounts being hacked, I wanted to share the methods of activating two-factor authentication at a number of registrars and services that you may be using. This...

This post will delve into the Sedo weekly sales report that was released on November 16, 2015. We will take a deeper look into certain themes and trends that many invest in on NamePros.

The top sale for the week was ICT.com at $40,617...

With Chinese investors becoming the focal point of the entire domain industry, it stands to reason that at some point you'll probably be doing business with someone from China, Hong Kong, or Singapore. The Chinese culture has many different...

Back in May of this year, Elliot Silver posted a story about Clutter - an innovative storage service that had just raised $2 million in funding. I came across the company again on Crunchbase earlier this week after they had successfully...

After last week's list of famous people who don't own the .COM of their name, I started researching and found so many who seemingly aren't interested in their own online identity.

From my research, it looks as though it may come down to who is...

Today, I'll be delving into the world of celebrities to discover the famous people who don't own their proper name as .COM domain names. If you've achieved a certain level of fame, I believe that acquiring your .COM name should be fairly...

I've reported a couple of times on the domain name We.com, which sold via Sedo earlier this year. Through sources in China, I revealed an approximate sales price of around $8 million with Tencent cited as being the possible new owners.

We.com...

The domain name investing industry doesn't take a break, even if we try to. Last week, I went away and refrained from using technology as much as I could. I did, however, succumb to using my iPhone to check in on NamePros to see the latest news...

A couple of weeks ago, I started a thread on NamePros asking members to submit some of their own mistakes, or listing very common mistakes that some investors make early on in their domaining careers. I'm posting this article not to poke...

As you may know, THE Domain Conference is taking place from 26th - 29th September 2015 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. If you are going, you can expect days full of networking, workshops, talks, a keynote speech from Morgan Linton and a "State of...

There is a lot of discussion and buying and selling by Western domain owners that center around Chinese themes, 4L.com without aeiouv, 4 to 6 number.com, etc. Some of the others center around the JS88888 or HG999 type stuff, and I have been...

A UDRP case has been filed against the domain name iBuy.com; a domain that's been registered since 1995. According to WhoIs information, iBuy.com is owned by Albert Houllou of Brooklyn and has shown the current "Coming Soon" page since at least...

Here we go with another look at Sedo's top sales from this time last year, June 3rd, 2014.

1. Bouqs.com - $40,000 - Forwards to TheBouqs.com, "The World's Most Genuine Floral Experience". TheBouqs.com has a global Alexa rank of around...

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Though all of OpenNIC’s “open” TLDs are unique, [URL='http://bit.namecoin.info/'].bit[/URL] is particularly interesting. bit domains are actually not handled via traditional DNS. Instead, bit domains are...

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The root nameservers only delegate authority: they don’t actually provide hostname to IP address lookups, with a few exceptions. For example, the root nameservers assign the com and net TLDs to...

ICANN doesn’t get much love these days; that’s hardly a secret. We’d be much better off without such a greedy organization milking the domain industry at every turn. But how do you change something that is such an integral part of the Internet...