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analysis Sales of Domain Names Containing Three or Four Words

This article covers 2019 sales of .com domain names that are made up of three or four words. The analysis is limited to sales reported in the NameBio database.

There were 49 sales above $7500 of domain names comprised of at least three...
 
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sales Ryan Colby Reveals $1.45m in Domain Sales for August

Outcome Brokerage Founder and CEO Ryan Colby confirmed that his company had sold $1.45m worth of domain names in August alone.

In a Tweet posted on Friday, Ryan (@RJColby on Twitter) stated:
Ending the month of August strong with over...
 
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sales Rick Schwartz Talks To Us About His Sale of Teem.com

Rick Schwartz (@Rick Schwartz) is one of the most successful domain name investors of all time. Starting his domaining career in 1995, Rick has built up an incredible portfolio of domain names that has produced some of the largest domain...
 
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reviews Review and Interview: Accidental Domain Investor by Elie Eweka

There are various domain name books. Some concentrate on branding and company naming, others on the nuts and bolts of domaining as a career. Some books are mainly hype, unrealistically portraying the selling of domain names.

This week, the book...
 
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strategy Results From NamePros Community Minimum Offer Study

A couple of weeks ago I introduced questions around the setting of minimum offers on buy-it-now priced domain names. Thanks to all who have responded to the various linked polls. In this article I provide a summary of the results and...
 
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information Reporting Domain Name Sales

Without reported domain name sales, we would all be operating in a blind fashion. This article covers the arguments for and against reporting domain name sales, as well as how to report domain name sales at the main venues.

Why Report...
 
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sales Reported Domain Sales on Twitter This Week Including Mike Mann's $35,000 Percipio.com

Twitter is an excellent place to find out the latest sales figures from some of the elites in the domain industry. This week, Mike Mann and Mike Berkens' Most Wanted Domains both reported five-figure sales on Twitter.

Earlier in the...
 
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sales Reink Media Group Confirms the Acquisition of Investor.com

Regular readers of the NamePros blog may recognise the name Blain Reinkensmeyer. In 2015, we published an interview with Blain, profiling his purchase of the domain StockBrokers.com for $185,000.

Since then his company has been busy...
 
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strategy Regrets? Here Are A Few

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advice Register Your Name

Earlier on, advice was given to defensively register your name as well as possible variants, if affordable.

Shortly thereafter, it was reported that Jeb Bush may now be paying the price for not registering and maintaining a portfolio...
 
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sales Recent Sales Data in Chinese Domain Market

Recently, I've had many friends come to me inquiring about how to join the Chinese domain market. I don’t think that I am an expert in it, but I may be able to share some of the wisdom that I do have. I objectively publish domain news to help...
 
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sales Recent New-Extension Sales: Outliers or Trends?

Impressive recent new-extension domain sales have been widely discussed on NamePros. Not only are the five-figure sales noteworthy on their own, they may also represent new ways to use domain names. While it is natural to be excited about...
 
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domains Real Domains, Real Brandable Sales

If I’m buying brandable domain names for resale then I need to know what’s selling and study the sale prices. That’s why I read the weekly list of the top 20 brandable domain sales by Doron Vermaat (@dv82). It’s also why I track brandable...
 
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information Razer Upgrades from RazerZone.com to Razer.com: Legal Battle Revealed

A leading lifestyle brand for gamers, Razer, has been one of the most popular companies on Crunchbase over the past few years. Having raised a total of $175 million in funding including a $50 million round in May 2017, the company has grown in...
 
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advice Raise, Call, or Fold?: Learn From Online Poker to Improve Your Domaining Strategy

Playing poker online in order to make money is similar to the art of domaining. Today I will introduce a couple of strategies from online poker and apply them to domaining, in hope that both novice and more advanced domainers can learn from them...
 
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strategy Questions to Consider During Domain Name Acquisitions

It can seem complex, with all the metrics and tools and more, to decide which names are worth acquiring. Let’s simplify the process to some key questions to ask. None of these are original, and most have been around for years, but I thought...
 
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information QI: The TV Show With a Valuable 2-Letter Domain

When it comes to TV shows and movies, many media companies choose to go with low-cost alternatives to exact match domains. The movie Black Panther, for example, took just twenty-six days to reach $1 billion in revenue, yet Marvel opted not to...
 
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advice PSA: If you use the same password on multiple websites, change it now

A few months ago, NamePros started observing aggressive credential stuffing attacks. This marked a new chapter in security at NamePros. We have rather secure infrastructure, especially for a site of our size. However, we've been growing...
 
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interviews Private Domain Name Acquisitions – An Interview With Investor Bogdan Vovchuk

There are many ways to acquire domain names: expiring or other auctions, purchases from investors, closeouts, expired names, drop catching, hand registrations, etc.

One acquisition method that is often overlooked is private acquisition. That is...
 
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analysis Price Breakdown of .COM Sales (2018)

Domain name sales of value $100,000 or more represented only 0.10% of all publicly-recorded .com sales in 2018, but they accounted for almost 30% of the dollar volume of sales for the year. While average sales prices...
 
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analysis Premium Two-Word .COM Domain Sales in 2019

It is not surprising that single words and short acronyms attract most of the attention at the high end of the domain name sales news. For example, voice.com sold for $30 million, and California.com, EKO.com, TM.com and...
 
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sales Premium Domain Name July.com Changes Hands

The premium domain name July.com recently changed hands. While no price has yet been disclosed, I speculate that this is probably a six-figure sale. The domain name is already in use by the Australian travel products firm July...
 
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opinion Predictions For 2022 In Domain Investing

What will happen in domain investing in the coming year?

Will the market continue to surge? Will different extensions or sectors emerge? What will be the hot keywords?

While no one can predict the future with certainty, being receptive to a...
 
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strategy Predicting The Future Of Domain Names

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