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James Iles · Nov 17, 2015

As China continues its buyout of high value domain names, we're seeing higher and higher sales numbers, with four-letter .COM domains currently considered the hottest property among many investors.

At the top of the tree, however, is the two-letter .COM domain names. Chinese investors now own...

James Iles · Nov 16, 2015

This time last year, I would have never considered buying six-, seven- or even eight- number domain names. I wouldn't have considered buying a four-letter .COM with a "z" or a "q" in it either. I wouldn't have even considered buying four letter .NET domain names.

Yes, the domain industry is...

N-A · Nov 14, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include a theory on the current Chinese domain market being part of a larger pump and dump scheme, the pricing of non/premium LLL.com domain names, speculating on numeric .com’s that are 10+ digits, Western LLL.com pricing, and what are the steps after...

James Iles · Nov 11, 2015

What is it like to buy a two-letter .COM domain name? For years, this category of domains has been seen as one of the rarest, most exclusive types of domains available. With just 676 two-letter .COM names in existence, they can be difficult to buy.

With China's recent spending-spree on...

James Iles · Nov 9, 2015

Here's another interesting story from Medium.com posted in August by Zalmi Duchman, founder of The Fresh Diet, which is an online meal delivery service established in 2005 whose clientele have included Mila Kunis and Sara Michelle Gellar.

After initially naming his company ZoneAtHome (largely...

N-A · Nov 6, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include analyzing domain name trends and market activity for wise investment decisions, setting realistic and achievable investment goals for the New Year, the poor performance of the promising new gTLD’s since their release, and witnessing history in the...

James Iles · Nov 6, 2015

When I logged on to Twitter this morning, I was met with a tweet from domain investor George Kirikos claiming to have uncovered one of the most expensive domain transactions in history.

Edit: Article updated for accuracy. The domain deal is for $90,000,000 payable until 2040. Not $65...

James Iles · Nov 4, 2015

Have you ever wondered why Chinese investors have turned to buying domain names? Over the past couple of years, we've seen the market for two-letter .com, three-letter .com, four-letter .com, two-number .com, three-number.com, four-number .com, and five-number .com heating up with prices...

James Iles · Nov 3, 2015

Rob Halliday-Stein is a British entrepreneur and founder of BullionByPost, a highly popular platform that helps regular people buy gold and silver as investments. He is now the owner of the most expensive .CO.UK domain name ever sold: Gold.co.uk, which sold for £600,000 (currently equates...

James Iles · Nov 2, 2015

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 standards and protocols to abide by when conducting...

N-A · Oct 30, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include a recent two-day promotion for discounted .net registrations that resulted in 14,000 new LLLL.net’s, the current and future value of .biz domain names, 6N .com’s having 500,000 reported registrations without the number 4, and methods of acquiring...

James Iles · Oct 29, 2015

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 raised a further $9 million in Series A Funding...

Keith DeBoer · Oct 28, 2015

There’s a saying in real estate: You make your money on the buy, not on the sale. The same is true for domain names, but selecting solid brandables can be tricky. We need information to inform our opinions and develop our skills. So here are some tips for making savvy purchases that can increase...

James Iles · Oct 27, 2015

In the third part of my series of famous faces who don't own their own .COM domain, I'll explore five more celebrities including two actors, a politician, a TV show host and a businessman. It's always interesting to see how some of the world's successful people are overlooking vital online...

Joe Styler · Oct 27, 2015

Whether you are the king of domains and sitting on countless super valuable domains or someone just starting out who spent days scraping through dropping lists to buy a handful of domains you found that others may have overlooked, our portfolios are special to us. They are a part of who we are...

James Iles · Oct 26, 2015

Medium.com is a great place to discover stories from startups - these stories are often insightful, motivational, interesting or sometimes just fascinating. I stumbled across one such story today, entitled "We Bought Our Domain for a Box of Chocolates."

The domain name in question is...

James Iles · Oct 24, 2015

The majority of you will know that four letter .COM domain names have rapidly risen in value over the past year, and particular. Letters which were deemed to be poor investments a couple of years ago are now sought after by Chinese investors and those hoping to cash in on China's insatiable...

N-A · Oct 23, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include numerical dot com domains with 7, 8, and 9 digits; defining what a “premium” domain name consists of; an LLL buyout in various ccTLD’s and gTLD’s; the likelihood of breaking $100,000 a year through domain name speculation; and a recent buyout of all...

James Iles · Oct 23, 2015

Earlier in the week, I wrote about XA.com's probable sale, and it can now be confirmed thanks to James Booth (@BoothDomains).

The new owner of XA.com is Kyar Kyin Yang of the Philippines, and as James Booth is currently based in the Philippines, he spoke to Mr Yang about the domain...

James Iles · Oct 20, 2015

Today sees yet another two letter .com domain name change hands.

However, contrary to the recent trend of domain names moving to Chinese investors, this one has gone from China to a company in the Philippines.

The domain name is XA.com and has today completed its registrar move from eNom.com...

James Iles · Oct 19, 2015

After publishing my article on how to set up a lead generation website, I received a couple of messages asking one very important thing: How do you get paid for the leads you generate? I shall endeavour to answer that question in this week’s edition of the Domain Development series.

Let’s...

N-A · Oct 16, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include Alphabet Inc. purchasing the alphabet in dot com; what the industry standard is or should be regarding escrow fees; owning your first name, last name, or variant thereof in dot com; investors that purchase misspelled domains; and the steps one...

James Iles · Oct 15, 2015

This week's Inside Interview is with Frans van Hulle, the CEO and Co-founder of ReviMedia - a company that has a long history of producing high-quality lead generation websites on premium domain names. In August 2015, it was announced that the company had acquired the domain name PX.com...

James Iles · Oct 14, 2015

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 advising the star in question - many management...

James Iles · Oct 13, 2015

I've often read posts from Elliot Silver and other bloggers about their recent acquisitions, and I have always found it fascinating to see what others are buying. I've endeavored to create a similar post below, and I hope that you get some interest from it.

My domain sales and acquisitions are...

James Iles · Oct 12, 2015

Welcome to the sixth in my Domain Development series which will hopefully teach you how to create your own websites for your domain portfolio without having to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars. Today we cover content.

Content is vital for a successful website, and well written content is...

Keith DeBoer · Oct 10, 2015

Go Daddy’s people are standing by via phone and Internet chat, but there’s a few things you aren't going to hear from GoDaddy’s finest.

WHO SAID DISCO(UNT) IS DEAD?

Okay, so the days of using 99 cent coupons to register HomemadeMiniPickles.com for your grandmother‘s secret recipe...

N-A · Oct 9, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include a few tricks to ease domain name portfolio management using Excel functions, 9N .com domain name buyouts in certain patterns, Adam Dicker addressing concerns from previous customers and employees, the cheapest registrars for domain transfers, and is...

James Iles · Oct 8, 2015

This week's Inside Interview puts the spotlight on Jon Yau's $250,000 purchase of StockPhoto.com. This purchase was completed using Flippa, and it is the largest domain sale on the marketplace's website (according to NameBio).

In the eleven questions below, Jon (@Stockphoto.com) provides...

James Iles · Oct 7, 2015

Mike Mann has announced the six-figure sale of AUX.com today.

The sale, which was announced a short time ago on Twitter and Facebook is the 8th highest three letter .COM sale this year, and it ties 62nd on DNJournal's Year to Date Sales.

Aux.com is a domain that Mann has owned for quite a...

equity78 · Oct 7, 2015

This post will delve into the Sedo weekly sales report that was released on October 6, 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 PassITon.com at $64,000.

There were 5 new gtld sales...

Giuseppe Graziano · Oct 6, 2015

How do you make one million dollars in six months? You might recall the story of Ken O’Brien. Ken did not own a single LLLL domain until he bought Adam Dicker‘s portfolio last May. Since then, Ken started working with me to learn about the LLLL market, and he acquired a thousand more...

James Iles · Oct 5, 2015

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 important. Even if there's no intention in using the name...

N-A · Oct 3, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include the dreaded (but sometimes good) number “4” in numeric domain names; momumental and historic investments made by Kevin Ham, FMA, and Marchex; the best new gTLD’s to invest in; and how many times have you visited ABC.XYZ since Google started to use...

Joe Styler · Oct 2, 2015

Having just gotten back from THE Domain Conference in Florida this week, I thought it would be good to share some reasons why I think being at a conference is so important. I think in business it is always smart to think strategically about any investment. Going to a conference is an investment...

equity78 · Oct 2, 2015

The auction just wrapped up on DropCatch for 888828888.com. The domain has been registered a couple times going back to 2011. It was dropped and registered again, and then dropped again. Each time it has been a Chinese registrant.

DropCatch caught the domain name and there was a back and forth...

equity78 · Sep 30, 2015

This post will delve into the Sedo weekly sales report that was released on September 29, 2015 to take a deeper look into certain themes and trends that many invest in on NamePros.

The top sale for the week was actually a .de and not a .com: Pionier.de sold for 19,500 Euros or...

Keith DeBoer · Sep 26, 2015

Some people in the domaining industry (I’m talkin’ well-known professionals) say that there’s no money in brandables. And here’s why:

They have no Exact Match Domain search results.
There’s no Pay-Per-Click demand or competition.
Buyers can make up their own name; supply is...

N-A · Sep 25, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include the potential of scammers running rampant on GoDaddy’s auction platform due to their relaxed Terms of Service, what other domain extensions Chinese investors are eyeing, a surprising comeback for .MOBI, suggestions on how to improve Flippa, and tips...

James Iles · Sep 25, 2015

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 week, Mike Mann reported the sale of...

James Iles · Sep 23, 2015

I am one of the many people that regularly monitors the activity of some of the most valuable domain names in existence: two-letter .com domains (Abbr. LL.com's) and two-number .com domains (Abbr. NN.com's). There's recently been an upsurge in activity in domain transfers to China...

James Iles · Sep 22, 2015

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Punchbowl Founder and CEO Matt Douglas. Punchbowl is an online invitation and digital greeting card company that has gone from strength to strength since opening for business in 2007.

What makes Punchbowl so interesting from a domain...

James Iles · Sep 21, 2015

This Monday's edition of Domain Development tackles the world of lead generation as an alternative way of making money with your domain names. This guide will also include one of my own websites which I successfully developed into a lead generation site, and eventually sold on to a company in...

N-A · Sep 18, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include an announcement of scheduled auctions to assist a NamePros member in need; Facebook using an XYZ domain name for their live stream; Shane Bellone, a former Flippa broker, spilling the beans about the platform; the Chinese premium LLLL.com bubble...

James Iles · Sep 17, 2015

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 has now started to resolve to a Chinese web page...

12345 · Sep 17, 2015

We have all been there. You pay too much for a name.

Maybe it’s been a pretty slow week on the drops and auctions when you see a nice name ending that day. Since you haven’t purchased many names this week, you convince yourself the name is better than it really is. You and another bidder go at...

James Iles · Sep 15, 2015

There are five Gmail plugins that you should consider using if you're a domain investor who regularly uses Gmail to send sales emails or to manage domain name sales. These extensions have all been tried and tested by myself, and they are my own personal recommendations.

Gmail has been publicly...

James Iles · Sep 14, 2015

As part of my series on how to develop out your portfolio of domain names, we shall be looking at ways of making money from developing your domains into lead generation sites, affiliate sites and authority websites. Those subjects will be covered in subsequent posts, as today I'm going to show...

N-A · Sep 11, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include strategies to follow on pending delete and expiring auctions, what Pinyin domains are and why their popularity is on the rise, the value of domain names with reversed keywords, and Pheenix’s significant change to its business model to publicly...

equity78 · Sep 11, 2015

I have been noticing an uptick in 5N .net action lately. To be clear, this article in no way suggests for anyone to register them, and this article is not a recommendation for them. The research and homework on this topic is just beginning. That said, it does seem every name that drops that does...

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