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James Iles · Dec 21, 2015

What is it like to receive emails every week offering you a multiple seven-figure sum for your domain name? Meet @jason calacanis, the owner of 20.com, which he bought in 2006 for just $75,000.

Jason is no stranger to owning valuable domain names. As an entrepreneur, he has founded...

N-A · Dec 20, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include a showcase of long-tail keyword domains, investing in numeric domains in other ccTLD’s such as .CH, the perception of .XYZ domains and their legitimacy by the general public, a one-year outlook on Chinese premium LLLL.com’s, and the value of domains...

James Iles · Dec 19, 2015

China's inaugural domain name festival and digital asset summit has just been held in Shenzhen, which included a domain name auction. The main topic of the event was "domain names as digital assets."

Some of China's most respected Internet leaders were present at the event, which by all...

James Iles · Dec 18, 2015

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 are using them as viable alternatives to spending a...

James Iles · Dec 17, 2015

In August of this year, ReviMedia announced the acquisition of the two-letter .COM domain name PX.com from MediaOptions in a transaction worth $1 million in cash, in addition to other considerations. Until yesterday, this remained the highest publicly revealed sale of a two-letter .COM domain...

James Iles · Dec 16, 2015

You may be aware that the domain name JG.com was put up for auction recently on NameJet, given the fact that it has received a lot of exposure. The highly sought after two-letter .COM domain that was owned by BrokerageFirm.com (according to a recent screenshot) has just sold on NameJet in...

James Iles · Dec 16, 2015

This week in NamePros.com’s New Names series, we take a look at five more recent purchases from @Ali Zandi, domain investor and director of sales and acquisitions at Perception.com.

In our previous New Names blog post, Ali revealed that he had acquired Raindrop.com for...

James Iles · Dec 15, 2015

With just under a month to go before NamesCon, this is a perfect time to prepare, pre-network, and talk about the powers of networking at the conference. NamesCon is not only a place to educate yourself in domain name investing from some of the best in the business, but it is also an...

N-A · Dec 12, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include the continuation of .BIZ speculation with a confirmed buyout of all 160,000 LLLL Chips, the recent acquisition of Worldwide Media’s domain portfolio by GoDaddy, domain speculators sharing their oldest domains, and user reviews of the different...

James Iles · Dec 11, 2015

The domain name 1998.com was sold yesterday for $190,000 USD, and the news has just been confirmed to me. The sale of 1998.com took place between two Chinese investors.

This makes the domain name the second highest publicly recorded four-number domain name sale of the year, only behind Rick...

Chris @ SwingNames · Dec 11, 2015

Liquid domain names are developing into mature tradable assets similar to stocks. The increasing demand from Chinese investors has been a driving force behind their recent growth.

ChaoMi.cc is a website that emerged to help Chinese investors stay informed with the trading activity of...

James Iles · Dec 10, 2015

At the end of November 2015, National Building Supply made a big announcement. They were rebranding the company to Supply.com - a memorable, generic one-word .COM domain name that they hoped would help with the extraordinary growth of their company.

At the time, CEO Marcus Morgan said in a...

AndrewRice · Dec 10, 2015

I've delved into CHiPS over the last month, and I feel like I've come late to the party and all the good CHiPS are gone. Now I'm kicking myself for not hand-registering 6N's (six-number .com's) a few months back. I could have prevented this mistake if I had exercised DiP...

Paul · Dec 9, 2015

In part 1, we covered how to avoid domain theft by understanding a bit about how hackers operate. Next, let's discuss phishing emails.

We're pretty lucky that phishing email senders aren't too smart. Most the phishing emails I see have poor English, look rather slipshod, and aren't...

James Iles · Dec 8, 2015

Political figures are often subjected to intense public scrutiny, and they often make national and international headlines for their decisions, speeches, and opinions. Owning their own name as a .COM domain name should be a priority for politicians to allow the public and the media to access...

James Iles · Dec 7, 2015

Over the weekend, an eName conference took place in China with some of the country's most respected entrepreneurs turning up. This meeting was, in part, celebrating the 10th anniversary of eName, one of China's most popular domain name registrars. In attendance were many domain name veterans...

Keith DeBoer · Dec 5, 2015

When you start a company, there are a thousand things to do. Often times, the domain name is the last thing on the list. That can be a huge mistake, and I wrote an entire article about it.

As a rule of thumb, startups do best when they launch with a dot com that passes the radio test and...

N-A · Dec 4, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include the Indian ccTLD .in being the next speculated target for Chinese investments, looking back and determining the biggest regrets of domain name investing in the past year, domain investors sharing the best of the bunch in their domain portfolios, and...

Joe Styler · Dec 3, 2015

There’s no place like home for the holidays – or wherever your computer happens to be!

The domain market is a global market and anyone not living in a cave somewhere for the last year has been aware of how much and how quickly things can change due to this fact. The Chinese market has exploded...

James Iles · Dec 3, 2015

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing John Xu, the owner of the popular Chinese marketplace 4.cn. In addition to 4.cn, John owns and operates the escrow service DN.com. He also has a very sizable portfolio of domain names himself.

You may have read the breaking news on NamePros...

James Iles · Dec 2, 2015

Welcome to the brand new NamePros series called New Names. In this series, we will be discovering the domain names a successful domain investor has acquired recently. The subject for this series is @Ali Zandi. Aside from being a very popular NamePros member, Ali is the Director of Sales...

equity78 · Dec 2, 2015

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 Shoop.de both sold for 40,000 EUR...

James Iles · Dec 1, 2015

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 name that can be considered premium to a Chinese...

James Iles · Dec 1, 2015

Chinese domain investor and owner of 4.cn and DN.com John Xu has just announced that he's sold Daikuan.com "for an eight figure RMB fee." This equates to a sale price of at least $1,563,000 (according to XE.com). A final price hasn't been revealed publicly.

My contact has confirmed to me that...

James Iles · Nov 30, 2015

In September, the domain name GJ.com was sold at auction on NameJet for $694,095; a sale that currently sits at number 7 in DNJournal.com's Top 100 Sales Chart of 2015. Ever since this sale, I have been tracking the domain name.

I've noticed some activity on the domain name in the past...

N-A · Nov 27, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include the registrant on ABC.BIZ changing to reflect Alphabet Inc., domain hacks and their place in domain name speculation, domain markets coming to a crawl during the holidays, the future of domains, and what investors would do if they could go back in...

James Iles · Nov 27, 2015

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 available). At the time, very little information was...

James Iles · Nov 26, 2015

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 celebrations, the festivities have developed a...

Paul · Nov 25, 2015

When you own online assets, security is particularly important. Think about it: what would happen if every web account you own was suddenly under someone else's control? Most people don't realize just how catastrophic that would be until it's too late.

Recently, the number of domainers...

equity78 · Nov 25, 2015

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. Not far behind, Mike Berkens continued to work his...

James Iles · Nov 24, 2015

In this week's Inside Interview, I speak with John Quail, the owner of Claims.co.uk - a personal injury claims website that helps people to connect with solicitors in order to pursue compensation claims.

The domain name was acquired by John for £100,000, but this wasn't his first domain...

James Iles · Nov 23, 2015

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 is a vital step that I think you should be taking...

Keith DeBoer · Nov 21, 2015

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 sales daily and post them weekly on Doron’s blog...

James Iles · Nov 21, 2015

Overnight there has been a change in ownership for the domain name 73.com. The domain has been sold by a Chinese investor, and the updated WhoIs details show that the new owner is another investor from China. The new owner also has many other high-value domain names including WJ.com and HN.com...

N-A · Nov 20, 2015

The most popular discussions this week include end users embracing new gTLD’s by rebranding from their .com to generic strings, the Chinese premium LLLL.org buyout that occurred earlier this week, 360° domains and what they are, buyouts of certain Chinese premium 5L.com patterns, and how to...

James Iles · Nov 19, 2015

A very good contact of mine in China has just shared an interesting piece of news with me. As you'll know, the Chinese domain market has taken off rapidly within the past six months in particular, and whilst Western investors are struggling to understand what's happening, it seems that many...

equity78 · Nov 19, 2015

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.

There were 6 new gTLD sales: IAC.pub sold for...

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...

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