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information Liquidate Domain Names Or Not, That Is The Question

Perhaps you have decided to reduce the size of your domain portfolio and retain only the better names. Or you are scaling down, as you have less interest or time to devote to domain investing. Possibly you simply have less confidence in certain...
 
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information Top Topics: Is Domain Parking Dead?; Socrates.com Sold for $600,000; Are 4-Letter .com Prices CRASHING?; List of brokers who sell domains fast

Welcome to another recap of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain investors discuss whether domain parking is alive, dying, or already dead; $600,000 USD was paid for the domain name Socrates.com recently; Exploration of whether...
 
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information Top Topics: Accelerator.com sold for $145k; Get a .ing domain for $1MM; Afternic DNS & Sedo; NameJet private listings; Your first $X,XXX domain sale

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :xf.grin:

Expired domain Accelerator.com was sold for $145k at GoDaddy auctions; Get an .ing domain for a million+ bucks; Sedo ownership verification: How to combine it...
 
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information Top Topics: Nissan.com domain theft; Can you sell 100 domains fast? Registrar of the year; Sell .ai to the .com owner; DNS change before sale occurs

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :woot:

Nissan.com domain theft update; How fast can you sell 100 domains? Registrar of the year annual poll; Selling .AI domains to companies that operate on the .com...
 
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information Ways To Make Money From Your Domain Names

Most domain name investors concentrate on making money through selling domain names. For some, that is supplemented by using monetized parking.

There are some indications that the domain market may be trending downward recently. It almost...
 
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information Top Topics: Mega.net valuation by GoDaddy; WIPO serves domainer; Big investors sought; University.com sale to Andrew Tate; Sedo traffic stats detailed

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! (y)

GoDaddy says Mega.net is worth only $15k, how accurate is that? The WIPO served a domain investor with a UDRP; Where and how to approach big investors with liquid...
 
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information Top Topics: Investor's cold call; Namesilo unresponsive; Back to domaining after a dozen years; SAV vs. DAN; Dropcatching favorites

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :glasses:

Domain investor receives cold call from potential buyer; Namesilo lagging with delivery of a $2,500 dollar domain; Investor returns to domaining after more than a...
 
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information Top Topics: EM.com buyer revealed; When was your first domain ever registered; Domains & capital gains; Buy a TM-linked domain; Sav expired auctions

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :xf.cool:

New owner of EM.com is not Exxon Mobil; When did you acquire or register your very first domain name? Can investors treat domain sales revenue as capital gains...
 
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information Top Topics: Namecheap auctions shady? Check your domains for trademarks; Bodis trims earnings; Grab a domain for a company; Develop for SEO vs parking

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :xf.smile:

Namecheap "shady" auctions stir controversy; Is my domain infringing on a trademark? Bodis trims PPC due to upstream provider clawbacks; How do I get domains...
 
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information Top Topics: Former Epik employee AMA; Domainers don't like sharing; AI as a domain investor's tool; Uniregistry BIN pages blocked; Some UDRP facts

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :xf.cool:

A former employee of Epik shares his experience in the domain industry; A growing trend among domain investors seems to upset some; Artificial intelligence (AI)...
 
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information What Makes A Word Beautiful? Should It Matter To Domain Investors?

Is it possible that recent branding trends have resulted in overlooking beautiful words? Is there an advantage to having a beautiful name? What does beautiful even mean in the context of words?

What Do We Mean By A Beautiful Word?...
 
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information Top Topics: Porn.uk short-lived registration; Honoring one's word; Hype about .ai domains; Fiasco.com sale reported; WordPress offers 100 years of biz

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :glasses:

Registration of Porn.uk reversed at Namecheap; Honoring one's word and its appreciation in the domain business; What is the hype about .ai domains all about...
 
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information Top Topics: GoDaddy kept 39% of a sale; Movies about domains; Mana.org sold for $167k; Fight the blackhat SEO guys; Alter.com is now FURM

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :xf.cool:

Sold a domain on GoDaddy but their cut amounts to 39% of the sale; Movies about domain names; Mana.org expired and sold for $167,000 dollars; How to fight...
 
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information Epik's $1.5 million Masterbucks swindle; Domain vs. trademark age; Parking down almost 60% in 2023; Random domain sale; Value of GoogleMaps.XYZ

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros! (y)

Epik withheld $1.5 million dollars in Masterbucks, says domain investor; Someone trademarked a term after investor acquired the matching domain name; Is domain parking...
 
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information Domaining as an addiction; Buyer threatens with UDRP; Is my Registrar holding me back? Do you trust Epik with your domains? Dot .in Registry woes

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Is Domaining an investment or an addiction? Prospective buyer threatens with a UDRP; Is my Registrar holding me back? Can Epik be trusted with low cost registrations? Dot...
 
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information Musk grabs ai.com; GoDaddy billing glitch; Afternic broker relays trademark claim; How to manage your domains; End-user buyer negotiation strategies

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros! (y)

Elon Musk has potentially acquired ai.com; Billing error at GoDaddy reverses acquisition; Afternic broker involved in trademark case; Advice about how to best manage...
 
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information Twitter took @x handle; Meta bought Llama2.com; Was SolarEnergy.com undersold? Auction winner didn't get the domain; TLDs to avoid investing in

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros! :xf.cool:

A cautionary tale about the Twitter handle @x; The domain Llama2.com was sold for $30,000 dollars; Sedo broker sold SolarEnergy.com for 6 figures; Won the auction...
 
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information Things to know about .XYZ; Reza Sardeha might return; Fast Transfer concerns; The future of GPT domains; So done with Epik

Welcome to our Sunday review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Some things you must be aware of when investing in .XYZ domains; Reza, founder of Dan, might return to domain investing; Fast transfer concerns; The future of GPT domain...
 
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information Lease-To-Own Domain Name Payment Plans

A lot has happened since I last covered Domain Name Payment Plans in the NamePros Blog in 2019. Partly because of the terminology used by Dan, one of the major marketplaces offering payment plans for a number of years, such plans are...
 
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information DAN & VAT changes; India to hinder domain .in(vesting); Tricking expired GoDaddy auctions; LTO new at Afternic; Clicks but no money for Sedo domain

Welcome to our summery review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Dan.com has changed the VAT/invoicing process, becoming the middle man for buyer and seller; India is about to ban .in domain investing; Expired domain auctions at...
 
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information Different Ways Domain Investors Can Use Google Site: Search

Many domain investors are familiar with the site:TLD Google search command. This allows you to restrict search results to either an individual website or to a certain extension.

For example, it can be a useful indicator of how much use, at...
 
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information Top Topics: Threads launched on .net; Domain Agents troubles; Afternic BIN landers' issues; Optimize your traffic domains; Set up your own registrar

Welcome back to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Meta rolled out Threads on a .net domain; Domain Agents: Use or not? Afternic "forever troubled" as far as BIN setting goes; Optimize a domain that earns $1 /day; How...
 
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information Say something nice about domainers; .In is out at Dan; Trademarks & pricing leverage; Nissan.com was stolen; Verisign's sweet .net deal signed

Welcome back to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Domain investors are invited to say something positive about a fellow domainer; DAN ends listings of .in domains on its marketplace; If you have a trademark, can you...
 
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information Impressive Tool To Rate Domain Names: SquadHelp Domain Insights

If we could accurately predict relative sell-through rates (STR) for different domain names, we could focus on names that are likely to sell quickly. Curated marketplaces would also benefit, since they would be able to predict the kinds of...
 
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information Top Topics: A $10k broker's offer; Premium domains that dropped; NameJet's new look; GoDaddy bans user account; XYZ Registry grabs dropped domains

Welcome to our weekly review of Top Topics here at NamePros!

Brokered offer of $10,000 dollars indicates end-user value? Find premium domains registrant forgot to renew; NameJet's new look, good or bad? Lost access to my domains at...
 
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